Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs

Hill to Hill, the Goldfarb Center's signature JanPlan internship program in Washington D.C. is back from its pandemic hiatus! Applications open on Monday. Visit
https://goldfarbcenter.colby.edu/students/programs/ to find out more and the link to apply.

This internship program is open to any student at Colby and we encourage you to apply. Reach out to Erica Buswell, [email protected], with any questions or make an appointment to talk, or attend Goldfarb office hours on Wednesday's from 11:30-1:30 during the application period.

Hill to Hill, the Goldfarb Center's signature JanPlan internship program in Washington D.C. is back from its pandemic hiatus! Applications open on Monday. Visit the link in the bio to find out more and the link to apply. This internship program is open to any student at Colby and we encourage you to apply. Reach out to Erica Buswell, [email protected], with any questions or make an appointment to talk, or attend Goldfarb office hours on Wednesday's from 11:30-1:30 during the application period.

We are excited to welcome Penobscot Nation Ambassador Maulian Bryant, Passamaquoddy Representative to the Maine House of Representatives Aaron Dana, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Rachel Talbot Ross, and Maine State Senator Rick Bennett as the speakers for the William R. and Linda K. Cotter Discourse and Deliberation Series on October 3.

This incredible line up of Wabanaki tribal and Maine legislative leadership will discuss their work to recognize Wabanaki tribal sovereignty using the legislative process and also how they are building a movement around the issue. We hope you will join us!

Find more info at https://goldfarbcenter.colby.edu/events/william-r-and-linda-k-cotter-debate-series-2/ or register to join us at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ejynim7ea4d0e4f7&oseq=&c=&ch=.

We hope you will join us on September 12 at 4:30 for this year's Senator George J. Mitchell Distinguished International Lecture, featuring Ambassador (retired) Robert Gelbard '64, LL.D '02.

Visit https://goldfarbcenter.colby.edu/events/senator-george-j-mitchell-distinguished-international-lecture-series-2/ for more info and RSVP if you plan to attend at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ejwps5m132a9ab07&oseq=&c=&ch=

A reception and light refreshments will follow.

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Thank you to everyone who competed and attended our Policy Symposium yesterday. All the presentations were thoughtful and impressive! We hope to see you all again next year 🌷

📢 📮Run to be on the Goldfarb Center Student Executive Board! Submit your statement by April 14. Elections will run from April 15-16 and results will come out April 17. Scan the QR code or click link in bio for more information❗️

Sign up for Joseph Jackson Luncheon: Sick in the System: Addressing Healthcare Inequalities in Prisons. happening this Friday at noon. Please refer to our last post for information about the speaker! Registration closes 5 PM tomorrow. Link is in our bio.

📌Join us for a conversation with Joseph Jackson, a leading advocate for prison healthcare reform in Maine. With 19 years of personal experience inside the Maine Department of Corrections, Jackson brings a unique perspective to the topic. As the Advocacy Director of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition, he has overseen the proposing, pushing, and enacting of many pieces of legislation related to prison healthcare. Jackson's insights and experiences will challenge and inspire us to think critically about the role of healthcare in the criminal justice system.

📌 Profile highlight
📍Founder of Maine State Prison chaoter of the NAACP and served on its Exec Committee in several capacities
📍While incarcerated, earned his Associate and Bachelor's degrees with summa cm laude honors from University of Southern Maine
📍First prisoner in Maine to be selected to University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast MFA in the Creating Writing graduate program
📍Featured poetry in Portland's and Bangor's NAACP Martin Luther King breakfast catalogs
📍Advocacy Director with Maine Inside Out
📍Executive Director of Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition

We look forward to having this conversation with you!

Join us for a conversation with Joseph Jackson, a leading advocate for prison healthcare reform in Maine. With 19 years of personal experience inside the Maine Department of Corrections, Jackson brings a unique perspective to the topic. As the Advocacy Director of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition, he has overseen the proposing, pushing, and enacting of many pieces of legislation related to prison healthcare. Jackson's insights and experiences will challenge and inspire us to think critically about the role of healthcare in the criminal justice system.

Calling all Colby students! Submit a policy proposal related to access to health care. Policy Proposals Due Wednesday, April 5th. Semi-finalists will present their ideas at the Symposium on Tuesday, April 18th.

First place at the symposium will receive $1,700; second place $1,200, and third $700.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a rapidly growing field in the financial, environmental, regulatory and justice sectors, melding issues of public policy and corporate governance.

Please join us for a conversation with Laney Brown'90, Vice President for Sustainability at Avangrid, a global energy company with offices in Portland. Ms. Brown will talk with students about how ESG goals can be good for business, good for people and good for the planet. This will be a great introduction to an evolving issue and a chance to hear about career opportunities in the field.