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Finding Our Voices, a Maine-based nonprofit, is helping students recognize unhealthy behavior, and realize someone is there to help.

Finding Our Voices, a Maine-based nonprofit, is helping students recognize unhealthy behavior, and realize someone is there to help them get away from it.

Mills posed for a portrait in the Blaine House, the Maine governor’s residence, as part of the campaign.

The Finding Our Voices campaign uses bookmarks and banners to tell the stories of domestic violence survivors.

Maine nonprofit shares stories of domestic violence survivors, calls for more gun control measures © WMTW finding our voices A day after President Joe Biden called for more gun control measures, a Maine nonprofit that amplifies the voices of domestic violence survivors is supporting a bill that would restrict access to weapons for someone who has a harassment order against them. “He threatened me with a gun he had and put it into my mouth,” domestic violence survivor Autumn Harrison Sald...

The View From Here: With domestic abuse, we are all witnesses It’s everyone’s responsibility to speak up when they suspect partner violence, no matter how awkward that may be. Share Rhonda Pattelena was beaten to death on York Beach last month in broad daylight, in sight of multiple witnesses. Jeffrey J. Buchannan, her former domestic partner, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with murder. And as often happens in cases like this, people wonder whether the responsibility extend...

Faces of those who suffered domestic abuse hang in Biddeford window fronts The organization Finding Our Voices encourages victims to tell their stories. Share Banners were recently posted in Biddeford businesses to encourage domestic abuse victims to seek help and tell their story. Courtesy photo BIDDEFORD — On a recent day in Biddeford, a couple of women could be seen making the rounds at a number of the city’s downtown businesses, and asking for a visible space on a window front where ...

OUR RIGHT TO GAZE: BLACK FILM IDENTITIES SEE EVENT DETAILS In this collection of six shorts, filmmakers gaze at themselves and their world, attempting to make sense of what they see reflected back. From gripping drama to heart-warming comedy, Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities features timely stories from Black artists that take us outside of the ordinary. Runtime: 82 mins. The "Paradox of Expectation"...its the idea that wanting to rid yourself of expectations is a paradox - literally th...

Patrisha McLean: Peace, Joy and Freedom The gift of getting out — The card that Mary Lou sent to B. Photo and Essay by Patrisha McLean 12/22/2020 9:06 AM select Patrisha McLean is the president and founder ofFinding Our Voices, FindingOurVoices.net.  For more information on the sea-glass necklaces or Finding OurVoices, please email Patrisha at hello@findingourvoices.net. My daughter Jackie and I were on the phone, having fun figuring out...

Were seeing russia sending jets to conduct air strikes after finding our, confirming the metro jet was down by isis terrorists. we know isis took credit for that and friday attacks have been, there is two bomb scares for two planes tonight. that might have been, we dont know if its a hoax. what are we seeing here? i asked a young man saying is this the new normal? he said no. were accustomed to this since september 11th. that young man, keith russo went on to say he will not let any terrorists t...