Across the United States, communities are fighting over whether and how to teach Black and Indigenous studies in public schools. This week, leading civil rights historian Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries is coming to Maine to present Lessons in Hard History.

The Senate passed LD 2001, following House passage last week. This bill would give teachers and schools the resources they need to teach Wabanaki and African American studies, just as Maine law demands.

We're asking Portland City Council to vote no on a proposed order that would fail to invest in adequate shelter while the city increases dangerous sweeps.

VICTORY: Maine lawmakers have passed equal pay protections for people who face pay discrimination due to their race. We urge Gov. Mills to sign LD 1703 into law.

While today’s verdict is a step forward in the fight for police accountability and may help heal a grieving community, the systems that allowed a police officer to murder Mr. Floyd remain fully intact. The fight for justice by no means ends with this guilty verdict.

After receiving overwhelming public support, LD 2 – a bill that creates a mechanism to implement the use of racial impact statements during the legislative process – is moving forward in the Legislature.

We applaud the work of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations, which applied a racial equity lens to 454 bills in the 129th Legislative Session, and selected 46 bills that center addressing racial disparities.

“While this ban is a major victory for Portland’s residents, it could have been even stronger if the City Council had passed Councilor Ali’s more robust version," said Michael Kebede, policy counsel for the ACLU of Maine.