Days of Reflection, Prayer and Meditation will be held June 26-27 to coincide with the first Statement Gathering with child welfare and legal workers, parents and guardians, being held in Bangor.

Coinciding with Maliseet and Micmac community visits, the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Maine-Wabanaki REACH invite the observance of Days of Reflection, Prayer and Meditation, May 21-23.

The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Maine-Wabanaki REACH are calling for Days of Reflection, Prayer and Meditation, on Thu., May 1, and Fri., May 2.

Once you were children
Innocent with no thought that evil or harm existed
Your hearts were pure and trusting
You played without fear
Until they came and took you

The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) joins American Indian and Native rights leaders in expressing concern about yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in “Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl.”

Five Wabanaki Chiefs and Governor Paul LePage signed a Mandate document commencing the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission process.

Wabanaki Chiefs, Governor Paul LePage and MITSC Commissioner Denise Yarmal Altvater signed a Declaration of Intent committing the entities to conduct a collaborative Truth and Reconciliation process.