Close to 100 Attend FAM May Day Celebration
     INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY, local politics, amateur theatrics and good food were all on offer Sunday, April 27, at the Solidarity Center in Brewer when Food AND Medicine hosted its 4^th annual May Day event.
     Nearly 100 people squeezed into the hall to hear presentations by Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe, Canadian labor leader Ron Oldfield, organizers of the recently recognized child-care union, and many others. U.S. Senate candidate Tom Allen (prevented from being there due to the illness of his wife) sent along a video greeting.
     Entertainment was provided by FAM's new Working Chorus, who serenaded the gathering with old labor standards and new creations, including a pantomimed skit with musical accompaniment on the value of secure employment. Recent graduates of FAM's Worker Center community-steward training staged a raucous commencement.
     Another new program of FAM--Cooks of the World, Unite!--prepared some of the food (including a delicious shepherds pie) and organized the contribution of all the rest, from a dozen or more attendees.
     Food committee captain and FAM board member Marylee McDonald, commenting on the impressive turnout as well as the careful planning that led up to the event, said: "We had twice as many people as last year, and yet it was only half as hard to pull off."

Rock Show Brings Energy to Worker Center
It was an hour into the second Worker Center of Eastern ME concert at the Solidarity Center, and Belfast experimental rock act Full Contact Kitty had just finished their set. A crowd filled the hall, ready to shout, cheer, dance, and pound their fists in the air. But for the moment, FAM volunteer Mario Moretto held their attention.. Click here to continue reading.

Full House for Food AND Medicine's
Annual Membership Meeting on Jan. 24
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Act Now to Help Maine Children in Foster Care
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Click here for a video of the Halloween trip through the Underworld featuring job stress, pension loss, health care failure, & crushing debt. Worker solidarity is the only way to slay these monsters. Created by William Rice for the Eastern Maine Labor Council & Food AND Medicine.