African Summer Concert: Angolan King of Kuduro, Tony Amado

The Immigrant Welcome Center of Greater Portland is putting on its final show of the summer! As part of its African Summer series, swing by Congress Square Park in Portland on Friday, August 2nd, at 6pm to see Angolan King of Kuduro, Tony Amado, for free! Don't miss it!

First Hand Impressions of the Path to Peace in the Middle East

Freeport Performing Arts Center 30 Holbrook St, Freeport, ME

Freeport Speech will gather three individuals with extraordinary insight into the peace process for a discussion about finding peace in the Middle East. On August 27th at 7pm, at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, Martin Fletcher, former NBC News Tel Aviv Bureau Chief and award winning author, and Aaron David Miller, an American Middle East... Read more »

$20

Two Truths in One Heart, Two Peoples in One Land: Community Event by Jewish Community Alliance

Temple Beth El 400 Deering Ave, Portland, ME

Free but advance registration is required by September 10. Noor Awad & Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger are leaders of the Judea & Samaria/the West Bank-based Roots/Shorashim/Judur, an Israeli-Palestinian grassroots initiative for understanding, non-violence, and transformation. They represent a unique network of Israelis and Palestinians who have come to see each other as partners in the work... Read more »

Free

Intersections of Elections and Foreign Policy

Gateway Community Services 501 Forest Ave, Portland, ME, United States

This is part 2 of a three part series on the elections organized by COA, Gateway Services and the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center. Panelists Allison Hodgkins, Executive Director of World Affairs of Maine, Fatima Saidi, National Campaign Director, and Faisal Khan, Executive Director of the Immigrant Welcome Center

Empowering Women and Girls with Disabilities: Fighting Discrimination, and Promoting Inclusion

Hannaford Hall 88 Bedford St, Portland, ME, United States

This year's lecture takes place this month and will feature Juliet Mwongeli Muema and Maria Omare, both of Kenya. Muema and Omare will present their lecture, Empowering Women and Girls with Disabilities: Fighting Discrimination, and Promoting Inclusion, on Thursday, September 26, from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at Hannaford Hall. Maria is a distinguished disability inclusion... Read more »

Cross-Cultural Collaborations: Opportunities for Addressing Social Issues in the North Atlantic

Glickman Family Library 314 Forest Ave, Portland, ME, United States

Social work professors Dr. Charlothe Petersen Mørkhøj of Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland
Dr. Dorothea Ivey of University of Southern Maine
Lars, BSW Social Work student, Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland, and Sandra Perez, MSW student, University of Southern Maine.

Moderator: Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt, Professor of Social Work at University of Southern Maine and member of the Maine-Greenland Collaborations research team.

Mixing West African Traditional Sounds and American R&B

State Theatre 609 Congress St, Portland, ME, United States

Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo is one of the greatest artists in international music today, a creative force with fourteen albums and innumerable accolades to her name. Kidjo cross-pollinates the West African traditional sounds of her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk and jazz, as well as influences from Europe and Latin America.

Community Calendar

Is your organization holding an internationally focused event in Maine? The World Affairs Council of Maine is eager to promote global goings on around the state. If you would like to include your event on our calendar please submit your request HERE. We will need two to three days to review and approve community submission.