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A Cocktail Party for YOU from the Chesapeake Climate Action Network!

Great food, wine, and jazz music from 7-9 pm, Tuesday June 9th

Plus

“Climate Champion” awards to:

Congressman Chris Van Hollen
Maryland Sen. Paul Pinsky and Delegate Kumar Barve Montgomery County Councilmember George Leventhal Philanthropists Ted and Jennifer Stanley
Climate activist Betsy Taylor

All this and you’ll support grassroots action on global warming in Maryland and D.C. for a $50 ticket!!!

Tickets are going fast. Reserve yours at:
www.chesapeakeclimate.org/mdaward

Where: Silver Spring/Takoma campus of Montgomery Community College (directions below)


Host committee:

Jamie Raskin, MD State Senator (District 20) ~ Scott Nash, MOM's Organic Market ~ Bill McKibben, Middlebury College ~ Jessy Tolkan, Director, Energy Action Coalition ~ Seth Goldman, Honest Tea ~ Peak Organic Brewery Co. ~ Flying Dog Brewery ~ Bob Musil, Chairman, 2020 Vision ~ Peter Barnes ~ Gary Skulnik, Clean Currents ~ Lise Van Susteren, The Climate Project ~ Mark Cohen, Executive Producer, THE COFFEE HOUSE ~ Dallas Burtraw ~ Eban Goodstein, Director, Bard Center for Environmental Policy ~ Amy Gardner, University of Maryland and Gardner Mohr Architects LLC ~ Charlotte Brewer ~ Betsy Cohn and Judy Appelbaum ~ Bill Becker, Executive Director, Presidential Climate Action Project ~ Bill Hutchins, Helicon Works and Beth Knox, Greener Than Green Gardens, Crossings: Caring for our Own ~ Cleo Braver and Alfred Tyler ~ Charlie Garlow ~ Cindy and Ed Brandt ~ Cindy L. Parker, Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility ~ Dave Blazer, Bluewater Wind ~ Dee Raff ~ Denny May ~ Ed Maibach, GMU ~ Ellen McGovern ~ Jim Conlon, Elysian Energy ~ Jon Isham, Middlebury College ~ Karen and Jim McManus ~ Kent Baake, Founder, Continuum Energy Solutions ~ Kevin Rackstraw ~ Kirk Renaud, Common Cents Solar ~ Linda and Robert Pepper ~ Lisa Kiely, University of Maryland ~ M.A. Sheehan ~ Martha Duggan, SunEdison ~ Mel Raff ~ Michael Hindle, Brennan + Company Architects ~ Pat DeLaquil, Clean Energy Commercialization LLC ~ Pat Fulton ~ Randy Ritchie ~ Scott Wallace, Wallace Global Fund ~ Scott Wiater and Anthony Clifford, Standard Solar

Details:

What: Food, drinks and fun to honor some of Maryland’s top climate leaders, including Congressman Chris Van Hollen.

When: Tuesday, June 9th, 7-9pm

Where: Charlene R. Nunley Student Center, at the Silver Spring/Takoma campus of Montgomery College.

Directions: The Nunley Student Center is at the corner of Fenton St and New York Ave. in Takoma Park, Maryland. Full map of campus at http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/maps/tpcamp.html. Parking available at the “East Campus Garage” one block north of the Student Center on Fenton Street. Parking on surrounding streets also available. If mapquesting the campus, the official address of the school is 7600 Takoma Avenue, Takoma Park, Md 20912

Dress: Cocktail attire suggested


The followed guests will be receiving “Climate Champion” awards from CCAN at the event:

Congressman Chris Van Hollen (MD District 8) has achieved many clean energy successes in his six years in Congress. He is co-chair of the House Renewable Energy and Efficiency Caucus. He has led the fight for establishing a national “Green Bank” to simulate investment in clean energy. And, to fight global warming, he introduced in April the historic and much-praised legislation called “The Cap and Dividend Act of 2009.”

State Senator Paul Pinsky (Dist. 22) and Delegate Kumar Barve (Dist. 17) were lead sponsors this year of the strongest climate bill ever passed by a U.S. state: the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act of Maryland. For years, they have led the fight for a wide range of bills designed to promote clean energy and ecological sustainability in Maryland.

Councilmember George Leventhal has achieved many clean energy successes in his six years on the Montgomery County Council in Maryland. He pioneered the campaign to switch county government buildings -- including schools -- to 10 percent wind power. He launched the "Clean Energy Reward" program for county residential purchases of clean energy. And he has been an unshakeable leader in the fight for the Purple Line light rail system in the county.

Betsy Taylor has dedicated her remarkable career to promoting social justice and environmental stewardship. She founded and served as director of The Center for a New American Dream. In 2007 she founded and now serves on the board of the nationally active 1Sky campaign. She’s also an author and has worked with a wide range of philanthropies to guide resources to good causes, especially climate protection.

Jennifer and Ted Stanley have for many years been leading supporters of environmental protection – including strong action on climate change – through their philanthropy, the Town Creek Foundation located in Easton, Maryland.

About CCAN: The June 9th awards ceremony and party represent a critical fundraiser to support CCAN’s work. The Chesapeake Climate Action Network has been working in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC for the last 8 years to educate and mobilize citizens of this region in a way that fosters a rapid societal switch to clean energy.

Reserve your tickets at www.chesapeakeclimate.org/mdaward