November 07, 2024
Archive

Rural poverty group plans two programs

FARMINGTON – The Institute on Rural Poverty at the University of Maine at Farmington will hold two free public programs this month.

Judith Rawlings and Ernest Gurney will give the presentation, “Teen Homelessness and Hanging Out: Not a Complete Unknown, Still a Rolling Stone,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, in the North Dining Hall. Rawlings and Gurney will lead a discussion about problems facing teenagers who find themselves in situations that can lead or have led to homelessness.

The second program, “Mitigating the Effects of Poverty on Adolescent Development: A Curriculum for Resilience,” will start at 6 p.m. Monday, March 29, in the North Dining Hall at the Olsen Student Center. The presenter is UMF alumna Elyse Pratt, a graduate degree candidate at Boston College.

For information, call the Institute on Rural Poverty at 778-7178.


Have feedback? Want to know more? Send us ideas for follow-up stories.

comments for this post are closed

You may also like