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Activate Maine Blog
Mental Health & Wellbeing


Mutual Aid: We Are Our Most Powerful Resource
An 82-year-old notary in Boothbay Harbor offered to waive her fee for couples getting married during uncertain times — a powerful example of mutual aid in action. At Activate Maine, we believe community care goes beyond the rallies. This is how we keep the momentum going.
karenegeemaine
Jul 102 min read


Can We Still Believe People Are Basically Good?
Opinion, Portland Press Herald, July 7, 2025 : https://www.pressherald.com/2025/07/07/can-we-still-believe-people-are-basically-good-opi...
karenegeemaine
Jul 83 min read


Look For The Helpers
Karen Levine Egee, Ph.D. Sometimes people working deep in this resistance movement hit bottom, feel fascism is winning, feel it is a...
karenegeemaine
Jun 272 min read


Tiptoeing Into Advocacy
Karen Levine Egee, Ph.D. I suspect there may be lots of people out there like me -- deeply distressed about encroaching fascism, wanting...
karenegeemaine
Jun 204 min read
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