News from Mabel
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June 2019: Shark Week
At Mabel Wadsworth Center, our interns are responsible for updating the bulletin board in our waiting room once a month. In case you haven’t had the chance to visit us recently, you can read about this month’s bulletin board topic here. This post is by our 2019 summer intern, Hannah Piecuch (she/her/hers), who comes to… read more…
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Queer Resistance and Existence: Understanding 50 Years of Pride
At Mabel Wadsworth Center, our interns are responsible for updating the bulletin board in our waiting room once a month. In case you haven’t had the chance to visit us recently, you can read about this month’s bulletin board topic here. This post is by our 2019 summer intern, Hannah Piecuch (she/her/hers), who comes to… read more…
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Mental Health Awareness Month
At Mabel Wadsworth Center, our interns are responsible for updating the bulletin board in our waiting room once a month. In case you haven’t had the chance to visit us recently, you can read about our bulletin board here. This post is by our intern, Aiden Ciaffaglione, a student at the University of Maine. What… read more…
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Transgender Day of Visibility 2019
TDOV was created in 2009 by transgender rights activist Rachel Crandall, in response to the lack of transgender focused holidays within the LGBTQ+ community. Prior to the development of TDOV, the only transgender related holiday was the Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual event held to mourn the transgender lives lost from transphobic… read more…
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CARE, NOT CRIMINALIZATION: OPEN LETTER OPPOSING LD 871
We the undersigned represent organizations with memberships and constituents in all corners of the state that strongly oppose LD 871: An Act To Establish the Crime of Endangering the Welfare of a Child by Transferring Illegal Drugs through Breast Milk. At a time when no Maine community is untouched by tragic losses stemming from chaotic substance use,… read more…