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Racial Considerations In The Language Used Around Mass Shootings Are Vital, Liz Theriault
Racial Considerations In The Language Used Around Mass Shootings Are Vital, Liz Theriault
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The Gun Violence Archive has logged 385 mass shootings across the U.S. as of Dec. 1, 2019. Just ��ve days later, on the morning of Dec. 6, another shooting was added to that list, when three were fatally shot and eight injured in the shooting at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida.
"I Feel Like I'Ve Had A Bag Over My Head:" New Teachers Explore Issues Of Diversity, Power And Justice, Rebecca Buchanan
"I Feel Like I'Ve Had A Bag Over My Head:" New Teachers Explore Issues Of Diversity, Power And Justice, Rebecca Buchanan
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Over 80 percent of teachers in the U.S. are white, despite an increasingly diverse PK-12 student population (Barnum, 2018). This demographicimperative has prompted teacher education to respond in two diverging ways. The ��rst is to diversify the teaching workforce by increasing the number of teachers of color (Neal, Sleeter, & Kumashiro, 2015). The second is to better prepare a mostly white teaching workforce to work with aracially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse student population (Zeichner, 2009).
Umaine's Wgs Program Hosts A Lecture On Gender-Based Violence, Leela Stockley
Umaine's Wgs Program Hosts A Lecture On Gender-Based Violence, Leela Stockley
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, the University of Maine Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGS) Program hosted Professor Ruth Lewis of Northumbria University in Newcastle, England, for a lecture and discussion on the “New Manifestations and Conceptualizations of Gender-based Violence” brought by technological advancements. The lecture, which was held in the Norman Smith Center, shared Lewis’ extensive research on the subject, which included references to media stories and scholarship, as well as her personal views on how a positive and lasting change could be achieved.
Editorial: Black Bear Pride Means Protecting Students From Hate Speech, Liz Theriault
Editorial: Black Bear Pride Means Protecting Students From Hate Speech, Liz Theriault
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, Rep. Lawrence Lockman arrived at the University of Maine campus to give a keynote presentation at the “Crisis at the Border; A Citizen’s Guide to Resisting Racist Immigration Policies in Maine” event, organized by the UMaine College Republicans. It did not take long for many UMaine students and alumni to condemn this visit, citing evidence of violent, discriminatory and hateful statements made by Lockman in the past. The controversy stirred up by Rep. Lockman’s visit is a perfect example for how UMaine, its students and its administration need to take a moment to reassess how …
End Racism Protest Is Held On The Umaine Mall, Charles Cramer
End Racism Protest Is Held On The Umaine Mall, Charles Cramer
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Students, faculty and community members from across the Orono area gathered on Monday to protest online comments made three weeks earlier about Columbus Day and Indigenous American peoples by members of the University of Maine College Republicans (UMCR). The comments in question were initially uploaded to the UMCR’s Facebook page on Oct. 5 and were addressed in an email on Oct. 7 by both UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Robert Dana. The email from Ferrini-Mundy and Dana denied that the posts were representative of UMaine’s values, but chose to maintain their …
End Racism Protest Is Held On The Umaine Mall, Charles Cramer
End Racism Protest Is Held On The Umaine Mall, Charles Cramer
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Students, faculty and community members from across the Orono area gathered on Monday to protest online comments made three weeks earlier about Columbus Day and Indigenous American peoples by members of the University of Maine College Republicans (UMCR). The comments in question were initially uploaded to the UMCR’s Facebook page on Oct. 5 and were addressed in an email on Oct. 7 by both UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Robert Dana. The email from Ferrini-Mundy and Dana denied that the posts were representative of UMaine’s values, but chose to maintain their …
End Racism Protest' Is Held On The Umaine Mall, Charles Cramer
End Racism Protest' Is Held On The Umaine Mall, Charles Cramer
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Students, faculty and community members from across the Orono area gathered on Monday to protest online comments made three weeks earlier about Columbus Day and Indigenous American peoples by members of the University of Maine College Republicans (UMCR). The comments in question were initially uploaded to the UMCR’s Facebook page on Oct. 5 and were addressed in an email on Oct. 7 by both UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Robert Dana. The email from Ferrini-Mundy and Dana denied that the posts were representative of UMaine’s values, but chose to maintain their …
A Little Controversy: Clarence Little In Our History And On Our Campus, Sierra Semmel
A Little Controversy: Clarence Little In Our History And On Our Campus, Sierra Semmel
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Clarence Cook Little, or C.C. Little, was the sixth president of the University of Maine, serving from 1922 to 1925. Just prior to his stint as president of UMaine, he served as the president of the University of Michigan for a short period of time. He started the Jackson Lab in Bar Harbor and was a scientist, an academic and a researcher. He was also a eugenicist.
The Controversy Series: Discussing Literary Aspects Of Contemporary Black Poetics, Brielle Hardy
The Controversy Series: Discussing Literary Aspects Of Contemporary Black Poetics, Brielle Hardy
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Associate English Professor Carla Billitterri delivered her presentation, “Satire, Negation, and Conditional Futurity in Black Poetics” on Thursday, Oct. 24. The talk was part of the Fall 2019 Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Controversy Series that is taking place Thursday afternoons in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union.
Local Student Activist Participates In Portland Ice Protests, Leela Stockley
Local Student Activist Participates In Portland Ice Protests, Leela Stockley
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
In mid-October, it was announced by the city of Portland, Maine that the city would be opening an office to house United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The new office will be located on the fourth floor of One City Center, and officials say that the office will be actively focusing on crimes related to human trafficking, child exploitation, transnational drug trafficking and transnational terrorism rather than illegal immigration and deportation efforts.
End Racism On Campus: Justice For Indigenous Students, Desiree Nicole Vargas
End Racism On Campus: Justice For Indigenous Students, Desiree Nicole Vargas
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Screen capture of a Facebook event announcement for an "End Racism on Campus" gathering held on the University Mall at UMaine on Monday, October 28, 2019
Encouraging Self-Esteem, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance
Encouraging Self-Esteem, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Signs, hand painted by members of the Wilde Stein Club, promoting messages of self-esteem including, "You are worth it. You are valid;" "You are Worthy;" and "You ARE Enough."
University President Statement On Social Media Posts By Umaine College Republicans, Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Robert Q. Dana
University President Statement On Social Media Posts By Umaine College Republicans, Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Robert Q. Dana
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
We are writing to provide the University of Maine position on recent Facebook posts by the UMaine College Republicans on their private Facebook page.
Statement Supporting Indigenous People, The Feminist Collective
Statement Supporting Indigenous People, The Feminist Collective
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Poster promoting Exploring Wabanaki Maine History, an event by the Maine-Wabanaki REACH, sponsored by the UMaine Study Government which accompanied a Facebook post issued by The Feminist Collective in response to racist propeganda promoted by the Umaine College Republicans in advance of Maine's first Indigenous People's Day, 2019. "The University of Maine Feminist Collective would like to offer our support to all those negatively affected by the UMaine College Republican’s recent Facebook post regarding Indigenous people and the culture surrounding the upcoming holiday on Monday. Regardless of politics, we recognize that the remarks made against minorities are fueled by internalized …
Editorial: Why Do We Still Need To Defend Indigenous Peoples Day?, Liz Theriault
Editorial: Why Do We Still Need To Defend Indigenous Peoples Day?, Liz Theriault
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Indigenous Peoples Day is approaching, yet we are still discussing the man who committed mass genocide who is incorrectly credited for discovering America. There were already millions of people living in North America when the Europeans crossed the ocean in 1492, and common logic could argue that replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a way to recognize history. However, since Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law on April 26 replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. With the holiday rapidly approaching controversy surrounding it has been ignited once more.
Women's Resource Center To Undergo Name Change, Leela Stockley
Women's Resource Center To Undergo Name Change, Leela Stockley
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, a subsidiary office within the Division of Student Life, expects to soon change the name and administrative structure of its Women’s Resource Center (WRC). These changes are anticipated to come through a process of organizational restructuring in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which has just this year acquired administrative control over the formerly unaffiliated WRC.
First In A Series Of Diversity And Inclusivity Workshops Held On Wednesday, Charles Cramer
First In A Series Of Diversity And Inclusivity Workshops Held On Wednesday, Charles Cramer
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
For the second consecutive semester, the University of Maine will be hosting a series of campus-wide Diversity and Inclusivity training workshops. The first in this series was held on Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. in Hancock Hall and was attended by representatives of the University’s Multicultural Student Center, Community Coordinators and interested students from across campus. Its goal, through collaboration between various students and faculty, was to educate attendees on issues commonly faced in college environments and promote an inclusive learning environment.
From Cancel Culture To Changing Culture, Liz Theriault
From Cancel Culture To Changing Culture, Liz Theriault
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
What do big-name celebrities like James Charles, Taylor Swift, James Gunn, Laura Lee, Kayne West, PewDiePie, Roseanne Barr, Shane Gillis, Logan Paul have in common? They have, at one point in their careers, been “canceled.” Hoards of their social media followers took to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to hurl insults and declare the celebrities “canceled.” Each of these celebrities has become the target of cancel culture. But what exactly does that mean? Cancel culture is defined by the holy grail of internet slang, the Urban Dictionary, as a “modern internet phenomenon where a person is ejected from influence or fame …
2019 Annual Report Raymond, Maine, Raymond, (Me.).
2019 Annual Report Raymond, Maine, Raymond, (Me.).
Maine Town Documents
No abstract provided.
Wgs Program Hosts 'Pop-Up' On Political Correctness, Charles Cramer
Wgs Program Hosts 'Pop-Up' On Political Correctness, Charles Cramer
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
For the first time this semester, the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies (WGS) program hosted one of their ‘Pop-up Panels.’ The panelist/audience discussions address topics of a divisive and polarizing variety in a format that is open to the student body. The hour-long event, which began at noon on Wednesday in the Memorial Union’s Bangor Room, discussed the concept of ‘political correctness’ and the connotations it often evokes.
Annual Report For The City Of Ellsworth, Maine, Fiscal Year 2018, Ellsworth, (Me.).
Annual Report For The City Of Ellsworth, Maine, Fiscal Year 2018, Ellsworth, (Me.).
Maine Town Documents
No abstract provided.
Umaine News Bilingual Signage — English And Penobscot — Now At Umaine, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing & Communications
Umaine News Bilingual Signage — English And Penobscot — Now At Umaine, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing & Communications
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Screenshot of the UMaine News webpage featuring a story regarding the fact that new University of Maine building and road signage on campus was now bilingual, English and Penobscot.
City Of Augusta Annual Report, 2018, Augusta, (Me.).
City Of Augusta Annual Report, 2018, Augusta, (Me.).
Maine Town Documents
No abstract provided.
Town Of Warren Annual Report, July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018, Warren, (Me.).
Town Of Warren Annual Report, July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018, Warren, (Me.).
Maine Town Documents
No abstract provided.
Town Report 2018 Town Of Windham, Maine, Windham, (Me.).
Town Report 2018 Town Of Windham, Maine, Windham, (Me.).
Maine Town Documents
No abstract provided.
Town Of Winter Harbor July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019 Annual Report, Winter Harbor, (Me.)
Town Of Winter Harbor July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019 Annual Report, Winter Harbor, (Me.)
Maine Town Documents
No abstract provided.
Town Of Arrowsic, Maine 2019 Annual Report, Arrowsic, (Me.).
Town Of Arrowsic, Maine 2019 Annual Report, Arrowsic, (Me.).
Maine Town Documents
No abstract provided.
Town Of Readfield 2019 Annual Report, Readfield, (Me.).
Town Of Readfield 2019 Annual Report, Readfield, (Me.).
Maine Town Documents
No abstract provided.
Brownfield, Maine, Town Report, 2019, Brownfield, (Me.).
Brownfield, Maine, Town Report, 2019, Brownfield, (Me.).
Maine Town Documents
No abstract provided.
Annual Report Of The Municipal Officers Of The Town Of Chelsea, Maine For The Municipal Year, 2019, Chelsea, (Me.).
Annual Report Of The Municipal Officers Of The Town Of Chelsea, Maine For The Municipal Year, 2019, Chelsea, (Me.).
Maine Town Documents
No abstract provided.