Via Baltimore Greens:
Contact: Robb Tufts 443-370-6857, [email protected]
PRESS ADVISORY
Kathy Phillips, Keynote Speaker for Maryland Green Party Annual Assembly;
Panel discussion to feature Maryland Green Party 2010 candidates
WHAT: The Maryland Green Party Annual Assembly is the annual meeting for registered Green Party members in the state of Maryland. Maryland Green Party members from across the state will meet to elect officers for the organization and participate in panel discussions. The keynote speaker Kathy Phillips will speak at 1:15 pm and will be followed by a panel of Maryland Green Party candidates running for office in Maryland this year. The event is open to the public regardless of party affiliation.
WHO: Keynote Speaker: Kathy Phillips, Assateague Coastkeeper. The Assateague Coastkeeper organization recently made headlines after filing a suit against Perdue Chicken in an effort to enforce the clean water act on the Eastern Shore.
Introducing Speaker: Fred Tuttman, Patuxent Riverkeeper
MD Green Party candidates: George Gluck – candidate for Montgomery County Council; Mike Shay – candidate for County Executive, Anne Arundel County; Natasha Pettigrew – candidate for U.S. Senate; Maria Allwine – gubernatorial candidate for Maryland
MD Green Party representatives (10:15 am panel discussion): Shanna Borell – Baltimore City Green Party; Tim Willard – Montgomery County Green Party; Ken Eidel – Frederick County Green Party; Karen Jennings – Anne Arundel Green Party
WHEN: Saturday, May 22nd 10 am (doors open at 9:30 am)
10:15 am – Panel discussion of local Green Party representatives discussing the previous year’s accomplishments and short and long term challenges facing the Maryland Green Party
11:15 am – Election of officers
1:15 pm – Keynote Speaker Kathy Phillips
2:45 pm – Maryland Green Party candidates panel
WHERE: Maryland Inn, Duke of Gloucester Street, Annapolis, Maryland