Resilience Corps Fellowship

Click through the images to see what the 2026 Resilience Fellows have been up to. Photos are in order from most recent events to beginning of term in January 2026.

First Day of Service

Fellows volunteer at Food For All in late January.

Orientation

To get to know each other, fellows take a walk along the Back Cove Trail after lunch.

2026 Resilience Corps Cohort

First group image taken on Mackworth Island at the end of the fellows first day.

First Day of Service

Fellows volunteer at Food For All in late January.

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Learn more about the Resilience Corps

The Resilience Corps Blog, "Stories of Resilience," offers a glimpse into the projects served by Resilience Corps fellows and how they are helping to build more resilient communities in the Greater Portland region.

The Symbiosis of Art and Science

As a Resilience Corps Fellow at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Community Science Fellow Evan Paris reflects on bridging science and art to strengthen coastal climate adaptation. Drawing from a midnight flooding expedition in downtown Portland, he explores how data collection and creative expression can work together to help communities navigate both the physical and psychological tides of climate change. As an early career scientist, I was taught how to iron out all em

Evan Paris