Graduate Center
When applicants sign on to take the training, each commits to volunteer a minimum of 40 hours to the campaign or cause of their choice. Rising Tide grads haven’t just met their commitment- they’ve blown it away by logging well over 15,000 volunteer hours making calls, canvassing neighborhoods, distributing literature, putting up signs, and registering voters.
All one needs to do to gauge the success of A Rising Tide’s program is to ask one of our graduates what their experience has meant. For some, the training was a kick in the pants- a reason to get more civicly involved. But for others, it has been a turning point- a crossroads from which to choose a course.
Just look at some of the things that our grads have gone on to do:
- Campaign Professionals
- Community Activists
- Candidates & Elected Officials
 Anya Trundy Maine Democratic Party, Director of Operations | Campaign Professionals: Emily Boyle, Political Director, Adam Cote for Congress James Cote, Campaign Coordinator, Peter Mills for Governor, 2006 Brandon Maheu, Maine Democratic Party, John Merrill, Field Organizer, Senate Senate Republicans, 2006 David O’Heir, Field Organizer, Maine Won’t Discriminate, 2005 Alex Pringle, Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, Deputy Caucus Director Rick Redmond, Maine Democratic Party, Deputy Finance Director |
 Andrew Bossie Exec. Dir, Maine Aids Alliance and Board President, Opportunity Maine | Activists: Cara Bilodeau, Community Organizer, Stand for Children Darlene Huntress, Public Policy Director, Equality Maine Rob King and Sadie Kitchen, Yarmouth High School students who worked on their own campaign to encourage Maine to divest its retirement holdings from Darfur, Sudan Jonathan LaBonte, President, Androscoggin Land Trust Rachel Myers, Former Community Organizer, Maine Civil Liberties Union Christine Rice, Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator John Kyl Meredith Segal, National Director, Student for Barack Obama |
 Dan Skolnik City Councilor, Portland | Candidates: Kate Austin, Board of Selectmen, Peru Alex Cornell du Houx, nominee for State Legislature, Brunswick Peter Eglinton, School Committee, Portland Terry Hayes, State Legislator, Buckfield Duncan Holley, School Board, Bar Harbor Terry Morrison, nominee for State Legislature, South Portland Robert O’Brien, School Committee, Portland Sarah Whitfield, School Board, Wiscassett |
