A CITIZEN'S ADVOCACY GROUP
Milford Speaks Out: Founded January 2017
DEDICATED TO BRINGING ABOUT A FAIR AND JUST COMMUNITY THRU EDUCATION AND ACTION
DEDICATED TO BRINGING ABOUT A FAIR AND JUST COMMUNITY THRU EDUCATION AND ACTION
2020
MSO Volunteers
Some members of MSO recently volunteered at Food 2 Kids, a program that feeds local children who have little or no food resources during the weekend away from school. For more information re Food 2 Kids: https://www.milfordfood2kids.org/
Voter Outreach Projects
MSO is reaching out to voters across America by participating in Postcards to Voters &
Vote Forward letters
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Milford Speaks Out looks at legislative session
State Senator James Maroney presented and answered questions regarding “What’s Ahead in the Upcoming Legislative Session."
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SAFETY PIN INITIATIVE
Wearing a Safety pin symbolizes “I'm an ally...All those exposed to hate and violence, you're not alone...."
Safety Pin - Resistance, Solidarity & Hope
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GO TO Archived Content below to review an extensive list of our accomplishments and actions
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Medicare for All and the Public Option: What’s the Difference?
We’ve heard endless amounts from the Democratic presidential hopefuls about their health care reform proposals. But the latest Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll reveals substantial public confusion about them. In short, the proposals fall into two camps, Medicare for All and a public option. Here’s a cheat sheet explaining their key differences.
https://www.laprogressive.com/public-health-insurance/
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DEDICATED TO BRINGING ABOUT A FAIR AND JUST COMMUNITY THRU EDUCATION AND ACTION
DEDICATED TO BRINGING ABOUT A FAIR AND JUST COMMUNITY THRU EDUCATION AND ACTION
Meetings are held
the second Sunday
of the month at 4:00 p.m.
Fowler Building
45 New Haven Avenue
Milford, CT
DUE TO COVID-19 MEETINGS ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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For RBG: Today We Grieve, Tomorrow We Fight
'Now we cry, soon we vote. May her memory be a blessing, and a revolution.'
"I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks."
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg #RIPRBG
https://www.commondreams.org/further/2020/09/18/rbg-today-we-grieve-tomorrow-we-fight
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IMPORTANT UPDATE
9-13-20
Note: The "Where Do They Stand" panel discussion scheduled for today has been cancelled.
From the ECC:
We wanted to have a balanced conversation about environmental issues facing Milford, but unfortunately were no longer able to do so and had to make the difficult decision to cancel the event. We will be in touch with information about future events.
Where Do They Stand?
Area Republican and Democratic candidates for State Representative and State Senate will participate in a forum discussing issues related to environmental concerns in Milford.
When: Sunday, September 13 at 2 PM
Where: The Rotary pavilion (behind the library) - Milford CT
This event is co-sponsored by the Milford Public Library and the Environmental Concerns Coalition.
Strict social distancing will be enforced and masks will be required.
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To End 'Unconstitutional Nightmare,' ACLU Sues Trump Administration Over Use of Secret Police in Portland
"This is a fight to save our democracy."
The lawsuit (pdf) against DHS and the U.S. Marshals Service—filed on behalf of legal observers and journalists who were recently assaulted by federal agents in Portland—aims to "block federal law enforcement from dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, or using physical force against journalists or legal observers." One of the plaintiffs, freelance photographer Matthew Lewis-Rolland, was shot in the back ten times with impact munitions during a recent demonstration.
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‘Donald Trump is the most successful bio-terrorist in human history’: psychologist
Ultimately, Donald Trump’s fascism, his apparent mental pathologies, and his sabotaged response to the coronavirus are not discrete and separate things. Rather, they are all connected.
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How companies and individuals can use Juneteenth to practice active allyship
Two Black female leaders whose careers have focused on helping build more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations explain how to commemorate Juneteenth and encourage equality and inclusivity.
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Anatomy of a man-made disaster: 320 ways Donald Trump failed to protect us from the coronavirus
Leaked CDC report: ‘Significant risk of resurgence of the virus’ under Trump’s plan to reopen the economy
People with COVID-19 may be infectious days before symptoms: study
As the pandemic has spread, many nations that initially advised only individuals with symptoms to self-isolate and wear masks have expanded their responses to measures that apply across the board.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said up to a quarter of people who are infected may be asymptomatic.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/people-with-covid-19-may-be-infectious-days-before-symptoms-study/
Indictment of Trump and a Warning: 90% of US Coronavirus Deaths Could Have Been Prevented With Swifter Action
Eight Republican governors still have not issued statewide stay-at-home orders as deaths in the U.S. top 26,000.
Trump’s Failed Coronavirus Response
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/04/15/trumps-failed-coronavirus-response
Trump PR Stunt Falls Flat, as White House Video Exposes His Failure to Prepare for Pandemic
He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus
An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his faith in his own instincts led to a halting response.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-response.html
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7 science-based strategies to help deal with coronavirus anxiety
March 16, 2020
By PsyPost
https://this.kiji.is/612006438585844833?c=592622757532812385
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TIPS FROM TESSA
Notes from San Francisco
Planning and Prep for
Shelter In Place
Food Planning
Assume 3 meals a day. Count the mouths to feed. Then decide how many of these meals require fresh food.
1. Oatmeal and mixes for pancakes & waffles are good options. If you run out of milk for cold cereal, consider powdered milk or buy half & half (longer shelf life).
2. Make sandwiches and soups. Freeze some loaves of bread, if you have space.
3. Cooking dinner can break up your work-from-home boredom. If you have kids this is an opportunity to get them off the “devices” and talking about history, art, and politics.
- Buy Beans and Pasta and rice as well as canned tomatoes and frozen vegetables. . These went quickly off the shelves.
- Freeze butter.
- Try to get ahead by freezing enough for 5-7 full meals coming up.
- Drugs and alcohol are not advised when you want to keep your immunity up.
No Hoarding! Share with Neighbors! Be a Good Citizen! Shop Local!
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Registering to Vote in CT
- Am I eligible to vote in CT?
- Am I registered to vote in CT?
- Register to Vote Online
- Voter Registration Paper Form
- Voter Registration Deadlines
- Voter ID Requirements in CT
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DO THIS NOT THAT: Stop The Spread of False Information on Social Media
Vetting news and information is as much the responsibility of consumers as those producing it. Every click on a sensationalized headline increases revenue and boosts production of false and misleading stories. That’s why it’s up to all of us to do our due diligence.
https://www.suitupmaine.org/not-stop-spread-false-information-social-media/
NEWS & INFORMATION
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NEWS & INFORMATION
Keeping Score – Trump’s Broken Promises
663 promises – Which Ones Did Trump Keep?
http://reclaimtheamericandream.org/2020/09/keeping-score-trumps-broken-promises/
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PTSD expert: Americans are being ‘psychologically abused’ by Trump and will face health crisis for years
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'Reckless Homicide': Audio Tapes Reveal Trump Knew Covid-19 Was 'Deadly Stuff' for Months While Publicly Downplaying Threat
Critics reserved some outrage for veteran journalist Bob Woodward, who learned the president was lying to the public about the pandemic in March.
"If Woodward's on-tape revelations don’t persuade the nation to turn its political back on Trump, McConnell, and those who have enabled them, Lord help this nation."
"It will reveal more about who we are than who Trump is."
—Rev. Dr. William Barber, Poor People's Campaign
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“#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump”
New documentary raises alarms about Trump’s mental health — and exposes his ‘all-consuming narcissism’
AVAILABLE ON DEMAND 9-1-2020
Through the words and analysis of leading mental health professionals, #UNFIT discusses DSM-5 disorders, their danger, and the doctors' own Duty to Warn. They introduce the syndrome known as malignant narcissism and explain how it is responsible for great inhumanity throughout history. They liken its symptoms to Trump's behavior.
“#Unfit” is “about providing examples — and admittedly, very little of this is new — of Trump’s word and deeds through the decades reinforcing his belief in unfounded conspiracy theories; his utter lack of personal loyalty…. his inability to experience normal human empathy or even a hint of remorse; his sadistic and vindictive joy in getting even or seeing others fail, and his all-consuming narcissism as he processes virtually every experience through a me-first filter.”
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THE COMPLETE LISTING
(SO FAR):
ATROCITIES 1-842
Early in President Trump’s term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We called this list a collection of Trump’s cruelties, collusions, and crimes, and it felt urgent then to track them, to ensure these horrors — happening almost daily — would not be forgotten. This election year, amid a harrowing global health, civil rights, humanitarian, and economic crisis, we know it’s never been more critical to note these horrors, to remember them, and to do all in our power to reverse them. This list will be updated between now and the November 2020 Presidential election.
To be read before the 2020 Presidential Election.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-so-far-atrocities-1-842
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AN ACT CONCERNING POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
CT General Assembly
Bill No. LCO No. 3471
https://mcusercontent.com/8a37762bc60c7b869e73e4ce1/files/daf34df1-104c-45c4-a20f-767ebb74aef1/2020LCO03471_R00_BIL.pdf
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'Now Is Not the Time for More Studies': Sanders Rips Weak GOP Bill and Demands End to Police Immunity
"Now is the time to hold racist and corrupt police officers and police departments accountable for their actions."
"Now is the time to implement far-reaching reforms that will protect people and communities that have suffered police brutality, torture, and murder for far too long."
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What it means to be anti-racist
It’s not enough to be “not racist,” experts and educators say.
“THE OPPOSITE OF ‘RACIST’ ISN’T ‘NOT RACIST.’ IT IS ‘ANTI-RACIST.’”
https://www.vox.com/2020/6/3/21278245/antiracist-racism-race-books-resources-antiracism
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'This Is No Game': Trump Considering Insurrection Act to Deploy Military to US City Streets as Protests Continue
"Abuse of power and systemic racism are a deadly combination, particularly for people of color and Indigenous Peoples, who are disproportionately criminalized and targeted by weaponized policing around the world—destroying lives, families, and communities, denying people their basic humanity and dignity, and violating their rights," the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) said in a statement of solidarity with the protest movement.
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May the Screams and Tears and Protests Shake the Very Conscience of This Nation
If we want to reach a better place on the other side of this, we must refuse to be comforted too quickly.
by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
African Americans are three times more likely to die from particulate air pollution than our fellow Americans. The percentage of black children suffering from asthma is nearly double that of white people, and the death rate is 10 times higher. This is but a reflection of the fissures of inequality that run through every institution in our public life, where the black wealth gap, education gap and healthcare gap have persisted despite the civil rights movement, legal desegregation and symbolic affirmative action. We understand that the same mentality that will accept and defend the violence of armed officers against unarmed black people will also send black, brown and poor people into harm’s way during a pandemic in the name of “liberty” and “the economy”.
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Infection Prevention for COVID-19: An Illustrated Summary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgttqozWzBQ&authuser=0
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10 ways to spot online misinformation
https://theconversation.com/10-ways-to-spot-online-misinformation-132246
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Cloth face coverings or higher level of protection required in public wherever close contact is unavoidable:
Effective at 8:00 p.m. on April 20, 2020
Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings.html
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Governor Lamont Orders Connecticut’s Presidential Primary Election Further Rescheduled to August 11
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Please visit ct.gov/Coronavirus. The website is updated regularly with the state's response to COVID-1. It also includes the latest figures on testing for the virus and the locations where patients have turned up positive. And the Centers for Disease Control has a wealth of information about the virus on its website.
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Gov. Lamont Moves Presidential Primary to June 2 Due to Coronavirus Concerns
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CONNECTICUT VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING
Voters can check their current registration status at myvote.ct.gov/lookup, and make any desired changes to their registration at myvote.ct.gov/register.
Unaffiliated voters – voters who are not registered with any party – and new voters have until Thursday, August 6th to
register online, by mail, or at the DMV with the party in whose primary they’d like to participate, and until Monday, August 10th to register in person.
Connecticut will hold the Democratic and Republican presidential primary elections on Tuesday, August 11th.
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Never give up fighting for a more just society.
BALLOTPEDIA
7 simple reasons to vote
NEWS & INFORMATION
7 simple reasons to vote
7 simple reasons to vote
7 simple reasons to vote
- 1. Democracy breaks if nobody votes
- 2. Voting is part of independence and thinking for yourself
- 3. Voting is the great equalizer
- 4. Voting is how you take part in something bigger than yourself
- 5. Elected officials pay attention to people who vote
- 6. Refusing to vote is not rebellion; it is surrender
- 7. Voting really does matter
https://the-parallax.com/2018/11/05/7-simple-reasons-vote/
Good News Resources
7 simple reasons to vote
7 simple reasons to vote
CommonDreams.org
MilfordMirror.com
CTNewsJunkie.com
Propublica.org
Rawstory.com
TheDailyBeast.com
RandiRhodes.com
(Click on Homework tab)
Slate.com
Politico.com
Vox.com
TheAtlantic.com
HuffingtonPost.com
CTMirror.org
DailyKos.com
NPR.org
CTEnvironment.org
VIDEO/TV NEWS SOURCES
MGAT – Milford Government Access Television has a YouTube channel
CT-N CONNECTICUT NETWORK:
ctn.state.ct.us
C-SPAN Cable Network
cspan.org
TRACKING and petitioning GOVERNMENT
U.S. Federal Government GovTrack.us
U.S. Federal Government GovTrack.us
U.S. Federal Government GovTrack.us
GovTrack.us tracks the United States Congress and helps Americans participate in their national legislature.
They publish the status of federal legislation, information about your representative and senators in Congress including voting records, and original research on legislation and congressional oversight & investigations.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/
State Government Connecticut
U.S. Federal Government GovTrack.us
U.S. Federal Government GovTrack.us
Here are some resources to help track the happenings in Hartford:
CGA Website: View the General Assembly's schedule of events, stream the House and Senate sessions online via CT-N, or track a bill.
OpenConnecticut: Allows residents to track state government’s spending in real time and is operated by the Comptroller's office.
https://www.osc.ct.gov/openct.html
Municipal Government - Milford
U.S. Federal Government GovTrack.us
Municipal Government - Milford
City of Milford website:
View information regarding Milford's government.
Petitioning Our Government
Petitioning Our Government
Municipal Government - Milford
The right to petition government for redress of grievances is the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear of punishment or reprisals, ensured by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution (1791).
Saving Our Planet
Petitioning Our Government
Saving Our Planet
https://prospect.org/greennewdeal
- Green New Deal: The Urgent Realism of Radical Change
A socially just Green New Deal is far more feasible than skeptics think, as policy and technology. The challenge is the politics - .Getting to a Carbon-Free Economy
The urgent is attainable, and at entirely affordable cost - Dreamers With Shovels
How the first New Deal remade America
FACTS MATTER
Petitioning Our Government
Saving Our Planet
FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Their goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
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ARCHIVED CONTENT
TRUMP/NATIONAL NEWS 2019
History of Milford Speaks Out Activities and Accomplishments
History of Milford Speaks Out Activities and Accomplishments
THE UNFILTERED THOUGHTS OF VOTERS WHO’VE SWITCHED
Ryan GrimFebruary 2 2020, 9:41 a.m.
THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY has been highly volatile, with one candidate after another rising ... and then falling, as Democratic primary voters, locked in on the singular task of ousting Donald Trump, bounced from one hopeful to the next.
https://theintercept.com/2020/02/02/voters-switched-candidates/
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DOJ Inspector General's Report On The Russia Investigation
https://oig.justice.gov/press/2019/2019-12-09.pdf
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Congress Has No Other Option Than to Impeach and Remove the President From Office
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/11/22/congress-has-no-other-option-impeach-and-remove-president-office
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The (Full) Case for Impeachment
A menu of high crimes and misdemeanors.
By Jonathan Chait
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/the-full-case-for-trump-impeachment.html
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LISTEN: Audio emerges of Trump suggesting Ukraine whistleblower should be executed
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/listen-audio-emerges-of-trump-suggesting-ukraine-whistleblower-should-be-executed/
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READ IT: Whistleblower’s complaint on Trump Ukraine call released
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf
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THE INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP
PDF download: A Primer for the Increasingly Dangerous Case of Donald Trump
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Understanding our bully-in-chief: Donald Trump’s ‘antisocial personality disorder’ fits a pattern
Paul Rosenberg, Salon- Commentary
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/understanding-our-bully-in-chief-donald-trumps-antisocial-personality-disorder-fits-a-pattern/
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Adam Schiff Used Mueller to Paint a Damning Portrait of Trump’s Russia Connections
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/watch-adam-schiff-robert-mueller-testimony-863098/
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Timeline of Trump and Obstruction of Justice: Key Dates and Events
https://www.justsecurity.org/45987/timeline-trump-obstruction-justice-key-dates-events/
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Trump’s support comes almost entirely from Fox News viewers: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trumps-support-comes-almost-entirely-from-fox-news-viewers/
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https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/can-american-people-protect-dangerous-leaders-like-one-weve-got/ **********************************
Read and search the full Mueller report
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/politics/full-mueller-report-pdf/index.html
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What Happens if Obamacare Is Struck Down?
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/health/obamacare-trump-health.html
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Trump Proposed Budget Cuts Social Safety Net by Trillions
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/11/trillions-safety-net-cuts-bernie-sanders-says-trump-budget-breathtaking-its-degree
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The Making of the Fox News White House
Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?
By Jane Mayer
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house
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THE MOSCOW PROJECT
https://themoscowproject.org/
MARCH 24, 2019
BARR’S LETTER SHOWS WHY WE NEED TO SEE THE FULL MUELLER REPORT NOW
https://themoscowproject.org/dispatch/barrs-letter-shows-why-we-need-to-see-the-full-mueller-report-now/
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How Trump’s radical Republican tax cut broke the economy
DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, DC REPORT - COMMENTARY https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trumps-radical-republican-tax-cut-broke-economy/
History of Milford Speaks Out Activities and Accomplishments
History of Milford Speaks Out Activities and Accomplishments
History of Milford Speaks Out Activities and Accomplishments
Here's a short list:
Understanding Islam - Arranged for Imam Sami Andul Aziz to speak at Milford Library
Created #PlanetPledge video on YouTube
Initiated event for Tim Snyder to speak
at Milford Democratic Town Committee
#FightBackCT to resist Trump Administration budget, with training members and door knocking
Fought United Illuminating's rollout of
4000K streetlamps (and won)
Supported Ordinance to ban
Fracking Waste Storage in Milford
Invited Steve Johnson to speak about
environmental and ecological issues
Assisted with organizing and participated in #Hate Has No Home Here rally on Milford Green
Rallied in New Haven in support of
Affordable Care Act
Rallied in Hartford with NOW-CT
(National Organization for Women)
Arranged informational meeting regarding "Aging at Home" options
Encouraged Milford Speaks Out members to run for office & supported them vigorously!
Participated in 2017 Memorial Day Parade as part of Veteran's Health advocacy
Created and distributed Milford Speaks Out Guide to Citizenship in Milford
Organized and held Families Belong Together rally in front of Milford City Hall
Held Speak Out Saturdays
throughout the summer of 2018
in front of Milford City Hall
Dave Duffner’s event “Thanks for Coming” honoring immigrant’s contributions to Milford
Co-sponsored with Milford Public Library “Life on Parole”
The Otherness Project Series
Safety Pin Project
UN International Day of Peace Celebration and Re-dedication of Milford's Peace Pole
Nobody is Above the Law
Impeachment Eve Rally
Continue to spread information on events, training and actions in the Greater New Haven Area via meetings, emails, social media
Inpirational Quotes
History of Milford Speaks Out Activities and Accomplishments
Inpirational Quotes
"PEACE cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through UNDERSTANDING"
"There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights"
"It is possible to achieve our goals, but we need decisions, political will and transformational policies to allow us to still live in peace with our own climate."
-UN General-Secretary Antonio Guterres
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IMPEACHMENT
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Adam Schiff’s opening argument charges that ‘Trump corruptly abused the powers of the presidency’
“When a man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habits—despotic in his ordinary demeanour—known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty—when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity—to join in the cry of danger to liberty—to take every opportunity of embarrassing the General Government & bringing it under suspicion—to flatter and fall in with all the non sense of the zealots of the day—It may justly be suspected that his object is to throw things into confusion that he may ‘ride the storm and direct the whirlwind.’”
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/read-it-adam-schiffs-opening-argument-charges-that-trump-corruptly-abused-the-powers-of-the-presidency/
5 of the strongest moments from Adam Schiff’s opening statement of Trump’s impeachment trial
The Full House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Report https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uploads/
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