This sounds fantastic, Sam! Way to go, and way to go to all the MEEOA people doing good work on a regular basis. *Mary Sinclair* Student Services Coordinator, Upward Bound <http://www2.umf.maine.edu/upwardbound/> University of Maine at Farmington 252 Main Street, Farmington, ME 04938 207.778.7429 (w) 207.712.2930 (c) Toll Free: 1.888.237.1667 pronouns: she/her On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 2:52 PM Sam Prosser <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > 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/ > > Pronouns: she, her, hers > This message and its contents are confidential. If you received this > message in error, do not use or rely upon it. Instead, please inform the > sender and then delete it. Thank you. > >