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Title
I Could Never Call Myself a Yankee'
Year
1975
As one of the first Greeks to come to Maine, Pericles Economos became a leader in the Greek community. Kelly Emery documents Pericles' journey to Maine and opening his own business.
Type
Radio
Title
More Than a Teacher
Year
2008
Winfred Kunga discusses importance of getting an education while she was growing up in Nairobi, and the work she does as an educator for African refugee camps. Kunga speaks about the atmosphere of the refugee camps, and supporting refugees as more than a teacher.
Type
Radio
Title
For My Children, For Myself
Year
2004
Abdi Saeed speaks about the journey that his mother, Nimo Saeed, has gone through living in Somalia, coming to Maine, and learning English.
Type
Photography
Title
I Could Never Call Myself a Yankee Photographs
Year
1975
As one of the first Greeks to come to Maine, Pericles Economos became a leader in the Greek community. Steve Bragdon and others document Pericles' journey to Maine and opening his own business.
Type
Photography
Title
I Would Find A Way Back
Year
2011
Alexandria Brahler documents the life of Jonathan Runyambo, a boy from the Democratic Republic of Congo, as he copes and adjusts to his life in Maine.
Type
published content
Title
Pro-Pittston: Roger Conti
Year
1983
Pamela Wood highlights Roger Conti's stance supporting the Pittston Company.
Type
published content
Title
51st Barber
Year
1989
Owner of a barbershop in Portland, Danny Mardigian shares his life story and experiences.
Type
published content
Title
Picking Uni for Japan
Year
1994
David Gavril captures the work that sea urchin pickers do in Portland.
Type
Writing
Title
Intersection
Year
2015
Having been told that she would need a cesarean section to deliver her child, one Somali woman declined the procedure at Mercy Hospital in Portland. Olga Kreimer explores how childbirth is seen from a different culture and how this interacts with a woman's legal right to refuse life-saving measures in the state of Maine.
Type
Photography
Title
Urchin Processing Plant Photographs
Year
1993
David Gavril captures the work that sea urchin pickers do in Portland.
Type
Photography
Title
51st Barber Photographs
Year
1989
Owner of a barbership in Portland, Danny Mardigian shares his life story and experiences, while Polly Diantha Stone captures images.
Type
Photography
Title
Todo Cambia
Year
2004
Elizabeth Claffey captures the life of Laura Ochoa, a single mother who is raising a daughter alone after leaving an abusive husband.
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