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PANEL: History of Immigration in Maine

Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, United States

Held in conjunction with the exhibition Home: Reflections on Place, hosted by the Portland Public Library. Join us for a panel discussion about the History of Immigration in Maine hosted by Portland Press Herald reporter, Megan Doyle.  Panelists will talk about advocacy and programs to support Maine immigrants. Panelists include: Julia Trujillo, Director of the Office of […]

FILM: Family and Community

YWCA Central Maine 130 East Ave., Lewiston, ME, United States

Screening of My American Girls by Aaron Matthews. Described by the Los Angeles Times as “packed with uncommon honesty and humor,” this intimate cinema-verite documentary captures the contradictions of contemporary immigrant life in America, showcasing the rewards and the costs of assimilation. Filmed over the course of a year, the film follows the family of Sandra and […]

Gallery Talk: Seeing Otherwise | Caroline Webb

Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME, United States

Co-curator Caroline Webb will introduce visitors to the Seeing Otherwise exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art. Featured work by Romare Bearden, Phong Bui, Lalla Essaydi, Whitfield Lovell, Meleko Mokgosi, Richard Mosse, Leo Rubinfien, Alfred Stieglitz, and Fred Wilson invites an novel view of displacement and reinvention, presence and absence, memory and identity.        […]

FILM+PANEL: There Is My Home

Payson Smith Hall, USM Portland Campus 96 Falmouth St., Portland, ME, United States

There 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, both learned to farm at a young age from their parents. When civil war broke out in 1991, their villages were repeatedly raided for food. […]

EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: At the Periphery | Maine College of Art & Design

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

Virtual reality filmmaker Daniel Quintanilla, working with the Yarn Corporation, will be in the gallery to share At the Periphery, a virtual experience that explores the often paradoxical idea of "visibility" as it relates to the immigrant experience. In this virtual journey, one is transported to spaces occupied temporarily or permanently by immigrant communities in […]

MUSIC: Wazo Daveed in Concert at Portland Public Library

Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, United States

Wazo Daveed is A 19-year-old artist, musician, and youth advocate.  Daveed spent his time building his art portfolio through the emerging arts community in Portland. Whether it’s through fashion, music, or visual arts, Daveed has been involved with it all, most significantly creating a youth art collective called Kesho Wazo. Kesho Wazo translates to “Tomorrow’s […]

MUSIC + POETRY: The Power of We: Celebrating the Opening of the GPIWC Digital Language Lab & Fourth Floor Expansion

Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center 24 Preble St. 4th Floor, Portland, ME, United States

The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center believes in the Power of We.  By working together, we can make great things happen. It is in this spirit that the Center showcases its expansion and launch of English language programming with an evening of music, art and conversation.  Representatives from the business, non-profit and political sectors will […]

LECTURE: Fierce Compassion, Well-Being, and the Reclamation of our Shared Humanity | Dr. Kamilah Majied

USM Glickman Library, University Events Room, 7th floor 314 Forest Ave., Portland, ME, United States

The Bertha Crosley Ball Center for Compassion hosts a public lecture by Dr. Kamilah Majied, Howard University, Department of Social Work. This colloquy will offer participants the opportunity to learn about and practice cultivating fierce compassion through contemplative practice. The goal is to develop sustainability in our efforts to ground our day to day to […]