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Maine Faith Leaders Speak Out Against Cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Maine Faith Leaders Speak Out Against Cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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MCC Blog April 19, 2018
Please sign the linked petition and circulate within your faith communities – this petition calls on the legislature to pass and fund the opioid bills on their table this year, and is intended to add to the pressure to DO SOMETHING. Help us send a strong signal to legislators that people of faith demand action now
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Maine faith leaders host drug overdose death vigil at State House
Faith leaders gathered in Augusta on Wednesday to host a vigil for the hundreds of people in Maine lost last year to drug overdoses.
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A Moral Response to the Opioid Epidemic: An Interfaith Vigil
Join us on Wednesday, April 11, 8:30 a.m. – Noon, at the Maine State House in Augusta. People of faith are invited to join us in a prayerful witness to the need for compassion and funding so that Mainers affected by the opioid crisis can receive treatment, benefit from harm reduction measures, and gain access to insurance through the expansion of Medicaid. Stand with us as we line the halls of the State House in silent witness to the 418 lives lost to overdose in Maine last year. Then join your voices with ours in prayer and song in the rotunda as we call for a moral budget that saves lives and offers hope.
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A Moral Response to the Opioid Epidemic: An Interfaith Vigil
Join us on Wednesday, April 11, 8:30 a.m. – Noon, at the Maine State House in Augusta. People of faith are invited to join us in a prayerful witness to the need for compassion and funding so that Mainers affected by the opioid crisis can receive treatment, benefit from harm reduction measures, and gain access to insurance through the expansion of Medicaid. Stand with us as we line the halls of the State House in silent witness to the 418 lives lost to overdose in Maine last year. Then join your voices with ours in prayer and song in the rotunda as we call for a moral budget that saves lives and offers hope.
Legislative Priorities
- Addressing the Opioid...
- Addressing Childhood Poverty
- Addressing Environmental Care...
- Prevention of youth...
- Addressing Race &...
Addressing the Opioid Crisis
LD1711 – H.O.U.S.E. Establishes a pilot project to provide low-barrier treatment and stable housing for homeless opioid users. Click here to read to full text of the bill. LD1707 – Clean syringes Provides funds to support hypodermic exchange… Read More
Addressing Childhood Poverty
LD1774 – LIFT 2.0 Establishes two programs to increase access to education and training for low-income parents and individuals. Read the full text of the bill here. LD1684 – Food shaming Forbids food shaming, food denial and use… Read More
Addressing Environmental Care & Protection
LD1534 – Food waste Establishes a commission to develop a comprehensive strategy to advance food recovery and limit food waste. Click here to read the full text of the bill.
Prevention of youth suicide
LD1694 – Prevention of youth suicide Directs the Department of Education to develop protocols for schools to prevent youth suicide. Click here to read the full text of the bill.
Addressing Race & Immigration
LD1740 – Forced labor, human trafficking Creates the crimes of criminal forced labor (and aggravated criminal forced labor involving a victim under 18). Read the full text of the bill here.
