Maine Currents 11/18/15

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Representatives from local chapters of 350.org and Citizens Climate Lobby spoke at the University of Maine last week about “Citizen Responses to Climate Change”. The panelists were Lyndy Rohman, cofounder of the Bangor chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby(CCL); Tim Godaire, a graduate student at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute and member of Citizens Climate Lobby; Glen Koehler, who also works with CCL in Bangor; and Hendrik Gideonse from 350 Bangor/350 Maine. They talked about what drew them to climate change activism and what each group is doing to address the issue.

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Wabanaki Windows 11/17/15

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: 50th Anniversary of Peter Francis Murder at Peasant Point/Creation of a Joint Investigative Task Force by United South and Eastern Tribes/ First time in history to investigate crimes against their own Tribal members

Program Topic: Searching for Justice for family and community

Key Discussion Points:
a) Establishment of a United South and Eastern Tribes Investigative Task Force
b) Investigate what happened and the effects of a failed justice system
c) Task Force as model for rest of Indian Country

Guests:
Michael Corey Hinton, Great grandson of Peter Francis and an attorney for Akin Gump a prestigious law firm in Washington DC
Penobscot Nation Chief, Kirk Francis
USET Chair of its Criminal Justice Committee Robert Bryant

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