Our September meeting featured a legislative update from Sen. Cameron Reny and Reps. Lydia Crafts and Holly Stover and Lane Sturtevant from the League of Women Voters of Maine gave a primer on the Nov ballot questions 5-8. Committee Business included a platform update, financial report and other announcements. Read all about it here and watch the video....

02 October, 2023 /

Our June meeting featured a roundtable discussion about local Restorative Justice Practices with Drew Himmelstein of Restorative Justice Project Maine, District Attorney Natasha Irving, and Sheriff Todd Bracket, moderated by Barbara Cray. Committee Business included Outreach updates and announcements about LCDC and other local events. Read all about it here and watch the video....

13 July, 2023 /

The LCDC hybrid meeting on Thursday, April 27, welcomes Wynter Giddings and Savannah Sessions from the Maine Library Association and Karen Silverman from the Maine Association of School Libraries to talk about the rise censorship efforts and how to address them locally and statewide. Other LCDC committee business will include an update on the special election for Maine House District 45 and more...

17 April, 2023 /

Continuing on from last month's Legislative Advocacy 101 presentation, the March 23, 2023 meeting welcomed Will Hayward, advocacy program coordinator for the League of Women Voters Maine and Democracy Maine and Sen. Cameron Reny and Rep. Lydia Crafts who reviewed some of their priority legislation for this session. Committee Business included announcements about upcoming elections for State Party Committee positions and more. Read all about it here and watch the video....

30 March, 2023 /

The LCDC March Zoom meeting features State Sen. Cameron Reny (SD 13) and State Rep. Lydia Crafts (HD 46), who will provide updates on their priority bills and how people can get involved in helping to pass the legislation. The committee has also invited Will Hayward, advocacy program coordinator for the League of Women Voters of Maine and Democracy Maine who will share details about current voting rights and elections legislation, including the National Popular Vote Compact. ...

13 March, 2023 /

LCDC met on Feb 23, 2023. Our full agenda featured a Legislative Advocacy 101 presentation by Destie Hohman Sprague (she/her), executive director of the Maine Women’s Lobby, and Rep. Stover who shared some details on a few upcoming bills that she is sponsoring (video available). Committee Business included an update about a potential special election, a 2022 financial report, approval of appointments to the Executive Committee and more. Read all about it here and watch the video....

04 March, 2023 /

What Can You Do When it Seems Like You’re the Only Dem in Town? Take that frustration and turn it into a Letter to the Editor (LTE) or share messages on social media! And even without writing LTEs, here are some things you can just talk about with your friends, family and neighbors! The Maine Democratic Party shares ideas on what to share and write about on a weekly basis....

27 September, 2022 /

“Our Voice, Our Legislature” workshop series continues on Monday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Newcastle Fire Station, 86 River Road. The topic will be election reform, focusing on the proposed ranked-choice voting amendment to the Maine Constitution and joining the interstate National Popular Vote compact, as well as other proposed fair election and voting rights legislation....

12 April, 2019 /

The previously announced series of workshops titled, “Our Voice, Our Legislature” has been rescheduled due to Monday’s storm. Instead of one health care session, the workshop will now take place on April 11 and 17 also at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Newcastle Fire Station, 86 River Road each day....

08 April, 2019 /

“How to impact PUBLIC SAFETY lawmaking through your stories” is the second in a series created to promote legislative advocacy taking place on April 15. Guest presenters include Sheriff Todd Bracket, District Attorney Natasha Irving and Geoffrey Bickford of the Maine Gun Safety Coalition. ...

04 April, 2019 /

A new series of workshops titled, “Our Voice, Our Legislature” begins on Monday, April 8 at 6:30 p.m. in at the Newcastle Fire Station. The public is invited to attend any or all of the free sessions which are organized around topics featuring guest advocates as presenters along with elected officials and other local experts. Health Care is the first topic in the series to be addressed. Guest speakers will be on hand to talk about proposed bills regarding prescription drug pricing, insurance for pregnant women and access to abortion services. ...

25 March, 2019 /