ICYMI Video of the September 16 Meeting | Women who run for office

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee (LCDC) held its monthly meeting on September 16, 2021, via Zoom.

Our theme was “Women who run for office” featuring guest speakers: Ashley McCurry, Executive Director of Emerge Maine and Molly Cowan, Northeast Regional Director for EMILY’s List. Their contact info is below.

Note that the video has been edited to show only the “Women who run for office” portion along with the Q&A. Our LCDC business meeting is not included in this recording.

The next meeting will take place on October 21!

Notes and Resources Shared During the Meeting

Emily’s List
https://emilyslist.org/
https://trainingcenter.emilyslist.org/
Molly Cowan:
mcowan@emilyslist.org

Emerge Maine
https://me.emergeamerica.org/
https://me.emergeamerica.org/training/
Ashley McCurry:
Ashley@emergemaine.org — a warm intro and I’ll convince them from there!

From Ashley McCurry, Emerge Maine:
We’re starting off with an assignment: Name one **Emerge-trained** woman you know in the chat. Hint: You can name anyone Molly listed in her remarks!
From Kelli Whitlock Burton (she/her): Rep. Lydia Crafts!
From Autumn Mahoney (she/her): Lydia Crafts!
From Autumn Mahoney (she/her): Laura Fortman
From Geoff Bates-South Bristol: Lydia Crafts
From Kelli Whitlock Burton (she/her): Sen. Chloe Maxmin, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows
From Katie Huntington: Maxmin
From Marty Fox: Natasha Irving DA
From Autumn Mahoney (she/her): Kelli Whitlock Burton!
From Kelli Whitlock Burton (she/her): Yes! Natasha was in my class!
From Autumn Mahoney (she/her): My friend in Alabama: Laura Casey (Emerge is national!)

From Ashley McCurry, Emerge Maine:
We’re looking for women future leaders in Bremen, Dresden, Newcastle, Somerville, and Westport Island specifically in Lincoln County.

From Autumn Mahoney (she/her):
Bremen – 1 out of 2 SelectBoard members is a woman. Former State Rep Wendy Pieh.

From Ashley McCurry:
I’ll add that to the data! Thank you for that!

Chair Chris Johnson and others mentioned our need to find good candidates for HD 88: Jefferson, Nobleboro (part) and Whitefield and HD 87: Alna and Wiscasset

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Vice Chair Kelli Whitlock Burton announced that Senators Eloise Vitelli and Troy Jackson have tested positive for COVID. We will be sending notes of healing thoughts from the LCDC.

Secretary Autumn Mahoney reminded everyone that absentee ballots can be requested now for Nov 2 referenda election: https://apps.web.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/index.pl

Fundraising Chair Geoff Bates announced that the LCDC Harvest Dinner, originally scheduled for Oct 3, is cancelled

Marty Fox announced that they are looking for volunteers to gather signatures at the polls to put the Pine Tree Power proposal on an upcoming ballot.
https://ourpowermaine.org/

Jamie Dalgleish shared a request to help support the Waldoboro public library fundraiser, Great Art for Great Reads: an online auction of fine art: http://www.waldoborolibrary.org/