Join us at an upcoming community reception to meet Samaa Abdurraqib, MHC's Executive Director!
You'll hear a welcome from MHC's board chair, words from a community partner, and hear Samaa share her vision and goals for the coming years.
You'll also have a chance to chat informally with Samaa over light refreshments. We hope you'll join us.
Participatory Arts at Mechanics' Hall
The Mainer Project: A Community Conversation
From Maine to Around the World
After All: A Musical Reflection on the Trajectories of Our Nation
Braiding Circles
Colin Woodard is the author of six books including American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America; Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood; and The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier. He’s on the staff of the Portland Press Herald -- where he received a George Polk Award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist -- and is a fellow at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy.
His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Smithsonian, Politico and dozens of other publications. Born in Waterville, he is a graduate of Mt. Abram High School, Tufts University and the University of Chicago.
