New York

EdTrust–New York is a statewide education policy and advocacy organization focused first and foremost on doing right by New York’s children. Although many organizations speak up for the adults employed by schools and colleges, we advocate for students, especially those whose needs and potential are often overlooked.

West

EdTrust–West is committed to dismantling the racial and economic barriers embedded in the California education system. Through our research and advocacy, EdTrust-West engages diverse communities dedicated to education equity and justice and increases political and public will to build an education system where students of color and multilingual learners, especially those experiencing poverty, will thrive.

Massachusetts

The Education Trust team in Massachusetts convenes and supports the Massachusetts Education Equity Partnership (MEEP), a collective effort of more than 20 social justice, civil rights and education organizations from across the Commonwealth working together to promote educational equity for historically underserved students in our state’s schools.

Mary Baxter

Justice Fellows Advisory Board

Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, writer, pedagogue, and cultural worker based in Philadelphia, PA. As a visionary thought leader creating socially conscious music, film, performance, and visual art, her practice embodies resilience, care, and community-centeredness while working at the intersections of reproductive justice, black feminist thought, and transformative change.

Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally at venues including MoMA PS1, New York; the African American Museum of Philadelphia; Frieze LA; Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia; Ben & Jerry’s Factory in Waterbury, Vermont; Martos Gallery, New York; the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Ohio; Brown University, Rhode Island; the Schomburg, New York; Yale Art Gallery, Connecticut; the National Museum of World Cultures Leiden, Netherlands; Two Rivers Gallery, British Columbia; as well as a solo exhibition in 2023 at the Brooklyn Museum, New York.

Ms. Baxter is also an inaugural 2017 Right of Return fellow, a 2018 and 2019 Mural Arts Philadelphia Reimagining Reentry fellow, a 2019 Leeway Foundation Transformation awardee, a 2021 EdTrust Justice fellow, a 2021 Frieze Impact Prize award winner, a 2022 S.O.U.R.C.E Studio Corrina Mehiel Fellow, 2022 Art 4 Justice grantee partner, 2022 Pratt Forward fellow, 2022 Artist2Artist Art Matters Foundation grantee and grantor, 2023 Soros Justice fellow, and a 2024 Anonymous Was A Woman awardee.

On February 2, 2024, Baxter received a Governors’ Pardon from Josh Shapiro and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, thus honoring her transformative work in the arts and culture sector as well as Baxter’s 17 year commitment to communal healing, advocacy, and repair.