Events.
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MPAC Community Strategy Meeting
We're back from a short break and ready to reconnect at our upcoming Community Strategy Meeting on Saturday, September 13 at 10a. This is your opportunity to engage with fellow members, share insights, and collaborate on initiatives that matter most to our community. Let’s hit the ground running and make this meeting a powerful step forward. Join us in person or online!
MPAC Community Strategy Meeting
Our guest presenter this month will be Courtney Pladsen, MaineCare Medical Director. Courtney will share information about the Maine Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Care Initiative within Maine’s carceral system. Join us in person or online!
MPAC Community Strategy Meeting
Join us in person or online! We’re excited to have Bay Love from the Groundwater Institute as our guest speaker this month, to discuss their organization and the work they are doing to build a coalition to fight back against injustice.
MPAC Community Strategy Meeting
Join us virtually this Saturday, April 12 at 10am for our MPAC Community Strategy Meeting!
Zoom Link here.
Legislative Strategy Meeting
Join us every Tuesday via Zoom for our MPAC Legislative Strategy Meeting. Engage with fellow advocates as we discuss key legislative initiatives, share strategies, and collaborate on effective approaches to influence policy. Whether you're a seasoned advocate or new to the process, your insights are valuable. Together, we can work towards advancing our collective goals and make a meaningful impact in our communities.
MPAC Community Strategy Meeting
Join us Saturday, March 8 at 10am for our MPAC Community Strategy Meeting live from Beyond the Bars in NYC!
Zoom Link here.
6th Amendment and Maine: A Moderated Panel Discussion
Join the Maine Law student groups, Students for the 6th Amendment, American Constitution Society, and the Youth Justice Society, for 6th Amendment and Maine: A Moderated Panel Discussion, including Joseph Jackson, Executive Director of MPAC.
Register here.
MYP Justice Policy Expert Call with Jan Collins
Jan Collins, Associate Director of MPAC, will be a featured presenter at the Maine Youth Power Justice Policy Expert Call to be held virtually on February 12 from 7p to 8p.
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MPAC Community Strategy Meeting
Join us in person or online! Our community partner this month is Kage Johnson, a transformative justice practitioner & abolitionist. She is a co-founder of Healing First!, a Transformative Justice collective entirely led by survivors of violent harm who advocate for RJ/TJ as an accessible option for all. Kage is also the representative for the Maine chapter of the growing global coalition, Survivors For Justice Reform.
MPAC Community Strategy Meeting
We're excited to have Mary Bonauto as our guest speaker this month! Mary is a recent recipient of the prestigious Presidential Citizen Medal and a long-standing supporter and community partner of the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition.
Legislation: LD 476 Hearing
On March 24 at 10:00 am the Maine legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will be hearing
LD 476 An Act To Provide Licensed Assisted Living and Nursing Facilities Levels of Care for Incarcerated Persons
This is priority legislation for MPAC this session. We are looking for people with lived experience who would be willing to testify before the committee and for people who would be willing to write letters to the editor in local papers and or contact their legislators to express support for this bill. Please let me know if you would like to do either of these. I am attaching information on testifying and talking points for letters and testimony.