Join us for a panel discussion about Immigrant Advocacy in Maine, hosted by Portland Press Herald reporter, John Richardson.  Panelists will talk about advocacy and programs to support Maine immigrants. Panelists include: Juliet Brown from the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP), Hannah DeAngelis, Director of Refugee Resettlement at Catholic Charities Dinah Minot, Director of the Creative Portland, City […]

The University of Southern Maine Food Studies Program presents There is My Home on November 8, 2019 at 4pm in room 108 of USM's Lewiston campus. This 30-minute documentary 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, both learned […]

Understanding Violence in Central Africa From Laura Seay: "I am an assistant professor of Government at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. My research is centered around the study of community responses to conflict and U.S. foreign policy in Africa’s Great Lakes region.  I am currently finishing a book, Substituting for the State, about the role non-state actors play in […]