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1/13 (in person, Portland ME) 7:30am (sign up) 8am (Meeting) - Public Support Needed at the Univ of Southern Maine Board of Trustees Meeting

Monday, January 13, 8 am (Sign up 7:30 am), USM Portland Campus, McGoldrick Center, 35 Bedford Street, Portland ME

PORTLAND - UMS BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

Public Comment - Open To All

Note: University of Maine students are campaigning for the U Maine System to divest from Israel & complicit corporations.  But the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees has said "No".  We, the stakeholders in Maine's public university system need to demand that the matter go to the full Board ofTrustees and be adopted.

ALL DETAILS IN LINKS BELOW, including a letter to the Board of Trustees for all of us to sign, AND information & talking points to prep for the Public Comment period.

Click To Sign Letter - University of Maine System - Disclose and Divest from Israel and Companies Funding Genocide!

Click Public Comment Prep - Public Comment Context/Talking Points - Google Docs

Earlier Event: January 12
1/12 (Zoom) 7-9pm - Building Moral Leadership: Launch of the Luke 10 Initiative Connecting Congregations to Understand and Confront Religious Nationalism (The Kairos Center)
Later Event: January 13
1/13 (Zoom) 8am - Stories that Matter: Shifting Narratives, Empowering Change, and Addressing Violations in Palestine (Future Rights)