YCARE Events

After three years in the making, there are now beautiful interpretive signs in the Riverfront Woods Preserve on which our Wabanaki partners and neighbors share their history and culture in their own words. The tribal language used in the preserve is Passamaquoddy/Maliseet, one of the four original languages still spoken in this territory.  The signs invite visitors of all ages to learn by reading, playing “I Spy” games, engaging with artwork by Wabanaki artist Norma Randi Mar

We'd like to celebrate with you the fact that on June 26th our town adopted a land acknowledgement that recognizes the indigenous history of this place we now call Yarmouth!  You can read the acknowledgement on the town website HERE . The Portland Press Herald also wrote a great article  about it HERE. While land acknowledgements are becoming more common in Maine's educational, cultural and historical organizations, to our knowledge Yarmouth, Westbrook, Kittery and Bath are t

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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