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Title
The Culture of Things: An Iranian Family in Maine
Year
2002
Jones Franzel highlights the lives of Iranians who escaped Iran because they practice Baha'ism. Franzel discusses how Iranians who practiced Baha'ism lived as a persecuted minority in Iran and how coming to the United States offered them opportunities to live their lives.
Type
Writing
Title
Hands Remember
Year
2003
Kelli Gavant highlights the life of Phyllis Rogers, a teacher with SPIRAL Arts, Inc., who suffers from chronic pain following an accident that damaged her brain. Gavant discusses the work that SPIRAL Arts does for their students and how it has helped Rogers and others.
Type
Writing
Title
Ride This Train
Year
2003
Brendan Hughes focuses on the lives of train conductors as they go about their daily routines, as they discuss their experiences conducting trains.
Type
Writing
Title
Paving Her Way
Year
2003
The legacy of hardworking people in Maine allows women to fit into any workforce, including highway construction. Vanessa Cirulli highlights the work of Christine Webber, a woman who works in project management for highway construction, and discusses working in a male dominated field.
Type
Photography
Title
The Interpretor
Year
2003
Erika Preuss captures a photograph of a Cambodian interpreter at work.
Type
Radio
Title
Smells Like Money, To Me
Year
2003
Zac Barr highlights the work of sea cucumber harvesters and processors, and discusses how the business brings in good money for the workers and fishermen. Barr also speaks on the Hispanic community that works for the Cherry Point plant.
Type
Radio
Title
L.H. Karaoke Lounge
Year
2003
Ben Harvey explores how a Vietnamese couple in Portland opened various businesses that represent their culture, and speaks to patrons at the karaoke lounge about their experiences.
Type
Photography
Title
L.H. Karaoke
Year
2003
Cullen Schneider captures a photograph of a man singing into a microphone at L.H. Karaoke Lounge in Portland, Maine.
Type
published content
Title
Waa Nabad: Somali Community in Lewiston
Year
2004
In the French Canadian town of Lewiston, change is coming. Erin Dowding documents how the Somali community is integrating into the town.
Type
published content
Title
We Do This Way We Stay Together
Year
2004
Lisa Merlini highlights the lives of Mira Cua and Cong Ba Nguyen, a couple who have different nationalities, but were able to mix and meld them into the family they started.
Type
Photography
Title
Todo Cambia
Year
2004
Elizabeth Claffey captures the life of Laura Ochoa, a single mother who is raising a daughter alone after leaving an abusive husband.
Type
Radio
Title
For My Children, For Myself
Year
2004
Abdi Saeed speaks about the journey that his mother, Nimo Saeed, has gone through living in Somalia, coming to Maine, and learning English.
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