Media

Listen to a 2026 Blue Sky podcast with The Optimism Institute’s Bill Burke, Can We? Project Director John Holdridge, and project co-founder Lowell Libby.

Read a 2026 Press Herald story about a Mt. Ararat High School valedictorian and captain of the football team who credits The Can We? Project in his development as a young leader focused on civil discourse.

Read a 2026 Press Herald Op-Ed about trusting young people to talk about the most pressing issues of the day, written by students from Yarmouth High School and Bates College.

Read a 2026 Maine DOE Newsroom article about Can We? Connect and what happens when students are supported to take on leadership roles in their schools.

Read a 2025 Windham Eagle article about Windham High School students’ experience at a “Civil Tea” at Yarmouth High School and their history with the Can We? Project.

Read a 2025 Northern Forecaster article about the “Civil Tea” club at Yarmouth High School and the role of the Can We? Project as a catalyst for school based initiatives.

Watch a 2025 NEWS CENTER Maine segment on a “Civil Tea” event hosted by Can We? Project students at Yarmouth High School.

Listen to a 2024 episode of Maine Policy Institute’s Pine Tree Pulse Podcast that features Can We? Project facilitators and a Can We? Project student and Maine Policy Institute intern.

Read a 2024 Portland Press Herald op-ed by Maine Academy of Natural Science’s Can We? Liaison Evan Coleman.

Read a 2024 Windham Eagle article about a day of dialogue with Windham and Poland Regional High School students.

Listen to a 2024 Maine Public story on the Can We? Project and Can We? Connect 2023, our cross school gathering in Augusta.