2009 June - Maine Women's Lobby Blog

Archive for June, 2009

29 Jun 2009

Greetings from Washington, D.C. where the sun is actually out. It’s the annual Peer to Peer training offered by the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation, and the Maine Women’s Lobby is thrilled to be a part of it. We’re talking best practices in civic participation, issue advocacy, evaluation, new media organizing…and more. Tomorrow’s agenda – [...]

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Last week, the Village Soup posted an article featuring reflections on the 124th session from capital-area legislators. Their reflections are really interesting – and got me wondering what others thought. So, I started asking around … and here are some reflections from the women of the Maine Women’s Lobby: Here’s what Laura had to say: [...]

girls rock…

In: Maine Women's Lobby|Uncategorized|Women's Leadership

21 Jun 2009

I mean, these girls REALLY rock. Today, I spent my afternoon at the offices of Hardy Girls Healthy Women in Waterville. We were invited to share the nuts and bolts of creating change. (and when I say nuts and bolts, I really do mean problem, solution, message, and target). These girls are the experts! The [...]

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Tags: Leadership, Maine Women's Lobby

Go Sarah, Go Sarah!

In: Maine Women's Policy Center|Sarah Standiford|Uncategorized

20 Jun 2009

In a recent publication of the Maine Women’s Fund, our fearless leader, Sarah – and the work she directs at the Maine Women’s Policy Center – was highlighted. Check out what they had to say: “Sarah Standiford is changing Maine. As executive director of the Maine Women’s Policy Center and its sister organization, the Maine [...]

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Tags: Girls' Day, Girls' Day at the State House, Maine Women's Policy Center, Women, women's issues

Get BPA Out of Our Bodies!

19 Jun 2009

That’s the message that the Maine Women’s Lobby and the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine is trying to send to all people and policy-makers in Maine. Throughout the past 2 weeks this giant baby bottle has been traveling across the state. In the photos below, a group of children from a local daycare [...]

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Tags: Add new tag, Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine, BPA, Brunswick Times Record

dollars to donuts

In: Uncategorized

19 Jun 2009

(Yeah, I can’t explain the donuts reference except that I’m hungry, and I mentioned bagels last week – figure I better give donuts their proper due.) Anyway, I’m pretty psyched about a recent editorial by the Bangor Daily News called “Equal Pay Helps All.” “The fact that women in the same job make only 78 [...]

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Tags: Bangor Daily News, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Pay Gap

Sarah says, "the Commission got it right"

In: Civil Rights|Discrimination|Press Link|transgender|Uncategorized

18 Jun 2009

The Maine Human Rights Commission decided that a transgender woman was discriminated against at a Denny’s restaurant in Auburn when management would not let her use the ladies room until she had sex reassignment surgery. The Sun Journal editorialized against the decision. And here’s what Sarah said, “The Sun Journal editorial stating that a transgender [...]