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SUMMARY:Nirval Dinesh Shah\, Former Acting Director of CDC "Lessons Learned from Covid and other Epidemics; Are we ready for the Next One?"
DESCRIPTION:“Lessons Learned from Covid and other Epidemics; Are we ready for the Next One?” \nHave you ever wondered “What did we learn from the Covid pandemic and how ready are we for the next one?” Who better to tell us than Maine’s former CDC director\, Dr. Nirav Shah\, who led the state of Maine’s response to Covid 19. Many might remember his daily TV updates that were both informative and reassuring to a nervous public. Because of his proven leadership during this difficult time\, Dr. Shah became the Principal Deputy Director of the U.S. CDC in 2023. Among other things\, he was responsible for leading our nation’s effort to be prepared for the next pandemic. Dr Shah stepped down from that position earlier this year and has returned to his home in Maine. He was recently named a Visiting Professor at Colby College where he will teach courses in public health\, policy\, and communications. In his remarks\, Dr Shah will highlight lessons learned from Covid and other epidemics and also take questions from the audience.
URL:http://islesboroforum.org/event/nirval-dinesh-shah-former-acting-director-of-cdc/
LOCATION:Islesboro Community Center\, 103 Pendleton Point Road\, Islesboro\, ME\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250720T173000
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SUMMARY:William B. Taylor\, Former US Ambassador to Ukraine "Russia’s War on Ukraine: An Update"
DESCRIPTION:“Russia’s War on Ukraine: An Update” \nAfter defending their country and its continued existence for over three years\, the Ukrainians continue to deserve our support.  They are fighting for their homeland\, but they are at the same time defending the rest of Europe and American values.\nFrom the Atlantic Council website:\nAmbassador William B. Taylor is a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. Prior to the Atlantic Council\, Taylor was vice president\, Europe and Russia at the US Institute of Peace.  From 2006 to 2009\, Taylor served as the US ambassador to Ukraine and as the chargé d’affaires ad interim from 2019 to 2020 at the US embassy in Kyiv.\nBeyond Ukraine\, Taylor served as the special coordinator for Middle East Transitions at the US Department of State from 2011 to 2013\, where he oversaw assistance and support to the Middle East during the Arab Spring—including support to Egypt\, Tunisia\, Libya\, and Syria. Prior to his tenure in the Middle East Transitions Team and Kyiv\, Taylor served as the US government’s representative to the Mideast Quartet from Jerusalem. From 2004 to 2005\, Taylor served in Baghdad as director of the Iraq Reconstruction Office; from 2002 to 2003 he served in Kabul as coordinator of US government and international assistance to Afghanistan; and from 1992 to 2002\, he served in Washington as coordinator of US government assistance to former Soviet Union countries and Eastern Europe.\nTaylor holds a Bachelor of Science from the US Military Academy in West Point\, New York\, and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Taylor also served as an infantry platoon leader and combat company commander in the US Army in Vietnam and Germany.
URL:http://islesboroforum.org/event/william-b-taylor-former-us-ambassador-to-ukraine/
LOCATION:Islesboro Community Center\, 103 Pendleton Point Road\, Islesboro\, ME\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T173000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Alexa Dayton and Robin Alden from Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries\, with McArthur Genius Award recipient Ted Ames discuss potential impacts on the Gulf of Maine from proposed changes to Federal funding and science and management processes at NOAA\, and Maine’s Department of Marine Resources
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Alexa Dayton\, Executive Director of the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries (MCCF)\, Robin Alden\, former Executive Director and Founder of MCCF\, and Ted Ames\, former groundfisherman and McArthur Genius Award recipient\, on Sunday July 27\, 2025\, for a lively discussion of the potential impacts on Gulf of Maine fisheries resulting from proposed changes to Federal funding and science and management processes at NOAA\, and Maine’s Department of Marine Resources. \n  \nWe will explore the historical context of the decline of groundfish and how Maine got to a largely lobster dominated Maine fishery over a 40-year period\, which has created perilous dependence upon a single species fishery that supports 4\,500 individual businesses and generates more than $1 billion in economic return to the State of Maine. We will examine the opportunities and risks associated with a future Federal regulatory and funding landscape that must reply upon a data poor scientific process and de-regulated management\, and discuss how this might help or hinder objectives to restore a more diversified\, healthy\, thriving marine economy that can sustain the test of time. \nDr. Dayton’s work has been focused on the complex interplay of species conservation balanced with economic returns for natural resource such as fisheries\, which plays out in the allocation of harvest privileges through co-management and trade-off decisions at the community scale. Alexa also serves as President Ex-Officio of Fishing into the Future\, a U.K. based charity that was catalyzed by King Charles’s charitable foundation to build co-management of UK fisheries. Before joining MCCF\, Alexa held senior positions at Gulf of Maine Research Institute\, University Maine\, L.L. Bean and Maine Huts and Trails.
URL:http://islesboroforum.org/event/dr-alexa-dayton-and-robin-alden-from-maine-center-for-coastal-fisheries-with-mcarthur-genius-award-recipient-ted-ames-discuss-potential-impacts-on-the-gulf-of-maine-from-proposed-changes-to-federal/
LOCATION:Islesboro Community Center\, 103 Pendleton Point Road\, Islesboro\, ME\, United States
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SUMMARY:Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm\, Kate Coug and  Rose Lundy "Local journalism that matters: how The Maine Monitor is keeping Mainers informed and meeting the moment"
DESCRIPTION:“Local journalism that matters: how The Maine Monitor is keeping Mainers informed and meeting the moment” \nLearn how The Maine Monitor is helping readers make sense of developments – state and federal – that impact their lives. \nMicaela Schweitzer-Bluhm is the Executive Director of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting\, which publishes The Maine Monitor. Micaela joined MCPIR after retiring as a Senior Foreign Service officer. She represented the United States around the world for 26 years\, leading U.S. diplomatic teams\, and advancing U.S. principles of democratic governance\, most importantly\, the importance of a free and vibrant press. Micaela is on the board of the Maine Press Association and the board of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition. She lives in Belfast with her family. \nKate Cough is the editor of The Maine Monitor\, previously serving as environmental reporter and enterprise editor for the newsroom. As an eighth generation Mainer\, Kate believes her responsibility as editor is deeply personal — shaping and implementing The Monitor’s coverage of the issues that matter to people\, the place she calls home and where she is raising her family\, is about serving her community and our future Maine. She lives in Bar Harbor. She has received recognition from the National Headliner Awards\, Maine Press Association and National Newspaper Association\, among others.Rose Lundy is a senior public health reporter for The Maine Monitor\, with a focus on Maine’s aging care system. She is passionate about stories that highlight systemic problems affecting the most vulnerable in our community. Rose was previously a 2022 ProPublica Local Reporting Network fellow and a 2020 Report for America corps member. Before that\, she was a reporter for three years at a daily newspaper in southwest Washington state. She now lives in Portland\, Maine. Her work has been recognized by the New England Newspaper & Press Association\, Maine Public Health Association\, National Newspaper Association Foundation\, Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers and Maine Press Association. \n 
URL:http://islesboroforum.org/event/micaela-schweitzer-bluhm-kate-coug-and-rose-lundy-local-journalism-that-matters-how-the-maine-monitor-is-keeping-mainers-informed-and-meeting-the-moment/
LOCATION:Islesboro Community Center\, 103 Pendleton Point Road\, Islesboro\, ME\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dr. Michael E. Mann\, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth & Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania "Science Under Siege"
DESCRIPTION:“Science Under Siege” \n Dr. Michael E. Mann is a Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth & Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Mann is also a  recipient of the “Tyler Prize” which is sometimes called the Nobel Prize for the Environment.\n \nFrom pandemics to the climate crisis\, humanity faces tougher challenges than ever. Whether it’s the health of our people or the health of our planet\, we know we are on an unsustainable path. But our efforts to effectively tackle these existential crises are now hampered by a common threat: politically and ideologically motivated opposition to science. I discuss my collaboration with public health scientist Peter Hotez examining the five forces behind the modern-day anti-science movement\, informed by our decades of experience on the front lines of the battle to convey accurate\, reliable\, and trustworthy information about science in the face of determined and nihilistic opposition. I reveal the five main forces threatening science: plutocrats\, pros\, petrostates\, phonies\, and the press. It is a call to arms and a road map for dismantling the forces of anti-science\, empowering ourselves to promote scientific truths\, and shining light on channels of dark money\, dismantle the corporations poisoning the planet\, and ultimately avert disaster. \n*Release Date: September 9\, 2025\n \n 
URL:http://islesboroforum.org/event/dr-michael-e-mann-presidential-distinguished-professor-of-earth-environmental-science-at-the-university-of-pennsylvania/
LOCATION:Islesboro Community Center\, 103 Pendleton Point Road\, Islesboro\, ME\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kate Zernike\, Author and Reporter for the New York Times "The Exceptions: The Fight for Women in Science"
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Harry Zernike\n“The Exceptions: The Fight for Women in Science” \nKate Zernike has been a reporter for The New York Times since 2000. She began as an education reporter and has worked in a wide range of positions across the newsroom\, including on the investigations desk\, in the Washington Bureau\, as a campaign reporter and a health care reporter. She was most recently the Times’ lead reporter covering the abortion debate leading up to and after the repeal of Roe v. Wade. She was a member of the team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for stories about al-Qaeda before and after the 9/11 terror attacks. She was previously a reporter for The Boston Globe\, where she broke the story of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s admission that it had discriminated against women on its faculty\, on which The Exceptions is based. \n \nNancy Hopkins\, a protege of the legendary scientist James Watson\, entered science in the 1960s believing it was a meritocracy for women who worked hard enough. Thirty years later\, she led a group of accomplished female scientists who prompted MIT to admit it had discriminated against them. The story of these trailblazing women\, and how it resonates today\, in science and beyond.
URL:http://islesboroforum.org/event/kate-zernike-author-and-reporter-for-the-new-york-times-the-exceptions-the-fight-for-women-in-science/
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