Producers/Hosts: Maria Girouard, Esther Anne
Engineer: Jeffrey Hotchkiss
Critical conversations of truth, healing, and change in the Dawnland: The Power of Poetry
-How each guest came to be writers of poetry
-How poetry can be used to build community
-Guests and hosts recite poems
Guests: Mihku Paul, Maliseet and Penthea Burns, Wabanaki REACH Board Co chair
About the hosts:
Esther Anne, is a Passamaquoddy from Sipayik who lives on Indian Island and serves on the Wabanaki REACH Board of Directors.
Maria Girouard, Penobscot from Indian Island, is Executive Director of Wabanaki REACH, a statewide organization working toward truth, healing, and change in the Dawnland. Maria is a tribal historian with a Master’s Degree in History from the University of Maine and a special interest in the Maine Indian Land Claims. Maria has devoted years to community organizing, environmental stewardship and activism, and growing food in tribal communities.
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