Join us in welcoming Tom Coale to the Strong Future Maryland board! Tom is a longtime progressive activist, host of the definitive Maryland podcast “Elevate Maryland”, and was an SFM session superstar while serving on our Advisory Council.

He once testified on housing bills at a hearing that lasted until midnight! We’re thrilled to have him step into a leadership role on our team. You can find him on Twitter here, and catch his latest writing about housing policy here. Welcome, Tom!

We’re partnering with Maryland League of Conservation Voters to host a virtual town hall with Senator Van Hollen, Today at 4pm. We’ll be talking about how the American Jobs plan will put Marylanders to work improving our infrastructure and speeding up our transition to clean energy. RSVP NOW!

We also joined our friends at Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) to host a virtual discussion about the state of education in Montgomery County led by MD House Majority Leader Delegate Eric Luedtke and featuring SFM advisors Maritza Solano & Sebastian Johnson, LEE fellow Linsey Malig-Mayhew, and Blake High School student Jeniffer Ventura. Watch the replay here and stay tuned for other events like this one.

We’re also launching a monthly Community Newsletter to share volunteer opportunities, community events, internships, and jobs across Maryland. If you have an opportunity or event you want us to include in our next newsletter, please email [email protected]!

If you haven’t heard, Governor Hogan has been vetoing bills left and right, including more than 20 bills that would have addressed serious needs in Maryland. If that weren’t enough, his failures around unemployment insurance continue to pile up.

Website glitches, folks waiting 9 months for help, and ending the extended benefits for no reason – it’s clear that struggling Marylanders aren’t on his list of priorities. You can bet we’ll be working hard to overturn these vetoes and get Marylanders the help they need. Can you power our work with a contribution today? >>>