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Discover a diverse array of engaging programs and events designed to broaden your global perspective. Join us for insightful discussions, expert speakers, celebrations, and community events that connect Maine with the world.

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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 email an event title, description, registration information (or link) and contact information to info@wacmaine.org at least two-weeks in advance. We will need two to three days to review and approve community submission.

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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 »

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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... 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.

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