Many thanks to our co-chairs Ray Arce and Mark Barnes, our Steering Committee, all our sponsors, and attendees for another successful Access to Justice Awards Dinner on June 20, 2024 at the Pinnacle in Maumee, Ohio.

It was an honor to recognize our award winners – the Honorable Michelle Wagner (Public Interest Law Award recipient), the Honorable Ian B. English (Community Advocacy Award recipient), and Mom’s House/Christina Rodriguez (Community Advocacy Award recipient). The work these three individuals are doing in our community is inspiring, stimulating, and hopeful.

Our guest speaker Erin Gruwell told her inspirational story on how when we come together we can do so much good – not only for a moment but also long term. The work that Ms. Gruwell achieved with her students bringing them to a better life and future, resonates with the work that ABLE, LAWO, and the Toledo Bar Association Pro Bono Legal Services Program are doing in our community. The help these three organizations receive from our donors is so valuable. We are very fortunate to have good people in our community.