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2A - From Away – The Richness of Multicultural Programming

Moderator:

Noel Bonam, Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs

Noël Bonam is the director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs for the State of Maine. He is a visual and performing artist from India with several years of experience in cross-cultural organizational development. He is a graduate of the "Senior Executives in State and Local Government" program at Harvard University (Kennedy School of Government).  He considers himself to be a musafir (traveler). He now lives in Portland, Maine

Speakers:

Kazeem Lawal, Executive Director of the Maine African Film

Kazeem Lawal lives in Portland Maine and currently works for FairPoint Telecommunications as a Product Manager for Wholesale Services. He is the Founder of Novus Nigeria Ltd, manufacturing bottled water and Ice Cubes in Lagos, Nigeria. He serves on the board of the Portland Public Library and is a recent graduate of the Institute for Civic Leadership Intensive Program (Pi Class). He received a BS in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and MBA from Rutgers University. He enjoys his volunteer activities around Portland, still plays soccer, enjoys traveling and of course films - especially independent and foreign.