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Photos on a series of panels at the Maine MILL help tell the story of Maine’s labor force in the early 1900s.
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Photos on a series of panels at the Maine MILL help tell the story of Maine’s labor force in the early 1900s.
Khalil Muhammad-Aceto, 7, of Lewiston skis along a trail Sunday during the second session of Outdoor Afro at the Auburn Nordic Ski Association trail system in Auburn. Muhammad-Aceto is a second grade student at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston.
Kaden Tolbert, 9, of Portland focuses on getting down a hill Sunday while skiing with Outdoor Afro in Auburn. "I never skied before and I thought it was really fun," Tolbert said. Adilah Muhammad of Lewiston is at left while Whitney Condit of Auburn, right, helps teach Tolbert how to ski.
Olivia Orr, center, of Portland teaches Miriam U, far left, Adilah Muhammad and Sahra Hassan how to Nordic Ski Sunday at the Auburn Nordic Ski Association trail system in Auburn.
Outdoor Afro volunteer leader Samaa Abdurraqib gives Nordic skiing a try Sunday at the Auburn Nordic Ski Association trail system in Auburn.
Miriam U attends the second session of Outdoor Afro on Sunday at the Auburn Nordic Ski Association trails in Auburn. "This snow life is just magical," she said.
Nora Condit, right, helps Kaden Tolbert, 9, and Tolbert's mother, Andrea, get their ski boots on Sunday before the second session of Outdoor Afro begins in Auburn. Condit, 13, is an eighth-grader at Auburn Middle School.
Miriam U, left, and Sahra Hassan ski Sunday for their first time during the second session of Outdoor Afro at the Auburn Nordic Ski Association Trail system in Auburn. "I was glad to have a ski buddy," U said. "We were busy laughing and having fun."
Khalil Muhammad-Aceto, 7, of Lewiston demonstrates how to get up after falling Sunday during the second ski session of Outdoor Afro at the Auburn Nordic Ski Association trail system in Auburn. Muhammad-Aceto is a second grade student at Geiger Elementary School.
A group of people from Maine are introduced Sunday to Nordic skiing through Outdoor Afro in Auburn, a program in which Black people are connected with outdoor activities. For some, but not all, Sunday was their first time on skis.
Sahra Hassan gets ready to ski Sunday in front of a mural that was painted by Nora Condit, 13, of Auburn. Hassan participated in the second ski session of Outdoor Afro at the Auburn Nordic Ski Association trail system.