{"id":683,"date":"2010-04-07T16:27:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T20:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/?p=683"},"modified":"2010-04-07T16:27:43","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T20:27:43","slug":"equality-maine-awards-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/07\/equality-maine-awards-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Equality Maine Awards Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 27th I had the honor of photographing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equalitymaine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Equality Maine<\/a> 26th Annual Awards Dinner at the <a href=\"http:\/\/innbythebay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Holiday Inn by the Bay<\/a> in Portland, Maine.\u00a0 The awards dinner primarily celebrated the leaders and volunteers who worked so tirelessly on last year&#8217;s No on 1 campaign.\u00a0 It was a bittersweet celebration, but there were plenty of tears, cheers, and laughs in the 600+ person crowd.\u00a0 Shooting a big event with so many political figures reminded me of the\u00a0 years I spent working in Washington, DC.\u00a0 Sure, there weren&#8217;t any presidents in the audience, but Representatives Michaud and Pingree worked the room along with countless local leaders and just about every candidate for Maine governor.\u00a0 While I feature Pingree and Michaud here on the blog, it was the speeches by the awards winners and honorees that really shined.\u00a0 As disappointing as the year&#8217;s election results were to so many of us, it&#8217;s heartening to be in a room full of hope.<\/p>\n<p>Please consider making a donation to <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ga4.org\/01\/eqme_donate\" target=\"_blank\">EQME<\/a>.\u00a0 The coming election will bring many challenges to those in the state and local government who stood in support of equality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-684\" title=\"EQME-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-685\" title=\"EQME-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-686\" title=\"EQME-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-687\" title=\"EQME-4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.amysalerno.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/EQME-4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 27th I had the honor of photographing the Equality Maine 26th Annual Awards Dinner at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, Maine.\u00a0 The awards dinner primarily celebrated the leaders and volunteers who worked so tirelessly on last year&#8217;s No on 1 campaign.\u00a0 It was a bittersweet celebration, but there were plenty 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