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Salt, 2005-2006, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies

Salt Magazine Archive

SALT telling Maine stories. Published by the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Number 60 / 61. 2005-2006.

Contents

• 4 Until Their Feet Leave the Sand by Whit Richardson, photos by Elizabeth M. Claffey When two brothers in the Maine National Guard are called to serve as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, their respective families unite to hold down the fort.
• 18 Turn It On, Turn It Up, and Kick Some Butt photo essay by Jennifer Whitney. With support from their mom and dad, Brooke, and Stephanie Hammond have already won seventeen beauty pageant titles.
• 24 Portland on Three by Chris …

Homeless In Maine: Who Is? Who Might Be Tomorrow? What Do We Do About It?, Suzanne Guild

Maine Policy Review

The December 1998 denial by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to fund Maine’s applications for homeless assistance catapulted the needs of this vulnerable population to top priority status. As Suzanne Guild notes, Maine’s homeless population is comprised of two groups: those who are homeless for the first time and who, after a brief stay at a shelter, will regain stable housing, and those who cycle in and out of the state’s shelters on a more or less regular basis. Both groups tend to be young and undereducated; more than half are male; and many report problems with …

Maine’S Homeless Families: An Interview With Helen Hemminger, Helen Hemminger

Maine Policy Review

Since 1991 Helen Hemminger has been director of The Tedford Shelter, a homeless shelter serving adults and families in the Brunswick, Maine area. In this interview, Hemminger provides a first- hand account of Maine’s changing homeless population. The good news, she reports, is that the percentage of people with mental illnesses staying at the shelter has gone down. The bad news is that since 1994 the shelter has experienced a steady increase in the number of homeless families. As Hemminger notes, there are more Maine families today working very hard to make ends meet. Living on a precarious edge, one …

Salt, Vol. 11, No. 4, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies

Salt Magazine Archive

Published by the Salt Center for Documentary Field Studies. Viginia and her child find a place in Maine's broccoli harvest, where 350 migrants “try to make it a home.”Content

• 3 Nineteen Pine Street Soon the Salt Center will expand to Seventeen Pine next door, doubling its size and expanding its educational programs.
• 4 Contradancing: Rowdies and Revivalists Maine has its “rowdies” that dance and play their music like the old time country dances of 50 years ago. And it has its “revivalists” that practice English contradances learned from Boston.
• 20 Broccoli Harvest Move over potatoes, here comes the broccoli …

Art Show At Umaine To Benefit The Homeless, Maine Campus

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A student art show to benefit the homeless.

Salt, Vol. 8, No. 1, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies

Salt Magazine Archive

The magazine about the really important people of Maine. This is Walter. The bear is Cuddles. Walter’s struggling to overcome child abuse. He’s also trying to find a home. The two may be the same.

Content

• 3 View From Pier Road
• 2 Eating In Maine A new feature, Salt’s guide to the really important places to eat in Maine.
• 6 Maine: Myth and Reality A special issue on what is the “real” Maine. Salt staff and students worked to find out. What they found is presented in three sections.
• 7 Being Young in Maine What is it like to be …