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Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion_Closing Out Lgbtq+ History Month Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Oct 2021

Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion_Closing Out Lgbtq+ History Month Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Email from the UMaine Office for Diversity and Inclusion with various details of the Office's work and specific details of events related to LGBTQ+ History Month and Halloween.


Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion_Sukkot, Bisexual Visibility Day, And More! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Sep 2021

Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion_Sukkot, Bisexual Visibility Day, And More! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Email from the UMaine Office for Diversity and Inclusion with various details of the Office's work and specific events related to Bisexual Visibility Day and Sukkot.


Advancing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Older Adult Health Care, University Of Maine Center On Aging Jun 2021

Advancing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Older Adult Health Care, University Of Maine Center On Aging

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Flyer advertising registration opportunities for the 16th Annual University of Maine Center on Aging Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium scheduled for October 25, 2021.


Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion It's Pride Month, Y'All! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Jun 2021

Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion It's Pride Month, Y'All! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Email from the UMaine Office for Diversity and Inclusion with various details of the Office's work and events related Pride Month.


Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Happy Pride Week, Umaine! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Apr 2021

Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Happy Pride Week, Umaine! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Email from the UMaine Office for Diversity and Inclusion with various details of the Office's work and wishing University of Maine community members a happy pride week.


Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Happy Umaine Diversity Week! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Apr 2021

Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Happy Umaine Diversity Week! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Email from the UMaine Office for Diversity and Inclusion with various details of the Office's work and wishing University of Maine community members a happy diversity week.


Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Women's History Month Wrap-Up And Welcome Spring! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Mar 2021

Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Women's History Month Wrap-Up And Welcome Spring! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Email from the UMaine Office for Diversity and Inclusion with various details of the Office's work and details of events related to Women's History Month.


Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Women's History Month Continues! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Mar 2021

Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Women's History Month Continues! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Email from the UMaine Office for Diversity and Inclusion with various details of the Office's work and events for Women's History Month.


Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Happy International Women's Day! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Mar 2021

Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Happy International Women's Day! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Email from the UMaine Office for Diversity and Inclusion with various details of the Office's work and wishing University of Maine community members a happy International Women's Day.


Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Happy Women's History Month! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Mar 2021

Umaine Office For Diversity And Inclusion Happy Women's History Month! Email, University Of Maine Office For Diversity And Inclusion

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Email from the UMaine Office for Diversity and Inclusion with various details of the Office's work and wishing University of Maine community members a happy women's history week.


Wilde Stein Queer Straight Alliance, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance Jan 2021

Wilde Stein Queer Straight Alliance, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Facebook banner from the Wilde Stein Facebook page.


Wilde Stein Club Poster, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance Sep 2020

Wilde Stein Club Poster, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Social media post by the Wilde Stein Queer Straight Alliance, promoting a membership meeting for new students.


Orono House Of Pizza Promotional Sticker, Orono House Of Pizza Aug 2020

Orono House Of Pizza Promotional Sticker, Orono House Of Pizza

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

An Orono House of Pizza promotional rainbow sticker in rainbow pride colors stuck on a lamp post outside Fogler Library at the University of Maine. The lettering reads: "Ohop. All my homies are pepperonis." Popular with university students, the Orono House of Pizza, located at 154 Park Street in Orono offers pick up, delivery, and in-house seating.


Downtown Orono Pride, 2020, Madison Riley Aug 2020

Downtown Orono Pride, 2020, Madison Riley

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Photographs taken by University of Maine student Madison Riley documenting the "Pride Zoo" in downtown Orono, Maine, celebrating diversity in a time of quarantine, June 2020. Labels near each sculpture provide explanatory text about the history and meaning of the various Pride color schemes. Each display invited members of the public to take pictures with the sculptures or the Pride Progress flag display along the bridge, before posting it on social media with the hashtag, #OronoPride2020.


Encouraging Self-Esteem, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance Oct 2019

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."


Transgender Day Of Remembrance, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance Nov 2018

Transgender Day Of Remembrance, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Social media post by the Wilde Stein Queer Straight Alliance, promoting the observance of the International Transgender Day of Remembrance recognizing the lives of transgender people lost as a result of being targeted by hate crimes. The image reads: "Transgender Day of Remembrance. Date Change! Friday, November 30th, 8pm. Today we honor and remember everyone that has lost their lives due to hate crimes. Help spread the word that hate is not welcome here and that everyone, regardless of their identity is welcome in our community."


Gay Thanksgiving Poster, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance Nov 2018

Gay Thanksgiving Poster, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A promotional flyer posted on the Wilde Stein Facebook page to advertise the annual "Gay Thanksgiving" celebration at the Memorial Union.


Coming Out Week, October 15-19, 2018, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance Oct 2018

Coming Out Week, October 15-19, 2018, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A promotional flyer posted on the Wilde Stein Facebook page to advertise events scheduled as part of UMaine's annual Coming Out Week observance. Event sponsors include Wilde-Stein, University of Maine Student Government, University of Maine Office of LGBTQ Services, UMaine Student Life, and the UMaine Residence Hall Association.


Wilde Stein Monthly "Zine", Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance Oct 2018

Wilde Stein Monthly "Zine", Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A promotional flyer posted on the Wilde Stein Facebook page to recruit contributors to a monthly publications issued by the group.


Got A Story To Share?, Lgbtq Services, Jennifer Iwerks Jan 2018

Got A Story To Share?, Lgbtq Services, Jennifer Iwerks

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Flyer announcing that LGBTQ Services collection of stories about student experiences at the University of Maine.


Gay Thanksgiving Creates Safe Space For All Students, Olivia Shipsey Nov 2017

Gay Thanksgiving Creates Safe Space For All Students, Olivia Shipsey

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

On Thursday, Nov. 16 [2017], the UMaine LGBTQ Services and Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance hosted their annual Gay Thanksgiving Potluck in the North Pod of the Memorial Union. The event was held to build and strengthen community ties while providing space for students who might not feel comfortable at home to celebrate the holidays.


Pride Month Flag Raising, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance Oct 2017

Pride Month Flag Raising, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Photograph of the rainbow flag displayed on a flag pole located on the University of Maine Mall in front of Fogler Library. A flag-raising ceremony is held at the start of Pride Week activities and observances.


On Global Lgbtq+ Issues, Wilde Stein Queer Straight Alliance Oct 2017

On Global Lgbtq+ Issues, Wilde Stein Queer Straight Alliance

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Screen capture of a Facebook event announcement for a panel discussion entitled, "On Global LGBTQ+ Issues: Multicultural Panel on Global LGBTQ Issues" hosted by the Wilde Stein Queer Straight Alliance on Thursday, October 19, 2017.


What Is The White Band?, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance Nov 2016

What Is The White Band?, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Promotional post from the Wilde Stein Facebook page promoting the wearing of a white wrist band to protest the resurgence of hate, violence, misogyny, sexism, racism, and bigotry following the 2016 Presidential Election.


2015-2016 Collaboration Excellence Award, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance Jan 2016

2015-2016 Collaboration Excellence Award, Wilde Stein: Queer Straight Alliance

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

UMaine LGBTQ Services awarded Wilde Stein and UMaine Campus Activities Board - CAB the Collaboration Excellence Award for 2015-2016. Cameron Alexander and Amy Schmitt display the certificate in this image.


Transgender Awareness Leader Speaks At Umaine, Eric Berard Feb 2012

Transgender Awareness Leader Speaks At Umaine, Eric Berard

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Wayne M. Maines, director of Safety and Environmental Management at UMaine and father of a transgender child, talks about the struggles faced by the family.


Transgender Guidelines Stir Controversy, Dylan Riley Feb 2010

Transgender Guidelines Stir Controversy, Dylan Riley

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A draft of guidelines from the Maine Human Rights Commission that would inform schools and colleges of the rights of transgender students in Maine has sparked some debate about possible unintended consequences the guidelines could have on University of Maine athletics.


Letter From The President, Robert A. Kennedy Sep 2005

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.


Meeting Discusses Issues Surrounding Red Cross Affiliation, Melanie Morin Sep 2005

Meeting Discusses Issues Surrounding Red Cross Affiliation, Melanie Morin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

A General Student Senate resolution passed last April that encourages student organizations not to associate with the American Red Cross because of accusations of gay discrimination which have caused concern over campus blood drives. The controversy stems from a Food and Drug Administration policy originating in 1983. The policy prohibits all men who have ever had sex with any other man since 1977 from donating blood. Since this time, ·technology has reduced the risk of contracting HIV through blood donations to about one unit per two million donations, according to the Red Cross Web site.


Don't Listen To Hartwell, Charlie Brickham Apr 2005

Don't Listen To Hartwell, Charlie Brickham

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

In Mike Hartwell's article, "A sex change won't do you good," [The Maine Campus, April 7] Hartwell attempts to establish some unjustified claims. Sexual Reassignment Surgery isn't intended to "alter one's mindset," but to align the appropriate body type with the existing mind.