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Graham Platner on Guns, Organizing, Politics and his Commitment to Mainers

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Published: October 20, 2025 22:29

Activate Maine founder Rachel sat down recently with U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner at the Cumberland County Fair.

Why voting NO on Question 1 is vital!

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Published: October 14, 2025 19:29

https://www.mainedems.org/protectabsentee Karen Levine Egee We all know MAGA is trying to suppress Democratic voting. Here in Maine, Referendum Question 1 on the November ballot is part of that nationwide scheme. “Question 1 is a direct attack on Maine’s…

Finding Your Lane in Advocacy

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Published: October 6, 2025 21:45

Unique individuals working for a common purpose Karen Levine Egee “We write history with our feet and with our presence and our...

Jimmy Kimmel

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Published: September 19, 2025 18:16

Karen Levine Egee What ICE is doing to immigrants, what RFK Jr. is doing to our health (especially our most vulnerable), what Kash Patel...

Friggen UNITE! Search our database of Maine organizations and show up in any way you can. It all matters.

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Published: September 9, 2025 15:58

Find Actions and UNITE! I’m sure you’ve heard by now (or perhaps you attended): Bernie Sanders was here —84 years old and still as...

“ICE and U.S. Border Patrol have taken 32 of our clients”

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Published: September 9, 2025 12:35

Interview with Martha Stein, Executive Director of Hope Acts By Karen Levine Egee of Activate Maine MARTHA STEIN ...

Bernie Sander's Fighting Oligarchy Rally, Portland, September 1

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Published: September 2, 2025 12:40

Bernie Sanders embraces Troy Jackson By George Simonson Mary and I went to the Portland installment tonight of Bernie Sanders' nationwide...

A Conversation with Graham Platner: Community, Democracy, and You

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Published: August 28, 2025 15:36

Graham Platner By Rachel Flehnger To know that this little thing we call Activate Maine is valued—that the message we work so hard to...

Voices and Vision August 25, 2025

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Published: August 25, 2025 15:13

Increasingly, heroic Democrats are standing up strongly and effectively against the Trump administration. More of this please!...

Retired Bowdoin Civil Rights Professor Views Today’s Fight as Less Likely to Bend Toward Justice.

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Published: August 21, 2025 09:37

A sobering interview with my father, Dan Levine. Although grim, please consider letting it fuel your resolve to continue to fight for...

Voices and Vision August 18, 2025

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Published: August 17, 2025 19:19

So much was happening this week it was hard to keep up. It's exciting to see Democrats fighting back more strongly on voter redistricting...

Voices and Vision August 4, 2025

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Published: August 10, 2025 19:51

This week week we cried over Rümeysa Öztürk's tragic, but increasingly common story of being abducted and imprisoned by ICE, we learned...

Voices and Vision August 11, 2025

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Published: August 10, 2025 15:31

This was a week with more bad news than good for our democracy. We are grateful to Robert Reich for writing about finding optimism, and...

In response to Rachel's "The Zombie's Are Here" blog post

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Published: July 16, 2025 21:00

Link to Rachel's Blogpost https://www.activatemaine.com/post/the-zombies-are-here July 16,2025 Rachel,   We totally agree with you. As...

The Zombies are Here!

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Published: July 14, 2025 20:08

Here’s the thing about zombies, they were tenacious and determined but myopic only looking to overtake their dinner. The soulless were easil

Mutual Aid: We Are Our Most Powerful Resource

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Published: July 11, 2025 04:00

An 82-year-old notary in Boothbay Harbor offered to waive her fee for couples getting married during uncertain times — a powerful example of mutual aid in action. At Activate Maine, we believe community care goes beyond the rallies. This is how we keep the…

Can We Still Believe People Are Basically Good?

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Published: July 8, 2025 13:34

Opinion, Portland Press Herald, July 7, 2025 :  https://www.pressherald.com/2025/07/07/can-we-still-believe-people-are-basically-good-opi...

The Maine People’s Alliance

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Published: July 2, 2025 14:28

Mike Allen, Ph.D. With 32,000 members, the Maine People’s Alliance (MPA) is the largest community action organization in Maine. This...

Take Action Town Hall (6/26/25): What's Happening to MaineCare?

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Published: July 2, 2025 12:15

By Mike Allen, Ph.D. The first of many planned Take Action Town Hall events took place last Thursday night at the Fairfield Community...

Look For The Helpers

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Published: June 27, 2025 12:21

Karen Levine Egee, Ph.D. Sometimes people working deep in this resistance movement hit bottom, feel fascism is winning, feel it is a...

Tiptoeing Into Advocacy

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Published: June 20, 2025 18:13

Karen Levine Egee, Ph.D. I suspect there may be lots of people out there like me -- deeply distressed about encroaching fascism, wanting...