Annual Gala Tag

June 29, 2017 In Updates Gender & Sexual Violence

Jessica Simpkins to Receive Illuminating Injustice Award

Jessica Simpkins, a rape survivor who sued her church for willfully ignoring a pastor’s history of sexual assault, will receive Public Justice’s 2017 Illuminating Injustice Award. In 2008, 15-year-old Jessica was twice raped by her pastor at Sunbury Grace Brethren Church in Ohio. Unbeknownst…

June 20, 2017 In Updates

Barney Frank to Receive 2017 Champion of Justice Award

Public Justice is proud to announce that former Congressman Barney Frank will receive the organization’s Champion of Justice Award for his exceptional leadership and advocacy on economic justice and civil rights.