Craig Hickman

Maine State Senator and Chair of the Labor and Housing Committee, Craig Hickman is the first Black lawmaker to serve in both…

Safiya Khalid

Safiya Khalid is the first Somali American and may be the youngest person to serve on the Lewiston City  Council. She was 23 when…

Angela Okafor

Nigerian born, Angela is the first immigrant of color to be elected to the Bangor City Council…

Gerald “Jerry” Talbot

Gerald Talbot, born in 1931, is an 8th generation Mainer and veteran who grew up in Bangor…

Rachel Talbot Ross

First Black Female Maine State Representative and longtime activist and public servant Rachel Talbot Ross is an 8th generation Mainer…

Ali Ali

Abdulkadir Ali, who writes and performs as Ali Ali, is an Ethiopian immigrant, poet, performer, activist, educator, and policy analyst…

Garrett Stewart

Garrett is a 3rd generation Mainer. His grandparents came to Maine during World War ll when his grandfather took a job at the South Portland Shipyard…

Pious Ali

Ghanaian immigrant Pious Ali is a Portland city councilman and Policy Associate at the Cutler Institute…

Shay Stewart-Bouley

Chicago native and Peaks Island resident Shay Stewart-Bouley provides insight into her life through her award winning blog Back Girl in Maine…