How to impact lawmaking through your stories

Each workshop in the series begins with an overview of proposed legislation related to the scheduled theme and concludes with expert instruction on providing testimony at public hearings, contacting legislators, and sharing your voice with friends, family and neighbors through social media or by writing letters to the editor.

This week’s topic is health care. Guest speakers include Cait Vaughan, Maine Family Planning, and Kate Ende, Maine Consumers for Affordable Health Care. They’ll be on hand to talk about proposed bills regarding prescription drug pricing, insurance for pregnant women and access to abortion services.

Attendees should visit http://lincolncountydemocrats.com/voice for full details, updated speakers info, suggested reading, and to learn about other scheduled workshops.

Contact info@lincolncountydemocrats.com_ with questions. Join our email list to stay up to date:
http://lincolncountydemocrats.com/sign-up/.

Poet George Van Deventer, once executive director of the Live Poets Society of Maine & former Editor of Off the coast, the Journal of The Live Poets, George will read from his repertoire and engage the audience to read for National Poetry Month. Presentation to take place in the Schooner Cove library. (207) 563-5523. Free and open to the public.

How to impact HEALTH CARE lawmaking through your stories, Part 1 (rescheduled from April 8)

Guest speaker Kate Ende, Maine Consumers for Affordable Health Care, will be on hand to talk about proposed bills regarding prescription drug pricing.

Each workshop in the series begins with an overview of proposed legislation related to the scheduled theme and concludes with expert instruction on providing testimony at public hearings, contacting legislators, and sharing your voice with friends, family and neighbors through social media or by writing letters to the editor.

Attendees should visit http://lincolncountydemocrats.com/voice for full details, updated speakers info, suggested reading, and to learn about other scheduled workshops.

Contact info@lincolncountydemocrats.com_ with questions. Join our email list to stay up to date:
http://lincolncountydemocrats.com/sign-up/.

How to impact lawmaking through your stories

Each workshop in the series begins with an overview of proposed legislation related to the scheduled theme and concludes with expert instruction on providing testimony at public hearings, contacting legislators, and sharing your voice with friends, family and neighbors through social media or by writing letters to the editor.

This week’s topic is public safety. Guest speakers Sheriff Todd Brackett, District Attorney Natasha Irving, and Geoffrey Bickford, executive director of the Maine Gun Safety Coalition, will discuss proposed legislation intended to protect the public from harm due to firearms.

Attendees should visit http://lincolncountydemocrats.com/voice for full details, including links to the specific proposed legislation to read before the workshop.

Contact info@lincolncountydemocrats.com with questions. To register for the LCDC email list, visit http://lincolncountydemocrats.com/sign-up/.