These times are overwhelming politically. I am writing to encourage everyone to not buy into the noise. Instead, focus on what you can do locally.

Maybe it’s reaching out to a neighbor in some way to help build your community. Here on Peaks Island, we are baking cookies and selling homemade ice cream cookie sandwiches at concerts and other public events. So far, we’ve raised over $3,000 to support the immigrant community.

While this may not seem like much, the $30 provided by Mainers for Humane Immigration to an illegally detained person’s commissary account can mean the difference between not eating for two days—because the jail’s kitchen is, for whatever reason, not operational—and having a meal.

Help where you can.

Margaret Mead once said,
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/10/30/message-from-peaks-island-ignore-the-noise-and-build-community-letter/