Dear John,

I wanted to be sure you saw Will’s note about our November Lunch & Learns! We have another election debrief planned for you -- this one with Beth Ahearn, Director of Government Affairs at MCV/MCA and Tiernan Sittenfeld, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at LCV -- to discuss key takeaways from the election results and what they mean for opportunities for climate action and environmental progress. Register here to join us on Friday! [[link removed]]

Warmly,

Kathleen



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Dear John,

It’s the final countdown [[link removed]] and while most of you have already voted (nice going!) some of your friends, family, and neighbors have not yet. As I’ve said before, your superpower this election season is your ability to reach at least one person who is on the fence about voting and to get them off the fence and to the polls. Just like we’re taking time to check on you, take time to check on your people and let’s make sure every eligible voter casts a ballot this year.

I know many of you will be joining me in doomscrolling on Election Night as we wait for results. Please remember that a slow count is an accurate count . Get to bed early (ha!), eat well, and exercise on November 3rd. Call a friend. Make breakfast for dinner. We may be waiting for some time (days into weeks) for final election results. As always, we’ll be here to help you understand what’s happening and what it means.

This month for our weekly Lunch & Learns, we will take two weeks to unpack the 2020 Election season before turning to the intersection of climate change and US immigration law.

We hope to see you at one or all of our Lunch & Learns this month!

Friday, November 6th, 12-1 PM: Post-Election Analysis with the League of Women Voters of Maine

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Staff
from
Maine
Conservation
Voters
and
the
League
of
Women
Voters
of
Maine
will
discuss
the
outcome
of
the
2020
General
Election
(if
available)
—
what
we
saw,
what
we
learned,
and
what
changes
we
see
on
the
horizon.
Register
here!
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Friday, November 13th, 12-1 PM: What do the Election Results mean for Climate and the Environment?

*
Tiernan
Sittenfeld,
Senior
Vice
President
of
Government
Affairs
at
League
of
Conservation
Voters,
and
Beth
Ahearn,
Director
of
Government
Affairs
at
Maine
Conservation
Voters/Maine
Conservation
Alliance
will
join
us
to
discuss
key
takeaways
from
the
election
results
and
what
they
mean
for
climate
action
and
environmental
progress.
Register
here!
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Friday, November 20th, 12-1 PM: Climate Change Refugees and the Impending Crisis

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What
happens
when
climate
change
forces
individuals
to
leave
their
homes
forever?
There
is
no
clear
answer
under
current
law,
but
it
implicates
international
law,
refugee
law,
immigration
policies
in
general,
and
varies
by
country.
Anna
Welch,
the
Sam
L.
Cohen
Refugee
and
Human
Rights
Clinical
Professor
at
University
of
Maine
School
of
Law,
and
her
advisee
Kyle
Lonabaugh,
a
3L
at
the
University
of
Maine
School
of
Law
,
will
present
on
“Climate
Change
Refugees,”
their
place
in
the
United
States,
and
the
world.
They
will
discuss
the
issues
of
climate
change
and
mass
migration,
current
U.S.
refugee
law,
and
how
these
issues
relate
to
one
another.
They
will
offer
a
background
on
what
other
countries
are
doing
and
suggestions
for
how
to
help
address
the
impending
mass
migration
crisis.
Register
here!
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