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Maine-Wabanaki Reach Newsletter, Autumn 2015, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

Healing, resiliency, and community wellness are the focus of articles in the Autumn 2015 Wabanaki REACH Newsletter. Headlines included in this issue are:

• Meeting with Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart
• Ally Building in Maine Communities
• Health and Wellness Coordination
• Healing and Resiliency Building in Wabanaki Communities

2016 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration, University Of Maine Student Life

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Alison Beyea is the Executive Director of the ACLU of Maine, where she oversees the organization's legal, legislative, public education and development activities. With 3,000 members, the ACLU of Maine is the state's oldest and largest civil liberties organization.

The state of the union from the Citizen's Perspective delivered by Alison Beyea will be the focus of a keynote address at the 20th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast on Jan. 18, 2016 sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area NAACP and the University of Maine. Keynote Speaker Alison Beyea will speak on current national affairs and trends, education, …

Wabanaki Youth Science (Ways) Mini-Earth Camp Flyer, Wabanaki Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

WaYS is a long-term program to engage Wabanaki students (grades 6-12) through their cultural heritage and environmental legacy to encourage and promote persistence in sciences through college and into a career. Innovative and unique, WaYS engages students in a year-long multi pronged program through a one-week summer Earth Camp, year-long internships/mentorships for high school students; and year-long Traditional Ecological Knowledge programs through Teen Centers or tribal Boys/Girls Clubs. Critical for success, it provides each student with mentoring from both cultural knowledge-keepers and natural resource professionals.

Wabanaki Reach Newsletter, Summer 2015, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

The Wabanaki REACH newsletter closes out the mandate held with the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Headlines in this issue include:

• Heartfelt Thanks and Farewell
• Indian Child Welfare Act Workgroup — A tribal-state partnership
• Ally Building in Maine Communities
• Healing & Resiliency Building in Wabanaki Communities
• Health and Wellness Coordination
• Wabanaki Community Organizing
• Wabanaki Corrections Organizing

Wabanaki Reach Newsletter, Spring 2015, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

The Spring 2015 issue of the Wabanaki REACH newsletter includes a list of public forums scheduled to discuss the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) findings. Headlines in this issue include:

• The Mandate and Beyond: Recommendations of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission
• REACH Development Committee
• Facilitation Skills Coaching
• Evaluation Focus Groups
• Health and Wellness Coordination
• Wabanaki Corrections Organizing
• Maine Ally Building
• Maine Community Engagement

Wabanaki Youth Science (Ways) Newsletter, Apr. 2015, Wabanaki Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

WaYS is a long-term program to engage Wabanaki students (grades 6-12) through their cultural heritage and environmental legacy to encourage and promote persistence in sciences through college and into a career. Innovative and unique, WaYS engages students in a year-long multi pronged program through a one-week summer Earth Camp, year-long internships/mentorships for high school students; and year-long Traditional Ecological Knowledge programs through Teen Centers or tribal Boys/Girls Clubs. Critical for success, it provides each student with mentoring from both cultural knowledge-keepers and natural resource professionals.

Maine-Wabanaki Reach Newsletter, Winter 2015-2016, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

The Winter 2015-2016 issue of the Wabanaki REACH newsletter discusses ally-building in Maine communities. Headlines in this issue include:

• Moving Forward
• The Great Healing (poetry)
• Ally Building in Maine Communities
• Health, Wellness & Self Determination in Wabanaki Communities
• 2nd Annual Wabanaki Wellness Gathering
• Teaching the Teachers — Professional Development Workshops
• Save the Date!
• Community Education

Making It Work Before The Movement: African-American Community And Resistance In 1940s And 1950s Portland, Maine, Justus Hillebrand

Maine History

African Americans in Portland, Maine, in the 1940s and 1950s made up less than 0.5% of the population. As a consequence, discourse on race was more subtle than it was in other parts of the country. The Portland black community, as in other small northern New England cities, lacked the numbers for broad public or political action. Instead, African Americans developed individual and informal strategies of resistance aimed at broadening opportunities in education, employment, and housing. African Americans “made it work” by congregating in their own church, persevering in their own educational goals, operating their own businesses, and owning their …

Wabanaki Youth Science (Ways) Newsletter, Jan. 2015, Wabanaki Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

WaYS is a long-term program to engage Wabanaki students (grades 6-12) through their cultural heritage and environmental legacy to encourage and promote persistence in sciences through college and into a career. Innovative and unique, WaYS engages students in a year-long multi pronged program through a one-week summer Earth Camp, year-long internships/mentorships for high school students; and year-long Traditional Ecological Knowledge programs through Teen Centers or tribal Boys/Girls Clubs. Critical for success, it provides each student with mentoring from both cultural knowledge-keepers and natural resource professionals.