PROVIDENCE – Eastern Bank Foundation honored former Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick with its 2026 Social Justice Award at its annual Celebration of Social Justice on Sept. 14.
The foundation, which is the charitable arm of Boston-based Eastern Bank, also presented its inaugural Nancy Huntington Stager Collaborative Impact Award to Cambridge nonprofit Just A Start and its Rindge Commons partners.
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The award recognizes collaborative efforts to expand economic mobility through affordable housing, workforce development and early childhood education.
Patrick served as Massachusetts governor from 2007 to 2015 and previously served as assistant attorney general for civil rights under President Bill Clinton. He is now a senior partner at Vistria Group and a Hauser Leader at Harvard University’s Center for Public Leadership.
“Deval Patrick’s career-long dedication to civil rights leadership speaks for itself,” Eastern Bank Foundation CEO and President Turahn Dorsey said in a statement.
The event comes as Eastern Bank parent Eastern Bankshares Inc. continues its expansion into Rhode Island following its acquisition of HarborOne Bancorp.
Eastern Bankshares completed the acquisition in November 2025, adding about $4.5 billion in loans and $4.3 billion in deposits and expanding its Eastern Bank branch network into Rhode Island.
The combined bank now has more than 120 banking locations across eastern Massachusetts, southern and coastal New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
Matthew McNulty is a PBN staff writer. He can be reached at McNulty@PBN.com or on X at @MattMcNultyNYC.
