February 4, 2016
Answering This Moment: Poor White Folks & Organizing in Maine
The below is a reflection from a Health Care is a Human Right member who was prompted by a fellow organizer with Put People First! Pennsylvania to write this piece. We hope it will spark conversation & critical thinking across our membership, and among white people in Maine more broadly. My father grew up in…
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2015
A SMWC Love Letter to Lew
DEAR PEOPLE OF LEWISTON, What a week y’all just had! The Good Food Bus got rolling, bringing much needed fresh, local, and affordable foods to people of Lewiston, Auburn, and Bath. The Tree Street Youth Center began its first week of enrichment classes. The 21st Century Lewiston High School leadership program is now 50 students…
Read MoreJune 15, 2015
Joining Our Voices For Justice: One Member’s Story
On Sunday, May 31st Health Care is a Human Right organizers were invited by a new member-organizer and congregate of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sanford to participate in a special service and discussion focused on health care justice. Reverend Sue Gabrielson focused her powerful sermon on a 1992 resolution by the UU General Assembly…
Read MoreMay 1, 2015
A Belief In Caring For One Another: Building the HCHR Movement with Faith Communities
Health Care is a Human Right (HCHR) organizers from Portland were blessed to spend last weekend (April 25-26) learning and building community with members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth. On Sunday, Cait Vaughan and Barrett Littlefield were joined by more than 15 participants for a practical training in using the SMWC health care…
Read MoreMarch 23, 2015
Statement of Solidarity Regarding the Biennial Budget
Released March 3rd, 2015 The Committees on Appropriations and Financial Affairs and Health and Human Services will hear testimony this week on Governor Paul LePage’s biennial budget, with Tuesday centering on proposed cuts to public programs, including: General Assistance (GA), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Food Supplement (SNAP), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). These…
Read MoreJanuary 7, 2015
Solidarity with the Vermont Workers Center on their January 8th day of action for all health care for all people
Health Care is a Human Right: Solidarity with the Vermont Workers Center on their January 8th day of action for all health care for all people The Southern Maine Workers’ Center acts in solidarity with the Vermont Workers’ Center and the people of Vermont. Established by low-income workers in 1998, the Vermont Workers’ Center has since acted as a powerful example…
Read MoreJanuary 7, 2015
Together We Will Find the Way: Our Anti-Racist Organizing Commitments
Together We Will Find the Way: Our Anti-Racist Organizing Commitments Southern Maine Workers’ Center December 1, 2014 Events of the last several months have made us all too aware that outward expressions of systemic racism are worsening, both in Maine and nationally, as deeply held attitudes about race are brought to the surface. The rhetoric of…
Read MoreJanuary 31st, 2015
Annual Meeting 2015
Every year, the Southern Maine Workers’ Center hosts an annual member meeting. We come together to celebrate, to learn about the work happening in all the different areas of the organization, and to map our way forward for the year ahead. Come share a meal with us, and join the SMWC community! The event is…
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