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EVENTS

EVENTS
Below is a timeline of YCARE events, activities and partnerships in order starting from the most recent in which illustrate how YCARE members are working to support Yarmouth becoming increasingly racially equitable.

YCARE Events

Learn & Respond

Bringing people together to learn about and to respond to injustice in our community and beyond. We need systems that are deliberately supporting racial equity through proactive and preventative measures.

#Teach Truth Rally at 91- 97 Main Street, Yarmouth

August 28, 2021, 9am #Teach Truth Rally at 91- 97 Main Street, Yarmouth YCARE members pledged support of teachers committed to teaching...

First Meeting of the YCARE Land Acknowledgement Working Group

Members continue to create a Land Acknowledgement for YCARE, and hopefully model a process for other Yarmouth community groups.

Interview with Debbie Leighton

Mary Lou Michael, YCARE Steering Committee Member, interviewed Debbie Leighton, one of the co-authors of The Gatherings: Reimagining...

“One Year Later” YCARE Meeting in Royal River Park

On June 23, 2021, YCARE members met exactly one year after the first event they organized together, the screening of the movie “13th.”...

Little Free Justice Library established

YCARE members established a Little Free Justice Library in front of the Yarmouth First Universalist Church at 97 Main Street, Yarmouth....

#Teach Truth Rally at the Captain Walter Gendall Memorial Plaque, Route 188, Yarmouth

YCARE members joined Educators, legislators, town council and community members at the site of an historical plaque located approximately...

Removal of “Historic Yarmouth” sign in front of the Ledge Cemetery

False narratives perpetuate racism and cause harm. This Historic Yarmouth sign erected in 1969 tells a colonist story “ORIGINALLY SETTLED...

Letter to the Editor in Portland Press Herald: "Racism Response Will Be A Journey for Yarmouth"

"We acknowledge we are writing from the land of the Wabanaki people. In the aftermath of two racial incidents in our town, people have...

Restorative Justice Community Conversations

Dec 14, 2020 Restorative Justice Community Conversations In response to the racial slur/graffiti incident on the Little John Causeway on...

Yarmouth Police Investigating Racist Slurs Painted on Road

Nov 8, 2020 Yarmouth Police Investigating Racist Slurs Painted on Road https://wgme.com/news/local/yarmouth-police-investigating-racist-s...