MLK Holiday 2021 Steering Committee

Thank you Steering Committee Members who brought this event to life!


  • Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross, Maine State House of Representatives, Maine State Prison Branch NAACP

  • Regina Phillips, Cross Cultural Community Services

  • Abdul Ali, Maine Youth Justice

  • Pious Ali, Portland Empowered

  • Jeannette Andre, Maine Philanthropy Center

  • Mariana Angelo, Black P.O.W.E.R.

  • Andrea Berry, Maine Initiatives

  • Marpheen Chan, Holocaust and Human Rights Center

  • Jon Courtney, Portland Events Programmer

  • James Cradock, Maine NAACP

  • Kristin Hebert, Maine Initiatives

  • Joseph Jackson, Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition

  • qainat khan, ACLU of Maine

  • Kathy Kilrain del Rio, Maine Equal Justice

  • Laura Ligouri, MindBridge

  • Christiana Marvrey, Black P.O.W.E.R.

  • Marcia Minter, Indigo Arts Alliance

  • Adilah Muhammad, The Third Place

  • James Myall, Maine Center for Economic Policy