Beckham O'Leary-Cyr

Beckham O'Leary-Cyr

Maine Solidarity Conference

The Maine Solidarity Conference was held Saturday, November 15, 2025, at Lewiston’s Franco Center.

According to T. Sinclair, writing in Pine & Roses:

As soon as the doors opened at 9:00 AM. Coming from all over the state, a few having traveled from as far as Massachusetts and New York, people were arriving for the first ever Maine Solidarity Conference, a day-long event put on by the Maine Democratic Socialists of America. Throughout the day roughly 125 people showed up, attending different panels and presentations focused on an array of issues ranging from labor to empire, from feminism to electoral politics, and much more followed by a social featuring local bands.

In the morning session, panels consisted of “Organizers in Office,” which focused on experiences and lessons learned by elected politicians with leftist organizer backgrounds and featured State House Representative Grayson Lookner, Portland City Councilor Wes Pelletier, and Boston DSA Co-Chair Bonnie Jin. Other attendees chose between two guided discussions. One, entitled “LGTBQ+ are Under Attack, Here’s How We Fight Back,” was led by Marianne McHugh-Westfall and focused on recent and potential upcoming political battles here in Maine, strategies to consider, and how folks could get plugged in. The other guided discussion was a round table on the “ABC’s of Socialism,” led by Rose DuBois and Beckham O'Leary-Cyr, which went over the basic framework of the political theory, as well as addressed some misinterpretations often spread by conservatives.

2025 DSA National Convention delegate

In August 2025, Beckham O'Leary-Cyr was a Maine Democratic Socialists of America delegate to the 2025 DSA National Convention in Chicago.