PORTLAND -- There will be a rally against hate at 5 p.m. today at the Woodbury Campus Center on the University of Southern Maine's Portland campus.

Representatives from the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, Maine Civil Liberties Union, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-Portland Branch, Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion, and Mayor-Elect Jill Duson and other organizations and individuals will speak to the recent events in Standish, Gray-New Gloucester, and Mt. Desert Island.

Gov. John Baldacci is also expected to attend the event.

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