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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. Second dinner will take place on October 2nd. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate Contact: Steve Wessler […]

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. Second dinner will take place on October 3rd. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate Contact: Steve Wessler […]

LECTURE: Alia Malek

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

Alia Malek is a journalist and former civil rights lawyer. She is the author of “A Country Called Amreeka: US History Re-Told Through Arab American Lives,” “The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria,” and editor of “Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post 9/11 Injustices.” In April, 2011, she moved to Damascus, Syria and […]

EXHIBITION: When Will We Ever Learn?

Yvette Torres Fine Art 464 Main St., Rockland, ME, United States

Yvette Torres Fine Art has gathered a group of artists whose work depicts the injustice and consequences of war, genocide and the resulting plight of refugees. for an October exhibition. Their works spans the decades from 1952 - 2018. Artists include, Don Alter, Samuel Gelber, James Graham, Frances Kidder, Cynthia Motian McGuril, Winslow Myers, Elaine […]

September Open House: BFA Admissions

Porteous Building, Maine College of Art & Design 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United States

Come see first-hand why students are choosing to study in MECA&D's close-knit community and rigorous artistic programs.

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 […]