STATEWIDE “LET’S TALK ABOUT IT TOUR”
Our 2024 "Let’s Talk About It” tour launched at the Blue Hill Public Library on April 25. From left to right Christine Buckley, Patrisha McLean, Sarah McLean, Pamela Gagnon da Silva (Finding Our Voices board member!) and Mary Lou Smith.
Join us if you can!
May 9 at 6 p.m. — Eastport Welcome Center
May 16 — Westbrook Westbrook Community Center
September 24 — Farmington UMaine Farmington
October 1 at 4 p.m. — Bangor Eastern Maine Community College (EMCC)
October 8 — Biddeford Biddeford High School (closed event)
October 9 at 6 p.m. — South Portland Southern Maine Community College (SMCC)
October 24 — Portland Maine Irish Heritage Center
October 26 at 10 a.m. — Falmouth and Yarmouth Falmouth Public Library (collaborating with Yarmouth’s Merrill Memorial Library)
Read about the statewide, 12-town 2023 “Let’s Talk About It!” Tour!
Times Record, 5/15/23
Courier Gazette 9/26/23
Sun Journal 9/29/23
PenBay Pilot 9/29/23
Bangor Daily News 10/23/23
Read here about our “Men Talking About Abusive Fathers” Camden Public Library event that was the last stop of the 2023 tour, and broke attendance records at the library.
And Watch the Video!
What Camden Public Library’s Julia Sagasar had to say about the "Men Talking" Event!
Incredible is the word that keeps running through my mind about the Finding Our Voices event at our library on November 28.
Promoting it, writing about it, and imagining the event ahead of time was one thing. Experiencing it was completely another. It blew my expectations out of the water.
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I was blown away not only by the sheer number of people but also by how they showed up with such compassion and openness to dialogue. Thanks to the panelists, that space became safe and sacred. I was very moved by the acts of genuine listening, open curiosity, and calls to action that came from the audience. Love prevailed. I felt so proud to be a part of this community and to be a part of the evening.
—Julia Sagaser, Programs Director Camden Public Library, November 2023
"Men Talking" about growing up with abusive fathers, and breaking the cycle, featured Dana Ward, Scott Denman, and Jory Squibb sharing their experience and was facilitated by Finding Our Voices board member Jon Wilson.