UPDATE: Harriet Tubman Statue Bill

March 19, 2011
Wendy Thompson
Editor-in-Chief
Lynette Long

(Photo above: Supporters of the Harriet Tubman statue, taken prior to the hearing in the House of Delegates)

UPDATE: Harriet Tubman Statue Bill

According to Linda Mahoney, president of Maryland NOW, the Washington Post is predicting a vote in the Senate committee soon. Mahoney stresses that “we need to contact the committee members – especially the Senate committee – today. The message should be that even if the committee member can’t personally support the legislation, she (or he) should vote it out of committee, so the entire General Assembly can vote.”

Though opponents against the statue are few, Mahoney admits, “They have some big guns…We had hearings in both the Senate and House of Delegates on Feb. 23. There was no opposition testimony in the House, and only one person representing three organizations in the Senate hearing. In contrast, we had two dozen organizations – many statewide – submitting letters and several petitions in support of the legislation…It’s going to take concerted action this week in order to get Harriet’s statue out of committee.”

Contact Your State Senator:

State Senators District Email Address Party

Joan Carter Conway 43 joan.carter.conway@senate.state.md.us D Co-sponsor

Roy Dyson 29 roy.dyson@senate.state.md.us D

Bill Ferguson 46 bill.ferguson@senate.state.md.us D

J.B. Jennings 7 jb.jennings@senate.state.md.us R

Paul Pinsky 22 paul.pinsky@senate.state.md.us D

Edward Reilly 33 edward.reilly@senate.state.md.us R

Jim Rosapepe 21 jim.rosapepe@senate.state.md.us D

(second address) senator.rosapepe@inbox.com

Bryan Simonaire 31 bryan.simonaire@senate.state.md.us R

Ronald Young 3 ronald.young@senate.state.md.us D