Maine Student Action

Maine Student Action is a coalition of Maine students building power across Maine's colleges and universities.

[Maine Student Action @MEstudentaction]

Our panel event is wrapping up now: thank you so much to our panelists and attendees who submitted great questions!

[Maine Student Action @MEstudentaction]

Happening now at @USouthernMaine: Panel Discussion on Poverty in our Community led and organized by USM Maine Student Action members.

[Maine Student Action @MEstudentaction]

Moving on to attendee questions. “How do you prevent burnout in your work?”

Gia: “Self care. Recognizing you can’t do everything. Empowering other people.”

[Maine Center for Economic Policy @MECEP1]

🧵1/7 Today, MECEP policy analyst @artie_phillips is testifying in support of a bill to end the practice of transcript and diploma withholding in Maine #mepolitics. Here's why:

[Beacon @mebeacon]

“I think there’s a growing recognition in the labor movement that we have these overlapping crises — a deep structural crisis of inequality, racial injustice and climate instability, and we need comprehensive responses.” -@MEAFLCIO #mepolitics https://t.co/ibcxVVAKlk

[Beacon @mebeacon]

"Frankly, I’d rather have my rights protected than my sensibilities." -contributor Sam Pfeifle #mepolitics https://t.co/B4dIkoF2Zn

[Beacon @mebeacon]

“No matter how much people belittle me for being a cashier or retail worker, my work was necessary. All work is valuable and no one can tell me otherwise," said a Dollar General cashier who quit alongside co-workers. #mepolitics https://t.co/SunBYOTVt0

[One Fair Wage @onefairwage]

"'If there is any kind of [national] commitment to race and gender equity at all,' [the subminimum wage] has to end." @SaruJayaraman

Read the full @FastCompany article on #OneFairWage and the #RaiseTheWage movement here:

https://t.co/MYisUXHOWs

[One Fair Wage @onefairwage]

#WorkersMemorialDay is a time to remember all of those workers that we lost this year to COVID — many of them service workers. We must do better to protect our workers.

[Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait @CaringAcrossGen]

Care and caregiving have long been invisible because the people doing this work - paid AND unpaid - are mostly immigrants and women of color. It's historic to hear care centered in the #JointAddress tonight. #CareCantWait

[Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait @CaringAcrossGen]

The $400 billion investment in home and community-based care in the American Jobs Plan will move older adults and people with disabilities off waitlists and give them the infrastructure needed to live and age at home with dignity. #CareCantWait #CareISinfrastructure

[Beacon @mebeacon]

"If you are privileged enough to be chosen to serve your community in an elected capacity, you have an obligation to balance your personal beliefs with the diversity of your constituents’ values, perspectives, and needs." #mepolitics https://t.co/PMcmbYpxes