The Maryland Legislative Coalition is a partnership of individuals and members of grassroots groups in every legislative district across the state who are laser focused on state-level legislation. With well over 30,000 members, the Legislative Coalition represents the voices of the citizens of Maryland in the legislative process. As a group, we determine the types of legislation and the individual bills that we will support, and we work with our legislators and our partner NGOs to ensure that those bills pass. We support positive legislation that makes the lives of all Marylanders better in the areas of Education, Environment, Ethics/Elections, Gun Control, Health Care, Transportation and Social and Economic Justice.

It is our goal to make advocacy easy for the voters of Maryland.  We provide information that is not readily available and tips and scripts that allow hard-working people to spend only a few minutes a week to make their voices heard in the legislative process.  Click on the Join Us! tab and become a member.  Also, spend a few moments listening to a podcast created by our friends in Our Maryland that gives you a better introduction to the Coalition.

https://soundcloud.com/user-76534462/politics-policy-ep28

 

Executive Committee

Aileen Alex

Jimmy Tarlau

Cecilia Plante

 

Legislative Coalition Members

The Maryland Legislative Coalition is an affiliation of grassroots groups and individuals throughout the state.  Listed below are the Member grassroots groups that form the Coalition.  MLC also partners with NGOs such as Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America – MD,  Maryland Healthcare for All!, Strong Schools Maryland, ACLU of Maryland, and CASA Maryland and many others to help advocate for their causes.  Environmental partners are listed here. Each year, MLC’s legislative agenda is developed with the input from these Members and Partners.

There is no requirement that our Members support all the bills on our legislative agenda.  Member groups are free to determine and prioritize what bills they will individually support.  However, when the Coalition acts publicly to support a particular bill, such as writing a letter or submitting testimony, the Member groups and Partner NGOs are asked if they want to be identified along with MLC to lend more voices of support.

Statewide Groups

Anne Arundel County Groups

Baltimore City and County Groups

Harford County Groups

Howard County Groups

Montgomery County Groups

Prince Georges County Groups

Eastern Shore Groups – Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico and Worcester

Western Maryland Groups- Frederick, Allegany, and Garrett