This month of June holds many milestones for Maine Initiatives. We’re now a staff of eleven with Alana Dao and Stacey Tran joining the team! Alana and Stacey are already beloved members of our communities and it’s a huge honor to begin working with them both in this capacity. We’re also settling into our new […]

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The Grants for Change program at Maine Initiatives invites proposals from BIPOC-led and -serving community-based organizations who further the racial justice movement in Maine.  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: lia@mi.slickfish.com July 21, 2023 Grants for Change is now accepting applicant proposals for its 2023 cohort. Grants for Change at Maine Initiatives is a participatory grantmaking program […]

Summer in Maine, in vacationland. Finally! Time to gather outside with friends and to visit your favorite swimming spot.   Summertime in Maine…and I keep thinking about the Neo-Nazis setting up shop just north of where I live. Maybe you’ve read about it. It’s not new news, but it’s recently gained statewide and national attention.  Maine […]

Maine Asylum Seeker Crisis SupportMaine Initiatives announces an urgent call to action to donate to the Immigrant-Led Organizations Fund to support the asylum seeker response in Maine. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: lia@mi.slickfish.com May 31, 2023 Immigrant-Led organizations are leading the asylum seeker response in Maine, working on the front lines with the individuals and families […]

Maine’s Outdoor Equity Fund Announces Inaugural GranteesBlack, Indigenous, and People of Color -led organizations receive $300,000 to expand access to the outdoors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: oef@maineinitiatives.org April 6, 2023 Maine’s first-ever Outdoor Equity Fund is awarding $300,000 to organizations that advance outdoor access, learning, and experiences for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. This new […]

I recently wrote a letter to the editor that was published in the New York Times in response to an editorial purporting to describe the “woke worldview.” I mention this mostly because it occurs to me that maybe no one reads the letters anymore: apparently, the Comments Section is where the action’s at!  But also […]

Grants for Change 2022 Cohort Bomazeen Land Trust Community Organizing Alliance Generational Noor Maine Black Educators Collective Maine Inside Out Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition Nibezun Sunlight Media Collective The Third Place Wabanaki Alliance Wabanaki REACH Wabanaki Youth in Science We are pleased and proud to announce our 2022 Grants for Change cohort! These organizations above […]