by Laurie Coldwell | Feb 6, 2024 | Blog
Hi Everyone I’m here to talk to you about black history month and maybe what black history month is about. It started way back in 1926 in the United States by Carter G. Woodson. He was the first to designate a time to promote and educate people about Black...
by Laurie Coldwell | Jan 11, 2024 | Blog
Greetings Self-Advocates! It is legislative season! With that our Statewide Legislative meetings start this Tuesday January 16th at 1:00 pm. These legislative meetings are a great way to learn about what is going on with bills at...
by Laurie Coldwell | Dec 17, 2023 | Blog
SABE had its Fall Board Meeting In South Portland Maine on Oct 13th. SUFU was invited to present to the full board and to provide updates on what SUFU is doing in the state of Maine. In Attendance were Monique Stairs, Laurie Coldwell, Stacy Giberson, Jon McGovern,...
by Laurie Coldwell | Oct 5, 2023 | Blog
Hello. This is Todd Allaire. I wanted to share this thing. I was very excited to get elected to the Board of Directors and win a Marcia Rosen Award. I have been very helpful. I’m very proud of myself. I...
by Laurie Coldwell | Oct 4, 2023 | Blog
My graduating high school class had their 20 year reunion recently. Sometimes I have to ask myself, “Where does the time go?” I kind of go back and forth on my time in high school. School in general was not a pleasant experience. It wasn’t that I couldn’t...
by Laurie Coldwell | Sep 28, 2023 | Blog
I had a wonderful PE teacher in the 4th grade. The year was 1977. My school was Fernbank Elementary School located outside of Atlanta, Georgia in DeKalb County. I do not remember what my teacher’s name was, so I will call him Mr. Langley. What...