Hiaasen to deliver keynote address for 2023 Equal Justice Awards
Bestselling novelist and former Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen will deliver the keynote address at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid’s (JALA) 21st Equal Justice Awards Sept. 20 at the Marriott Jacksonville Downtown. The Florida native is known for his irreverent humor, colorful characters and fiercely pointed tales about Florida, environmental issues, modern culture and corruption.
The event features the presentation of the Robert J. Beckham Equal Justice Award, which is bestowed on a person or organization who has notably promoted the cause of equal justice for low-income residents of Northeast Florida. The 2023 honorees are Gunster Shareholder Mike Freed and former Florida Times-Union Executive Editor Mary Kelli Palka, who now serves as strategic communications director at the University of North Florida.
“We are thrilled to be able to bring the Equal Justice Awards back so that we can honor these two individuals who have done so much for the Northeast Florida community,” said JALA CEO Jim Kowalski.
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