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“I came to Maine as a refugee and now I get to serve those coming after me! It feels like I have been in training for this position all my life. I know how it feels to be invisible, misunderstood, and not valued. I have a clear understanding of the barriers that newly-arrived immigrants face when they try to rebuild their lives in a white-majority such as Maine.”
—Reza Jalali, author, former refugee, and executive director of the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center
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Dear Maine, written by Morgan Rielly, an author and state senator, and Reza Jalali, a former refugee and executive director of the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, recounts the trails and triumphs of 20 immigrants who have arrived in Maine over the past few decades. Dear Maine includes black and white photographic portraits by Lilit Danielyan.
Track listing: THE MAINE CHRISTMAS SONG — Windham Chamber Singers I SAW THREE SHIPS — Noel Paul Stookey and Anne Dodson JOY TO THE WORLD — Paul Sullivan GIVING MAN — Don Campbell O HOLY NIGHT — Dave Rowe with Phil House WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME — Schooner Fare ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH — Windham Chamber Singers …
The iconic “Bert and I” stories were first created by Yale University students Marshall Dodge and Robert Bryan in the late 1950s and performed around campus. The two amateur storytellers soon recorded a short 10-inch album of 11 stories for friends and family, but ultimately pressed just a few hundred. However, growing popularity prompted them in 1958 to record and …
The genius Thomas Edison once said all anyone needed in order to invent something was a good imagination and a pile of junk. Imagination and creativity have always been essential qualities for survival in Maine and the ingrained habits of “saving up” and “making do” inevitably led to heaps of junk. As a result Maine has produced some extraordinary inventors …
Memoir of a large family from Fort Fairfield, a small border town in Aroostook county, Maine. Black & white photos.
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