Granite State Organizing Project

Announcing GSOP's President's Award, the one and only Sarah Jane Knoy!

"What we do is unique in New Hampshire. We bring disenfranchised people to the table as equal partners."

Be sure to celebrate her and the other honorees, who will be rolled out with posts over the next few days 😁, at our upcoming MICAH Awards!

Place: Puritan Conference Center, 245 Hooksett Road Manchester NH
Time: 5pm

Tickets here: https://secure.everyaction.com/mx7bX4tyi02kNuJAkHlkdw2?emci=88e5e55a-b7b6-f111-a6a7-0022482a9a8d&emdi=7ecc8d74-77b7-f111-a6a9-0022482a933b&ceid=230584

Sarah Jane Knoy

Exciting voter registration event in Nashua happening tomorrow!

Voter registration and refreshments from 12-6pm, free community dinner from 3-5pm!

Where? Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua, 58 Lowell Street Nashua NH!

We had another meaningful gathering of community members and friends in Nashua on Monday for our vigil against the ongoing brutality of ICE and their actions.

Please join us at next month's gathering and check in on your neighbors 💙

You are invited to join us at our Annual Fundraising MICAH Banquet to celebrate as a community. Awards are given to leaders chosen from their own communities thanks to their support, passion for justice, and contributions in service to others.

This year we have the pleasure of awarding the following leaders:

Tracey Adams (Blessed Sacrament Catholic Parish in Manchester)
Jeff Lubell (Kol Ha/Emek, Upper Valley Jewish Community)
Paloma Silvestre ( St. Anne - St. Augustin Catholic Parish in Manchester)
Joan Alayne Stevens (St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Goffstown)
Eva Castillo (Sisters of Mercy of Manchester)
Parker Prescott (Unitarian Universalist Church of Manchester)
Lynn Lippitt (Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Mildford)
Jessica Price (Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua)

When? October 4th 2026 at 5pm
Where? 245 Hooksett Road - The Puritan Conference Center in Manchester NH

Ticket info here: https://secure.everyaction.com/mx7bX4tyi02kNuJAkHlkdw2?emci=e5b38581-07ae-f111-9b33-0022482a9f1d&emdi=19406643-73b0-f111-9b33-0022482a9f1d&ceid=191339

The cost of electricity in NH is going up — but what about all those other fees on your bill?

Many electricity customers across New Hampshire saw big jumps in their bills this month, when the state’s investor-owned utility companies (Eversource, Unitil and Liberty) all raised supply rates.

But there are other pieces to your electricity bill, like delivery charges, that may be nearly as much as supply rates for some customers.

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026-09-18/cost-of-electricity-nh-newhampshire-energy-bill

Fuel Assistance Program

As we enter the Fall and rapidly Winter months, that means turning on the heat and with it, opening up the wallet yet again.

Be sure to checkout the State's Fuel Assistance Program if you think you will be in need! ♨️

Link to learn more here: https://www.energy.nh.gov/fap

Mental health takes biggest hit in NH DHHS budget cuts

Mental health programs are bearing the brunt of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ first round of budget reductions after lawmakers approved a once-in-a-generation $51 million cut to the department in the two-year state budget.

Mental health services accounted for $3.1 million of the first-year cuts, with the largest share of the reductions coming from contracts with the state’s community mental health centers.

Funding was also scaled back for programs that help people transition home after psychiatric hospitalization, as well as homeless shelter services.

Mental health takes biggest hit in NH DHHS budget cuts - Concord Monitor Mental health programs are bearing the brunt of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ first round of budget reductions after lawmakers approved a once-in-a-generation $51 million cut to the department in the two-year state budget. Mental health services accounted for $3.1 mill...

As drought expands across central NH this fall, in some places it never went away

It’s been more than a year since all of New Hampshire was completely drought-free, and despite some spring and summer rain, drought has returned to a central swath of the state as fall approaches. Meanwhile, in some parts of the southeast and Seacoast, it never went away.

That’s despite last winter’s snowfall totals, which were close to typical by historical standards, scientists said. Yet that snow contained less water, reducing its mitigating effect on the drought. It’s an example of how stretches of more “normal” conditions are not always enough to overcome impacts from increasingly extreme weather — a pattern that tracks with scientists’ understanding of how climate change manifests in New Hampshire, according to State Climatologist Mary Stampone.

“What we’re seeing when we get these multi-year drought periods is that, you know, the amount of snow we get or the way we get our precipitation in the winter isn’t enough to help us recover from the previous season’s drought,” Stampone said.

More on this troubling environmental trend from New Hampshire Public Radio here: https://www.nhpr.org/environment/2026-09-17/drought-newhampshire-climate-nh-weather-dry

Nonviolence Festival coming up!

Join us for a beautiful day of celebrating nonviolence with workshops, music, and activities for the whole family!

We are already seeing nonviolence alternatives challenge oppressive systems and ways of thinking and harming other people.

When? Saturday September 19th 2026 from 1-3pm
Where? State House in Concord NH

We are honored to be among the many wonderful co-sponsors of this event!

Including but not limited to;
Kent Street Coalition
350 New Hampshire Action


And more!
We hope to see you there!

SNAP cuts could lead to kids losing free school breakfast and lunch

More than 1 million American children have lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, following a recent federal law. Now, as schools gear up for a new term, a portion of those children could be at risk of losing free meals — viewed as crucial supports for both childhood hunger and classroom learning.

“Cuts to SNAP are not going to stop at the grocery store,” said Clarissa Hayes, deputy director of child nutrition programs and policy at the Food Research & Action Center, a nonprofit working to combat hunger. “They really are going to threaten children’s access to school meals, which is obviously going to increase hunger at home and in the classroom, and is going to have that negative ripple effect across children’s health and academic performance.”

Read the full story on these immoral cuts here from the Keene Sentinel : https://www.keenesentinel.com/news/national_world/snap-cuts-could-lead-to-kids-losing-free-school-breakfast-and-lunch/article_f2684883-d165-5f21-98d8-7440e72341fa.html