News & Media Mentions
The latest on NHCJE activities and local news.
2025 Business Excellence Awards
NH Business Review’s Business Excellence Awards is an annual awards program that recognizes the achievements of business owners and operators in New Hampshire. NHCJE’s Anthony Poore received an Honoree in the Social Equity category.
Business Excellence Awards | 2025
New Hampshire Counties Consider Using Jails to House ICE Detainees
More New Hampshire counties are considering housing detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but the plans are getting some pushback. Featuring quotes from NHCJE’s Grace Kindeke.
Alanna Flood | WMUR | September 17, 2025
Panel: No sure plans for ICE detainees at Valley Street jail
The Valley Street jail has plenty of room, federal immigration officials have asked about available space, and the potential for millions of dollars in revenue is real. Featuring quotes from NHCJE’s Grace Kindeke.
Dave Pierce | Union Leader | September 17, 2025
Civil rights ruling in NH undermines Black and Brown people's lives, safety: Commentary
We, the undersigned organizations committed to racial justice and equity across New Hampshire and beyond, share this joint statement in response to the outcome of Attorney General v. Goodwin; a case that carried the weight of deep community pain and a critical demand for accountability.
Black Lives Matter NH and others | Seacoastonline | July 31, 2025
Granite State Faces Critical Housing Imbalance, New NHCJE Report Warns
A new report by the New Hampshire Center for Justice and Equity (NHCJE) paints a sobering picture of housing affordability and access across the Granite State.
Lisa Carter | NH Let’s Move to New Hampshire | July 23, 2025
Detention in court in Manchester worries the community. Population in Carroll County increases.
Community organizers are warning immigrants not to go to court alone after an apparent group of ICE officers detained a man near a courthouse in Manchester on Monday. Featuring quotes from NHCJE’s Anthony Poore.
María Aguirre | New Hampshire Public Radio | July 23, 2025
Apparent ICE Officers Arrest Man Near Manchester Courthouse and Community Worries Community
Monday's arrest in Manchester was not the first time a person has been detained near a courthouse in New Hampshire. After leaving the courthouse, a video recorded by Anthony Poore, leader of the New Hampshire Center for Equity and Justice, shows the arrest.
Lau Guzmán | New Hampshire Public Radio | July 23, 2025
Navigating the New Reality of DEI Backlash
Anthony Poore, president and CEO of the NH Center for Justice and Equity, describes the backlash around DEI as a reaction to social progress “seen throughout history.”
Scott Merrill | Business NH Magazine | June 25, 2025
New Hampshire’s ‘favorable’ conditions for hospital acquisitions
“New Hampshire, despite being small — the patient mix tends to be favorable,” said Josephine Porter, strategic adviser for the NH Center for Justice & Equity. “There’s good health insurance coverage (here) on the commercial side.”
Meera Mahadevan | NH Business Review| June 19, 2025
Critical Condition: Amid a Flurry of Hospital Mergers, What is the Effect on Health Care in NH?
Financial pressures, staffing shortages and scarce regulatory oversight have led to a frenzy of consolidations among hospitals in New Hampshire in recent years. Featuring quotes from NHCJE’s Jo Porter.
Meera Mahadevan | NH Business Magazine | June 13, 2025
Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Juneteenth program ‘Erased Bloodlines’ reclaims lost histories and challenges national narratives
In honor of Juneteenth, the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, in partnership with 3S Artspace, presents a powerful evening of historical truth-telling and ancestral reclamation.“Erased Bloodlines: The Black Descendants of the ‘Founding Fathers’ and Those They Enslaved” will be held on Friday, June 13, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, NH.
The Cabinet Press | March 28, 2025
NH Possible: Granite Staters Driving Local Solutions
Advocates urge everyone to play a role in strengthening New Hampshire communities and creating practical solutions to state challenges.
Jennifer Frizzell, Eilleen Liponis, and Anthony Poore | Patch | February 6, 2025
‘It means I love you’: New Manchester mural celebrates diverse communities
About 30 people attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for a new mural on Lake Avenue in Central Manchester.
Lau Guzmán | New Hampshire Public Radio | November 26, 2024
Nashua Awarded $44 million Tech Hub Grant for Biofab's ReGen Valley
The city was awarded a $44 million grant, announced Tuesday, which will boost its role in the biofabrication cluster being developed in Manchester. ReGen Valley Tech Hub has a consortium of more than 40 organizations, including the New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity.
Maureen Milliken | Manchester Ink Link | July 2, 2024
Federal Judge Strikes Down NH’s ‘Divisive Concepts’ Law
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the state’s controversial ‘divisive concepts’ law, that limited how teachers can discuss issues such as race, sexual orientation and gender identity with students. Featuring quotes from NHCJE’s Anthony Poore.
Nancy West InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2024
Essay: Strength in unity: Community supports Mamadou Dembele after attack
On Nov. 22, 2023, there was an attack on Mamadou Dembele, a prominent business person within our Seacoast community. We immediately came together, and with organizations such as Black Lives Matter, Seacoast NAACP, Manchester NAACP, Black Heritage Trail of NH, NH Center for Justice and Equity, and New England BIPOC Festival, we put on a demonstration at the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth on a cold and rainy Sunday.
Wildolfo Arvelo | New Hampshire Magazine | April 24, 2024
People of color incarcerated at higher rates in New Hampshire, but data is limited
Four years after a commission to study law enforcement in New Hampshire produced a series of recommendations about better policing practices, people of color continue to be disproportionally incarcerated in the state at virtually the same rates. Featuring data from the New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity.
Michaela Towfighi | Concord Monitor | April 24, 2024
40 Influential Leaders - Anthony Poore
Anthony Poore has spent his career helping to build up communities and fighting for social justice. He has brought all that experience to his latest endeavor as the founding president and CEO of the NH Center for Justice and Equity.
Matthew J. Mowry | Business NH Magazine | February 20, 2024
Elliot M. Stone Award 2024 - 2024 Recipient - Jo Porter
Jo Porter is the co-chair of the APCD Council and former executive director of the Institute for Health Policy and Practice (IHPP) at the University of New Hampshire.
Elliot M. Stone Award | 2024
Last fall I was diagnosed with kidney cancer
An op-ed written by Anthony Poore— his story on his kidney cancer diagnosis.
Anthony Poore | Union Leader | January 26, 2024
A new Hampshire where justice and equity prevail
Everyone in New Hampshire is better off when everyone can belong and contribute. The New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity works to make that vision a reality.
Lois R. Shea | New Hampshire Charitable Foundation | August 24, 2023
As New Hampshire considers cannabis legalization, economic justice fades from view
New Hampshire is the only state in New England that hasn’t legalized marijuana, and several attempts to do so this legislative session have failed once again. Featuring quotes from NHCJE’s Anthony Poore.
Hadley Barndollar & Ethan DeWitt | New Hampshire Bulletin | June 12, 2023
Nurturing diversity in NH is good for kids, schools, and the state
Commentary by Jacob A. Bennett on looking into the meaning and value of diversity in public education. Based on a literature review authored by Bennett for NHCJE.
Jacob A. Bennett | New Hampshire Bulletin | May 22, 2023
'We need to be louder': Crowd in Portsmouth calls for justice in attack against Black man
Standing on the site of Portsmouth’s African Burying Ground memorial in a cold drizzle, dozens of people gathered Sunday to protest and call attention to a recent alleged assault against a Black resident of the city.
NHPR Staff | New Hampshire Public Radio | December 3, 2023
The Buzz Online
The NH Center for Justice and Equity (NHCJE) in Manchester has been awarded an operating support grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation for $112,000.
Matthew J. Mowry | Business NH Magazine | December 5, 2022
New nonprofit in New Hampshire to tackle racial justice and equity issues
A new nonprofit was launched last week to tackle issues of racial and economic justice and equity in New Hampshire, at a time when the state is diversifying rapidly.
Amanda Gokee | New Hampshire Bulletin | October 3, 2022
N.H. Center for Justice & Equity Launches to be N.H.’s North Star for Advancing Justice & Equity
The N.H. Center for Justice and Equity is a newly formed non-profit that will focus on advancing issues of racial, economic justice and health equity in New Hampshire. The organization will officially launch in late September.
Anthony Poore | InDepthNH.org | September 29, 2022
New Center for Justice and Equity targets systemic racism in New Hampshire
A newly formed nonprofit, the NH Center for Justice and Equity, will be focusing on advancing issues of racial, economic justice and health equity in New Hampshire, its organizers say.
NH Business Review | September 29, 2022
Organizational Updates
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