{"id":4,"date":"2019-06-06T18:04:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T18:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/multilingual-mainers\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-10-23T00:56:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T00:56:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/multilingual-mainers\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-235 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/multilingual-mainers\/files\/2020\/06\/multilingual_mainers_logo-copy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/multilingual-mainers\/files\/2020\/06\/multilingual_mainers_logo-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/multilingual-mainers\/files\/2020\/06\/multilingual_mainers_logo-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/multilingual-mainers\/files\/2020\/06\/multilingual_mainers_logo-copy.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/>Multilingual Mainers promotes the study of world languages and cultures and multilingualism. Our direct service is a learning partnership between Bowdoin College undergraduates and teachers, students and community members in Maine. Through professional development conversations, ongoing classroom visits, lunchtime reading programs, and language mentorship, the program celebrates our home languages and ignites a passion for a lifetime of language learning. The curriculum promotes critical-thinking skills and provides age-appropriate tools to combat xenophobia, racism and intolerance.<\/p>\n<p>This program was established by Professor of Romance Languages <a href=\"https:\/\/bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/mboyle2\/\">Margaret Boyle<\/a> in fall 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/multilingual-mainers\/volunteer-here\/\">Volunteer Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bowdoin.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Embed.aspx?id=81a47d40-0d60-480d-9e3d-aeb700fbe562&#038;autoplay=false&#038;offerviewer=true&#038;showtitle=false&#038;showbrand=false&#038;captions=false&#038;interactivity=all\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" style=\"border: 1px solid #464646;\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/americathebilingual.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1490\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/multilingual-mainers\/files\/2026\/01\/american-bilingual-conversaton-logo.png\" alt=\"https:\/\/americathebilingual.com\/\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/multilingual-mainers\/files\/2026\/01\/american-bilingual-conversaton-logo.png 500w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/multilingual-mainers\/files\/2026\/01\/american-bilingual-conversaton-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/multilingual-mainers\/files\/2026\/01\/american-bilingual-conversaton-logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 72px) 100vw, 72px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multilingual Mainers promotes the study of world languages and cultures and multilingualism. 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