May 2021 - Chewonki

Welcome New Trustees and Advisors

We are pleased to announce that Kyo Bannai, Ponch Membreño, and Steph Tipton have joined our board of directors as new trustees and are also excited to welcome Anna Howell, Becca Kosakowski, and Devon Liddell as advisors. Kyo Bannai, Trustee A long time cheerleader of the arts, education, and other good ideas, Kyo has served on …

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Intervening Against Hate and for Community

During the month of May, my colleagues and I at Chewonki, facilitated by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, have been learning together in recognition of both Jewish American Heritage Month and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We are alarmed by the rise in harassment targeting these groups, which has been growing since 2016, according to information from Statista and the Anti-Defamation League. Our mission “challenges people to build thriving, sustainable communities throughout their lives,” and hate has no place in that work on this collective home we share – planet Earth.

Corbin Percy Hacks Games for Accessibility

Alumni & Friends, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Staff News / By Alexis Grillo

Our alumni go on to all kinds of careers, and most often, we highlight those working in ecology and the outdoors. So, our ears perked up when we heard that former staff member and Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki alumnus Corbin Percy recently won a PlayStation hack-a-thon that makes video games more accessible to users …

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Blueberry Buckle Coffee Cake

What's Cookin' / By atemple

Streusel Topping Ingredients ⅓ cup sugar ½ cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 4 tablespoons room temperature butter Mix the sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a bowl. Directions Rub in the butter with your fingertips until it reaches a crumbly state. Set aside. Cake Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon …

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Remote Semester: Alumna Turns College into Expedition

Alumni & Friends, Camp Chewonki for Girls, Camp Chewonki Leadership Expeditions, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, Staff News / By Alexis Grillo

“The first day, I needed to drive from Walla Walla, Washington to Boise, Idaho, and I also had to complete eighty pages of reading for class the next day,” recalls Semolina Schillberg, (Semester 57, George River Trip ‘17, Camp Staff ‘18-’19). “I ended up making myself stop every hour and read twenty pages.” She spent …

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Promise, Focus, and Action

Board and Trustees, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion / By Roseanne Saalfield

Remarks from the Board Chair, Spring 2021 *Editor’s note: the following comments were recently delivered by Board Chair Roseanne Saalfield to our trustees and advisors at our spring board meeting, and again at our weekly staff meeting. Over the last eighteen months, we here at Chewonki have endured much. And we have accomplished much. Our …

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Month: May 2021