Eastern Maine Democratic Socialists of America
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Template:TOCnestleft Eastern Maine Democratic Socialists of America is a Bangor Maine affiliate of Democratic Socialists of America.
Council run
In 2019 Seth Braun ran for Bangor City Council.
2018.09.26 Eastern Maine DSA Minutes
Location: Bangor Public Library, Board Room Chaired and Recorded by: Seth Braun
- Graham and Eliza are from Hancock county, Sullivan and Seal Cove respectively
- Many present from Socialist Party of Maine, would like to collaborate with people not ready to leave the democratic party on single issue campaigns and education events
- Reading Group
- Current reading group in Westbrook too far for most to drive out for.
- Socialist Party currently working on putting together reading group in Bangor area, will discuss on conference call Tuesday night (October 2nd).
- Passed around SMDSA bookmark with suggested reading
- Issues in Penobscot County
- Existing work
- Transportation for All - Improving Bus system in Bangor area
- Food AND Medicine - work on food insecurity/community gardens
- Law Police Accountability Group - body cameras for Bangor PD
- Organize for lower rent in Bangor(?)
- Bangor has higher eviction rate than national average
- Reaching out to people not at this meeting
- Laurie Osher, Orono Town Council
- Tahmoor Khan, Dems
- Tim McGuire, Health Equity Alliance + Dems
- Dillon Murray, Dems
- Sam Portera, Maine People's Alliance + Dems
- Candidates not accepting PAC money
- Jared Golden
- Zak Ringelstein
- Setting up meeting in Ellsworth
- community union, reach out to Jon Curtis
- Nathalie Arruda, candidate for state house identifies as demsoc
- Possible meeting places
- library
- Unitarian Church, Nathalie is involved, could help set up
- Graham says Blue Hill could also be a good place to meet in the future
- Schedule tentatively for week after election, Tuesday November 13th
- Action Items
- Reach out to people
- Will Hurley - Tim McGuire
- Kim Hammill - Laurie Osher, Tahmoor Khan, Ringelstein, and Golden
- Seth Braun - Dillon Murray, Sam Portera
- Ian Nesbitt - reach out to UMaine students who couldn’t make it
- Will wants to set up a presentation by Dicky Balzano(sp?) on imperialism in Latin America. *Previously held in Belfast over the summer
- Propose Ellsworth meeting to SMDSA
- Graham and Eliza would like to attend
- Kim will reach out to Jon Curtis and Nathalie Arruda
- Set up reading group meeting in Bangor
- Call on October 2nd
- Members attend Rockland meeting if possible
- Jake lives in Unity (Waldo County)[1]