Endorsements

Anti-union neoliberalism must go. Public servants need to defend the people who get them elected, not big money corporate interests. Our economic system has privatized the gains and socialized the losses through multiple recessions— so the wealth disparity only grows. We need strong union policies, worker-owned manufacturing development run by a sustainable infrastructure, and greater support to small businesses.

I am so grateful for this endorsement from Maine Youth for Climate Justice! Social and economic justice is inextricably tied to the health of our environment. Creating a more efficient and regenerative infrastructure can take power away from the ultra-wealthy and give it to us. Quarterly profits founded on cultural, communal, and planetary destruction will not continue if we the people localize and take ownership of the systems that support our lives. Energy, food, water, education, housing, healthcare, and a healthy environment must be accessible to all people in our state, country, and world. Asking how we pay for it is a joke— how do we not pay for saving our planet and the people who are most impacted by capitalism’s exploitation and untethered consumption. 

“Dear Nicolas,

I am writing to inform you that Maine Youth for Climate Justice has formally endorsed you for State House, representing District 130.

Maine Youth for Climate Justice is a statewide coalition connecting young activists fighting for climate action and equity. The coalition is composed of; ME Strikes, Sunrise Maine, Coastal Youth Climate Coalition, Mount Desert Island ECO Team, Climate Emergency Action Coalition, Maine Youth Action Network, [earth], Community Water Justice, Waynflete Environmental Action Group, Bates Environmental Coalition and Sunrise Hub, Baxter Academy Environmental Club, Center for an Ecology-Based Economy, Sunrise Colby, SolaRISE Portland, Maine Youth Environmental Association, Sunrise Portland, Sunrise Bowdoin, 350 Maine, and youth representatives on the Maine Climate Council.

Our endorsements were contingent upon candidates' climate policy, recognition of the intersectionality between the climate crisis and social justice, and being in support of plans such as Renew New England’s regional Green New Deal project. 

You can find the MYCJ coalition on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Thank you for running and for your commitment to climate justice. As youth, we look to you to listen to the voices of young people in your community.

Best,

Anna Siegel

(she/her)

ME Strikes Co-Organizing Director

Maine Youth for Climate Justice”

Renew New England is forming the coalitions necessary for domestic, regional, and local resilience built on a green jobs guarantee, affordable housing creation, increased access to healthcare, and social and economic justice. I am so thankful for their endorsement and to be a part of this movement.