Saturday, May 31, 2025
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Convention brings the League together to chart its future, celebrate its successes, and recommit to our mission of empowering voters and defending democracy. Our theme this year is "Sustaining Collective Power" — how do we approach the current moment with grit and tenacity and sustain a hopeful future? We’ve lined up terrific speakers to inform and inspire us.
We’ve also planned workshops and other activities to help us get to know each other, build our skills and knowledge, and strengthen our local chapters. We’ll set the course for the next two years by electing our officers and board members and by voting on our budget and program.
💻 🙋 This is a hybrid event. Attend Convention in-person or virtually via Zoom. Click the links below to register.
In-person: Register Here Zoom: Register Here
The deadline to register for Convention is Thursday, May 22.
What will we vote on?
Every two years, we host a Convention in which League members elect officers and directors, adopt programs, make bylaws changes, and adopt a budget. It's a formality common to every State League, but it's also an exciting opportunity to network and engage on relevant issues with fellow League members and with national and state experts.
Membership will vote on the following issues:
- Board Members
- Budget for 2025-27
- Program and Mission
- Amended Bylaws
What's the cost of admission?
The cost to attend is $50, and this covers materials for the day, plus lunch and snacks. We do not want the cost to be a barrier to participation. You can also pay what you can when you register.
Where is it hosted?
We'll be in the Randall Student Center at the University of Maine Augusta Campus (46 University Dr).
What's the agenda?
Convention brings the League together to chart its future, celebrate its successes, and recommit to our mission of empowering voters and defending democracy. We’ve lined up terrific speakers to inform and inspire us. We’ve planned workshops and other activities to help us get to know each other, build our skills and knowledge, and strengthen our local chapters. We’ll set the course for the next two years by electing our officers and board members and by voting on our budget and program.
Introducing our Keynote Speaker
Shay Stewart-Bouley
Born and raised on a combination of big city attitude and Midwestern sensibility as a Chicago native, Shay Stewart-Bouley, also known as Black Girl in Maine (or BGIM), had to learn a bit of Yankee ingenuity when she relocated to Maine in 2002.
After a brief foray into education, Shay bridged her socially minded work from Chicago (working with the unhoused) to Maine by working with low-income and at-risk youth in Southern Maine, and she is currently the executive director of Community Change Inc., a 54-year-old anti-racism organization based in Boston that organizes and educates for racial equity with a specific focus on working with white people.