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In addition to the Embassy and eight Consulates General, there are also many honorary consuls in the U.S. ready to assist you with advise and counsel. Honorary consuls are called „honorary“ because they perform their work on an honorary basis and are not paid a fee for their services. Many of our honorary consuls are not German citizens; compared with the foreign missions, they have only limited consular authority and thus also only limited official means to provide assistance. For example, only some are able to accept passport applications from you, notarize signatures, or perform similar functions. Because they frequently practice their consular office alongside a main profession, it is not reasonable to expect that they are always present or available by phone. If there is an honorary consul at your vacation site and you require assistance, you should nevertheless initially contact them because they best knows the local situation. Honorary consuls will, if necessary, refer you further to the competent German foreign mission if they themselves cannot assist.
EqualityMaine is the oldest and largest statewide organization dedicated to creating a fair and just society for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Mainers.
Our mission is to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Maine through political action, community organizing, education, and collaboration. We envision the day when lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons and their families have full equality in the hearts and minds of Maine people and in all areas of the law.
The Equality Community Center is a collaborative workplace for LGBTQ+ and allied social justice seeking non-profit organizations.
We strive to provide a safer and more inclusive gathering space with social and educational programming for all, while supporting the most marginalized in our communities.
The ECC currently houses EqualityMaine, MaineTransNet, PFLAG, Pride Portland!, SAGE Maine (a program of EqualityMaine), Cross Cultural Community Services, Democracy Maine, and Khmer Maine. Their programs make a difference in the lives of thousands of LGBTQ+ people through advocacy, education, community events and support.
Here at the ECC, we vow to be anti-racist, pro-LGBTQ+ and accepting to all. We stand firmly against bias, intolerance, and discrimination of any kind.
PFLAG Portland, Maine offers compassionate peer support to the parents, families and friends of, and including, LGBTQ individuals through group discussion, education, advocacy and creating connections to community resources.
PFLAG envisions a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued, and affirmed inclusive of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
Our mission is to build on a foundation of loving families united with LGBTQ people and allies who support one another, and to educate ourselves and our communities to speak up as advocates until all hearts and minds respect, value and affirm LGBTQ people.
The Irish American Club was founded in 1973 in Portland, Maine by a group of Irish-Americans and Irish immigrants. By the 1960s, the residents of historic Irish neighborhoods in Portland had prospered, intermarried with other cultural groups, and resettled in the surrounding suburbs. Parts of several historic neighborhoods were bulldozed for development. At that time, there was very little recognition of Saint Patrick’s Day or Irish culture in the area in general. The Irish American Club reversed this trend by reconnecting the Irish-American community and by organizing the annual Saint Patrick’s Dinner Dance, a throwback to the Irish societal dinners of the nineteenth century. The Club swelled to over a thousand members at its height, and today is successfully turning around the decline that many social clubs have faced over the last fifteen years. In 1998, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine closed Portland’s first parish church, Saint Dominic’s, built by the Irish immigrant community in 1888. The Irish American Club took a leap of faith and put up a large portion of its assets to save the architectural gem by founding (along with a group of former parishioners) the non-profit Maine Irish Heritage Center to preserve the building as a home for the Club and as a cultural center for Maine.
Alliance Française du Maine is a non-profit organization committed to the promotion and appreciation of the francophone and Francophile community of Maine. We celebrate the fact that the French language has been part of Maine’s cultural fabric for more than 400 years! We offer French classes for children to adults, conversations classes, Art in French, films and epicurean events…
Whether you are a native speaker or a novice, we welcome everyone.
The Alliance Française du Maine is an apolitical, non profit language and cultural organisation that is affiliated with the Federation of Alliances Françaises USA and Foundation Alliance Française in Paris whose origins date back to 1883. The Alliance Française du Maine is supported by the French Consulate in Boston, the French Embassy in Washington and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is committed to the promotion and appreciation of the Francophone and Francophile community of Maine.
Turkish Cultural Center Maine is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization that aims to respond to social and cultural needs of Turkish Americans and to promote cross-cultural awareness that is based on mutual respect and understanding of the Turkish Culture within Maine by bringing everyone together in an open dialog.
We, the Turkish Americans, believe that promoting respect and mutual understanding among all cultures and faiths is one of the critical means to create a harmonious environment.
There’s a large community of Turkic Americans living in Maine. To fulfill its mission, our organization partners with other faith-based, civic and social organizations and organizes/sponsors educational and cultural activities. Seminars, lectures, festivals, dinners, art performances, trips are some of these activities through which we seek to interact with members of diverse groups and share and appreciate our common values.
We are an energetic group of professionals who are passionate about advocating for our mission and vision. Immigrant and refugee voices inform all programs and services as well as our vision for a healthy, resilient, integrated community. We speak the same language, share the same culture, and cherish the same values and concerns. Compassion and experience make us a highly effective resource to help new Arab immigrants integrate and positively contribute to our new society.
New England Arab American Organization was founded at the request of many New Mainers who came to Maine, fleeing their countries because of war and chaos, to seek safety for their families. NEAAO's goal is to have multiple hubs in different cities of New England to support Arabic-speaking people from many countries. Presently, NEAAO has two locations, in Westbrook and Portland.
New England Arab American Organization’s (NEAAO) mission is to help ease the integration of Arab Immigrants into American society and bridge the gap between the cultures.
