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Letter From The President, Robert A. Kennedy
Letter From The President, Robert A. Kennedy
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Letter to the Editor of The Maine Campus from University of Maine President Robert Kennedy congratulating university students for supporting LD 1196, An Act to Extend Civil Rights Protections to All People Regardless of Sexual Orientation.
Glad Director Speaks A Womens' Lunch, Maeghan Naimie
Glad Director Speaks A Womens' Lunch, Maeghan Naimie
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Pride Week visited the Women's Studies Program's this past week, and brought its own unique spin to the long-running series. In honor of the week's events, Mary Bonauto, director of the Civil Rights Project at Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders GLAD gave a presentation called "The Future of Marriage Equality in New England: Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine." Between thirty and forty people attended the presentation.
Pride Week's Closing Events Push For Campus Diversity, Justin M. Wozniski
Pride Week's Closing Events Push For Campus Diversity, Justin M. Wozniski
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The Wilde Stein Alliance for Sexual Diversity held an open house for all members of the University of Maine community to socialize with friends and faculty members this past week. The event was held as part of UMaine's Pride Week and was designed to showcase the organization's offerings to the university community.
Learn To Respect, Celebrate Differences, Aaron Skilling
Learn To Respect, Celebrate Differences, Aaron Skilling
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
What is this Pride Week crap about anyhow? Straight people don't have a pride week. I began thinking about this question, but then I remembered, it is OK to be different. That is what makes this world interesting, right? Pride Week is a time when the people of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community band together to celebrate their differences.
Real World' Star Danny Roberts Kicks Off Pride Week, Angela Fiandaca
Real World' Star Danny Roberts Kicks Off Pride Week, Angela Fiandaca
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Approximately 250 University of Maine students and community members got a taste of what it's like to be "Out in the Real World" Monday night in 101 Neville Hall. As part of the University of Maine's Pride Week. MTV Real World's 2000 New Orleans cast member Danny Roberts spoke a little about his Real World experience and more about what it's like being gay in the military.
Audience Crams To See Transgendered Author, Diana Mcelwain
Audience Crams To See Transgendered Author, Diana Mcelwain
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
It was standing room only at Memorial Union's Bangor Room then transgendered [sic] author Jennifer Finney Boylan came to speak about her experienced and read from her book: "She's Not There." Boylan is no stranger to the University of Maine. She spoke in the same room last year, and has visited Human Sexuality classes.
A Warm Welcome For Boylan, The Maine Campus
A Warm Welcome For Boylan, The Maine Campus
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
It's not often that the word "tolerance" is thought of in conjunction with college students. As accepting as a college campus can be, there still exists a small but vocal group that often sounds out with a collective voice that is louder than the competing voice of reason. It's ironic that an institution harboring so much diversity can be a center for intolerance and the perpetuation of stereotypes of bigotry.
Wilde Stein Speaks To Senate, Samantha White
Wilde Stein Speaks To Senate, Samantha White
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
After a few weeks of problems and debates, the University of Maine Student Government has been relatively quiet. They have begun to grow accustom to their new leaders and members.