{"id":7886,"date":"2022-06-14T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/?p=7886"},"modified":"2022-06-14T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:06:10","slug":"the-history-and-contemporary-reality-of-black-communities-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/2022\/06\/14\/the-history-and-contemporary-reality-of-black-communities-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"The History and Contemporary Reality of Black Communities in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>Wednesday, June 29th 2022, <\/span><span>9:00 AM \u2013 12:30 PM EST<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>Description:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"asynch-enroll-key\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1655222345748_101\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1655222345748_102\">Participants will learn about the history of slavery and racism in Maine, including the role of eugenics and the term Vacationland. Presenters will talk about our shared ancestry and how the slavery has impacted the way the world functions today. Participants will also learn specific examples of racism and how it plays out in communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Learning Objectives:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe how Maine\u2019s history with slavery has impacted genocide, immigration, disinformation and racism in American culture.<\/li>\n<li>Describe the hidden history of black communities in Maine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nephtc.org\/enrol\/index.php?id=289\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/nephtc\/files\/2019\/09\/Learn-More.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"247\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5062 size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, June 29th 2022, 9:00 AM \u2013 12:30 PM EST Description: Participants will learn about the history of slavery and racism in Maine, including the role of eugenics and the term Vacationland. Presenters will talk about our shared ancestry and how the slavery has impacted the way the world functions today. Participants will also learn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20096,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7889,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886\/revisions\/7889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/nephtc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}