Sam, This is exciting news. It's great to feel the synergy of these stakeholders with a common interest in our students' success: Senator Collin's office, The Community College System and FAME. I'm particularly grateful that Maine's TRIO programs' good work is recognized across our state. Thank you for sharing this! Terry Terry T. Charlton, M.Ed TRIO Student Support Services Director Classic and STEM programs Central Maine Community College 1250 Turner Street Auburn, Maine 04210 Tel: (207) 755-5238<https:[log in to unmask]> Pronouns: She, her, hers " Access without support is not opportunity" - Vincent Tinto From: - MEEOA-L - Maine Educational Opportunity Association members communication <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Sam Prosser Sent: Monday, March 7, 2022 2:52 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Advocating with Senator Collins' Office 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://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fusm.maine.edu%2Fupward-bound-veterans-high-school-students&data=04%7C01%7Ctcharlton%40CMCC.EDU%7C3cc5c7123fc2491387dc08da0073f6e3%7Cb30231ebaf4041c9adae2700b5b41bb9%7C0%7C0%7C637822795344648735%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=fc8HYlVykgmPgGZgvmtrOYcg%2BoJAqZ%2FQN8AyLSQziQE%3D&reserved=0> [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1MyfLWneanqxSpMFFv2tv2s7XKpEVJ97H&revid=0B4WpiLDLjpGRdnFTUzV0U1JIODFOSWpVdW1lRVhBanFtQkxBPQ] https://www.meeoa.org/<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meeoa.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ctcharlton%40CMCC.EDU%7C3cc5c7123fc2491387dc08da0073f6e3%7Cb30231ebaf4041c9adae2700b5b41bb9%7C0%7C0%7C637822795344648735%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=expTc0l2uA5j%2FlLXMQv1IT7Z7MVrylsR2Ks0lul7IOo%3D&reserved=0> 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. [http://usm.maine.edu/signature]