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Summer Reflections
 
Here in the midst of a Maine summer, we are reflecting on the beauty and grace of the nature that surrounds us. We revel in opportunities to be outside, in our gardens, on a forest trail, or along the water.
 
With this, it is critical to keep in the forefront of our minds that we are on the unceded territory of the Wabanaki each and every day.  Slower, longer, and warmer days allow for more reflection, and our goal is to provide resources so that everyone can join us in reflecting and working together towards justice in all the forms that it can take. 

This month, MCAN is sharing several resources that we have found helpful in informing ourselves. Our work together can shift the power and injustices that exist and bring us closer to the balance we need to transition to a more just, equitable and healthy world.

- Amy Eshoo
RESOURCES
Here is where we are finding current Maine climate justice news. You can subscribe to each one to dig deeper into subjects that interest you. Or you can focus on the pieces that we highlight in the Maine Climate News section of our newsletter! If you do find these sites interesting, please consider donating to them to support their efforts.
 

The Maine Monitor, a non-profit, has a Climate Monitor newsletter, released Fridays. It is a weekly roundup of Maine's most urgent environmental and energy-related news.
 

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Amjambo Africa brings you news about Maine's immigrant communities in a weekly email roundup. Amjambo Africa helps New Mainers thrive and Maine welcome new neighbors. It serves as a conduit of information for newcomers as they navigate life in Maine and includes background articles about Africa so those from Maine can understand why newcomers have arrived here.

Here is an upcoming feature:

“To Jerry Edwards – also known as Genius Black – Black history is about both the past and the future. ‘It’s all around you. It’s not 100 years ago,’ he said. ‘It’s that, but it’s also what I did yesterday.’ He has been reading about Maine’s Black history and talking with scholars and archeologists about the Black people who lived in the state during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries to prepare for a July 27th launch of his new 'Maine’s Black Future' podcast. Amjambo Africa will include Maine’s Black History in the podcast menu that soon will be added to www.amjamboafrica.com."
 
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Mano en Mano (Hand in Hand) supports immigrant and Farmworker communities to live and thrive in Maine. It was founded in 2005 by and for the community to welcome, support, and celebrate the people who do this work. You can find news on their website, or with a donation to their organization, you can receive a monthly newsletter in your inbox.
 
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Indigenously: Decolonizing Your Newsfeed, produced by Laguna Pueblo journalist Jenni Monet, arrives in your inbox just in time for your Sunday morning coffee. 

The activist who shared this resource with us says they have found this to be a good resource in their ongoing effort to educate themselves on tribal sovereignty issues both in Maine and across the country.

You'll find in the online archive the article "The S-Word" and another article "Stolen Wealth" related to the Penobscot Nation. There is also earlier reporting focused on the Penobscot Nation and its ongoing efforts to protect water quality of the Penobscot River.
 
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And lastly, please share Maine Climate Action Now's Newsletter with your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues. They can subscribe here

If you wish to contact us, email info@maineclimateaction.org and share your thoughts. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @meclimateaction. 
 
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CALLS TO ACTION
Volunteer With Our Power
 
Our Power is looking for volunteers to collect signatures this summer. With the Election Day performance accelerating Our Power’s signature collection efforts, they are in a great position to push across the finish line and qualify for Maine’s 2023 ballot. Join those who have already committed to help collect signatures! Sign up here.
MEMBER ORGANIZATION NEWS
At Center for an Ecology-Based Economy (CEBE), we've been hard at work with our local towns and the state's new Community Resilience Partnership. As a service provider, we're helping towns navigate the enrollment process and write their first grant to implement some of the 72 community resilience actions, which include energy efficiency improvements to municipal buildings, planning actions like assessing vulnerable populations and infrastructure, land conservation, and more. The Partnership feels very timely as we see federal action on the climate crisis continue to stall. CEBE has always focused on a community-centered response to the climate crisis, and funding from the state to make this a reality for our towns is a welcome addition to our work.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Maine Conservation Voters |  Building a Joyful, Welcoming, Powerful Climate Movement that Can't Be Ignored Friday July 22, 12-1pm

Forty years of headlines, data, demonstrations, and policies have led to progress on climate action but an important question remains: how to inspire an even more diverse, flourishing movement for the future? Community Arts projects thrive on challenging, fun, meaningful engagement — the kind that fosters equity and creates common ground. These projects are playing an increasingly powerful role in building the relationships and movement we need. Join Marty Pottenger, Executive & Artistic Director of Art At Work, to learn more about how essential art is to creating a powerful climate movement that cannot be ignored.
 
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Maine Philanthropy Center | Report: Listening to Community Priorities in Wabanakiq Wednesday July 27, 10-11am

Join this Summer Learning Series to hear from writers Gabriela Alcalde, Gillian Kranias, and Maria Garcia about what was learned through the Listening to Community Priorities in Wabanakiq (link is external) report. You will hear a brief overview about the findings before opening up for a Q&A and discussion on how to use the results of the report in our work in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector. Please take a look at the report before the session to generate a more meaningful and transformative discussion.
 
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Cornell Discussion on Water Ownership, Prices, and Access | Wednesday July 11, 1pm
 
Join this live event featuring academic researchers, community activities and utility representatives to examine water prices, the factors driving water price increases, and approaches to address water access. They'll also discuss the impact of water system ownership, COVID-19, fair market value legislation, and water affordability on communities.
 
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MAINE CLIMATE NEWS
Our Power Update

Representative Seth Berry announced that he will be stepping away from the legislature to focus
on the ballot question for a consumer-owned utility full-time. After 14 years in the legislature, both as a committee chair and in leadership, this transition is bittersweet for Representative Berry but well worth it. He will join campaign staff as Senior Advisor and will be primarily working to build support for Our Power locally and nationally, among advocates, donors, and other community leaders.

In a statement quoted by The Bangor Daily News Berry said “We stand at an existential, unprecedented fork in the road, Our Power’s ballot question is a path to clean energy savings and self-determination not only for Maine, but by our example, for others too.”
Maine sees the future of power transmission, and it won’t always include big new lines

Big batteries and efficiency are chosen as an alternative to a new Brunswick-Topsham power line, thanks to a new law that pushes utilities to explore new ways to assure reliability. Read the Portland Press Herald article by Tux Turkel here
Mano en Mano, Growing and Learning at Rayitos de Sol

Rayitos de Sol students planted a community garden with the support of Women for Healthy Rural Living (WHRL). The garden will feed the families of children at the center, as well as community members accessing food from the Mano en Mano food pantry. Read more here.

The bumpy road to better electric utility decisions: Adopting new legislation is far easier than changing regulatory culture 

This article by Marina Schauffler helps show that although we have new rulings in place to guide the Public Utilities Commission, they are still pursuing business as usual and following the lead of Central Maine Power (CMP). Read the Maine Monitor article here.

Water system upgrades to begin in Eastport, Passamaquoddy tribal land 

The success of passing LD 906, which gives the Passamaquoddy at Sipayik control over their drinking water, is something to celebrate as a new treatment system designed to improve water quality finally arrives. Read the Spectrum News article by Susan Cover here
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