Dear John, This month is going to be a little different.
We will have Lunch & Learn in the regular style on November 4 with our friends at Disability Rights Maine on accessibility & voting.
On November 18, we invite you to join us at Talbot Hall at the University of Southern Maine for the second Indian Law & History Lecture. There will be an online option, and the lecture will be recorded, but we are proud to co-sponsor this event and hope you will join us in person in Portland!
November’s biggest event comes between those programs: Election Day is November 8.
If you requested an absentee ballot and haven’t sent it in yet, please sign the back of the envelope and drop it off with your town clerk in the next day or two. Most towns in Maine also have secure drop boxes for ballots. Find out if your town has one here.
If you’re voting in person this year, look up your polling place here. Have fun voting!
--Will |
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Friday, November 4, 12-1 PM: Election Accessibility for Mainers with Disabilities
Disability Rights Maine (DRM) works in partnership with their clients and allies to remove barriers to voting and to educate and inform people on voting rights. Join DRM’s Public Policy Director, Sara Squires, and Special Projects Director, Cathy Bustin, to learn about election accessibility, voting rights for people with disabilities, accessible absentee ballots, voting advocacy, and more! |
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Friday, November 11, 12-1 PM: Veteran's Day – No Lunch & Learn |
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Friday, November 18, 12-1:30 PM: The Second Annual Indian Law and History Lecture at the University of Southern Maine (in-person & online)
The 2nd Annual Indian Law & History Lecture will explore the Doctrine of Discovery, a millennia-old legal principle, which forms the foundation for Western property law and was first espoused by the Pope as justification for the Christian Crusades. Following the Crusades, the Doctrine of Discovery was relied upon by various European nation-states as a legal justification for the colonization of the Americas. This lecture will feature Professor Rebecca Tsosie of the University of Arizona Law School and Professor Darren Ranco of the University of Maine-Orono, who will explore the underpinnings of the Doctrine of Discovery in American jurisprudence and will reflect on how the doctrine was implemented or, rather, ignored in the place now known as the State of Maine.
This lecture will be moderated by Michael-Corey Hinton of Drummond Woodsum. Co-sponsored with the University of Maine School of Law, Bernstein Shur, Drummond Woodsum, the League of Conservation Voters, the Leadership Conference Education Fund, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, and Conservation Law Foundation. Register here.
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Friday, November 25, 12-1 PM: No Lunch & Learn |
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