Southern Maine for Racial Justice @SMRJ20
A group of individuals organizing for racial and economic justice. facebook.com/groups/3180842… Occupied Unceded Wabanaki Land Joined August 2020-
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Governor Janet Mills has signed LD 2007 into law! It was signed yesterday (4/22), and we thank everyone who contacted their legislators and Governor Mills to see this bill made law. For a full statement from Wabanaki Alliance, see our website here: wabanakialliance.com/ld2007-signed/
With Earth Day coming on 4/22, we are celebrating the natural world and our need to protect it. For the next few days, we will share Wabanaki poetry that lifts up the value of the world around us, worth cherishing & protecting. See photo description for our first poem!
Don’t miss part III of the Surivorship Series this Sunday, 4/21 @ 1:30p! Catherine & Linda talk about accountability, healing & justice with guests tyler redskye of Youth Led Justice & Kage Johnson of @RJIMaine. Listen live at 90.9 @WMPG_Radio or stream: wmpg.org
From Addison to Amsterdam, fighting for farmworker rights! Yesterday was a major day for the #milkwithdignity campaign. Around Vermont, across the country, and in Europe, Migrant Justice and allies took action to stand up for the rights and dignity of dairy workers
LD 2007 has passed in the Maine Senate, 29-5. It will have a final enactment vote and then go to Gov. Mills. If your State Senator voted for LD 2007, thank them! You can see who voted for the bill here: bit.ly/3VXn7yP Call Gov's office today and urge her to sign it!
Don't miss our call-in day of action this Wednesday (4/10)! Sign up to drive calls below docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Anti-Black racism is real. Once the denial stops, then we can begin to cure our world of this disease. #stopthedenial #racismisreal
Next stop: The Netherlands! We'll be in Amsterdam next week for the annual shareholder meeting of Hannaford Supermarket's parent company. Farmworkers are more committed than ever to push the company to get with the program and join #milkwithdignity!
Don’t miss this Sunday’s 4/7 episode at 1:30p with Brianna Herman-Brand, Lead Teacher at Generative Somatics, Matthew Kama’aina, Restorative Dialogue Director of Collective Justice, and Jonathan Spear, Survivor & Restorative Justice Process Advocate. @WMPG wmpg.org
ANNOUNCEMENT! Registration for our Confronting White Grievance 2024 Virtual Symposium is now live! Gonna be a good one. You don't want to miss! Please share far and wide. register and more info here: bit.ly/CWG24
Don’t miss part 2 of Leo’s conversation with tyler redskye youthledjustice.org/staff--advisor… and Ebony Harper libertyproject.com/visionaries-pr… on the hidden histories of trans women. Tune-in Sunday, 3/31 at 1:30pm! Listen live at 90.9 @WMPG_Radio or stream online: wmpg.org
Event organized by Youth-LED Justice youthledjustice.org
Bystander Training: Become an Upstander! Hosted by Kittery DEI Committee @TownofKittery Community Room + Makerspace Wed., April 3, 2024 5:30pm - 8:00pm Link to register: ricepl.librarycalendar.com/event/bystande…
Don’t miss episode 2 this Sun., 3/17 at 1:30pm! Hosts Linda Small & Catherine Besteman talk with guests Priya Nair & Dolphy Jordan of @collectivejnw. Listen live @WMPG_Radio wmpg.org
For Women’s History Month, the Wabanaki Alliance is celebrating Wabanaki women who have made outstanding contributions to their communities. Today we celebrate Carol Dana of the Penobscot Nation, Penobscot language keeper, poet, and educator! See photo caption for more.
LD 2007 has been revised and renamed “LD 2007: An Act Regarding the Criminal Jurisdiction of Tribal Courts and to Extend the Time for the Penobscot Nation to Certify its Agreement to Public Law 2023, chapter 369”. More in this Maine Morningstar article: mainemorningstar.com/2024/03/12/par…
📣Rally with us for housing🏡! Join MEJ and organizations from across Maine at the State House on 3/13. Help make a chain of keys around the capitol to bring attention to the need for funding for rent relief and shelter! ✒️Sign up here >> loom.ly/fp20_dc #mepolitics
Don’t miss this week’s episode with Leo Hylton & guests tyler redskye & Ebony Harper on the hidden histories of trans women. This is part 1 of a 2-part series about the silencing & absencing of trans women in Women's History Month–and the rest of the year. @WMPG
This event is an opportunity for Maine agencies to share how they are implementing non-arrest programs for those with substance use disorder and connect with other agencies involved in similar work across the state. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
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Convened a working group, got the bill crafted, it’s passed and then she vetoes it? Zero surprises, just disappointed. Our farm workers deserve so much better.
This is our statement on @GovJanetMills’ shameful veto of a minimum wage for farmworkers in Maine. #mepolitics #Shame
Governor Janet Mills has signed LD 2007 into law! It was signed yesterday (4/22), and we thank everyone who contacted their legislators and Governor Mills to see this bill made law. For a full statement from Wabanaki Alliance, see our website here: wabanakialliance.com/ld2007-signed/
Celebrate Earth Day by signing up for our Climate Monitor newsletter! Released Fridays, Climate Monitor is a weekly roundup of Maine’s most urgent environmental and energy-related news. Sign up: buff.ly/4d2MfdL
We have money for Ukraine and genocide support but no money to house people.
Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks? apnews.com/article/homele…
I remember that time my friend @FunnyMaine went did this and I went to jail for reporting on it. theroot.com/a-letter-not-f…
We should have done the same with all Confederate monuments.
Extra important to remember today:
Today the Supreme Court is hearing a case on whether or not homeless people can be punished for sleeping outside when there's no shelter space available. This is the biggest case on the issue of homelessness in decades, and could de facto criminalize being homeless.
Shomari Stone is in Ann Arbor, Michigan this weekend to see his son @ShomariStoneJr and his DMV teammates at the @UMichFootball Spring Game! You can get your first look at the defending national champions on @fox5dc & FOX stations nationwide Saturday at Noon (EST). #GoBlue
With Earth Day coming on 4/22, we are celebrating the natural world and our need to protect it. For the next few days, we will share Wabanaki poetry that lifts up the value of the world around us, worth cherishing & protecting. See photo description for our first poem!
I once had a boss who said “if your hair is on fire, ACT like your hair is on fire.” It’s time to act like our hair is on fire, because it is.
Don’t miss part III of the Surivorship Series this Sunday, 4/21 @ 1:30p! Catherine & Linda talk about accountability, healing & justice with guests tyler redskye of Youth Led Justice & Kage Johnson of @RJIMaine. Listen live at 90.9 @WMPG_Radio or stream: wmpg.org
Not enough people are talking about the fact that in Montgomery there is now a monument to formerly enslaved people that lists every one of their last names as it appeared in the 1870 Census, the first census to record Black people in this country. legacysites.eji.org/about/monument/
How is Palestine connected to the climate justice movement? Beyond the devastating aerial and ground offensive in Gaza, how does the Israeli occupation connect to climate justice? aljazeera.com/program/the-st…
LD 2007 has passed in the ME legislature, and awaits action from Gov Mills. At a public hearing in Feb on the bill, people of many backgrounds shared their perspectives on the bill, including Rev. Jane Field of ME Council of Churches. See photo description for a quote + more!
🌟 We’re excited to announce Tina Kim Philibotte as the Academic Leader award winner for the 2024 BLM NH Excellence Awards! 🖤 ⏳ Secure your tickets to join us in celebrating our award winners at BLMNH.ORG/BLMNHAwards 📆 Event: April 20th, 2024 #BLMNHAwards
His smile. #MLK #MartinLutherKingJr
In case you need to hear it today: abortion care is health care and a fundamental human right.
There’s a difference between being loyal to an ally vs. allowing an ally to conduct a genocide.
From Addison to Amsterdam, fighting for farmworker rights! Yesterday was a major day for the #milkwithdignity campaign. Around Vermont, across the country, and in Europe, Migrant Justice and allies took action to stand up for the rights and dignity of dairy workers