Document Type

Correspondence

Community message about the passing of Sharon Barker

Authors

Office of Human Resources

Publication Date

11-29-2023

Abstract/ Summary

Sharon Barker, a long-time University of Maine employee and tireless advocate for Maine women and girls, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Nov. 20.

Barker became the first director of the UMaine Women’s Resource Center, now called the Intersectional Feminist Resource Center, in 1991. In that role, which she held until her retirement in 2014, Barker mentored countless students, collaborated with faculty and staff and served as a liaison with women’s organizations in the community. Her leadership included developing and facilitating gender equity workshops for girls, offering professional development workshops in gender dynamics for teachers and training UMaine students to serve as role models and presenters at the annual Expanding Your Horizons program for middle school girls.

Repository Citation

Office of Human Resources, "Community message about the passing of Sharon Barker" (2023). General University of Maine Publications. 2982.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/univ_publications/2982

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