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Photovoice: Assessing Barriers To Health Among Maine's Somalian Refugee Women, Lilia Bottino, Collyn Baeder
Photovoice: Assessing Barriers To Health Among Maine's Somalian Refugee Women, Lilia Bottino, Collyn Baeder
Applied Arts and Social Justice Artist Talks
UNE Graduate students Lilia Bottino and Collyn Baeder present this Interprofessional Student-Led Mini Grant Team’s Photovoice project. This project involved the distribution of cameras to women in a refugee community in Portland, Maine, with the aim of enabling them to communicate health-related issues in their community through the visual language of photography.
Using Refugee Voices To Improve Cross Cultural Conversations: Research With New Mainers, Jane E. Haskell, Ashley Storrow
Using Refugee Voices To Improve Cross Cultural Conversations: Research With New Mainers, Jane E. Haskell, Ashley Storrow
Business & Community
Since 1990 Maine, like most areas of the United States, has seen an increase in primary and secondary refugees locating in our communities. According to Welcoming America, this decade’s number of immigrants to the U.S. is unmatched since the early 1900’s. Catholic Charities Maine reports that every year more than 250 primary refugees, 200 asylum seekers, and other immigrant groups arrive in Maine from war torn counties. Immigrants arrive with aspirations to be self sufficient and active members of the community; however, many factors including cultural differences contribute to a climate that is ripe for misunderstanding. This white paper presents …