Posts by HHRC
Maine Public: Racial Justice: Maine Joins The Nation in Protesting Racial Injustice And Police Brutality
http://janrebel.eu/nextgen-image/146/91x68/crop/71b5d5569917cd9fa609b402c076c40b The death of George Floyd and other similar cases of racial injustice and police brutality have prompted outrage and protests across the country and in Maine. We talk with community…
Read MoreHHRC Launches Bicentennial Vision 2020 Project, Calls for Nominations of Current and Past Black and Brown Heroes in Maine
AUGUSTA — Members of the public are invited to submit their ideas for Maine’s black and brown heroes over the last 200 years in an exciting new project, Vision 2020, launched…
Read MoreWebinar: Decision Making In Times Of Injustice
Webinar: Racism Is A Virus Too (Recorded June 2, 2020)
Videos used or mentioned in the webinar: NYTimes: Chinese Student Shares Rise in Anti-Chinese and Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia at her School What Kind of Asian Are You: Using Satire…
Read MoreWABI: HHRC of Maine calling on public to nominate black and brown heroes
“Black and brown people have shaped Maine’s history in important ways that deserve our attention and appreciation and celebration and that’s what we hope to do in this project,” Shenna…
Read MoreCOVID-19’S Disproportionate Impact on Black and Brown Mainers
COVID-19 does not discriminate based on your race, religion or skin color, but has highlighted the racial disparities that exist in Maine and across the country in terms of access…
Read MoreMay 30 to June 1 of 1921: A Black community was booming until it was burned to the ground
On May 30, 1921, rumors about an encounter between a black teenage boy and a white teenage girl began to circulate throughout the city of Tulsa. The boy was arrested and an investigation ensued. After an incendiary report in the Tulsa Tribune, African Americans who had confronted a white mob retreated to the Greenwood District, a wealthy and affluent black business community in Tulsa.
Read MoreHHRC Awards Lawrence Alan Spiegel scholarship to Hermon HS Senior Neily Raymond
This year’s winner of the Lawrence Alan Spiegel Scholarship is Hermon High School Valedictorian Neily Raymond. Neily serves as Editor for both Key Club and Student Council. She is heavily involved in performing arts, participating in the Hermon Theatre program and Chamber Choir. In addition, she is a member of National Honor Society, the Mu Alpha Theta mathematics honor society, and is a three-star thespian in International Thespian Society. She has been named one of two 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars for the state of Maine. Neily will attend the University of Maine in the fall, where she plans to double major in English and Music.
Read MoreMay 21 is World Cultural Diversity Day. Here are some resources for Teachers and Students.
If you’re looking for resources or assignments to give students to help learn more about World Cultural Diversity Day and how cultures help shape who we are, you’ve come to the right place!
Read MoreNelson Mandela on Human Rights
“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” – Nelson Mandela
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