ON MIGRATION | Maine’s open door for refugees meets a housing shortage

August 8, 2022

“They take care of me here. They gave me food. They gave me a place, a motel room. Oh my God, I love it here. I will never leave.” Linode Lafleur, who fled violence in Haiti and settled in Portland Maine

Portland, Maine, has traditionally been welcoming to new migrants. But it’s struggling to handle more asylum-seekers amid housing shortages.

Source: Maine’s open door for refugees meets a housing shortage, The Christian Science Monitor, by Doug Struck, July 15, 2022

Watch Shots and Scenes – the first training module from Look Listen Local

Dec 10, 2024

Community Supported FIlm is very excited to share with you, Shots and Scenes, the first sample module from our online documentary training – Look Listen Local. Shots and Scenes is an educational tour-de-force about the power of visual storytelling.