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Adelaide Fuller
May 31, 20211 min read
Juneteenth: a newly recognized federal holiday
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...
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Adelaide Fuller
May 10, 20211 min read
Black Girl in Maine
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...
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Adelaide Fuller
May 3, 20211 min read
The History Of White People In America, Episode One: How America Invented Race
“How skin became color, color became race, and race became power.” Did you know that the concept of a white "race" has not always...
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Doug Barber
Apr 30, 20214 min read
David and Me, pt. 3
David and Me is a three part Blog series by Doug Barber.
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Adelaide Fuller
Mar 29, 20211 min read
Black Student Caucus
Hosted by Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN) You may remember our post about MYAN's Uprooting Inequities Workshop (way back on January...
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Doug Barber
Mar 13, 20214 min read
David and Me, pt. 2
David and Me is a three part Blog series by Doug Barber.
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Adelaide Fuller
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Nora Maxwell: Social Justice (and Social Media) Activist
Today we'd like to highlight one of our favorite Instagram activists, Nora Maxwell. Through her posts and stories, she teaches us how to...
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Adelaide Fuller
Feb 23, 20211 min read
Happy birthday, W.E.B. Du Bois.
The first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard. Expert on economics, history, languages and literature, and sociology....
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Adelaide Fuller
Feb 22, 20212 min read
We love a good resource resource! Thanks Maine Department of Education!
We're checking in with you today to share a great collection of resources put together by the Maine Department of Education. Over the...
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Adelaide Fuller
Feb 21, 20212 min read
White Supremacy in History: a Learning Opportunity
There are so many ways to honor and celebrate Black History Month, from seeking out movies and literature that center Black joy to...
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Adelaide Fuller
Feb 20, 20211 min read
Tell Me The Truth: a Learning Opportunity
Today we want to pass along this opportunity to you; it's called "Tell Me the Truth: Exploring the Heart of Cross-Racial Conversations."...
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Adelaide Fuller
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison.
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...
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Adelaide Fuller
Feb 17, 20212 min read
The Queen of Drag: William Dorsey Swann
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...
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Adelaide Fuller
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Black. Gay. Advocate. Quaker. Bayard Rustin.
Michelle and Barack Obama's Higher Ground production company is bringing an exciting new biopic to Netflix. Its subject is Bayard Rustin,...
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Adelaide Fuller
Feb 8, 20212 min read
What is #selfcare and why should white people choose a different phrase?
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...
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Adelaide Fuller
Feb 6, 20213 min read
Mamie Smith, Queen of the Blues
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....
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Adelaide Solomon Jordan
Feb 4, 20212 min read
Have You Heard of Malaga Island?
We graduate students every year who have never heard of Malaga Island. Why? I attended the 2012 opening exhibit. It was incredible to be...
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Adelaide Solomon Jordan
Feb 3, 20211 min read
On Rosa Parks
Because the telling of the American story has focused on, and been primarily told from an Eurocentric/white view, the African descent...
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Adelaide Fuller
Jan 21, 20213 min read
Friday Reflection on a MYAN Training
This past Tuesday I participated in my first Maine Youth Action Network training. In short, it was fantastic. The theme was "Uprooting...
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Adelaide Fuller
Jan 15, 20211 min read
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Kid President
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...
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