Civil Rights Team Training‏

Lisbon - On Friday, October 1, a training conference was held in Augusta for teacher, community and parent advisors of Civil Rights teams within Maine schools.  Lisbon Schools were well represented at the training.  Pictured (l-r) Lisbon Community School teacher aid advisor, Pearl Scribner; Philip W. Sugg teacher advisor, Gretchen Stevens; Lisbon High School parent advisor, Kathi Yergin, and Lisbon Community School teacher advisor, Amy Brown.  Community advisor for all three Lisbon Schools, Monica Millhime, also attended. 

“The Civil Rights Team Project is a school-based preventative program to combat hate, violence, prejudice, harassment and bias in schools,” shared Thomas Harnett, Assistant Attorney General and facilitator of the training session.  “The CRTP builds a collaborative of students, facility and community advisors who work together to create a safe environment for all students and to lower incidence of hate language in the school community.  Through regional student and staff in-service trainings, schools work together to reduce the incidence of bias language that too often leads to bias-based threats and violence.”  Advisors engaged in idea sharing and best practices and discussed activities for student teams to work on prior to the all day student training sessions.  Members of the Civil Rights team from Lisbon High School and Philip W. Sugg Middle School will be attending the training in Augusta on Tuesday, November 2.  Civil Rights team members from Lisbon Community School will be attending the student training on Wednesday, November 3.  "We are fortunate to have advisors in Lisbon who recognize the importance of intervention and peer building to reduce intolerance.  Students and advisors who attend training sessions come away feeling energized and empowered to work toward creating and maintaining a supportive, safe and caring environment at school," comments Millhime.  Photo by Monica Millhime