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This event is CANCELLED Water activist Venuste Kubwimana founded “A Water Kiosk at School”, a start-up which has transformed communities and engaged schools in rural Kenya and Rwanda by improving access to clean water. Kubwimana was born and brought up in a rural and poor family of seven siblings in the Southern province of Rwanda. After losing […]
At Easter time in 1949, Margaret Chase Smith gave a radio speech over the Mutual Broadcasting System expressing regret “that so few women have been chosen to participate in the United Nations.” In the aftermath of two World Wars, Senator Smith went on to assert, “Wars are man-made. Peace could be partially woman-made.” Seventy years […]
George Ritz, a forester from Bradford, Maine is a University of Maine graduate. He has been recognized by the School of Forest Resources as Distinguished Alumni and by the Society of American Foresters as Outstanding Field Forester in the Northeast region. He and his wife, Sylvia, are recipients of the Bernard Lown Humanitarian Award which […]
Mid-Maine Global Forum presents Prof Steven Simon Discussing Biden and the Middle East Steven Simon is Professor in the Practice of International Relations at Colby College, following stints as John J. McCloy ’16 Professor of History at Amherst College and lecturer in government at Dartmouth College. He is also a research analyst for the Quincy Institute […]
Our speaker, Christel Kesler, is Associate Professor of Sociology at Colby College. She also currently serves as the Faculty Associate Director of Colby’s Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs. Kesler holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California-Berkeley, and has previously held positions at Barnard College and Oxford University. Kesler’s research focuses broadly on […]
Marwa Hassanien, her husband, and their four children have called Bangor their home since 2005. Marwa grew up in Stillwater, Oklahoma before moving to the East Coast with her husband. She earned her Master’s degree in Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction from the University of Maine, and is a Doctoral student in the Literacy Education program. […]
Join the Mid-Maine Global Forum for a special panel discussion moderated by Chris Asch of the Capital Area New Mainers Project, featuring Duha Al Edany, Hadeel Alseleh, and Halah Al Subaihawi. They are students who are involved with the CANMP program and will speak about adjusting to school in a new country. This event will […]
The MidMaine Global Forum presents Tarlan Ahmadov, State Refugee Coordinator for the Office of Maine Refugee Services at Catholic Charities Maine. Mr. Ahmadov will present a program entitled: “Global Migration, US Refugee Resettlement, and Maine’s Unique Challenges and Opportunities” A free virtual presentation on Monday, May 24th from 12 – 1 p.m. This talk will […]
The Margaret Chase Smith Library is pleased to announce Pamela White as the speaker for the 2021 Leeke-Shaw Lecture on International Affairs. This lecture is cosponsored by the Mid-Maine Global Forum. Ambassador White had a long career as a diplomat. Following graduation from the University of Maine in 1971, she served in Cameroon as a […]
(Rescheduled from Oct 7, 2021) The Oak Fellow for Incarceration and Human Rights is Russian human rights lawyer Olga Sadovskaya, a human rights lawyer working as the vice-chair of the Committee Against Torture in Russia. She has been working on issues surrounding torture for over 18 years. She began this human rights initiative in 2000 along […]
Upon completing my BA in Psychology I worked in a Children’s Residential Treatment Center in Florida from 1995 – 2006. During that time I completed masters degrees in Social Work and Healthcare Administration. In 2007 my wife Melissa and our 6 year-old daughter Kate moved to the Dominican Republic. From 2007 – 2010 we were […]
With Kimberly Flowers, Executive Director of the Goldfarb Center at Colby College Ms. Flowers has two decades of experience in public policy, international development, and strategic communications and has been a frequent speaker and moderator on global food security trends. She joined Colby College in March 2020 as the executive director of the Goldfarb Center […]
In collaboration with the Waterville Rotary, the Mid-Maine Global foreign presents Masi Ngidi-Brown, Director of International Student Programs and Associate Director of the Pugh Center. She will talk about international students at Colby and how these programs are changing. A buffet lunch will be available. The cost is $15 cash. To sign up for the lunch, […]
Mid-Maine Global Forum –Linda Cotter Speaker Event Ukraine War: The Holiday from History is Over Heather Conley, President of the German Marshall Fund of the U.S. The Mid-Maine Global Forum along with the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs is pleased to host Heather Conley as the speaker for our annual Linda Cotter Speaker Event. […]
The Oak Institute for Human Rights has named Indigenous rights activist Ana Lucía Ixchíu Hernández as one of two Oak Human Rights Fellows for the fall semester. During their time on the Colby campus, they will work to raise awareness about Indigenous rights and discuss ways that colonialism and modern borders have violated human rights of Indigenous […]
America’s Whitest State? Migration to Maine Yesterday and Today Chris Asch 12-1 pm Monday, November 28, 2022 Chace Center, Colby College, Main Street, Waterville If eating please arrive ahead of time All lunch orders must be submitted by Friday noon, Nov 25th. You are […]
Bowdoin College history professor Paige Herrlinger will speak. Prof. Herrlinger teaches courses on Russia and Europe, women's history. Her book Holy Sobriety in Modern Russia: A Faith Healer and His Followers will be published by Cornell this spring. This program will in person at the Chace Center with no Zoom component. Lunch Choices: half sandwich […]
The Margaret Chase Smith Library invites you to a presentation on the Afghan refugee resettlement program on Friday, January 20, at noon. Our speaker will be Mehr Sher. Ms. Sher is the new statewide environmental reporter on the investigative desk for the Bangor Daily News, as well as a Report for America corps member. She […]
NEW DATE! (moved from April 26 to April 25) In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the “Devil's Highway.” Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wrote about what happened to them. Proclaimed a modern classic, The […]
Fleeing Persecution, Seeking Safety, and Finding Only Sporadic Support: LGBT People and Global Migration and Transgender Rights Program The Global Forum is excited to have Kyle Knight to speak during the luncheon hour and to the students at Messalonskee High School. Kyle is a senior researcher on health and LGBT rights at Human Rights Watch. Previously, he was […]
The Mid-Maine Global Forum along with the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs is pleased to host Abrahm Lustgarten as the speaker for our annual Linda Cotter Speaker Event. Climate change is making the same parts of the world that are the most populated hotter and drier, leading to growing food scarcity and widespread economic impact […]
Colby's “Climate Change Superstar” Dr. Stacy-ann Robinson, will present a talk on the near and far-reaching consequences of climate change on small island developing nations. She is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Dean of Global Engagement at Colby College. She primarily teaches International Environmental Policy and Global Climate Policy. Dr Robinson has made a […]
Vitaliia Tomakhiv is from Ukraine, and is currently working on her Master's Degree at the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs. She is focusing on Foreign Policy and Security. Vita was born in Ternopil, Ukraine and moved to Kyiv when she was 17, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics and a Master’s […]
Oleksandr Tyutyunnyk will provide an insider's view of the War in Ukraine. His knowledge, education and training in the Ukrainian military has given him a unique perspective of Russia's aggression and the devastating war in Ukraine. Oleksandr believes the state of Democracy in Ukraine is strong. The problem, according to Oleksandr, is that outside players […]
Rabbi Rachel Isaacs is the Dorothy “Bibby” Levine Alfond Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and the Director of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life at Colby College. She also serves as the spiritual leader of Beth Israel Congregation in Waterville, Maine. In 2014, Isaacs was named one of America’s “Most Inspiring Rabbis” by the […]