Black Girl in Maine https://blackgirlinmaine.com/ Anti-Racism Speaker for Education and Empowerment Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:45:27 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.11 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-BGIM-logo-1-32x32.jpg Shay Stewart-Bouley https://blackgirlinmaine.com/ 32 32 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/current-events/crunch-time-a-chat-with-hannah-pingree-and-a-need-for-a-blue-wave/ Crunch time: A chat with Hannah Pingree and a need for a blue wave https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/972100076/0/blackgirlinmaine~Crunch-time-A-chat-with-Hannah-Pingree-and-a-need-for-a-blue-wave/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/972100076/0/blackgirlinmaine~Crunch-time-A-chat-with-Hannah-Pingree-and-a-need-for-a-blue-wave/#respond Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:45:26 +0000 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/?p=20713 For the better part of the last year (and longer, actually), as the country has navigated the turbulent waters of the Trump administration and the weak and ineffectual Congress and Supreme Court, our attention has been focused on the U.S. Senate races as a salve to save us from the chaos. Yet, while changing the ...

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]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/972100076/0/blackgirlinmaine~Crunch-time-A-chat-with-Hannah-Pingree-and-a-need-for-a-blue-wave/feed/ 0For the better part of the last year (and longer, actually), as the country has navigated the turbulent waters of the Trump administration and the weak and ineffectual Congress and Supreme Court, our attention has been focused on the U.S. Senate races as a salve to save us from the chaos. Yet, while changing the ...

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]]> https://blackgirlinmaine.com/commentary/vote-like-your-life-depends-on-it-and-why-i-am-supporting-troy-jackson/ Vote like your life depends on it and why I am supporting Troy Jackson https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/971987759/0/blackgirlinmaine~Vote-like-your-life-depends-on-it-and-why-I-am-supporting-Troy-Jackson/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/971987759/0/blackgirlinmaine~Vote-like-your-life-depends-on-it-and-why-I-am-supporting-Troy-Jackson/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:41:57 +0000 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/?p=20706 American politics in recent years has become unserious entertainment with very serious and life-changing consequences. Something broke when the country elected its first Black president in 2008, and it has never been put back together. Perhaps it’s because white Americans did the lazy work of assuming that a Black president meant that our nation’s race ...

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]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/971987759/0/blackgirlinmaine~Vote-like-your-life-depends-on-it-and-why-I-am-supporting-Troy-Jackson/feed/ 0American politics in recent years has become unserious entertainment with very serious and life-changing consequences. Something broke when the country elected its first Black president in 2008, and it has never been put back together. Perhaps it’s because white Americans did the lazy work of assuming that a Black president meant that our nation’s race ...

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]]> https://blackgirlinmaine.com/current-events/weirdo-or-frozen-water-man-a-strange-encounter/ Weirdo or “frozen water” man? A strange encounter https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/971832170/0/blackgirlinmaine~Weirdo-or-%e2%80%9cfrozen-water%e2%80%9d-man-A-strange-encounter/ https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/971832170/0/blackgirlinmaine~Weirdo-or-%e2%80%9cfrozen-water%e2%80%9d-man-A-strange-encounter/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:51:00 +0000 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/?p=20698 I had a bizarre exchange today that, in more normal and simpler times, I would’ve ranked a nothing-burger—a weird white guy being weird. However, we are living in the era of frozen water agents in our communities across the country and in Maine, they are still here daily, terrorizing and kidnapping people. But let me ...

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]]> https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/971832170/0/blackgirlinmaine~Weirdo-or-%e2%80%9cfrozen-water%e2%80%9d-man-A-strange-encounter/feed/ 0I had a bizarre exchange today that, in more normal and simpler times, I would’ve ranked a nothing-burger—a weird white guy being weird. However, we are living in the era of frozen water agents in our communities across the country and in Maine, they are still here daily, terrorizing and kidnapping people. But let me ...

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]]> https://blackgirlinmaine.com/activism/gotv-maine-do-something/ GOTV Maine – Do Something https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/971223944/0/blackgirlinmaine~GOTV-Maine-Do-Something/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:24:09 +0000 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/?p=20677 Help Now, Feedback Later The GOTV countdown is on and like it or not, Maine is important. There are so many feels about election season and we all deserve to give our input into making it better for 2028 but for today, there is genuine importance in getting Dems elected as a gateway to a ...

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]]> Help Now, Feedback Later The GOTV countdown is on and like it or not, Maine is important. There are so many feels about election season and we all deserve to give our input into making it better for 2028 but for today, there is genuine importance in getting Dems elected as a gateway to a ...

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]]> https://blackgirlinmaine.com/current-events/the-inequity-of-cruelty-in-unspeakable-times/ The inequity of cruelty in unspeakable times https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/969407978/0/blackgirlinmaine~The-inequity-of-cruelty-in-unspeakable-times/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:02:00 +0000 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/?p=20640 As fuel and grocery prices soar and the chatter of impending shortages across the country grow louder, most Americans find themselves in what increasingly feels like a downward economic and mental spiral. A spiral that has been facilitated by the Trump administration’s inane policies. A spiral that almost certainly will only intensify as more of ...

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]]> As fuel and grocery prices soar and the chatter of impending shortages across the country grow louder, most Americans find themselves in what increasingly feels like a downward economic and mental spiral. A spiral that has been facilitated by the Trump administration’s inane policies. A spiral that almost certainly will only intensify as more of ...

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]]> https://blackgirlinmaine.com/activism/action-time-all-hands-on-deck/ Action time! All hands on deck https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/969221789/0/blackgirlinmaine~Action-time-All-hands-on-deck/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:09:18 +0000 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/?p=20633 The kids are back in school, summer is winding down, and hopefully we all took a beat in the summer to catch our collective breaths and get ready to roll up our sleeves—because we have work to do. Note, I said WE have work to do, because whatever happens next here in the United States, ...

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]]> The kids are back in school, summer is winding down, and hopefully we all took a beat in the summer to catch our collective breaths and get ready to roll up our sleeves—because we have work to do. Note, I said WE have work to do, because whatever happens next here in the United States, ...

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]]> https://blackgirlinmaine.com/current-events/a-life-taken-by-cruelty-and-why-we-cant-turn-away/ A life taken by cruelty and why we can’t turn away https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/968500160/0/blackgirlinmaine~A-life-taken-by-cruelty-and-why-we-can%e2%80%99t-turn-away/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/?p=20598 In early August, Temporary Protected Status—also known as TPS—was canceled for hundreds of thousands of immigrants by the Trump administration as part of the regime’s barbaric immigrant efforts. Since the 1990s, TPS has allowed individuals from countries that were impacted by things like civil war and environmental disasters (or any extreme condition where they could ...

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]]> In early August, Temporary Protected Status—also known as TPS—was canceled for hundreds of thousands of immigrants by the Trump administration as part of the regime’s barbaric immigrant efforts. Since the 1990s, TPS has allowed individuals from countries that were impacted by things like civil war and environmental disasters (or any extreme condition where they could ...

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]]> https://blackgirlinmaine.com/commentary/hope-helpers-and-ice-cream-sandwiches-in-a-world-gone-topsy-turvy-what-we-can-do/ Hope, helpers and ice cream sandwiches: In a world gone topsy-turvy, what we CAN do https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/968178830/0/blackgirlinmaine~Hope-helpers-and-ice-cream-sandwiches-In-a-world-gone-topsyturvy-what-we-CAN-do/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:36:18 +0000 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/?p=20584 Last week, I was packing to leave for my 72-hour staycation when my phone rang. I kept packing because I was exhausted and ready to check out from the daily grind. A few minutes later, I saw a text notification and figured I should check it, since most people close to me know that texting ...

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]]> Last week, I was packing to leave for my 72-hour staycation when my phone rang. I kept packing because I was exhausted and ready to check out from the daily grind. A few minutes later, I saw a text notification and figured I should check it, since most people close to me know that texting ...

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]]> https://blackgirlinmaine.com/current-events/the-overwhelm-of-it-all-and-the-spike-of-frozen-water-people-in-maine/ The overwhelm of it all and the spike of “frozen water people” in Maine https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/967414715/0/blackgirlinmaine~The-overwhelm-of-it-all-and-the-spike-of-%e2%80%9cfrozen-water-people%e2%80%9d-in-Maine/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:49:39 +0000 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/?p=20563 These days, national media and popular content creators are largely dictating where we put our attention and it is overwhelming at times. So much so that it becomes easier to tuck in, do the bare minimum or less and just trust that things will work out before we get messed up by the system. To ...

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]]> These days, national media and popular content creators are largely dictating where we put our attention and it is overwhelming at times. So much so that it becomes easier to tuck in, do the bare minimum or less and just trust that things will work out before we get messed up by the system. To ...

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]]> https://blackgirlinmaine.com/commentary/two-weeks-later-maine-and-the-musings-of-an-organizer/ Two weeks later: Maine and the musings of an organizer https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/967414718/0/blackgirlinmaine~Two-weeks-later-Maine-and-the-musings-of-an-organizer/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:46:27 +0000 https://blackgirlinmaine.com/?p=20559 Today marks two weeks since Maine resident Johan Sebatian Guerrero’s life was snatched away from him by an ICE agent who, by the Border Czar Tom Homan’s own words, may not have been properly vetted. No shit, man! It seems like most of the people hired by ICE tend to be problematic, if not literally ...

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]]> Today marks two weeks since Maine resident Johan Sebatian Guerrero’s life was snatched away from him by an ICE agent who, by the Border Czar Tom Homan’s own words, may not have been properly vetted. No shit, man! It seems like most of the people hired by ICE tend to be problematic, if not literally ...

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