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Newsletter #11: Town Halls and the Town Square

Contents: 

1. Update on our 75 Grievances and our Town Hall Invitations

2. Democracy in the Town Square: plans for Sat. April 12 and Sat. April 19

3. Visual Arts and a Brass Band

4. Making it Possible: Raising Resources

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Newsletter #5: Meet, Sing, and March on March 1 in Rockland

Newsletter #5 - February 26, 2025

Contents:

1. On March 1: Meet, Sing, March! 10 AM: MEET AND ORGANIZE at 345 Broadway, Rockland, ME 04841. NOON: PUBLIC SQUARE SINGING at Park and Main in Rockland. 12:30 PM: MARCH to Knox County Courthouse to demand redress of grievances

2. ADVERTISE: tack up these posters around town

3. Photos and Videos from the Die-In February 22 in Camden

4. Photos and Videos from Songs for Democracy February 22 in Rockland

5. NEW! Share Your Creativity Publicly in The Audacity Space

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Midcoast Group The Audacity to Welcome Camden Conference With Songs of Democracy

On Saturday, February 22, members of the local artistic social movement group called The Audacity will interact with visitors to the Camden Conference.

In Rockland, residents of towns from throughout the Midcoast area will meet at the corner of Park and Main streets at noon, rehearsing songs of democracy for a half hour that they have been practicing for the past two weeks. 

The Audacity will serenade conference-goers with pro-democracy, anti-dictator songs, hand out a flier (included as a separate file along with this press release), and welcome conference-goers to join them in song. 

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Newsletter #4: Sing Out For Democracy

Contents of this week’s Newsletter:

Public Actions: 

1. Rockland/Camden Noon Saturday February 22

Rockland and Statewide: Noon on Saturday March 1 

(Private) Call Jared Golden on the SAVE Act

2. Good Work by Working Groups... and how to join in

3. Next Mass Meeting: Sat. March 1 at 10 AM 

4. Activism is Storytelling: Tell Your Story

5. Each one bring one

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Newsletter #3: We Mourned. Now We Organize!

The Audacity Newsletter #3:

Newsletter Contents:

  1. Join a Group to take your Membership to Actionship

  2. Upcoming Audacity Actions and Planning Sessions: A Saturday Activist Trio

  3. Upcoming Actions by Other Movement Groups in Maine

  4. Poll: When Should We Hold Our Next Meeting?

  5. Call for a Planning Circle

  6. Lessons from the February 4 debacle and the February 5 magnificence

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