Healthcare Justice Campaign: Celebrating Maryland Victories and Getting Ready for Annapolis!
Our amazing Task Force leaders, supporters and local healthcare partners like the Leisure World Progressive Club showed up in a big way for the 2024 elections! Thanks to everyone who did door knocking, phone banking, voter registration work and poll canvassing. Two of our Task Force leaders wrote critical opinion pieces on Hogan’s real record on healthcare. They got wide circulation including a guest op-ed in the Baltimore Sun just before the election. We’re excited about the Alsobrooks Senate victory and about the outcome of critical Congressional races. Congratulations to all the new members who are headed to Washington!
Now we’re back to organizing for critical health insurance reforms we can push to pass here in Maryland. Help us decide the focus of our 2025 legislation in Annapolis–take the survey here.
We’ll be checking in with you in the coming days to see how you’re doing, to offer support, and ways to process the national election results. There are bright spots in places around the country and we’ll share round ups of those as we get them along with links to national calls about our next steps to fight MAGA. Email Patty for more info or if you would just like to talk.
Environmental Justice: EJTF Leaders go toe-to-toe with Question H
The Environmental Justice Task Force held a productive research meeting with Councilwoman Phylicia Porter at the Boys & Girls Club in Westport. EJTF leader Mikal Rashid led the meeting, where participants shared various ideas on increasing trash pickup and recycling. And in support of Senate President Bill Ferguson’s recent announcement (shared on October 18) stating that 2025 would be the year to end financial subsidies for incineration, Councilwoman Porter will soon introduce a council resolution calling on Maryland legislators to support the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act (RREA).
Furthermore, for the EJTF’s final Day of Action in Democrat Angela Alsobrooks’ race against former Republican Governor Larry Hogan, EJTF leaders Imani Harvill, Zack Buster, and Aaron Knishkowy knocked on over 277 doors in Cherry Hill. Most community members, especially women, expressed concerns about abortion rights, which, based on Hogan’s veto record, do not align with his positions.
Then, on Election Day SirJames and EJTF leader Imani Harvill supported the “Baltimore City Not For Sale Coalition and went toe-to-toe with David Smith’s question H, which was a conservative agenda to strip representation from poorer communities in Baltimore by reducing city council seats from 14 to 8 seats. That chicanery failed miserably, and the over $400,000 spent by David smith went down the drain.
Meanwhile, for those of you that live in MOCO and would like to support our fight to end renewable energy credits in support of the wealth of incineration, the Montgomery County Delegation is holding a virtual legislative priority meeting next Monday, November 18 at 7pm. To support our cause, you would join the call and ask that the delegation make the Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2025 a legislative priority. If you would like to throw down with the EJTF please send our Environmental Justice Organizer, Sir James, an email here.
Lastly, the EJTF will be holding a follow-up meeting with councilwoman Porter and final EJTF community meeting to discuss tactics to secure a win for the RREA in the upcoming legislative session— so stay tuned!
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