Upcoming HCDC Meetings
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The Next Generation of Leadership: David Hogg and Hannah Pingree
Thursday, July 31, 2025, 5–6:15 pm
At the College of the Atlantic
David Hogg turned 25 in April and, by then, the politician and activist has already founded not one, but two nonprofit organizations: March for Our Lives and The Leaders We Deserve. In February, he was voted in as vice chair of the DNC, the youngest in history and the first member of GenZ. Hogg is a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, and his activism started there. He helped organize and amplify the 2018 gun violence protests and marches calling for sensible gun controls. Together with his sister Laura Hogg, he wrote the book Never Again: A New Generation Draws the Line. Hogg will speak with Hannah Pingree, the youngest woman ever elected both majority leader of the Maine House of Representatives and Speaker of the House, about getting young progressive people in office.
See the COA Summer Institute Schedule for more information.
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2025 HCDC Program Schedule
HCDC meetings are held the third Thursday of the month at 7pm unless otherwise noted.
Speakers are subject to change.
June: Shenna Bellows
July: Summer Picnic
August: Marvin C. Ott, senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University.
September: Representative Nina Milliken with Jan Collins, a retired teacher who serves on the Board of Visitors for Franklin County Jail and acts as a liaison with the prison branch of the NAACP. Ms Collins’ presentation will answer the question, “I’ve never been arrested, why should I care?” She will explain how the criminal legal system touches all of us. Representative Milliken works on criminal legal reform bills in her work in the Maine House of Representatives and will explain why she thinks this work is so important.
October & November: TBD
December: Holiday Party
Many of our prior meetings’ recordings are posted and available for viewing. View Program Archive
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