Our Real Work It may be that when we no longer know what to dowe have come to our real work,and that when we no longer know which way to gowe have come to our real journey.The mind that is not baffled is not employed.The impeded stream is the one that sings. – Wendell Berry […]
Delicious food, inspiring art – in the barn at Tinder Hearth, Brooksville, Maine, July 15 – August 29.
Special portrait viewing and panel discussion in downtown Ellsworth on August 11, 2026.
Join us for a historic talk in Ellsworth, September 15, 2026, 6:30 p.m., Heart of Ellsworth.
On June 15, 2026, the fifth graders at Old Town Elementary School (Old Town, Maine) performed their original peace song, “The Red in the Rose.” The gymnasium was filled with students and community members. Music teacher Amanda Marquis was obviously proud of her students: “It was inspiring and hopeful to hear the students talk about […]
Note: This blog entry was authored by AWTT Education Director Connie Carter, reflecting on her recent virtual visit with students in Roslindale, Massachusetts. On Friday I spent an hour talking with fourth grade students at Phineas Bates Elementary School. They had hosted four Americans Who Tell the Truth portraits in their classroom for a month […]
Cotuit Federated Church in Cotuit, Massachusetts will host nine AWTT portraits from June 21 through August 16, 2016.
The Frances Perkins Center and Heart of Ellsworth are co-sponsoring an AWTT exhibit of Twelve Maine Women from August 6 through September 19, 2026.
Americans Who Tell the Truth joins in on the Peninsula Pride 2026 celebration during the month of June. This year’s theme is “Unity in Community.” The two-week-long celebration kicks off with a book event at the Blue Hill Public Library on June 11 and ends with an all-ages drag party at Astro in Brooklin on […]
During the Spring 2026 term, schools working with Americans Who Tell the Truth have enjoyed energizing conversations with living AWTT portrait subjects. As these students become changemakers, they appreciate the stories and guidance offered by those paving the way for their work. AWTT is extremely grateful to the portrait subjects who have generously offered to […]