WHAT: The Southern Maine Workers’ Center’s Annual Karaoke Fundraiser: Impossibly, Irresistibly, Inevitably Connected! To divest from overpolicing and invest in public transportation, we are raising $20,000 to fund our campaign. Join us and enjoy food and performances, get on stage (or on Zoom!) yourself, and support a movement led by workers toward liberation for all. This event will be open to all ages, and will take place in person and on Zoom. We will require masks unless you are on stage. Fundraise with us by signing up HERE!

WHEN: Sunday, August 31st 7pm-10pm

WHERE: SPACE Gallery, Congress St. Portland, ME

WHY: SMWC is a member-led organization that is BIPOC, Queer & Trans led, and run primarily by a core group of dedicated volunteers. SMWC exists to improve the working conditions and lives of workers who were and are excluded from the mainstream labor movement. These predominantly Black and Brown workers were left behind by design. Meaningfully improving their working conditions means disrupting centuries of racist, sexist, and xenophobic practices that are deeply entrenched in Maine’s economy. To us, you are a worker if you are doing unpaid caregiving work, unemployed, or disabled; all of our labor holds up the economy.

Our members and staff are powerbuilders who want to see real transformation take root across working class communities. We don’t just broker power at city council or in Augusta; we spend the vast majority of our time building power by reaching out to people who need community and need to see the systems oppressing their lives transform. And when we meet you, we are ready to welcome you, offer you skills trainings, and hear your unique experiences and offerings to our movement.

Our campaign will improve public transportation by making the public bus more affordable, accessible, and reliable; and pay for these improvements by taking public money away from overpolicing. Better public transportation will help our people get to work, the doctor, school, and to see each other; and intervening in overpolicing is one of the top things we could be doing to prevent violence and death in our communities. Along the way, we will bring hundreds of new care workers into our community who share this vision.

🎶🎤SMWC's Annual Karaoke Fundraiser: Impossibly, Irresistibly, Inevitably Connected🫂❤️‍🔥

We're raising $20,000 to power our local campaign to divest from overpolicing and invest in public transportation!

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