1207 Ellworth Street
Bellingham
On Monday, May 20, the Green New Deal 101 Town Hall panel will discuss the recent sweeping proposal to combat climate change introduced by New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey.
Focusing on probable components of the plan and how they will affect the citizens of Whatcom County will be panel members:
Dr. Sharon Shewmake – WA State Representative and Economics Professor at WWU
Steve Garey – BlueGreen Alliance and Former President of the United Steelworkers (Anacortes)
Edgar Franks – Farmworker Organizer
Michael Peñuelas – Community Organizer: Yes On I-1631 (Clean Air, Clean Energy), 350 Bellingham, and Fossil Free Stanford.
The panel discussion will be moderated by Jill MacIntrye Witt – WWU Instructor, Author, and Climate Reality Project Leader (founded by Vice President, Al Gore).
The panel will field questions from the audience as well as from on-line viewers.
Three local activist organizations – Indivisible Bellingham, Whatcom Undaunted, and the Climate Reality Project – Bellingham Chapter – are hosting the evening. It will begin at 6:00 pm at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship (downstairs), 1207 Ellsworth Street. Doors open at 5:30. Admission is free but donations are welcome.
