Milbridge Latino Community Members’ Voices Heard by State Legislators
“What is an immigrant? Tell me. Everyone in this room is an immigrant. This country was built from immigrants,” began Darrell Paine addressing a room full of 20 state legislators and 20 Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition (MIRC) members at the State House in Augusta. “We’re all united, we all come from one line, we’re all human, but have never been treated equally,” stated Juan
Local Businesses Take Advantage of Spanish Class Offerings
In November, there have been two Spanish classes at Maine Fair Trade Lobster, located in Prospect Harbor, Maine. The human resources department expressed a desire to be able to better communicate with their Spanish speaking employees, so we explored options to help. What had started out as a vocabulary list turned into a Spanish class with eight to ten regular attendees. The students in