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Dear John,
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: “ Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour. We go forth austere, dedicated, believing in the iron links of Destiny, and will not turn on our heel to save our life: but a book, or a bust, or only the sound of a name, shoots a spark through the nerves, and we suddenly believe in will .”
From one of the most pressing environmental justice issues facing Maine, to protecting voting rights, to getting a better understanding of how a Supreme Court seat gets filled, we’re going to cover a lot together this month.
We look forward to seeing you this month and hope one of our programs shoots a spark for you.
--Will
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Friday, March 4, 12-1 PM: Securing Clean Drinking Water for Passamaquoddy Tribal Members
LD 906, a bill in front of the Maine Legislature this Spring, is intended to support Tribal, federal, state, and local efforts to improve the quality of drinking water available to residents of the Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point Reservation and the City of Eastport. The current municipal water supply delivered by a state-regulated utility, Passamaquoddy Water District (PWD), is often discolored, odorous, and tainted with high levels of carcinogens known as Trihalomethanes (THMs). Background reading is available here [[link removed]] and here [[link removed]] . Join Passamaquoddy Tribal Representative Rena Newell and Corey Hinton, Attorney and Leader of Drummond Woodsum's Tribal Nations Practice Group, to learn more about this legislation, as well as what is needed to advance this effort.
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Friday, March 11, 12-1 PM: How Supreme Court Confirmations Work
With the announcement that Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), many of us want to know how a President chooses a Supreme Court nominee, how the confirmation process works, and why this nomination fight, in particular, is a joyous moment for our country. Join Cedric Lawson from the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, Sammie Moshenberg from the National Council of Jewish Women, and Doug Lindner from the League of Conservation Voters to learn more.
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Friday, March 18, 12-1 PM: Holding Utilities Accountable
The way we generate and use electricity is changing fast – but the way electric utilities are regulated and paid has hardly changed in a hundred years, and the current mismatch between utility incentives and consumer needs is hindering our progress toward urgent clean energy goals. Fortunately, advocates in Maine and across the country are working to rewrite the way electric utilities do business. Governor Janet Mills has introduced legislation to establish performance standards for Maine’s utilities – and a cascade of penalties for failing to meet them, including divestiture and replacement. Join Public Advocate, Bill Harwood, and State Senator Stacy Brenner, to learn more about Maine’s efforts to hold utilities accountable through LD 1959.
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Friday, March 25, 12-1 PM: Don’t Texas Maine
In September of 2021, an unknown man threw a firebomb into the offices of the Travis County, Texas Democratic Party along with a note containing a politically motivated and threatening message. Thankfully no one was injured and the fire was quickly put out but the attack underscored a sinister and growing threat in modern American politics. From unlawful purges of legal voters from the voter rolls to the attempt by Trump supporters to run the Biden campaign bus off a highway in 2020, Texas has stood at the epicenter of partisan actors trying to use violence, intimidation, and illegal acts of voter suppression to influence public policy. Join Katie Naranjo, Travis County Democratic Party Chair, and Will Hayward from the League of Women Voters of Maine to hear what has happened in Texas, how this anti-democratic undercurrent is beginning to bubble up in Maine, and how we can make sure Maine does not end up like Texas.
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