15.01.08 Third Annual Rally for Unity at State House

Over 100 Maine citizens rallied at the Maine State House Hall of Flags on a sub-zero winter morning. The RALLY OF UNITY was organized by the Alliance for the Common Good, an ad-hoc coalition assembling as a unified front to give voice to ALL Maine people and to push back against corporate dominance in government. Speakers included rally organizer Chris Buchanan, former Maine Civil Liberties Union director Shenna Bellows, Fryeburg resident Nickie Sekera and her 9-year-old son Luke on Nestles/Poland Spring water extraction, Bruce Cheney and Hendrik Gideonse on the proposed East/West Corridor highway, Halcyon Grange No. 345 member Heather Retberg on food sovereignty, Maine Students for Climate Justice organizer Sass (Sarah) Linneken on ecological sustainability, former Maine Senate Majority Leader Troy Jackson on economic justice, Beedy Parker, Jan Carpenter and Naomi Cohen of We the People on corporate citizenship, Southern Maine Workers' Center member Meaghan LaSala on climate justice and Maine-Wabanaki REACH Community Organizer Maria Girouard on Native American issues.