Hello membership,
I wanted to share an update with you all! I just left a meeting with Martin
Menezes and Katie Brown from Senator Collins' office with other leaders in
education to advocate for more funding (meeting led by the wonderful Sarah
Abernathy from CEF-Committee for Education Funding).

Both Martin and Katie are familiar with TRIO and GEAR-UP programming and
were excited to share Senator Collins' support in the 2023 appropriations
letter. Furthermore, we got even more support from David Daigler, the
President of the Maine Community College System and Martha Johnston, the
Director of Education at FAME. Both of them had wonderful things to say in
support of TRIO programs and chose to say that while also advocating for
their own funding.

It is validating to see some of our community partners recognizing and
advocating for the good work and support that we bring to Maine students.

TRIO works!

Sam

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Samantha Prosser
TRIO Upward Bound Coordinator
Maine Educational Opportunity Association (MEEOA) President

University of Southern Maine
37 College Ave
Gorham, ME 04038
Phone: 207-780-5828
Fax: 207-228-8259
Website: https://usm.maine.edu/upward-bound-veterans-high-school-students

https://www.meeoa.org/

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