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Our speakers help the incredible people of Maine explore complex topics, gain insight, and broaden perspectives. Our speaker program, Maine Speaks, is offered free to organizations across Maine. Speakers visit each community once, sharing their presentation and engaging the audience through Q&A and brief discussion afterwards.

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Julia Bouwsma

Maine State Poet Laureate

Craig Saddlemire

Raise-OP Housing Cooperative

Cuba Jackson

Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition

Ayesha Hall

Lewiston Public Schools

Namory Keita

Master Drummer

Tracey Hair

Executive Director, H.O.M.E, Inc.

Robert Morrison

George Lincoln Skolfield, Jr. Professor of Religion, Bowdoin College

Elizabeth DeWolfe

Professor of History, University of New England

Michael Johnson

Professor of Literature, University of Maine-Farmington

Wendy Allen

Coordinator, Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition

Skylar Bayer

What if we knew and shared more about shellfish reproduction, with less concern for money?

Samara Cole Doyon

Poet/Author

Rhea Côté Robbins

Founder and Director, Franco-American Women’s Institute

René Goddess Johnson

What if we could all really see who we are?

Dr. Regina Hamilton

20th and 21st century African American Literature

Paul Buck

Historian, Educator

Pamela Cummings

President, Board of Directors Abyssinian Meeting House

Meadow Dibble

Founder and Director, Atlantic Black Box

Michael Kamorski

Assistant Professor, School of Legal Studies, Husson University

Marpheen Chann

Writer, Educator

Maine Developmental Disabilities Council

What if we were all valued?

Lindsay Tice

Staff Writer, Sun Journal

Libby Bischof

Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine

Liam Riordan

Professor of History, University of Maine

Larissa Malone

Assistant Professor, Teacher Education University of Southern Maine

LaLa Drew

Poet, Writer, Organizer

Katherine Gaudet

Scholar of Cultural Narratives

Kate McBrien

Historian, scholar, independent museum professional

Judith E. Rosenbaum

Assistant Professor of Media Studies, University of Maine

Judith Casselberry

Associate Professor of Africana Studies

Joyce Kryszak

Journalist

Jo Radner

Storyteller and oral historian

Jim Melcher

Professor of Political Science, University of Maine at Farmington

Jefferson Navicky

Poet, Writer, Archivist

James Ford

Community Support Coordinator, Lewiston Public Schools

Jacquelyn Lowman

Associate Professor, Professional Communication and Journalism

Ian-Khara Ellasante

What if there were no gender?

Hong Zhang

Associate Professor of East Asian Studies, Colby College

Gray Cox

Professor in Philosophy, Social Theory, and Peace Studies, College of the Atlantic

Flynn Ross

ETEP Coordinator, University of Southern Maine

Darren Ranco

Chair, Native American Programs and Director of Native American Research, University of Maine

Dana Sawyer

Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Maine College of Art

Dan Dinsmore

Executive Director, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting

Cody Mower

Writer, Veteran

Charles Dorn

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Education, Bowdoin College

Cavenaugh Kelly

Occupational Therapist, Writer, Teacher

Carol Dana

Cultural Historian, Penobscot Nation

Candace Kanes

Journalist, Historian

Ayana Jamieson, PhD

Octavia E. Butler’s life and work

Asata Radcliffe

Speculative fiction and multimedia installation art

Arisa White

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Colby College

Anne Gass

Independent Historian

Aaron Kingsbury 

Assistant Professor of Arts and Sciences, Maine Maritime Academy

Robert W. Glover

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Maine

Virginie Akimana

Educator, Community Interpreter

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