Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr., and the tireless efforts of the civil rights movement. Find a nearby event below, and read up on the incredible women who worked alongside Dr. King. This week, we are gearing up for two of…

AND WE'RE BACK! (Pics or it didn't happen!) The Legislative session kicked back off on Wednesday with huge crowds to support gun safety in our communities. You can follow along with the Maine Gun Safety Coalition (and partners like us!). Even if…

Dear friend , What a year! We saw some incredible wins for gender equity this year: moving forward major policies to expand access to care and caregiving (paid family and medical leave! childcare!), trans rights and dignity, and reproductive…

It's finally August, and the session is over (at last!). And that makes this the last Round-Up of the session - you can follow us on social media, and these weekly missives will return when the session lights up again next winter. Passing…

Friend, we are almost at the end. Last week, the Appropriations Committee 'ran the table' (decided which bills would be funded on top of the budget). There were over $1 billion in requests, but less than $40 million in funding. Most of the bills…

Friends, Last weekend, I had the chance to share with my mom that Maine was successful in passing Paid Family & Medical Leave. Neither of us had paid family leave when we had children. My mom shared about not having paid time to be with her…

Friend, we are almost at the finish line. But not quite. The Legislature wrapped up most of its business on Thursday. LD 1619, expanding access to abortion care, made it through its final vote. LD 2004 would have ensured that the Wabanaki Tribes…

Dear friend, We're BURSTING with the joy of watching LD 1964, the bill to create Paid Family and Medical Leave in Maine, pass through the House and Senate last week. The bill still needs to get start-up funding and to avoid a Governor's veto, but…

Hello, friend! "Today, this right to human autonomy remains under direct threat by the forces of white nationalist and patriarchal reaction. As was true for the Black female survivors of enslavement in 1936, and for their spiritual heirs and…

Last week this op-ed appeared in the BDN, featuring research from The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion. The study followed 1,000 people seeking abortion care over 5…

Dear friend , Committees will complete their work this week, so all the last stragglers will get votes or get carried over to next session. A couple of our top priorities both have votes on Thursday - childcare systems improvement and paid…

Here it is. Paid Family and Medical Leave hearing week. If you're wondering why we care so much about this, it's because PFML is kind of a BIG DEAL. It's one of the most significant ways we can reduce the gender- and race- pay gap, and while…