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Gardner, Ed, Ethan Bent
Gardner, Ed, Ethan Bent
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Ed Gardner is a 62 year old gay male currently living in Falmouth and working in Portland. He grew up in Lewiston Maine and moved to Portland as a young adult. Starting from scratch, Ed was able to buy and sell buildings and found tremendous success over his long career as a real estate agent. Over the course of his life, Ed has fundraised and donated to a variety of Maine’s LGBTQ organizations. He was involved directly with the establishment of the Equality Community Center by first hosting LGBTQ tenants in his office space, and then helping to raise money …
Murray, Evan, O'Connor Matthew
Murray, Evan, O'Connor Matthew
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Evan Murray is a 45 year old nonbinary transman. They were born in Boston, Massachusetts and moved to Windham, Maine. Within the interview, Murray discusses the problems with going to a school that is too small, identity challenges within family, and the love of political activism. He had also discussed how his identity had changed over the years, as a young adult, coming to the identity of nonbinary, and later embracing their more masculine aspects. He attended USM and then later a college in Washington, State. He also discusses the importance of chosen family including his relationship with his three …
Bilodeau, Richard, Maggie Powers
Bilodeau, Richard, Maggie Powers
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Richard Bilodeau is 54 years old and identifies as a gay man. He grew up in Portland, attending Deering High School. He is married to his partner Scott and they went on their first date in 1988. He studied applied clinical chemistry at the University of Vermont and began his career in the Maine Medical Center lab. He earned his bachelors and master's in business from the University of Southern Maine. Currently, he works as a professor in the School of Business and Honors Program. Over the years, he also had ownership in alternative health and TV programming businesses. He …
Michaud, Jim, Angelli Bishop
Michaud, Jim, Angelli Bishop
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Jim Michaud, (he/him), was born in 1964. Jim is a local Mainer, born and raised in Lewiston, Maine. He was born into a middle-class family with his siblings, was raised Catholic, and even attended Catholic school in his earlier years. Since the late eighties, Jim has identified as a gay man. He is a USM alumnus and attended the USM Gay Men's Alliance, which was his first ever encounter participating in an LGBTQ-organized environment. Being proactive in his political activism, Jim annually attends the Pride Parades in Boston, New York, and Maine. He stresses the importance of creating open space …
Hua, Donovan, Megan Molloy
Hua, Donovan, Megan Molloy
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Donovan Hua is a queer, non-binary artist and advocate in Portland Maine. Donovan was born in China and was adopted when they were two years old. They moved to Portland and have lived in the area since. They were raised primarily by a single mother who greatly influenced their relationship with Catholocism and spirituality. Donovan later attended Casco Bay High School where they came to terms with their gender identity and sexual orientation. Hua speaks about their chosen family of friends and the sense of community they offered through their navigation of both their identity and their disability.
Hua discusses …
Smith, Betsy, Kayla Graffam
Smith, Betsy, Kayla Graffam
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Betsy Smith is a 63 year old lesbian woman who was born in Bangor and grew up in Exeter Maine. She was raised by her mother and father on a potato farm with her three siblings. She attended Jacksonville University, where she came to terms with her sexual identity and received a degree in physical education. She eventually was hired as a math teacher in Vermont and later Portland, Maine. After moving to Portland, Smith became involved in volunteering for gay rights activist groups like the MLGPA. She was involved in multiple campaigns, including the various Maine Won’t Discriminate campaigns …
Neal, James, Wendy Chapkis
Neal, James, Wendy Chapkis
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Jim Neal is a 65 year old gay man born and raised in Galesburg, Illinois. Following his parents’ divorce at age 7, he moved with his mother and brother into their grandmother’s home. Neal discusses how, throughout his childhood, he witnessed predatory men in positions of power abusing boys; this served to inform his early perception of homosexuality. Those experiences also presented an internal struggle for Jim Neal between his own identity as a gay man and his perception of adult gay men. As a child, he found support in his family and closest community for his non-traditional gender interests …
The Torch (Summer 2023), Crtp
The Torch (Summer 2023), Crtp
Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter
The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter
"We help schools think and talk about issues related to race and skin color, national origin and ancestry, religion, disabilities, gender (including gender identity and expression), and sexual orientation."
- Civil Rights Team Spotlight
- Local Collaborations
- Civil Rights Team Shoutouts
- Thanking our Retiring Advisors
- Thanks for reading!
Amjambo Africa! (January 2023), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (January 2023), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
War in eastern DRC ............2-3
Updates from Africa ................4
Depression/refugee camps...... 5
Editorial .....................................6
Amjambo Arts: Phuc Tran ......7
Advice: Someone to trust .....8-9
In 7 languages
Notable inaugurations .....10-11
Coastal resilience ...................11
All about the Workforce ........12
Financial literacy/New Year ..12
Legislative Update ..................13
MCA Giraffe awards ..............14
Tips & Info ..............................15
Year in Review .................. 16-17
Health & Wellness.......18-23, 25
Protecting vision
Health in winter
In 7 languages
Portland Adult Ed. .................27
Abolitionist movement ..........27
Languages are similar ............27
Ukrainian perspective ...........28
Amjambo Africa! (December 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (December 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
Amjambo Arts ..........................2
Holiday Greetings .................... 3
Education .................................. 4
Domestic Violence ...................5
Editorial .....................................6
Tips & Info ................................7
World Market Basket ...............8
Chance to Advance ..................9
Updates from Africa ..............10
Refugee Camp in Uganda .....11
All about the Workforce ........12
Legislative Update .............13-15
In 7 languages
Election Season..................16-17
Health & Wellness........18-23,25
In 7 languages
Financial Literacy/Cars .........24
Service Org. columns....... 26-27
Ukraine/New Voices ..............28
COCOMaine: New Leader ....29
Mcconnell, Mickey, Christina Miner
Mcconnell, Mickey, Christina Miner
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Mickey is a graduate student at USM studying Social Work and is an Adult Learning Coach at USM. She is 31 years old and is bi-sexual. Mickey grew up in Brunswick, Maine and her mom raised her and her two sisters. She has been in a seven year relationship with her partner David. She came out about 14 years old, however, it was not well received by her mother, and Mickey remained quiet about it for several years until more recently. Her mother has relaxed more about it, is more accepting and wants her to be happy. As a result …
Lo, Q, Rheros Iliad Kagoni
Lo, Q, Rheros Iliad Kagoni
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Q Lo is a 45 year old transgender man, the son of two Chinese immigrants who grew up in New York. Q discusses growing up as a queer person of color, how his gender and sexual identity was impacted by the lack of representation he saw around him, how his upbringing in Chinatown influenced his view of the world, and how his immigrant parents influenced his relationship with school, work and creativity. Q talks about attending college, dropping out of college, and his experiences going to MECA in Portland Maine while grappling with the classism and privilege he was experiencing …
Marine, Benn, Andrea Carpenter
Marine, Benn, Andrea Carpenter
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Benn is a 37-year-old trans man living in Maine. He identifies as being pansexual because he feels that he falls in love with personalities regardless of the person’s gender. He grew up with his family in rural southern Maine. He describes feeling that he was different than others from a young age and that, as he describes it, God made a mistake and he was supposed to be a boy. Yet he pushed those feeling under the rug for a long time. He first came out as gay, and much later he came out as trans in his mid-20s, and …
Wanderer, Nancy, Mary Wallace
Wanderer, Nancy, Mary Wallace
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Nancy Wanderer is a professor at the University of Maine School of Law and was also the first Director of the Legal Writing Program at Maine Law. She received a B.A from Wellesley College, and M.A. from George Washington University, and a J.D. from University of Maine School of Law. Nancy Wanderer has dedicated her life to women’s rights and protecting and fighting for the rights of other minorities as well. Since growing up in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Wanderer has always been drawn to education and Academia.
She was married to her ex-husband during her Junior year at Wellesley in …
Gifford, Dan, Erin Schott, Hailey Kamenides
Gifford, Dan, Erin Schott, Hailey Kamenides
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Dan Gifford is a gay white man who grew up in Arkansas, and eventually moved to Maine with his partner. Dan is now an employee at the Portland Museum of Art, where he enjoys his job and being close to art. Dan has always known he was gay, yet to some in Arkansas this was viewed in a negative light or simply swept under the rug. Dan explains that the first time he visited Maine he felt “home”, and enjoys that he can be his true authentic self here, without the scrutiny that he experienced in the South. Dan also …
Chann, Marpheen, Kendall Garland, Meghan Horner
Chann, Marpheen, Kendall Garland, Meghan Horner
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Marpheen Chann is a Cambodian, Asian-American, gay man living in Portland, Maine. He was born in California to an immigrant mother and later moved to Maine, then adopted by a white, Evangelical family. He spent his childhood in the church and would later attend Valley Forge Christian College. Then later transferring to USM to earn a Bachelor’s in Political Science and later attended Maine Law. Chann participates in advocacy work with organizations, such as the Equality Community Center and is the president of Khmer Maine. He currently works for the Good Shepard Food Bank as their Community Impact Manager.
Please …
Amjambo Africa! (November 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (November 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
Nigerian Community .............. 2
Amjambo Arts.......................... 3
Moonglade .............................4-5
Education ..................................6
Publisher’s editorial ..................7
Financial literacy ..........8-13, 19
In 7 languages
World Market Basket ......14-15
Election special .................16-17
All about the Workforce ........18
Community Happenings ...... 20
News from Africa. .............22-23
Health&Wellness. ..............24-31
Topic: Loneliness
In 7 languages
Community columns .......32-33
New Voices ........................34-35
Tips & Info ........................36-37
Afghan Adjustment Act ........ 38
Amjambo Africa! (October 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (October 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
Election special .....................2-3
Moonglade .............................4-5
Amjambo Arts.......................... 6
Credential equivalencies ....8-10
In 7 languages
Ask the doctor ........................11
In 7 languages
Housing update ......................12
Editorial ...................................13
Market Basket ................... 14-15
Beautiful Blackbird .......... 16-17
All about the Workforce ........18
Community Happenings..20-21
News from Africa ..............22-23
Health & Wellness .............24-31
In 7 languages
Community columns .............32
Financial literacy ....................33
New Voices columns ........34-35
Tips & Info ........................36-37
Amjambo Africa! (September 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (September 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
Moonglade............................. 4-5
Education............................. 6-10
In 7 languages
General Assistance ...........11-13
In 7 languages
Market Basket ...................14-15
All about the Workforce ........18
Community Happenings ......20
Amjambo Arts ........................21
Ugandan athletes ....................22
Rwandan hero .........................23
Health & Wellness.............24-31
In 7 languages
International & Maine updates .................... 33
New Voices feature........... 34-35
Financial literacy ....................35
Nonprofit updates ............36-37
Tips & Info.............................. 38
Amjambo Africa! (August 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (August 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
Amjambo Arts ......................2/3
Moonglade .............................4/5
Education .............................6-10
Free Community College
In 7 languages
Immigration fraud .................12
In 7 languages
Market Basket ...................14/15
Tips & Info ..............................16
All about the Workforce ........18
Community Happenings .20/21
Girls & women in Africa........22
Central America news ...........24
Health&Wellness. ..............26-27
In 7 languages
Service organization columns 32
Financial literacy ....................33
New Voices feature ...........34/35
Nonprofit updates .............36/37
The Torch (Summer 2022), Crtp
The Torch (Summer 2022), Crtp
Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter
The Maine Office of the Attorney General administers the Civil Rights Team Project (CRTP). The CRTP’s mission is to increase the safety of elementary, middle school, and high school students by reducing bias-motivated behaviors and harassment in our schools. CRTP accomplishes this by supporting student civil rights teams in Maine schools. The CRTP and student teams are active in engaging school communities in thinking and talking about issues related to:
- Race and skin color
- National origin and ancestry
- Religion
- Disabilities
- Gender (including gender identify and expression)
- Sexual orientation
The Attorney General’s Office created the CRTP in 1996 as a pilot …
Amjambo Africa! (July 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (July 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
Amjambo Arts ......................2/3
Adama Delphine Fawundu Arisa White • Genius Black
Education ..................................4
Youth Fellowship Moonglade ................................ 5
4th of July • Hanji Chang
APIDA books for kids
Editorial & Letters.................... 6
Tips & info ...........................8-15
Fully translated
Useful info: Stimulus checks,
Resources, Marijuana, scams World Market Basket .............16
Farm market in Wales All about the workforce... 18/19
Licensing • Networking Community Happenings..20/21
News from Africa .......22/23/36
Congo Basin • Rwanda Ethiopia • DRC
Health & Wellness ............24-30
Lead poisoning - Fully Translated
Ask the Doctor • COVID Monkeypox • Suicide prevention
Community org. columns ....32
Financial …
Amjambo Africa! (June 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (June 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue Education ..................................3
Moonglade .............................4/5
Publisher’s editorial ..................7
Financial literacy: what is Credit .................8-13
In 7 languages Market Basket ..................14/15
Tips&Info ................................16
Lead in soil ..............................17
All about the Workforce ..18/19
Community Happenings .20/21
photos from community events
News from Africa .............22/36
Health&Wellness ...............24-31
Bridging the healthcare gap
In 7 languages
Columns .......................32/33/39
Nonprofit Organizations
Ask the D.A.
Let’s Talk/ELL
New Voices columns ........34/35
Amjambo Africa! (May 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (May 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue Moonglade .............................2/3
Boys and Girls Club program .4
Color of Climate .......................5
Kwibuka..................................... 6
New Voices ................................7
Financial literacy ...........8-11/33
Market Basket ...................14/15
Karkangee drink
Coffee in Burundi
rice in Maine
Update from Augusta ............16
Revolution from Afar ............17
On being Black ......................18
Armenian genocide ...............18
Scots-Irish immigrants ..........19
Community happenings ..20/21
Photos from community events Tips & Info .............................. 22
Health&Wellness. ..............24-31
Sexually Transmitted disease
Tuberculosis
Ask the doctor In english & translation
Columns ..................................32
Professional Development .....33
Arts Section .......................34/35
land of Peace
ebenezer Akakpo
Maine Humanities Council
Moon in Full book release
Racism in …
The Free Press Vol. 53, March 04-04-2022, Cullen Mcintyre
The Free Press Vol. 53, March 04-04-2022, Cullen Mcintyre
Free Press, The
No abstract provided.
The Torch (Spring 2022), Crtp
The Torch (Spring 2022), Crtp
Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter
The Maine Office of the Attorney General administers the Civil Rights Team Project (CRTP). The CRTP’s mission is to increase the safety of elementary, middle school, and high school students by reducing bias-motivated behaviors and harassment in our schools. CRTP accomplishes this by supporting student civil rights teams in Maine schools. The CRTP and student teams are active in engaging school communities in thinking and talking about issues related to:
- Race and skin color
- National origin and ancestry
- Religion
- Disabilities
- Gender (including gender identify and expression)
- Sexual orientation
The Attorney General’s Office created the CRTP in 1996 as a pilot …
Amjambo Africa! (April 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (April 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
Community updates .............2/3
Remembrance ....................... 4/5
Novruz celebration ...................7
Financial Literacy/Professional Development
Français ...................... 8/9
Iswahili ..........................9
Somali ......................9/10
Ikinyarwanda ........10/11
Português ...............11/12
Espanõl ...................12/13
English .........................33
Candidate Mana Abdi ........... 14
Legislative update ...................15
Skin bleaching ........................16
Paul Farmer .............................17
Jacob Lawrence at Colby .......18
Checking in with businesses .20
French renaissance .................21
Tips & Info
Covid 2 ................................2
Driving ........................30/31
Work permits ...................35
Health&Wellness ...............24-30
In 7 languages
Columns ............................32-37
New Voices columns ........34/35
Gashi/Roseline Souebele
Poems by Maya Williams
English Department Newsletter 2022, English Department, University Of Southern Maine
English Department Newsletter 2022, English Department, University Of Southern Maine
Department of English Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Amjambo Africa! (March 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (March 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
Welcome Center .......................4
Spotlight on business ...............5
Hazard Pay ................................5
Community Food Center ........7
Poem by Nyamuon Nguany
Machar .......................................8
Fufu & Math ........................... 14
Legislative Update ..................15
Singer Clarisse Karasira ........37
DEI/Lewiston............................ 3
Translations French ......................9/13
Swahili ....................10/13
Somali ...............11/13/36
Kinyarwanda .........12/32
Portuguese .............30/32
Spanish ...................31/32
Health&Wellness. ..............20-27
Nutritious eating
In English & translation
Columns New Voices ................8/34/35
Professional Development ... 7
Ask the District Attorney....16
Bureau of Motor Vehicles ...16
Ask the Doctor ....................19
Finance ................................. 33
Community organizations. 28
Beautiful Blackbird .............18
Let’s Talk ...............................35
Maine Immigration .............36
Iraqi immigration freeze ....39
Amjambo Africa! (February 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa! (February 2022), Kathreen Harrison
Amjambo Africa!
In this Issue
Afghan Resettlement ............2/3
Lunar New Year ........................4
Maine Youth Network .............5
Afrofuturism with MHC......... 7
Editorial .....................................8
Translations French .........................9/13
Swahili .......................10/13
Somali .......................11/13
Kinyarwanda ............12/13
Portuguese ................28/30
Spanish ......................29/30
MCF grant opportunities ......14
Legislative update ...................15
Tips & Info ........................16/31
New Roots Farm .....................17
The Samosa Story .............18/19
Health&Wellness... ............20-27
Cardiac Health In English & translations
Columns ..................................32
Maine Equal Justice South Portland Sustainability MIRC
Tax Season...33
In English & translations
New Voices columns ..............34
Rupal Ramesh Shah Roseline Souebele
Hope in Augusta .................... 37