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Allies and Partners

Collaboration with other Maine groups is an integral part of MPA’s success. Please explore the links below to learn more about the following organizations working with MPA for a better Maine:

Affordable Housing

Center for Community Change (CCC)
http://www.communitychange.org/issues/housingtrustfunds/

Portland Tenants Union
http://www.portlandtenants.org/

 

Environmental Organizations

Environmental Health Strategy Center
http://www.preventharm.org/

Maine League of Conservation Voters
http://www.mlcv.org/

Natural Resources Council of Maine
http://www.maineenvironment.org/

National Resources Defense Council
http://www.nrdc.org/

 

Fair and Clean Elections

Common Cause Maine
http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b
=1779431

Maine Citizens for Clean Elections
http://www.mainecleanelections.org/

 

Funding and Support

Maine Initiatives
http://www.maineinitiatives.org/

 

Health Care

Consumers for Affordable Health Care (CAHC)
http://www.mainecahc.org/coaltion/default.htm

Family Planning Association of Maine
http://www.mainefamilyplanning.org/

Food and Medicine
http://www.foodandmedicine.org/index.html

Maine Labor Group on Health
http://www.mlgh.org/

Maine Public Health Association
http://www.mcph.org/mpha/MPHAindex.html

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)
http://www.pnhp.org/

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
http://www.ppnne.org/

Universal Healthcare Action Network (UHCAN)
http://www.uhcan.org/

 

Labor and Trade Associations

Greater Bangor Area Central Labor Council
http://www.gbaclc.org/

Maine AFL-CIO
http://www.maineaflcio.org/

Maine Education Association (MEA)
http://www.maine.nea.org/

Maine State Employees Association
http://www.mseaseiu.org/

Maine State Employees Association - SEIU Local 1989
http://www.mseaseiu.org/

Maine State Nurses Association
http://www.mainenurse.org/

Maine Trial Lawyers Association
http://www.mtla.org/me/

Teamsters Local 340
http://www.teamsterslocal340.org/default.htm

 

National and Regional Affiliations

Americans United
http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/

Americans United to Protect Social Security
http://www.americansforsocialsecurity.com/

Center for Community Change (CCC)
http://www.communitychange.org/

Connecticut Citizen Action Group
http://www.ccag.net/index.htm

Northeast Action
http://www.neaction.org/

US Action
http://www.usaction.org/

 

Peace and International Outreach

Peace through Interamerican Community Action
http://www.pica.ws/

Peace Action Maine
http://www.peaceactionme.org/

 

Research and Policy

Katahdin Institute
http://www.katahdininstitute.org/

Engage Maine
www.maineblueprint.org

Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP)
http://www.mecep.org/

Maine Equal Justice Partners (MEJP)
http://www.mejp.org/

Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission (MITSC)
http://www.mitsc.org/

 

Social and Economic Justice

Equality Maine
http://www.mlgpa.org/

Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
http://www.immigrantlegaladvocacy.org/

Maine Asso. of Interdependent Neighborhoods (MAIN)
http://www.bairnet.org/organizations/main/default.htm

Maine Coalition for Tribal Sovereignty
http://www.penobscotnation.org/coalition.htm

Maine Council of Senior Citizens
http://www.maineaflcio.org/mcsc%20index.htm

Maine Women's Lobby
http://www.mainewomen.org/homeMWL.htm

Many and One Coalition
http://www.manyandone.org/

NAACP Portland Branch
http://www.naacpportland.org/

POWER: Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights
http://povertyontrial.org/index.html

The League
http://portlandme.indyvoter.org/

Voices for Change
http://www.cccvoicesforchange.org/

 

Working together for a better Maine

Some recent successes achieved through work with our allies and partners:

Sudan Divestment (April 2006): MPA works with allies Fur Cultural Revival, Peace Action Maine and the NAACP Portland Branch to help pass a bill requiring the Maine State Retirement System to divest itself of holdings in companies which do business with the government of Sudan... read more

MPA helps defeat Question 1 (November 2005): working with coalition partners EqualityMaine Foundation, Maine Citizen Leadership Fund, Maine Women’s Policy Center, and the League of Young Voters Education Fund, MPA helps to keep discrimination illegal in Maine.

MPA works with Visible Community to stop a plan to demolish low-income housing and build a boulevard in the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in Lewiston... read more

 

 

Maine People’s Alliance—Organizing for a Better Maine!