Democracy Maine

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY, 145 Harlow St, Bangor

Join the Bangor League for a discussion of Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century by Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman.

Tuesday, Apr 9, 2024 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

LWV-Bangor Book Group

BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY, 145 Harlow St, Bangor

Join the Bangor League for a discussion of Wasteland: The Dirty Truth about What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters by Oliver Franklin-Wallis.

Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

LWV-Bangor Book Group

BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY, 145 Harlow St, Bangor

Join the Bangor League for a discussion of Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond.

Thursday, Feb 15, 2024 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Advocacy Day 2024

MAINE STATE HOUSE, 210 State St, Augusta

The League of Women Voters of Maine is returning to the State House for Advocacy Day 2024!

Tuesday, Feb 13, 2024 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

LWV-Bangor Book Group

BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY, 145 Harlow St, Bangor

Join the Bangor League for a discussion of Crooked: the Roaring Twenties Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal by Nathan Masters.

Monday, Jan 29, 2024 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

LWV-Portland: Book club discussion of Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson

Hosted on Zoom

Join the Portland Area League for our first book discussion of the new year in 2024.

Wednesday, Jan 24, 2024 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Downeast Book Group

Hosted On Zoom

Join us for our monthly book group. For January, we've chosen the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.

Friday, Jan 19, 2024 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Democracy Forum: Who Gets to Vote in Maine Primaries? Change is coming …

WERU 89.9 FM, Blue Hill

Monthly radio conversation featuring topics in participatory democracy.

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill
Streaming at weru.org.

Thursday, Jan 18, 2024 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Phonebank for National Popular Vote

Hosted Virtually

Maine is ready to join the National Popular Vote compact! Phonebank with us to spread the word to your fellow Mainers.

Saturday, Jan 13, 2024 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Poverty, Immigration, & Voting

EQUALITY COMMUNITY CENTER, 15 Casco St, Portland

Join the League of Women Voters of Maine’s Youth Council for a conversation about the intersections of poverty, immigration, and voting.
Designed and facilitated by young people, the panel will feature guests from the community who have first-hand experience on this topic. This event will be a hybrid event!

Thursday, Jan 11, 2024 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Phonebank for National Popular Vote

Hosted Virtually

Maine is ready to join the National Popular Vote compact! Phonebank with us to spread the word to your fellow Mainers.

Wednesday, Jan 10, 2024 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Local Government Volunteer Kickoff

HOSTED ON ZOOM, 59 Oak Point Rd, Trenton

Join to hear about all of the local government projects the League is working on for 2024 and how you can contribute to them!

Tuesday, Jan 9, 2024 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

LWV-Bangor Book Group

BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY, 145 Harlow St, Bangor

Join the Bangor League for a discussion of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar.

Wednesday, Jan 3, 2024 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Gun Safety Day of Action

MAINE STATE HOUSE, 210 State St, Augusta

Mark your calendars for a Gun Safety Day of Action, when Mainers from across the state will descend on the State House to demand that our legislators pass strong gun safety legislation in 2024.

Wednesday, Dec 27, 2023 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Downeast Book Group

Hosted On Zoom

Join us for our monthly book group. For December, we've chosen How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, by Jason Stanley.