PANEL: From the Northern Triangle to the U.S. Border

Talbot Lecture Hall, USM Portland Campus 85 Bedford St., Portland, ME, United States

Panel features former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, James Nealon. The World Affairs Council of Maine in collaboration with the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center and Mainers for Accountable Leadership will host a panel discussion on the recent increase in asylum seekers migrating from the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) to the United States. We will discuss the myriad […]

FILM: Promise and Prejudice

Lewiston Public Library 200 Lisbon St., Lewiston, ME, United States

Screening of Welcome to Shelbyville by Kim A. Snyder. This powerful documentary takes an in-depth look at Shelbyville, a small Tennessee town in the heart of the Bible Belt, as it grapples with discrimination in the face of changing demographics. On the eve of the 2008 presidential election, Shelbyville’s longtime residents are challenged with how best to […]

FILM: The Search For General Tso

Shettleworth Lecture Hall, Maine Historical Society 489 Congress St., Portland, ME, United States

Screening of The Search for General Tso by Ian Chenney. As much an immigration history as a culinary one, this entertaining and informative documentary uses the ubiquitous Americanized Chinese dish, General Tso’s chicken, as a lens onto a larger story of migration, adaptation and innovation in American popular culture. Early on, the film poses the question, […]

LECTURE: Soldiers and Kings | Jason De León

Pettengill Hall, Bates College 4 Andrews Rd., Lewiston, ME, United States

Lecture title: Soldiers and Kings: Violence, Masculinity, and Photoethnographic Practice in the Context of Human Smuggling Across Mexico By Jason De León, MMV artist and Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan Since 2015 I have been involved in an analog photoethnographic project focused on documenting the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting undocumented […]

Community Conversation and Dinner

Randall 218 in the Randall Student Union at UMA, Augusta 46 University Drive, Augusta, ME, United States

The Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) and Communities Against Hate are hosting a set of two dinners bringing together old and New Mainers for facilitated conversation around race, religion and prejudice. This dinner is the companion to the dinner on September 25th. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate […]

LECTURE: Welcome to Dawnland: The First Nations host the First Immigrants | Dr. Chris Beach

Museum L-A 35 Canal St., Lewiston, ME, United States

Dr. Beach's talk will focus on the 1600s, when the indigenous Wabanaki nations hosted the first French and English immigrants to their Dawnland tidewater territories. Dr. Beach is a Maine immigrant himself, and an historian long interested in Maine and nearby Canadian history. Part of Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration […]

EXHIBITION: Face to Face | Portraits by Rabee Kiwan

Common Street Arts Gallery 10 Water St. #106, Waterville, ME, United States

Born in Lebanon, Rabee Kiwan immigrated to the United States in 2002 to complete his medical training and he has lived in Portland since 2009. Rabee has been painting portraits, landscapes, and still lifes since he was a young child when his father gave him a watercolor set. Drawing inspiration from everyday life sustains his […]

LECTURE: Soldiers and Kings | Jason De León

Diamond Building, Colby College 4000 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville, ME, United States

Lecture title: Soldiers and Kings: Violence, Masculinity, and Photoethnographic Practice in the Context of Human Smuggling Across Mexico By Jason De León, MMV artist and Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan Since 2015 I have been involved in an analog photoethnographic project focused on documenting the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting undocumented […]

Community Conversation and Dinner

Randall 218 in the Randall Student Union at UMA, Augusta 46 University Drive, Augusta, ME, United States

The Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) and Communities Against Hate are hosting a set of two dinners bringing together old and New Mainers for facilitated conversation around race, religion and prejudice. This dinner is the companion to the dinner on September 26th. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate […]