Claire Alexander, right, speaks April 27 about white supremacy culture during a discussion at YWCA Central Maine’s Stand Against Racism conference at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College in Lewiston. Shown from left: Sara Poulin, Young Esmine and Rose Barboza. Participants are asked to talk about white supremacy cultural characteristics they have experienced at work, including perfectionism, sense of urgency, paternalism, power hoarding, fear of open conflict, individualism, objectivity and the right to comfort. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Jazmine Pingree is surrounded April 28 by her Spruce Mountain High School teammates as she approaches home plate during a game against Mountain Valley High School, in Jay. What appeared a home run was ruled a ground rule double. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Kiefer Servant collects specimens April 27 at Smithfield Plantation at 172 Libby Road in Litchfield. About 90 third graders from Carrie Ricker School are searching for fairy shrimp, dragonfly larva, eggs and found salamanders under nearby logs during the vernal pool field trip. Volunteers with the Litchfield Conservation Commission, Smithfield Plantation trustees and Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed organize the event, which has been happening for more than 15 years, according to Trustee David Larrabee. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Instructor Amelia Pullen, back left in white sweater, works with students April 24 in the Level 4 Ballet class at The Dance Center at 16 Western Ave. in Auburn. They are rehearsing for a recital set for June 2 and 3. There are still openings for the center’s summer camps. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Kyle Graves, back left, of Lewiston High School watches April 26 as his shot hits the back of the net after getting past goalie Troy Edmunds of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School during their game at the Don Gouin Athletic Complex in Paris. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Sophia Clark screams with excitement April 26 as her father, Kyle Clark, repeatedly tosses her into the air during the second half of her brother’s lacrosse game in Paris. They are cheering for the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Vikings, who are taking on the Lewiston High School Blue Devils at the Don Gouin Athletic Complex. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Ayesha Hall, director of strategic planning for the Maine Department of Education, speaks April 27 on deconstructing white supremacy culture, at YWCA Central Maine’s Stand Against Racism conference at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College in Lewiston. Hall is leading a group discussion on white supremacy characteristics that exist at many businesses and places of employment. Hall is the former social-emotional learning and equity resource coordinator for the Lewiston Public Schools. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal