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April E-News |
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Rally this Weekend! HANDS OFF to Protect our Health, Climate & Democracy |
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Many of us are feeling dismayed, angry, and afraid, and wonder what we can do. We see the current administration gutting the health, safety, and security of our communities while running roughshod over the rule of law and assaulting the democracy we’ve counted on to make our voices heard. Some of us are even avoiding the news, hoping it will blow over or not be that bad. The last 3 months make clear that we can no longer afford business as usual. “We are facing an unconstitutional threat to our country and our freedoms through an illegal power grab.” (Earthjustice)
What can we do?
Attend a HANDS OFF! Rally on Saturday, April 5.
Many rallies are planned across our state and the country! Find more details and a rally near you at handsoff2025.com
Grab your white coat and demand this corrupt regime get their hands off everything that matters to us: our rights, freedoms, and government services; science, truth, health, environmental justice, and our democracy. Find info here to make signs.
For information about Why turnout at this rally matters and Why now, as well as more details and background about HANDS OFF, please read here.
If you agree, please spread the word about HANDS OFF! through your personal networks ASAP, and if appropriate, through your organizational networks too.
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Take Action: Vatican Survey on Abolishing Nuclear Weapons |
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PSR Maine has endorsed Back from the Brink to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons ever being used. Pax Christi Maine has endorsed Back from the Brink and participates along with the PSR Maine Security Committee in Mainers Ending Nuclear Dangers.
The Pax Christi New England Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is asking New England Roman Catholics and others concerned about the risks posed by nuclear weapons to complete a survey asking about the abolition of nuclear weapons. This is part of the Vatican’s global effort “The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development". The survey information will be presented during the Jubilee Year of 2025, also the 80th anniversary year of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. You can find the survey here. You are asked to submit this survey by April 17, 2025 |
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NEW: Wabanaki Alliance Legislative Bill Tracker |
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Please follow the Wabanaki Alliance's Bill Tracker that is now live! The Bill Tracker details their priority bills and actions you can take to stand with the Wabanaki. Learn how to submit testimony, contact your legislators, write an LTE, and more. |
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Register Today for Financial Strategies for Addressing Climate Change Webinar |
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Join the NAM on Monday, April 14, 1-2 PM ET, for a webinar on Financial Strategies for Addressing Climate Change Impacts, Decarbonization, and the Cost of Inaction! Niyum Gandhi (Mass General Brigham), Brandon Seibold (Adventist Health), and Rob Roy (AdventHealth), joined by Marc Scher (Healthcare Financial Management Association), will discuss financial strategies for leadership particularly in the health sector to address climate-related risks. Register here. |
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Be Wildfire Aware in Your Practice, from My Green Doctor |
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Healthcare practices need to be “wildfire aware” everywhere in the world because the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires raises the risks to your patients, families, and practice. My Green Doctor’s latest newsletter explores the health risks of wildfire smoke, explains how to be prepared, and offers teaching resources for your patients: |
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My Green Doctor is a free money-saving membership benefit provided through the Medical Group Management Association. Practice managers, doctors, and nurses use the “Meeting-by-Meeting Guide” to learn how to adopt environmental sustainability, save resources, address the health threats of climate change, and help create healthier communities. The MGD team is ready to accelerate your environmental sustainability goals—ask them how: member.services@mygreendoctor.org. They’ll explain how adding just five minutes of My Green Doctor to each regular clinic or practice staff meeting will add up to big savings. They welcome everyone in your practice to register as Partner Society members at https://www.MyGreenDoctor.org or at www.MyGreenDoctor.es (sí, en español). Use the discount code MGDPSR when you register to get free access to My Green Doctor and save money! |
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New Read: Handbook of Climate Psychiatry & Psychotherapy A Manual for Clinicians |
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The Handbook of Climate Psychiatry and Psychotherapy provides the science and guidance needed for the psychiatric and psychological response to climate change in a format accessible to office- or clinic-based mental health clinicians, including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and allied professionals. Divided into four sections, this volume includes:
• An introduction to climate justice, and the ethics and public health activities of engaging climate change as a psychiatrist • An examination of the neuropsychiatric impacts of climate effects such as extreme heat, air pollution, vector-borne illness and food and water insecurity |
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• Practical guidance on performing climate-informed patient assessments and psychotherapy interventions at individual and group levels • A review of the community, global, institutional, research, and educational aspects of climate psychiatry |
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Give to PSR Maine |
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Thank you for your generous support of PSR Maine! To mail your contribution to us, please send a check to our mailing address: PSR Maine, 126 Western Ave #1012 Augusta ME 04330 Or point your camera at this QR code and you’ll be taken directly to our secure donor page: |
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