TOWN HALL MEETING: Taking Back the Budget

State Senator Roger Manno (MD-19) of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, and Congresswoman Donna Edwards (CD-8) of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will join ecomomists and policy analysits to discuss state and federal progresive budget solutions to the ongoing economic crisis. Please join friends, neighbors and activists for this important briefing, and add your voice to this community dialogue.

This event is organized by "Fund Our Communities, Bring The War Dollars Home," a coalition that includes: Baltimore Nonviolence Center; Bethesda Friends Meeting; CASA de Maryland; Center for Community Peace Making/Frederick; Chesapeake Citizens; Chesapeake Climate Action Network; Citizen-Soldier Alliance/Baltimore; Columbia United Christian Church’s Peace and Justice Committee; Democracy for America/Montgomery County; Fellowship of Reconciliation, DC/MD Chapter; Friends Meeting of Annapolis; Generations for Peace and Democracy; Gray Panthers of Metropolitan Washington; Green Party/Anne Arundel County; Green Party/Maryland; Green Party/Montgomery County; Healthcare-Now of Maryland; Homewood Friends Meeting; Little Friends for Peace; Maryland Black Family Alliance; Maryland United for Peace and Justice; Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition; Montgomery County Progressive Alliance; Muslim American Society of Maryland; NAACP/Maryland; Network of Spiritual Progressives/MD; Orthodox Peace Fellowship; Pax Christi/MD; Pax Christi/Burtonsville; Peace Action Anne Arundel; Peace Action Montgomery; Peace and Justice Coalition, Prince George’s County; Pledge of Resistance/Baltimore; Progressive Democrats of America/MD; Progressive Cheverly; Progressive Maryland; Progressive Neighbors; Prosperity Agenda; River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation/Social Justice Council; Sandy Spring Friends Meeting Peace Committee; Southern Christian Leadership Conference/Montgomery County; UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO; Veterans for Peace/Baltimore chapter; Veterans for Peace/Washington, DC Area Chapter; Voters for Peace; WeGreen USA; and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom/DC.

Date: September 20, 2011

Address: One Veterans' Place, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Time: 7:30 PM

Directions: The facility is located in downtown Silver Spring, at the intersection of Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street. Driving Directions: From the Beltway, come south on Colesville Avenue (Exit 30) for approximately 2 miles to Fenton Street. Go left on Fenton to Ellsworth Drive (2 blocks). Turn right on Ellsworth and the parking garage will be your right. The Silver Spring Metro is three blocks away. Metro Directions: Exit to Colesville Avenue. Cross Georgia. The next street is Fenton. Go right on Fenton to Ellsworth, one block down. The building is on your left. There are bike racks on the grounds.

More Information: www.ourfunds.org