The Talbot County Democratic Central Committee’s Inaugural Douglass-Tubman Dinner will be held Friday, June 2 at Easton’s historic Waterfowl Building, 40 S. Washington St. Festivities will begin at 5pm with a reception, followed by dinner. To attend, go to www.talbotdems.com
The key note speaker will be Congressman Elijah Cummings, Maryland’s 7th district Representative. Born and raised in Baltimore, Representative Elijah Cummings graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Howard University and is also a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law. Congressman Cummings has received 12 honorary doctoral degrees from universities across our nation, and today serves as a key member of the U.S Congress of the United States of America.
Kathleen Matthews, Maryland’s newly elected state Democratic Party Chair, will also address the dinner highlighting the need to elect strong leaders into key positions in the County, State and at the national level.
Chairman Scott Kane looks forward to hosting this event; “We are sponsoring this this event to raise funds in support of democratic candidates and ideals”, and importantly, “During such challenging times we are fortunate to be able to follow the inspiration of our Eastern Shore’s leaders, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman”.
Talbot County’s Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in the early 1800s, but went on to become a renowned abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Harriet Tubman of Dorchester, a spy for the U.S. Army during the Civil War, is best known for leading people to freedom on the Underground Railroad during that war.
Congressman Cummings will highlight the democratic mission of ensuring that our children have access to quality education, health care, clean air and water, and a strong economy defined by fiscal responsibility. As he has stated, “Children are the living messages that we send to the future.” And as he reminds us, “We have come a long way, but more remains to be done.”
For more information and to sign up, go to www.talbotdems.com. Questions about the Douglass-Tubman Dinner? Contact Karen Shook, 410 745 3307.
MORE ABOUT THE TALBOT COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
The Talbot County Democratic Central Committee is the official governing body of the Democratic Party in Talbot County, Maryland. Chosen by Democratic voters during the gubernatorial primary election, the central committee consists of eight members who carry out the local business of the party. Together with the other jurisdictions in the state we make up the Democratic State Central Committee of Maryland, the governing body of the Maryland Democratic Party.
In addition, the central committee fosters other party-building activity in Talbot County, including candidate recruitment, establishing an election headquarters and voter registration activities in conjunction with the Democratic Clubs.
The web address of the committee is www.talbotdems.com.
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