Brighter Heights Maine

07/09/2025

Brighter Heights Maine is proud to be attending Governor Janet Mills' 7th Annual Opioid Response Summit on July 10, 2025 🌟 We're committed to advocating for improved access to opioid treatment and learning about the impact of federal funding cuts on Maine's vital programs. 💪

07/08/2025

Thank you so much to Brighter Heights Maine, a Silver Level Sponsor for PRCC's 2025 Rally 4 Recovery. Your generous support helps make this celebration of recovery possible, bringing hope, connection, resources, and community to people across Maine! 💜

To learn more about Brighter Heights, please visit: https://www.bh-maine.com/

07/08/2025

Your mental health journey starts now—no waiting required. Psychiatric medication management for children and adults is available online for anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. Telehealth brings care to your doorstep. Referral form online at https://www.bh-maine.com/referral-form
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07/07/2025

Struggling with opioid addiction? You’re not alone—and help is available right now. Brighter Heights Maine’s telehealth team is ready to support you with immediate openings and same-day care. Connect from the comfort of your home—submit your referral online https://www.bh-maine.com/referral-form/
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06/19/2025

Happy Juneteenth!

06/17/2025

06/03/2025

Looking for flexibility and a great work culture? We’d love to talk with you!

06/02/2025

Happy Pride Month!

05/29/2025

What a great day at the state house attending the Maine Association of Community Service Providers Advocacy Day! Over 100 providers attended and met their legislators to advocate for funding to support the people we care for and about. Thank you to Senator Joe Baldacci for meeting with Jill McKenney and Grace Hebert of Brighter Heights Maine and our sister organization Heartleaf ABA and to Representative Sam Zager for talking with our Executive Director Jill McKenney and Jared Bornstein of Capital Insights about supporting Direct Care Workers.

02/17/2025

In honor of Black History month, let’s look at the man behind some of the halftime performance at the Super Bowl!

Gil Scott-Heron
1949-2011

He said ‘the Revolution Will Not Be Televised’

Gil Scott-Heron was a New York City poet, activist, musician, social critic and spoken-word performer whose songs in the ‘70s helped lay the foundation for rap music.

Whether you realize it or not, you’ve probably come across one of his poetic turns of phrase.

Some have called Scott-Heron the “godfather of rap,” though he was always reluctant to embrace that title. Still, the imprint he left on the genre – and music, more broadly – is unmistakable.

His work has been sampled, referenced or reinterpreted by Common, Drake, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Jamie xx, LCD Soundsystem and Public Enemy, just to name a few.

A darling of the cultural left wing, Scott-Heron never achieved mainstream popularity. But years after his death, his social and political commentary still figures in pop culture and protest movements around the world.

His 1970 spoken-word piece “Whitey on the Moon,” in which he criticized US government for making massive investments in the space race while neglecting its African American citizens, was featured in the 2018 film “First Man” and in HBO’s recent series “Lovecraft Country.”

But he’s perhaps best known for “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” a poem about the disconnect between TV consumerism and demonstrations in the streets. The slogan continues to inspire social justice activists today.
Credit to: Harmeet Kait, CNN
Photo: Ian Dickson