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by Beth Broderick, with contributing authors April Lola and Sabrina Keene It is late Friday afternoon during the first week of November. In past years you would find me flat out exhausted, but inspired, from MYAN’s multi-day, youth-led statewide conference. Like ... Read More

The Power of Play How Tabletop Roleplaying Games Can Level-Up Youth Engagement by Gabe and Jay Introduction - Session 0  The quote, “Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning,” hangs outside of the Toy Hall of fame on the first floor of the Strong National Museum of Play in ... Read More

Facing the Fall Maine Student Perspectives on Returning to In-person Instruction and COVID-19 In July and August as schools and other educational programs considered and prepared their responses to operating during COVID-19, we wanted to include young people in those conversations. We circulated a ... Read More

If you don't know where you're from, you'll have a hard time saying where you're going. – Wendell Berry Listen to Allyson's Interview with Aislinn Devlin: MYAN · Garden, Place, & Resilience   As physical distancing changes the shape of ... Read More

by beth and Laura Lately we are hearing about a noticeable uptick in the sale of anti-racist books, particularly those by Black authors. As the MYAN team prepared to host anti-racism community calls with adults across Maine, we also drew in excerpts from many of the reputable authors whose works ... Read More

Switching things up If you’re familiar with MYAN, you may have noticed we have a brand new look, and a very different website. This has been a big change for us! We think it's important to explain some of the reasons behind our choices, and why we felt it was time for a shift. We’ll walk through ... Read More