Raise Your Voice

Give to One of THREE Challenges
Totaling $30,000

1.
RISING SOPRANOS AND TENOR CHALLENGE
Raise Your Voice One Level.
If 200 donors who gave in 2015 will increase their 2015 gift by one level, a group of donors will increase their 2015 gifts collectively by $20,000.
 
2.
RENEWING VOICES CHALLENGE--NEW as of 9/2/16
Rejoin the Campaign.
Missed giving in 2015? If 100 donors who missed giving in 2015 will join the 2016 Campaign, another group of donors will increase their 2015 gifts collectively by $5,000.
 
3.
NEW VOICES MATCH--NEW as of 9/2/16
Be a New Voice.
For every new lawyer (10 or fewer years in the Maine Bar) who gives $50 or more for the first time, the Campaign will receive an additional $50 until a $5,000 matching challenge from a single donor is met.

  See challengers and the voices added to the challenge.

Fourth 2016 Challenge: Met But Adding
2017 Rising Leadership Voice-
$20,000 Secured for Access to Justice!
See who added their voice. Join the leadership level and add your name to listl

For Whom Do We Speak?
The Campaign for justice assists adults and children in Maine who do have have access to justice in civil legal matters by raising support for six organizations.

What Are We Talking About?
Truly the most basic things. Things we take for granted for our own families: food, health, shelter, safety. Matters for which we know a lawyer is needed: custody, discrimination, due process, denial of benefits, citizenship, protection from abuse, education rights and access for our children, eviction, fraud . . .

To Whom Do We Give a Voice?
Those who benefit from the Campaign for Justice live at or below the poverty level.  In Maine, 73% of those living in poverty are women and children.  One out of every six in poverty is disabled, and one out of every ten is 60 or older. 

Be a Voice for Justice. 
Find your reasons why . . .
  • I believe everyone in Maine should have access to legal advice and representation in civil legal matters just as much as criminal ones.
  • I believe that the legitimacy of law in our country rests on everyone having equal access.
  • I am concerned that one out of every three Mainers affected by the help of Maine’s legal aid providers is a child and what would happen without my best support.
  • I believe that poverty should not be a bar to equality before the law.
  • I am concerned that women, children, the elderly, veterans and the disabled are over 80% of those who cannot afford legal services.
  • I am concerned that people who have endured physical and emotional harm and risked everything to come to a just and equal society do not have the opportunity to put their best case forward about joining our democracy.
  • I believe we are a great nation because we strive to uphold our founding belief in justice for all.
  • I believe that most of the issues needing legal advice and representation deal with fundamental issues affecting shelter, food, safety and health and that if we resolve these legal issues early, both our economy and our communities are stronger.
  • I am concerned that a poor child sitting in my child’s class, a senior citizen of meager means at my church, the disabled carrier who delivers my newspaper, the struggling couple who plow my drive, the homeless young veteran on Main Street, and all the other vulnerable and poor citizens of my town may need legal help.
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2017 Campaign To Honor Peter J. DeTroy III

The 2017 Campaign for Justice has been dedicated to the memory of Peter DeTroy by the Campaign Steering Committee.  Detroy had agreed in April to chair the 2017 Campaign. The dedication was announced at the June 23 summer bar meeting luncheon by 2016 Chair Margaret ‘Meg’ LePage.

Peter's wife Mary Roy and his colleague Paul Driscoll of Norman Hanson DeTroy, LLC, will be honorary chair and campaign chair of the 2017 Campaign.

"I wanted to be involved with the Campaign for Justice in Peter’s memory to continue the work he would have done ensuring the availability of legal services to Mainers with the least access, an issue he cared deeply about,” said Mary Roy about her active involvement. 
 
Driscoll said of his colleague and friend, " Peter cared deeply about the law and its power to protect the most vulnerable among us. He looked forward to being the Campaign Chair and was proud of the Campaign’s mission to assure that everyone in Maine is given access to justice and treated with dignity and respect. His life is a testament to his commitment to others, and it is very fitting that the 2017 Campaign is dedicated to his good memory.”

Stephen Hessert, Norman Hanson DeTroy’s  managing partner, said, “The firm is excited that the 2017 Campaign for Justice will be in Peter’s honor. He had an unwavering commitment to access to justice for all, and the firm will work to further that goal, and to honor Peter’s legacy.”



2015 Annual Report
Profiles of Voices for Justice, Firm Recognitions, Donor Recognitions




Campaign for Justice • 40 Water Street • Hallowell, Me • 207.622.3477
Campaign Coordinator: Cathy Coffman, cathycoffman@gmail.com