Dear Friend, We’re halfway through July, and the heat is literally and figuratively rising! With the National Weather Service issuing an excessive heat warning across Maryland, we hope everyone stays cool and safe.
From the shooting at theTrump rally to all the buzz surrounding our state's budget deficit, so much has happened in the past week. Last Wednesday, Governor Wes Moore and the Governor’s Office for Children announced the official launch of the ENOUGH Initiative. The Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments, and Households (ENOUGH) Initiative is a groundbreaking, community-based strategy to address concentrated child poverty in Maryland. With a $20 million investment, ENOUGH offers both funding and technical support for communities most in need to develop solutions to deeply rooted challenges. We are happy to see our state doing more to address child poverty.
There are plenty of opportunities to get involved here at Progressive Maryland without stepping out into the heat. This Thursday marks our first Throwdown Thursday, where we’ll be phone banking to make an impact in the Senate race! We need to prevent the Republicans from shifting the balance of power, and with less than four months until the election, that work needs to begin now.
Sign up here for a 90-minute shift and join us in this crucial effort. We'll be hosting Throwdown Thursdays every week until the election, so feel free to sign up for one shift or multiple!
In times like these, community is everything. Let’s continue to support each other and work together to make a difference. Stay safe, stay cool, and let’s keep pushing forward!
In Solidarity, The Progressive Maryland Team |
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| Here’s what’s in today’s memo: Throwdown Thursdays - PM Job Openings
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Task Forces & Issue Campaign Updates
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State & National News
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PM Mobilizers Squad Throwdown Thursdays! |
Join us for the very first Throwdown Thursday this week and make an impact in the Senate race! Every Thursday, we’re phone banking to protect our Senate and advance progressive values. Sign up here! |
Task Forces & Issue Campaigns Updates: |
Environmental Justice Task Force:
On Saturday, June 29th PM’s Fundamentals of Organizing Training in Prince George's county was worth its weight in gold for core leaders of the Environmental Justice Task Force (EJTF). The training centered around the core elements of building power and long term relationship building. Brooklyn resident Theodore Thompson, new EJTF leader, showed promise and shined throughout much of the training session, as he shared his story of experiencing poverty and living in a neighborhood with second-rate conditions.
Moreover, with the EJTF’s renewed vision of building power in environmental justice communities in South Baltimore, we will hold a new member community meeting next Wednesday, July 24th, from 3 PM to 5 PM at the Enoch Pratt Library Brooklyn Branch (300 E Patapsco Ave). If you would like to attend, register here.
The EJTF’s vision to address the dirty alleyways in Brooklyn and getting the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2025 passed in next year’s legislative session will be unveiled.
If you are concerned about environmental justice for our EJ communities and want to support the EJTF campaign please reach out to SirJames here. |
Progressive Harford County:
Join Progressive Harford County for its chapter meeting tongiht, July 15 from 7-8 p.m. on Zoom. During the meeting, Progressive Harford will unveil its plans for engaging more voters and increasing voter participation in the county for the General Election.
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Youth Leadership & Public Speaking Event (July 27-28, 2024) IT'S FREE!
Youth Leadership and Public Speaking is a dynamic and transformative process where young
individuals actively engage in decision-making, community initiatives, and projects aimed at creating positive change. Our youth leadership training workshops focus on developing key skills. To include leadership, communication, teamwork, empathy, problem-solving, conflict resolution, time management, adaptability, initiative, creativity, planning, and motivation. The workshop is for ages 10-17. Sign up here!
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News You Can Use: Chesapeake Bay health gets thumbs-up; heat forecast less popular
Assessments of the health of the Chesapeake Bay are optimistic, but there are potential reasons not to be too cheerful. The health of the people surrounding the Bay (who, incidentally, might be part of the Bay's problem) is less certain, at least for the short run as brutal heat moves along from frying Houston to giving us a dose of the hot stuff locally. There is lots of good advice out there to help you protect yourself, loved ones and associates, so take it. This weather is nothing to fool around with. Across the nation, urban "heat islands" make it even worse in downtowns. Also, get a taste in this installment of how other states and cities are trying to handle the housing crisis, even as something like gentrification turns Red and Blue locales to Sorta Purple. It's all News You Can Use for a hot week.
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