Posts by HHRC
Press Herald: Voices and faces of domestic violence on display in Augusta
McLean, the Camden photographer whose ex-husband, the singer Don McLean, was convicted on charges related to domestic abuse, is giving voice to her story and the stories of more than a dozen other women who have extricated themselves from abusive situations. The multimedia exhibition, “Finding Our Voices: Breaking the Silence of Domestic Abuse,” is on…
Read MoreWCSH 6: From all across Maine, the stories of women who’ve survived domestic abuse
Olivia’s story, told with photos and audio, is one of about twenty from women in Maine who were abused by husbands or boyfriends. They’re part of an exhibit called “Finding Our Voices” at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center in Augusta. Patrisha McLean, a photojournalist from Camden, gathered the stories and pictures, some of them…
Read MoreHHRC Statement: Ending Violence Requires Confronting White Supremacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine: Ending Violence Requires Confronting White Supremacy
Read MoreWABI: Teachers learn how to teach students about the Holocaust at summer seminar
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) – About two dozen teachers from throughout the state are spending Tuesday and Wednesday at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine learning how to teach students about the Holocaust. “This allows them to have a toolbox where they can bring to light these important stories that augment and support the lessons…
Read More2019 Gerda Haas Honoree: Richard Blanco, Presidential Inaugural Poet
Richard Blanco is an historic presidential inaugural poet, public speaker, teacher and memoirist. When selected by President Obama to be the fifth presidential inaugural poet, Richard was the youngest, first Latino, immigrant, and gay person to serve in such a role. In 2015, the Academy of American Poets chose Blanco to serve as its first…
Read More2019 Spiegel Scholarship Honoree: Annabelle Muscatell, Old Town High Shool
It was just a couple of months ago that I sent a sample of my DNA to Ancestry to discover more about my ethnicity. As I dropped the box containing my DNA into the blue mailbox I expected that the results would confirm what I already knew. I was Italian and English.
Read MoreHHRC Statement On Neo-Nazi Signs On Bates Campus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HHRC Statement On Neo-Nazi Signs On Bates Campus
Read MoreHHRC Statement On New Zealand Mosque Shootings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HHRC Executive Director Shenna Bellows calls for renewed commitment to resisting intolerance, prejudice, and discrimination
Read More40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World
40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World is a photographic exhibit created by Howard G. Buffet in partnership with the Newseum. The exhibit is currently on display at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine through March 22nd. The process of photographing the effects of hunger throughout the world also inspired a best-selling…
Read More80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht
Two Holocaust survivors will speak Friday, November 9, at 12:30 pm at the Michael Klahr Center on the University of Maine at Augusta campus. Friday marks the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the infamous night of broken glass that marked a turning point from hateful rhetoric and discrimination to violence. Maine Holocaust survivors Edith Lucas Pagelson…
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