by Laurie Coldwell | Apr 23, 2024 | Blog
04/07/24 – After settling in at the Westin on Saturday night, it gave me and my group pretty much the whole day Sunday to explore and get acclimated with our surroundings in the immediate vicinity, since the Disability Policy Seminar didn’t officially begin...
by Laurie Coldwell | Apr 18, 2024 | Blog
Now that I’ve had some time to regroup, I can tell you all more about my trip to Washington. Let’s start with how I got there . . . 04/06/24 – Ordinarily, it would have been a straight shot for Monique, Stacy, Rose, and Regina to drive three hours to Bangor from...
by Laurie Coldwell | Jan 11, 2024 | Blog
Greetings Self-Advocates! It is legislative season! With that our Statewide Legislative meetings start this Tuesday January 16th at 1:00 pm. These legislative meetings are a great way to learn about what is going on with bills at...
by Laurie Coldwell | Sep 26, 2023 | Blog
I don’t want this to turn into a politically charged discussion. But it’s impossible to ignore how terrible our current political climate has gotten in recent times. I feel like humanity has lost its way to an extent because of it. I don’t know how else to get through...
by Laurie Coldwell | May 4, 2023 | Blog
Good morning. How’s it going. I Jon went to the Statehouse on Monday May 1st to Testify on LD 1666 which is the SSI & the Marriage Penalty bill. The Statehouse was busy when I testified on LD 1666 to the Health and Human Services Committee. I want to...