YCARE Events

EVENTS

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EVENTS

Click on the posts below to read more about YCARE events, resources, developing partnerships and current events. See what actions YCARE has been taking to support Yarmouth becoming increasingly racially equitable.

Nov 21

Feds Recognize Wabanaki Name For Waterfall On Royal River

YCARE spent 14 months building a coalition of local partners, seeking insight from language keepers and requesting permission from tribal...

May 24

World Fish Migration Day 2024

YCARE joined other community organizations to celebrate the return of fish migration to the Royal River! YCARE members Ron Siviski and...

Oct 22, 2023

Exploring Wabanaki Maine History

Last week, over 70 residents of this place we now call Yarmouth had the opportunity to explore Wabanaki Maine history through an...

Oct 3, 2023

Riverfront Preserve Land Acknowledgement & Guided Nature Walk

On September 23, 2023, we gathered for a Guided Nature Walk & Inaugural Land Acknowledgement Reading in Riverfront Woods Preserve...

Aug 9, 2023

Renaming the Royal River First Falls as Pumgustuck

Wabanaki residents of Yarmouth and their allies in town (including members of YCARE and the Royal River Conservation Trust) recently sent...

May 30, 2023

Indigenous Reflections on the Royal River

On the brisk sunny afternoon of May 5th, YCARE and RRCT hosted a group of paddlers on the Royal River. While navigating a two mile...

Dec 23, 2021

Reflections on the First Reading of YCARE Land Acknowledgement

Late Tuesday afternoon, with candles lit and the voice of the river resounding, 20 community members and friends gathered at Royal River...

Dec 16, 2021

Supporting the Black Student Union at Yarmouth High School

YCARE members donated to support a BSA student trip to the Museum of African American History in Boston.

Dec 15, 2021

Invitation to a First Reading of the YCARE Land Acknowledgement

Please feel free to invite friends and family, bring lanterns, drums, cookies, warm cider...

Nov 11, 2021

Friends of the Presumpscot River Ceremony for Indigenous People's Day

YCARE members attended a ceremony of remembrance and in honor of the Abenaki that lived, thrived and cared tor the Presumpscot River.

Sep 7, 2021

YCARE Meets with Freeport Councilperson Daniel Pilch

On September 8, 2021, the YCARE Steering Committee Meeting met with Daniel Pilch to hear about the public forum that Freeport citizens...

Sep 3, 2021

“Freedom & Captivity: Maine Voices Beyond Prison Walls,” UMVA Gallery, Portland Maine.

The project aims to help the public imagine a future without prisons through exhibitions, workshops, webinars, and more.

Aug 27, 2021

#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...

Aug 23, 2021

YCARE Land Acknowledgement Working Group

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

Jun 24, 2021

Interview with Debbie Leighton

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

Jun 22, 2021

“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.”...

Jun 12, 2021

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....

Jun 11, 2021

#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...

Mar 24, 2021

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...

Mar 8, 2021

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...