Speakers

Our mission is to bring together resources for parents, schools, and child caregivers to help keep our children safe. In addition to providing valuable information, Keeping Kids Safe also offers educational, safety presentations including Cyber Safety, Sexting, Anti-Bullying Awareness and education, Child Sex Trafficking Awareness education, Personal Safety Training ( Kid Escape, Date Escape) and Child ID App, and other advanced Safety Products – all valuable tools in keeping our kids safe.

BIO:
 

Michael O’Neal, the Founder, and C.E.O. of Keeping Kids Safe, has been in Law Enforcement for over seventeen years. He has served in the U.S. Army as a Military Police Officer and had been a Patrol Deputy Sheriff. In addition, Michael is also an instructor of Date Escape and Kid Escape from John Hall, which teaches children the Grip, Dip, and Spin technique that could save their lives. He also teaches various other Safety programs. which include the dangers of the Internet, Sexting, Cyber Bullying, and Bullying plus Michael is also an Anti Child Sex Trafficking Advocate and teaches how to recognize and prevent horrible crimes happening to our children every day.  Michael started  Keeping Kids Safe when his young daughter came home with an inadequate I.D. card that simply displayed a picture on a high-gloss piece of paper in which parents filled out information on the back.  After talking with parents, he found that less than 5% actually filled out the back. He became even more determined to protect our children when he found all of his friend’s daughter’s personal information on myspace.com and found there wasn’t an agency that provided training, education, and state-of-the-art safety products all under one roof.  That’s when Michael saw the need to start Keeping Kids Safe.

Greater Portland Family Promise, an affiliate of the national Family Promise program, is dedicated to addressing the needs of families facing homelessness in the Greater Portland, Maine area. Through an interfaith network and connections with existing community resources, Family Promise provides housing, meals, case management, and community for children and their families experiencing homelessness.

Kristine is a 20+ year career woman on Wall Street. She left her panoramic city view and expense account in 2019 to pursue writing, enjoy family, and savor her great state of Maine. She is on the board of a seven-thousand-member global financial services organization focused on women empowerment and is a speaker, mentor, and strategic planner for businesses, churches, and parachurch organizations. She is a critique partner and literary judge at ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) and MWPA (Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance).

Host of We Talk Careers podcast

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WE ARE A BOUTIQUE FIRM in Northern New England creating beautiful buildings with excellent energy performance and wonderfully livable environments for people. We are optimists and problem solvers, inventors, and sculptors who use the ideals of art and the pragmatics of building science together to make heirloom architecture.

Also: Adjunct Professor of Architecture
University of Maine at Augusta

Girls on the Run-Maine offers programs designed to inspire girls of all abilities to recognize and embrace their inner strength and make meaningful connections with others. Trained coaches use physical activity and dynamic discussions to build social, emotional, and physical skills while encouraging healthy habits for life.

Girls on the Run-Maine has its offices in Westbrook and is celebrating its tenth year serving girls in communities all across the state.

BIO:
Anne brings more than 12 years of teaching in independent schools, the last 9 here in Maine at the Center for Teaching & Learning in Edgecomb, as well as great experience in writing, editing, curriculum development, training, fundraising, and volunteer coordination. Anne will train and mentor volunteer coaches, recruit new sites and manage existing sites, and ensure all Maine girls have access to Girls on the Run.