The Edwards Empowerment Fund hereby establishes a new scholarship called the Maverick Street Mothers Scholarship that honors mothers and parents that have fought for our community of East Boston. These parents in many cases were organizers and proud activists fighting for social justice, community, open space and our neighborhood.
We know that for many of these women they were not given the opportunity or had to forgo formal education to care for their families.
Today, many parents involved in community activities, parent teacher associations, social justice movements still are struggling with fighting for their children's future and education and obtaining their own. This scholarship is intended to continue to plant the seeds of activism and to forever memorialize the women who came before us and whose shoulders we stand on today.