Aunties on Air Episode 29: Leaning into the Healing: Connection & Community, the Two Critical Elements

The Aunties are excited to share a new guest with our listeners! The guest we have today is someone deeply committed to partnership and strengthening the foundation of community. We are speaking with Betsy from the Downtown Bangor Partnership, and we are eager to share their work and our continued partnership together. In any thriving community, you will see connection at its core. You see this present in Wabanaki communities, where connection to culture, ceremony and values are integrated into everyday experiences. The Downtown Bangor Partnership is a non-profit organization that works with property owners, residents, business owners, community organizations, and governments entities to advance our collective vision for the future of downtown Bangor (https://downtownbangor.com). The values of the partnership closely aligning with whatWabanaki people know to be true: connection, community, and collaboration, heals.

Wabanaki Words Used:

Apc-oc (again in the future, parting, good-bye, farewell) https://pmportal.org/dictionary/apc-oc

Topics Discussed:

Umami Noodle Bar (Bangor) - Umami Noodle Bar 

Downtown Bangor -https://downtownbangor.com/

Betsy Lundy - https://downtown.org/emerging-leader/betsy-lundy/

Jamacia Plains - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Plain

Wake up the Earth Festival - https://www.boston.gov/calendar/wake-earth-festival

North American Indian Center of Boston - http://www.naicob.org/

Bernese Mountain Dog - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernese_Mountain_Dog

Adopt-a-Garden - Adopt-a-Garden Article

Kenduskeag Stream - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenduskeag_Stream

Norumbega Parkway - https://www.tclf.org/landscapes/norumbega-parkway

Umbrella Sky Project - Umbrella Sky Project 

Bangor Beautiful - https://www.bangorbeautiful.org/

Shenna Bellows - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenna_Bellows

Cloth Diaper - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloth_diaper

Christopher Columbus Diaper Fact - https://kidsstoppress.com/why-you-should-buy-cloth-diapers-for-your-little-one/

Walt Whitman, “Leaves of Grass” - https://www.amazon.com/Leaves-Grass-Original-Walt-Whitman/dp/1449505716

HIV Outbreak in Bangor - HIV Outbreak in Bangor, ME

Maine Family Planning - https://mainefamilyplanning.org/our-services/

PCHC - https://pchc.com/

Houlton, ME - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houlton,_Maine

Downtown Ambassadors - https://downtownbangor.com/bangor-ambassadors/

Wabanaki Tribal Nations:

Houlton Band of Maliseet  Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians | Littleton, ME (maliseets.net)

Mi’kmaq Mi'kmaq Nation | Presque Isle, ME (micmac-nsn.gov)

Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township  Passamaquoddy Tribe @ Indian Township | Peskotomuhkati Motahkomikuk

Passamaquoddy Tribe Sipayik  Sipayik Tribal Government – Sipayik (wabanaki.com)

Penobscot Nation  Penobscot Nation | Departments & Info | Indian Island, Maine

Special Thanks/Woliwon: 

Guests: Betsy Lundy

Producer: Gavin Allen

Podcast Team: Becky Soctomah Bailey, Macy Flanders