Great event and coverage everyone! Sydney you did a marvelous job of speaking to the relevance and importance of TRIO and Gear Up.

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It was an incredible event! Bravo, Sydney! Here's a newsclip from WABI:
https://www.wabi.tv/video/2024/03/07/maine-educational-opportunity-association-hosts-advocacy-day/

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On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 5:04 PM Linda Freeman <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Lynn,
It was an amazing event.  Well planned, guest speakers, tours, acknowledgement from the house floor by Speaker Jill Duson...just a wonderful day and chance to showcase our TRIO Programs and students from around the state!!

It was an honor to be there!
Linda

On Thu, Mar 7, 2024, 4:19 PM Lynn Ploof-Davis <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Here, here!!  I just spoke with one of our Johnson Scholars and she was beyond excited to participate in what sounded like an amazing day. I got teary when she showed me the video of the floor welcome. Thank you to Sydney and everyone involved!  (Sydney is, cough, cough...an alum of TWO UMF TRIO programs!) -Lynn

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On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 4:11 PM Ginny Ward <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
What an exciting and inspiring day at the State House today! There was certainly a lot going on! It was wonderful to see so many of you there with your students and to hear inspiring stories from 3 amazing speakers. Thank you to Sydney Brown for the many hours of planning and coordination dedicated to this signature event aimed at raising awareness of TRIO and Gear Up's impact on students and communities across the state. If you connected with a legislator today, our state initiative committee would like to know. Please email me or Sydney and let us know about it and if there's some way we can follow up to keep the conversation going. We would also love any photos you have to share! Thank you all and have a great weekend!
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Best,
Ginny

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