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The women of the Maine Women's Lobby reflect on the 124th
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24 Jun 2009Last 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: [...]
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- Tags: Civil Rights, Discrimination, Equal Pay, Fair Pay, Gay Marriage, Girls' Day, Girls' Day at the State House, House of Representatives, Laura Harper, LD 1020, Leadership, Maine Women's Lobby, Maine Women's Policy Center, marriage, Marriage Equality, Paid sick days, public hearing, State House, Welfare, women's issues, YouTube
Testimony in Support of LD 1020
In: Civil Rights|Discrimination|Gay Marriage|Maine Women's Lobby|Marriage Equality
28 Apr 2009Folks keep asking for a copy of our testimony to the Judiciary Committee last Wednesday on Marriage. Hey, thanks! And, here it is: Testimony in support of L.D. 1020 Joint Committee on the Judiciary Sarah Standiford, Executive Director, Maine Women’s Lobby April 22, 2009 My name is Sarah Standiford and I serve as the executive [...]
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- Tags: Civil Rights, gay rights, judiciary committee, Maine Legislature, Maine Women's Lobby, Marriage Equality, public hearing, same sex marriage, testimony, Women
By Any Other Name…
15 Apr 2009The Maine Legislature is considering a bill that would ban the use of “squa” in Maine place names. Although there was a successful campaign almost a decade ago to block the use of the word squaw – a derogatory name for native American women – there are communitities that have chosen to substitute the shortened [...]
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- Tags: Bangor Daily News, Maine Women's Lobby, public hearing
URGENT UPDATE: MARRIAGE EQUALITY Public Hearing
11 Apr 2009The public hearing of the marriage bill has been changed to WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 at the AUGUSTA CIVIC CENTER. Given the overwhelming number of people on both sides who are planning to attend the hearing, the Legislature made the decision to move the location to the Augusta Civic Center on the nearest available day, Wednesday [...]
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- Tags: Civil Rights, EqualityMaine, LD 1020, Maine Freedom to Marry Coalition, Maine Marriage Initiative, marriage, Marriage Equality, public hearing
Long-term Care for the Long Haul
In: Maine State House|Maine Women's Lobby|Press Link|Uncategorized
7 Apr 2009Advocates filled the State House’s welcome center during a news conference held Monday to show their support for a bill that would overhaul Maine’s long-term care system by allowing for more choice and self-directed care for older adults and those with disabilities enrolled in MaineCare. According to an article in the Sun Journal, Supporters of the [...]
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- Tags: Long-term Care, Maine Women's Lobby, MaineCare, public hearing, State House, Sun Journal
Please stand with us for marriage equality
3 Apr 2009The campaign for marriage in Maine is moving to the next level: a public hearing on the marriage bill will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 24, at Cony High School in Augusta. Make no mistake about it: April 24 will be the single most important day of this campaign outside of the final [...]
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- Tags: Civil Rights, LD 1020, marriage, Marriage Equality, public hearing, women's issues
Public Assistance and The Way Life Should Be
1 Apr 2009Two bills that seek to restrict access to welfare and general assistance, received lots of testimony in the Health and Human Services Committee. According to an article in the Sun Journal, proponents of the bills claimed that people are moving to Maine for our state’s easily accessible welfare system, while opponents stated that the influx [...]
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- Tags: Laura Harper, Maine Civil Liberties Union, Maine Women's Policy Center, public hearing, Sun Journal, Welfare
According to the Bangor Daily News, the Health and Human Services Committee listened to lively testimony concerning two Republican sponsored bills, that would restrict welfare and snack purchasing, and a bill that would restrict smoking in outdoor venues proposed by Joan Cohen (D) of Portland. In response to claims by the supporters of the welfare [...]
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