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Dear MIRC Community, Welcome to Friday! One day, your author walked into his high school world history teacher's room ready to learn, when little did he know he was going to learn about the Cuban Missile Crisis from someone who lived through it. And so, I bring to you a mini history lesson from Mr. […]

Dear MIRC Community, Welcome to Spooktober and Friday!  Congratulations to Chuck for winning this year's Fat Bear Week annual contest!! Fat Bear Week celebrates the feeding season at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Voters choose the biggest brown bear in a bracket contest as the fuzzy omnivores prepared for the winter hibernation. More than

On Citizenship Day 2025 we at MIRC recognize that naturalization is more than a status change; it is a declaration of belonging. It ensures that our communities are not just spoken about, but are the ones speaking, deciding, and shaping the future.

It wasn’t until I entered this job that I fully came to understand the meaning of the phrase “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen,” but boy does it feel like it has been a busy one.

The long weekend commemorates Labor Day! Labor Day was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century to honor American workers’ contributions and became a federal holiday in 1894.

JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER MAILING LIST Save the MiF Date! The Maine Immigration Forum (MiF) on Sept. 18, 2025 is just a month away. This event will serve as a beacon of celebration, recognition, and unity for immigrant communities across our state. This year’s theme — “Embracing our Diverse Roots, Cultivating our Future in Maine” — captures a spirit of

Want to see these updates directly in you email inbox? Join our list. Dear MIRC Community, Happy Friday! It's been a hot week for most of us with this most recent heatwave. Most of us know this time instinctively as the “dog days of summer” (if you are sweating while reading this, I don't blame

Want to see these updates directly in you email inbox? Join our list. Dear MIRC Community, Happy Friday and welcome to August! With the first NFL preseason game kicking off last night and the Pumpkin Spice Latte drop date being revealed (August 26th in case you were wondering), all signs point towards fall creeping up

SUMMARY It’s over! It lasted from December to July, but the 2023 session of the Maine State Legislature has ended. It was a bittersweet session, with some good, some bad, and some carried over. There were some truly significant bills passed this session which will improve the lives of thousands of Mainers in major ways.