An Anti-racist Blog

If you haven't heard: Juneteenth is now recognized (as of two days ago) as a national holiday. That's a big, big win. But what is its...

In her words: "Black Girl in Maine, also known as BGIM for those who want to keep their typing-related finger stress down, is a...

“How skin became color, color became race, and race became power.” Did you know that the concept of a white "race" has not always...

David and Me is a three part Blog series by Doug Barber.

Hosted by Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN) You may remember our post about MYAN's Uprooting Inequities Workshop (way back on January...

David and Me is a three part Blog series by Doug Barber.

Today we'd like to highlight one of our favorite Instagram activists, Nora Maxwell. Through her posts and stories, she teaches us how to...

The first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard. Expert on economics, history, languages and literature, and sociology....

We're checking in with you today to share a great collection of resources put together by the Maine Department of Education. Over the...

There are so many ways to honor and celebrate Black History Month, from seeking out movies and literature that center Black joy to...

Today we want to pass along this opportunity to you; it's called "Tell Me the Truth: Exploring the Heart of Cross-Racial Conversations."...

Today would have been Toni Morrison's 90th birthday. She is the only African American writer and one of the few women to have received...

Most of us are familiar with the Stonewall riots of 1969. Some of us have probably heard that Black trans women threw the first stones at...

Michelle and Barack Obama's Higher Ground production company is bringing an exciting new biopic to Netflix. Its subject is Bayard Rustin,...

I'd like to share with you something I just learned recently. We've all heard the phrase "self care," especially during the pandemic. My...

What's your favorite genre of music? Country? Jazz? Blues? Rock? Folk? Hip Hop? Rap? Pop? I'd like to let you in on a little secret....

We graduate students every year who have never heard of Malaga Island. Why? I attended the 2012 opening exhibit. It was incredible to be...

Because the telling of the American story has focused on, and been primarily told from an Eurocentric/white view, the African descent...

This past Tuesday I participated in my first Maine Youth Action Network training. In short, it was fantastic. The theme was "Uprooting...

1.15.21 Once upon a time, there was a man named Martin Luther King, Jr. He taught us that things won't always be awesome, but your...