USM has a variety of illustrious speakers coming here every week. Here is a sample of some of them. This list is not all-inclusive and the number of listings is contingent on space. If you, your student group, club, or etcetera would like to place a listing send an e-mail to [email protected] with the word “Demosthenes” in the subject line.
Featured speakers
Mainers Serve and Return from Iraq
Join the World Affairs Council of Maine for a timely and informative evening about the role Maine National Guard service members performed while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. General Libby will lead this panel discussion. The speakers will share their experiences in the Maine National Guard and what their deployments to Iraq meant to them as well as their perspective as to what their service has meant to the people of Iraq. The speakers will include:
General John (Bill) Libby (Adjutant General and Commander – The State of Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management),
Captain Phillip Trevino (A Battery, 1-152nd Field Artillery Commander, Maine National Guard),
Lt. Colonel John Jansen (Commanding Officer Maine ANG 133rd Engineer Battalion),
Sam Patten (Civilian, Resident Political Director for the International Republican Institute in Iraq from March 2004-February 2005).
The event will take place on Thursday, April 28. Registration begins at 5:45 p.m. and the presentation, with a Q&A, goes from 6 to 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact the World Affairs Council of Maine at [email protected]
Other upcoming speakers
Thursday, April 28
Dr. Mark Publicker, medical director of the Mercy Hospital Recover Center, will present “This is your brain on drugs.” The presentation will look at the neurobiology of alcohol and opiod addiction.
This event, hosted by Americorps and The Landing Project, will take place in the Luther Bonney Auditorium from 9:30 to 11 a.m., and is free and open to the public.
For more information contact Deborah Long at 223-5006 or [email protected].
Friday, April 29
The 24th Annual Take Back the Night March and Rally, sponsored in part by the Women’s Resource Center
Take Back the Night, which originated in Germany in 1973, is an internationally historic community event to gather support for victims of sexual and domestic violence. This year’s highlights include speaking by Stephen Wessler, director of the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence and Daryl Fort, director of Community Development, Office of the Governor, as well as skits by area youth, music by local performers, donated pastries from Panera Bread and coffee from Zarra’s Monumental Coffeehouse.
Accompanied by police escort, the march will go through the Old Port and then reunite in Monument Square for a speak-out, at which survivors of sexual violence and their loved ones can stand up to briefly share stories.
The march will commence at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact Stephanie Bouffard or Marcie Oechslie at 800-313-9900.
Saturday, April 30
The Environmental Science & Policy (ESP) student group will a planting and shed building party at the community gardens.