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Portland, Maine
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Life at the YMCA, Portland, 1993
Year
1995
Bert Cass captures an image of Dario Mayorquin shaving at the YMCA.
Type
Multimedia
Title
The Hobo Jungle
Year
2012
On a forgotten section of the west end waterfront in Portland, a transient population has made a place for themselves known as the Hobo Jungle. Penn Chan documents how the transient community works together for each other in order to survive.
Type
Photography
Title
Justice for All
Year
2003
Jessica Hasslen documents the life and work of Jesse Leah Vear, a woman who coordinates P.O.W.E.R. (Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights).
Type
Radio
Title
Back to Pineland
Year
2020
Drive about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine and you’ll arrive at Pineland. It looks like a college campus: brick buildings with stately pillars, it’s surrounded by rolling hills. But Pineland’s exterior doesn’t tell you about its history. It opened as an institution for people with disabilities in 1908. Alexa Burke spoke with people who lived and worked at Pineland to learn about the history of institutionalization and the legacies that remain today.
Type
Radio
Title
Back to Pineland
Year
2020
Drive about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine and you’ll arrive at Pineland. It looks like a college campus: brick buildings with stately pillars, it’s surrounded by rolling hills. But Pineland’s exterior doesn’t tell you about its history. It opened as an institution for people with disabilities in 1908. Alexa Burke spoke with people who lived and worked at Pineland to learn about the history of institutionalization and the legacies that remain today.
Type
Radio
Title
Back to Pineland
Year
2020
Drive about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine and you’ll arrive at Pineland. It looks like a college campus: brick buildings with stately pillars, it’s surrounded by rolling hills. But Pineland’s exterior doesn’t tell you about its history. It opened as an institution for people with disabilities in 1908. Alexa Burke spoke with people who lived and worked at Pineland to learn about the history of institutionalization and the legacies that remain today.
Type
Photography
Title
Refuge[e]
Year
2013
Yevonnie Lowe documents the challenges faced by African immigrants in Maine and how they balance two distinct cultures.
Type
Photography
Title
The Shift Two Boys
Year
2010
Cait Wilson documents the work of paramedics from South Portland.
Type
Photography
Title
Aborokporo (Family)
Year
2001
Kyle Glover captures the daily life of a Sudanese family in Portland.
Type
published content
Title
It's Not Easy Being Green: Representative John Eder's Campaign for Re-Election
Year
2006
As the only Green Party legislator in the state of Maine, John Eder is running for re-election. Anne Phillips captures the work Eder does on his campaign.
Type
Radio
Title
Before the Bell
Year
2006
Cally Carswell speaks to boxers at the Portland Boxing Club about their experiences training and competing in the ring. Carswell highlights the amount of time that boxers put into their training and the different aspects of boxing that they try to perfect.
Type
Photography
Title
Sophia's Bakery
Year
2000
Quinn Witte documents the work done at Sophia's Bakery in Portland.
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