CONVERSATION: Page to Stage at the Portland Public Library
Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, United StatesA brown bag lunch and discussion of the themes and ideas addressed in Refuge Malja ملجأ, moderated […]
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Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways
FILM: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work
Museum L-A 35 Canal St., Lewiston, ME, United StatesScreening of Destination America Episode 1: The Golden Door by Stephen Stept and David Grubin. In this first episode from the acclaimed four-part series on immigration, historians Donna Gabaccia and […]
READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | hosted by Maine College of Art & Design
Maine College of Art & Design 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United StatesA reading from Refuge Malja ملجأ by Bess Welden with Arabic translation by Ali Al Mshakheel. A scene from the play Refuge Malja ملجأ will be read in English and […]
CONVERSATION: The Stories We Carry
USM Glickman Library, Special Events Room, 7th floor 314 Forest Ave., Portland, ME, United StatesThis interactive literary event will help the audience to explore some of the ways in which storytelling and oral histories preserve our cultures and connect us to our origin. A […]
FILM: To Light a Candle
Shettleworth Lecture Hall, Maine Historical Society 489 Congress St., Portland, ME, United StatesScreening of To Light a Candle by Maziar Bahari. Through personal stories and dramatic archive footage, To Light a Candle gives a powerful account of the Baha’i people in Iran, a religious minority […]
FILM + PANEL: There is My Home
Bailey Hall, USM Gorham Campus 16 University Way, Gorham, ME, United StatesThere Is My Home features Hawa Ibrahim and Batula Ismail, two women trying to support their families as farmers in Maine. Born and raised in the Jubba River Valley of Somalia, […]
CONFERENCE: Meeting the Mental & Physical Needs of Immigrants, Refugees & Asylum Seekers
DoubleTree by Hilton 363 Maine Mall Rd, South Portland, ME, United StatesFor Immigrants, refugees, or asylum seekers, leaving their country is only the beginning of their struggles. For mental health and medical providers to be effective, we need to understand the […]
2018 Dorothy Schwartz Forum: who is we?
Congregation Bet Ha'am 81 Westbrook St., South Portland, ME, United States(Above) Schwartz Forum installation sketch by Lisa Pixley. The Schwartz Forum brings people together with expert guides to grapple with a big question. This year’s question – who is we? […]
PANEL: Printers Without Margins: A Fellowship for Change
SPEEDWELL 630 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME, United StatesPickwick Independent Press is a community print shop in Portland, Maine that had the opportunity to give six activists a fellowship this year. Each Fellow was guided through the process […]