NH’s North Star for Advancing Justice & Equity

MISSION

We elevate and empower people of color in New Hampshire by fostering connections, changing systems, and meeting community needs to make a better Granite State where all belong.

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“We envision a New Hampshire that offers fair opportunities for all Granite Staters, regardless of your age, gender, who you love, where you grew up, or the language of origin you speak.”

— Anthony Poore, President/CEO, NHCJE

PROGRAM PILLARS

Community Building & Organizing

Facilitate the movement of ideas into action with community partners & collaborators.

Public Policy

Disseminate information and develop solutions to support good policy & prevent detrimental policy.

Institutional Capacity Building

Grow the capacity of the network of justice & equity organizations & efforts through training & technical assistance.

Operating Supports & Intentional Investments

Strengthen communities by distributing resources for programs & initiatives.

SECTORS OF EFFORT

NHCJE’s work is organized across these six sectors, & includes a combination of program, policy, & project initiatives. These sectors were identified because of their mutually reinforcing nature & impact on NH’s communities of color.

Click the icons below to read about each sector on our blog.

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Health

Economic Development

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Criminal Justice

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Civic Engagement

Government

Education

Blog
NHCJE Expands Team and Finds New Home in Downtown Manchester
Civic Engagement
NHCJE Expands Team and Finds New Home in Downtown Manchester
Civic Engagement

NHCJE welcomes new leaders, launches youth internship, and moves to downtown Manchester to strengthen equity, justice, and community across New Hampshire.

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Civic Engagement
ABLE NH: Disability Pride Parade in Concord, NH Celebrates Identity and Inclusion
Health, Civic Engagement
ABLE NH: Disability Pride Parade in Concord, NH Celebrates Identity and Inclusion
Health, Civic Engagement

Disability Pride celebrates individuals with disability while advocating for policies that improve inclusion, access, and equity in New Hampshire.

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Health, Civic Engagement
"Erased Bloodlines": Reclaiming the Truth of America's Founding
Civic Engagement, Education
"Erased Bloodlines": Reclaiming the Truth of America's Founding
Civic Engagement, Education

Reclaiming erased Black lineages tied to America's founders, this Juneteenth panel redefines patriotism, history, and belonging ahead of the nation’s 250th.

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Civic Engagement, Education
Celebrating Queer Artists With Storytelling, Activism, and Joy
Civic Engagement
Celebrating Queer Artists With Storytelling, Activism, and Joy
Civic Engagement

Queerlective uplifts queer and BIPOC artists in NH through storytelling, activism, and joy—building community, visibility, and creative resilience.

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Civic Engagement

Blog

Research

Cover page of a report titled 'Demographic Profiles of New Hampshire: Places of Origin,' published in November 2024 by the New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity. The cover features a red background with the organization's green logo and includes a bar graph showing New Hampshire population growth from 2010 to 2023.

This brief, which focuses on the population of people currently residing in NH and where they come from, is part of a series that reviews some of the state’s characteristics in more detail.

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Cover page of a report titled 'Demographic Profiles of New Hampshire: A Focus on Incarceration' published in April 2024 by New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity. The page features the organization's logo, the title, and introductory text, with a bar chart showing New Hampshire's prison population in various years, comparing state prisons, federal prison, and county jails.

This brief answers questions about national incarceration trends and reviews the distribution of incarcerated individuals across New Hampshire.

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Cover page of a report titled 'Demographic Profiles of New Hampshire: A Focus on Language' published in December 2023 by the New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity. Contains a pie chart showing that 92% of residents speak only English, with a smaller segment representing other languages.

This brief, which focuses on languages spoken as reported by the US Census American Community Survey1, is part of a series that reviews some of the state’s characteristics in more detail.

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Cover page of a report titled 'Challenges to Homeownership in New Hampshire' with a photo of a white house with a red door, surrounded by autumn trees and a white picket fence, dated May 2025 from the New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity.

This report explores the history of homeownership in the United States, and in NH specifically, including some of the challenges that currently exist.

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