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May 23rd, 2015 | Tags: bangor, flotilla, SEEDS for Justice | Category: Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Events, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Penobscot Nation, Photo, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Towns, other, Uncategorized, United States, Video |
On May 23, 2015, people converged on the Penobscot River in Bangor to show their support of the Penobscot Nation’s rights over its ancestral territory- the waters of the Penobscot River. The State of Maine issued a letter to the tribe in 2012, redefining the Penobscot’s territory to NOT include the River itself, a direct departure from historical treaties and previous interpretation of treaties and the Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980 by the State of Maine.
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April 30th, 2015 | Tags: Bucksport, Maria Girouard, Penobscot | Category: Community Rights, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Maine, Multimedia, News, Penobscot Nation, Photo, Resources, Towns, other, United States | Article by Charles Eichacker | Ellsworth American | April 30, 2015
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January 8th, 2015 | Tags: Alliance for the Common Good, Rally for Unity, Rally of Unity | Category: Community Rights, Defending Water in the Media, East-West Corridor, Events, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Photo, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Resources: Research, Reports, Alternatives, Towns, other, United States, Video | A tremendous showing for community and tribal sovereignty, and water protection
Augusta – Over a hundred Maine citizens and representatives from dozens of organizations joined forces at the State House’s Hall of Flags for the third annual Rally of Unity. The overarching theme for this year’s rally was protection of our water resources and respect for community and tribal sovereignty. Featured speakers included Shenna Bellows, former candidate for U.S. Senate and former Maine Senator Troy Jackson.
Other speakers shared the […]
Continue reading Alliance for Common Good hosts 3rd Annual Rally of Unity
September 27th, 2014 | Tags: campaign nonviolence, end violence, Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine | Category: Climate Change, Community Rights, Defending Water in the Media, Events, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Photo, Resources, Towns, other, United States, Video | One week after hundreds of thousands took part in the People’s Climate Change demonstration in New York City, Mainers came together for a rally and march to connect the dots between climate destruction, poverty and war.
Defending Water for Life in Maine was one of 38 Maine cosponsors for the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine’s “End Violence Together” event that was held on Saturday, September 27 on the Bangor waterfront as part of the national Campaign Nonviolence.
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July 21st, 2014 | Tags: bottling plant, open house, Poland Spring | Category: Events, Fryeburg, Kingfield, Maine, Multimedia, Nestlé, News, Photo, Resources, United States |
April 28th, 2014 | Category: Defending Water in the Media, East-West Corridor, Events, Features, Maine, Multimedia, News, Photo, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Towns, other, United States | Link to orginal BDN article, “20th Annual Hope Festival held at Orono,” and slide show.
ORONO, Maine — The 20th annual Help Organize Peace Earthwide (HOPE) festival was held Saturday, April 26, at University of Maine in Orono.
The festival is held each year to celebrate Earth Day and all the good work being done my more than 60 organizations working to take care of the earth and each other, according to a press release.
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December 17th, 2013 | Category: Audio, Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Legal Tools, Maine, Multimedia, News, Photo, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Rights of Nature, United States | Bangor Daily News , Dec. 14, 2013
CHARLESTON, Maine — Even with extra chairs brought in, it was still standing room only at Saturday’s special town meeting, where residents voted to pass on considering a rights-based ordinance designed to stop the proposed east-west corridor.
The decision to pass over the proposed ordinance nullified it, town officials said.
“There is a flaw in the definition section,” Bob Lodato, one of the backers of the rights-based ordinance, informed those gathered at […]
Continue reading Charleston residents ‘pass over’ ordinance to block east-west highway
Hot pink is Washington county line Yellow is Sunrise area, a group of many small segments of preserves etc Red is the Power line ROW edges to Canada The Greens are preserves provided by standard Google Earth, however more are displayed with the Maine overlays from the website light pink is Passamaquaddy lands the blue is Penobscot lands both as per newest atlas Light blue is the Machias Watershed main tributaries cream colored is the Farm trust land […]
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Based on information from Cianbro as of January 2013
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