Category: Chloe Maxmin
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Campaign Updates
Hello everyone! I know that it has been a while since I posted on this website. My life has been consumed by my campaign for the House Seat in Maine’s District 88, which includes Chelsea, Whitefield, Jefferson, and part of Nobleboro (my hometown). We’re building momentum towards the Democratic Primary on June 12th. The best…
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Maine Rising with Fowsia Musse: ‘We are stronger because of our circumstances, not weaker’
This is the second in my series for the Maine Beacon called “Maine Rising,” which profiles young leaders across Maine. This week on Maine Rising, we speak with Fowsia Musse. She is a New Mainer, mother of three, community health outreach worker, executive director of Maine Community Integration, and a cancer patient navigator from Somalia…
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Youth Reflect on Paris Withdrawel
These are reflections from Brianna Johnson and Courtney Plummer, two young women who work with Global Kids. Here they share their thoughts on Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. Brianna Johnson Global Kids Alumna; Current Binghamton University Student; Attended COP21 in Paris Trump’s announcement that the US is pulling out of…
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How Harvard Divestment Was Won
I know that I haven’t written a piece in a while, but here is my most recent Nation article about Divest Harvard the coming age of local political power. How Harvard Divestment Was Won Harvard Management Company executive Colin Butterfield recently took divestment activists by surprise when he announced that he would not invest in…
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What We Vote For
This post was produced with support from Clean Air Moms Action. All opinions are, of course, my own. I am 24 years old. In my lifetime, the climate crisis has evolved from a challenge that could have been easily confronted into a monumental, world-changing, historic, unprecedented catastrophe that threatens everything that we love and care…
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This Election Has Exposed the Climate Movement’s Lack of Political Muscle
My new piece in The Nation! This Election Has Exposed the Climate Movement’s Lack of Political Muscle Greenpeace activists perform next to a giant life ring to bring attention to climate change in Cancun, Mexico. (Reuters / Henry Romero) The 2016 election should set off a huge alarm for anyone who cares about the future…
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Ashley Funk on First Here, Then Everywhere
This month, check out the work of Ashley Funk! Ashley grew up in an old mining town in rural Pennsylvania and understood the impacts of fossil fuels from an early age. She knew that political change was necessary to protect communities like her home, but Ashley was still too young to vote. So she worked with…
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When Schools Say No to Divestment
My new piece in The Nation! When Schools Say No to Divestment How do students find the power, passion, and courage to continue the climate fight after that emphatic “no”? Hundreds protest Harvard University’s fossil-fuel investments in April 2015. (Photo courtesy of 350.org) Sophie Harrison was sitting in Stanford University’s library finalizing her senior…
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On Climate, Government Now Violates Declaration of Independence. One Example From Maine…
My new piece in The Nation! A saga around fracked gas in Maine is one of many examples that demonstrate how our political elites’ now violate the Declaration of Independence when it comes to climate change. Maine Governor Puts His State on Fracking’s Frontlines The gap between climate justice and climate policy is now so profound…
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Garrett Blad on First Here, Then Everywhere!
I’m very excited this month to feature someone who I’m honored to be a part of this movement with: Garrett Blad, an insightful activist and artist. Read about his work creating handmade collages to reflect social change and his powerful interview on the importance of art in social movements. As Garrett, said, “Art can share…
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