Hello MEEOA! This is a reminder that our annual Advocacy Day rally to celebrate TRIO triumphs of our students and the professionals who support them will be held on *Wednesday March 16th from 3:30-5 p.m.* Our event will be held virtually once again via Zoom webinar, courtesy of our friends at NEOA. A link will be sent out the week of the event. We will be hosting several speakers including students, alumni and State legislators. This year will feature our first panel discussion. The focus will be on how to help first-generation students knock down barriers. The group will include several representatives from different TRIO projects as well as alumni and regional TRIO advocates. We hope staff and students from all Maine TRIO programs will join us! If you have any questions, please feel free to email Tony Staffiere, Advocacy Day Chair/Public Relations Chair at [log in to unmask] Stay Healthy! Tony Staffiere, MST, MSOL College Success Counselor, *TRIO* *Scholars Program * Lecturer of COL 100 and SSC 317 NEOA Public Relations Chairman MEEOA Public Relations Chairman MEEOA Advocacy Day Chairman University of Maine at Augusta [log in to unmask] (207) 621-3501 [image: Image result for trio scholars] *"Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work." --Seth Godin*