Upcoming Events

Introduction to HOPE - Advanced Webinar with OUT Maine

09/10/2026 14:00

virtual

This virtual session for Maine nonprofit professionals will introduce HOPE - Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences - as an alternative framework for understanding how childhood experiences relate to health outcomes for youth into adulthood. HOPE provides a guide for the “now what” response to adverse childhood experiences, which helps organizational staff determine what action steps they can take to support youth in building resilience for the future.

Exploring Gender to Address Bias - Advanced Webinar with OUT Maine

12/08/2026 15:00

virtual

This virtual session for Maine nonprofit professionals will explore how gender can become a tool of separation and oppression, using personal and narrative reflections. Attendees will practice interrupting bias through role-play using the IQEE model (interrupt, question, educate, echo); reflect on how gender can be celebrated; and receive guidance on how to empathize with the gender diverse experience.

Leading Inclusive Organizations through Policy, Reflection, and Growth - Advanced Webinar with OUT Maine

01/14/2027 15:00

virtual

This virtual session for Maine nonprofit professionals will use a case study to explore how inclusive policies within an organization can resolve workplace and youth conflicts. Attendees will work peer-to-peer to reflect on their organization's policies and review procedures for addressing conflicts.

Understanding Intersectional Identities - Advanced Webinar with OUT Maine

06/18/2026 14:00

virtual

This virtual session for Maine nonprofit professionals will explore how individual identities influence individual power and agency. Attendees will learn about how intersectionality helps us understand how needs change when identities come together, as well as reflect on how their organizations can meet intersectional needs.

Investing in Change: Foundation Support for Advocacy & Lobbying

05/19/2026 14:00

virtual

Private and public foundations can play an important role in advocacy by engaging in advocacy themselves and funding their grantees to advocate on their issues. After this workshop, your foundation will have a clear understanding of the kinds of advocacy activities you can safely engage in and best practices for grantmaking to give your grantees the most flexibility under the law for their advocacy efforts. Not sure how to make the case for funding advocacy? Uncertain whether you can fund grantees that lobby? Wondering whether your public or private foundation can speak out on a particular issue? This training answers these questions and more!

Building Inclusive Organizations: The Basics - a webinar with OUT Maine

04/23/2026 16:00

virtual

OUT Maine and The Onion Foundation will host “Building Inclusive Organizations: The Basics,” a 101-level public webinar meant to introduce organizations and individuals to the fundamentals of running inclusive programs, why such work is urgent and deeply needed in Maine.

Maine Cultural Policy Agenda 2026

03/13/2026 14:00

Webinar, virtual

What are the cultural industries advocating for in Augusta in 2026? What opportunities are in front of the Maine legislature this year? This workshop is part of a virtual advocacy learning series present by CAM ahead of Cultural Advocacy Day on 3/19/26, to prepare the arts and culture sector for collective action work in 2026 and beyond.