Action 75 – Tune in Friday 3/21, 4PM, WERU

Written By Mary Ann O'Rourke

Background:  In addition to their weekly Democracy Forum hosted on Zoom, the NONpartisan Maine League of Women Voters (in cooperation with DemocracyMaine and others) has a monthly broadcast on WERU 89.9 FM. “This month we’ll talk about civil resistance and how civil disobedience has succeeded or failed historically, seeking context for our current moment. What worked in the past, and what do we need now: protests, boycotts, tax resistance? What roles do institutions play: colleges and universities, the media, the business community? And what does the moment demand? What strategies and tactics work?”

 On Friday March 21 the guest speakers will be two local activists and a professional at Brookings Institute, specifically:

  • Graham Platner, lead organizer for Acadia Action, Hancock County branch of 16 Counties for Courage and lead organizer of the March 1 rally in Ellsworth

  • Alex Newell Taylor, Co-founder, Sweet Fern MDI (behind a paywall); Distributed Organizer for National Nurses United; former Deputy Director of Voter Engagement at Second Chances Florida. Her LinkedIN profile is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-newell-taylor-16b158175/

  • Vanessa Williamson, Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings: biography at https://www.brookings.edu/people/vanessa-williamson/

Action:  Listen live.  If that’s not possible for you a recording is promised. Check with DemocracyMaine.org to obtain it.  It may be on YouTube.

Extra Credit:  Learn more about the topic of civil resistance.  These links are from DemocracyMaine: (also check out the League’s weekly zoom: https://www.lwvme.org/Events)

Mary Ann O'Rourke
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