A MORE PERFECT UNION IN LEWISTON-AUBURN, MAINE [TWO WAVES OF IMMIGRANTS TO LEWISTON-AUBURN, FIRST FROM CANADA AND EUROPE, AND THEN FROM AFRICA, WEAVE A CLOTH OF STRENGTH, RESILIENCE AND CREATIVITY IN THIS FORMER TEXTILE COMMUNITY.] [PURPOSE:'TO DEVELOP A & NBSP;MUSEUM & NBSP;EXHIBITION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING EXPLORING NINETEENTH- AND & NBSP;TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY IMMIGRATION TO LEWISTON AND AUBURN, MAINE.      ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW & NBSP;MUSEUM & NBSP;EXHIBITION AND & NBSP;PROGRAMMING EXPLORING WAVES OF IMMIGRATION TO THE TWIN CITIES BEGINNING WITH THE FRENCH CANADIANS AND THE IRISH IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THROUGH TO & NBSP;SOMALI AND OTHER AFRICAN & NBSP;IMMIGRANTS & NBSP;IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. RETENTION OF TWO FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS & NBSP;FOLLOWING COVID-19 STAFFING CUTS WILL ALSO BE ACHIEVED.    EXPECTED OUTCOMES:'RESEARCH FOR AND DESIGN OF & NBSP;THE & NBSP;PROPOSED & NBSP;PERMANENT EXHIBITION & NBSP;AND OUTREACH TO DIFFERENT IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AROUND AUBURN AND LEWISTON.     INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: VISITORS TO & NBSP;THE MUSEUM, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITHIN MAINE.  SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:'THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]