Host: Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross

Time: 18 minutes long recording

Speakers and Performers: Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross; Ambassador Maulian Dana, Penobscot Nation; Tribal Council Member Cathy St. John, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; and Vice Chief Darrell Newell, Passamaquoddy Tribe; Rev. Jeff McIlwain, North Star AME Zion Church

Description: This opening ceremony will set the stage for our day with an excerpt from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech, recognition of Maine as unceeded territory of the Wabanaki Confederacy, an opening prayer, and framing for why this holiday is important.