Maine Currents 2/24/16

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Indigenous rights attorney Sherri Mitchell of the Penobscot Nation, has been a regular guest here on WERU, and if you were tuned in this morning at 10, you heard the new Pacifica network show she cohosts called “Love (and Revolution). Today on Maine Currents we’re bringing you to a talk Sherri Mitchell gave at the University of Maine last week called “Ending Conquest Activism”.

FMI re “Love (and Revolution) radio”: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=52edd9c637ac7dc6228813e39&id=842fbb908f

Maine Arts Alive 2/23/16

Host: Michael Donahue
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Promoting Maine Arts & Artists

Key Discussion Points: Statewide Arts Education Census, Commission Updates, Artists in Schools

Guests:
Julie A. Richard, Executive Director, Maine Arts Commission
Argy Nestor, Director of Arts Education, Maine Arts Commission
Catherine Ring, Executive Director, New England Institute for Teacher Education

Democracy Forum 2/19/16

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine    
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic:  Political Equality: The Founding Vision, the Modern Reality

Key Discussion Points:
a) What do we mean when we talk about political equality?
b) Was it an ideal embraced by our founding fathers?
c) What did it mean to them? What does it mean to us today?
d) To what extent has the founding ideal been realized or thwarted?

Guests:
a) Prof. Ralph Ketcham, Maxwell Professor Emeritus of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/psc/Ketcham,_Ralph/

b) Prof. Mark Brewer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine, https://umaine.edu/polisci/faculty-and-staff/mark-brewer/

The all-volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordinate this series includes:
Linda Hoskins
Ann Luther
Marge May
Pam Person
Leah Taylor
Linda Washburn

FMI re League of Women Voters of Maine: www.lwvme.org