Resources and Links
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The Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence has resources and information for victims of rape, stalking, and or violence. They operate a statewide telephone help line.
From the site: In 1977, the Maine Coalition for Family Crisis Services was formed. Renamed the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence in 2001, the Coalition today is comprised of eight local domestic violence resource centers, which provide 24-hour services to people impacted by abuse in all corners of our state. MCEDV works closely with our member organizations and community partners to increase safety for people impacted by domestic violence, and to hold batterers accountable.
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Maine Medical Center - Men's Health
Provides information about services available that cater especially to male needs. There is also a tab detailing the latest news about men's health, in general.
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http://umaine.edu/womensgenderandsexualitystudies/womens-studies/general-description/
Provides information about services available that cater especially to male needs. There is also a tab detailing the latest news about men's health, in general.
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http://umaine.edu/womensgenderandsexualitystudies/womens-studies/general-description/
This website is about a group that has attempted to preserve feminist history at the university of Maine. From the site: The Maine Feminist Oral History Project (FOHP) at the University of Mainewas organized in 1992 to collect and preserve the histories of feminists of the 1960s and 1970s and of the organizations they founded to effect social change. FOHP concerns itself with local small-town or rural activism at the grassroots level, rather than with the urban or national organizations that have received scholarly attention elsewhere.
Operating as a collective under the aegis of the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Maine, FOHP includes among its members faculty, staff, and students of the University of Maine and of other neighboring institutions of higher education, as well as other members of the local community.---------------------------------------------------------
http://umaine.edu/maav/
Maine Atheletes Against Violence. From the page: Violence is a way of asserting power, privilege, and control. Men perpetrate the majority of violence, and yet this issue is usually framed as a “woman’s issue.” Change will come when we challenge the social norms and institutions that actively or implicitly condone and promote violence. MAAV is an effort to involve men so that we can begin to understand that violence is very much a “man’s issue.”
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http://southernmaineiww.org/about/
I had no idea this even existed (from the site: )The Industrial Workers of the World (a. k. a. “The Wobblies”) are a member-run labor union organizing workers in every industry. In addition to organizing for higher pay and better job conditions, we also have a long-term vision of the cooperative ownership of all the world’s workplaces. What this means is a worker-managed and worker-owned economy operated to meet human need. (they support an alternative kind of market to capitalism).
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http://www.maine.gov
This is the Maine government webpage with resources for employment, starting a business. There's contact information on legislatures and governor Paul LePage. There's also news, and you can connect with them via twitter, facebook, and some other apps. From here you can also navigate to the Maine Department of Labor page which has statistics on the workforce and unemployment rates. Overall the local government seems pretty transparent and accessible.
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From the site: The Mission of Boys to Men is to reduce interpersonal violence, specifically male violence against women and girls, and support the development of emotionally fluent, civically engaged boys.
Poet Laureate Wes McNair
This web page offers a video/interview with Maine's Poet Laureate 2011-2016. McNair is a teacher and a writer - professions considered "nontraditional" for a Maine man.
Poet Laureate Wes McNair
This web page offers a video/interview with Maine's Poet Laureate 2011-2016. McNair is a teacher and a writer - professions considered "nontraditional" for a Maine man.
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Here is one of his poems called, "After My Step Father's Death." It illuminates his own creative drive as well as his relationship with this older man. Quite beautiful!
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Events and Get Togethers
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://bdnmainemanexpo.com/
The BDN Maine Man Expo is an event apparently a big event happening in Maine, for men, with men's activities, men's meals, and men's toys, etc. never heard of this kind of thing in Maine before but could be worth checking out.
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http://www.mainecoastmen.net/
Maine Coast Men is a group of men in local Maine who do adult get togethers at the Tangelwood 4H camp that I went to as a child.
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http://www.mainedenmen.com/
From the site: Maine Den Men strives to create an enjoyable *inclusive* community for bears - hairy minded men & their admirers (GLBTA -allied- men & women). We create opportunities to connect, network, educate, socialize, dance & discover Maine through diverse year-round events for folks to come together with bear pride. Whether indoors or out, our "bears" mingle, frollick & celebrate bear life.
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http://www.sonsofmaine.org/
These folks call themselves the Sons of Maine and organize a male get together in as well.
Deer Isle's “Men Who Cook” to hold 10th annual event | Island Ad-Vantages | Penobscot Bay Press
This site offers a summary of the annual Men Who Cook benefit. It encourages community involvement (especially of men!) and includes goof food, live music, and a raffle. All proceeds go to Semark scholarships.
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News Articles:
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http://www.pressherald.com/news/domestic-violence-reports-up-in-maine_2013-06-03.html?pagenum=fullThis article is a recent posit of conditions around domestic violence in Maine, noting that funding is expected to be cut for some important social services.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/maine-gay-marriage-question-1-results_n_2050863.html
Historic moment: Maine votes yes on gay marriage! Story at the Huffington Post.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/31/maine-court-transgender-pupil_n_4703670.html
Maine transgender student sues over right to use her gender-specific toilet.. wins!
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Humor:
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http://www.macho.co/mens-style-the-maine-man/
This is a somewhat humorous ad for expensive clothing claiming to be "the Maine Man's' style that perpetuates the media image of Maine white collar men as Maine's dominant masculinity. At the same time the articles are overpriced and aimed at a high-class consumer market. My favorite item is the $359 goosedown vest.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDsd_sMtiw
This is a somewhat humorous ad for expensive clothing claiming to be "the Maine Man's' style that perpetuates the media image of Maine white collar men as Maine's dominant masculinity. At the same time the articles are overpriced and aimed at a high-class consumer market. My favorite item is the $359 goosedown vest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcDsd_sMtiw
This youtube video is a satire on maine men, it's somewhat annoying but pretty funny.
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http://www.wror.com/loren-and-wally/men-from-maine.aspx
This is a satirical TV show about a couple Maine Men.
http://www.wror.com/loren-and-wally/men-from-maine.aspx
This is a satirical TV show about a couple Maine Men.
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