Friday Jan 9: Gala event for SENATOR JAMIE RASKIN

Congressman Elijah Cummings and Attorney General Doug Gansler Co-Chairs
of Maryland for Obama

CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO
An extraordinary gala event for SENATOR JAMIE RASKIN, Chair of
Montgomery County for Obama
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Friday, January 9, 2009 - 8:00 pm

Live Music By: DAR WILLIAMS! America's Beloved Singer-Songwriter
THE ARK GOSPEL CHOIR OF THE ARK OF SAFETY CHRISTIAN CHURCH & MARCUS
RASKIN in a rare performance by the piano prodigy-turned-philosopher
And Special Invited Guest: IOWA GOVERNOR CHET CULVER Leader of the Great
State of Iowa, where the change began in 2008

Event Details
Friday, January 9, 2009 at 8:00 pm
The Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=500+Seventeenth+Street+NW,+washington,+dc

Black Tie Optional, Exquisite Maryland Wines, Delicacies and Desserts

Tickets:
$4,000 Avedon's Avatars (1-20 tickets)
$2,500 Annie Liebovitz (of Silver Spring!) (1-10 tickets)
$2,010 2010 Visionary (1-5 tickets)
$1,000 America Reframed (1-4 tickets)
$500 Diane Arbus (1-3 tickets)
$250 Picture the Change (1-2 tickets)
$150 District 20 Paparazzi (1 ticket)
$100 Down & Out in the Bush Economy (1 ticket)
$75 Starving Students (from grade school to grad school) (1 ticket)

Note: Donors contributing $1,000 or more will be included on the Host
Committee in our program.

Host Committee (still in formation — your name here!)

RSVP: Yes! I want to come inaugurate the change.
There are two easy ways to RSVP Yes:

1. RSVP Online by midnight on Wednesday, January 7th, using our secure
online credit card processing system:
https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d2/default.aspx?wid=24417
OR
2. RSVP by Check by clicking
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jNsNZ5D_2bvrKCwnRx984zmg_3d_3d and
indicating what price level you would like to purchase, as well as the
number of tickets and names of your guests. Checks can then be mailed to:

Friends of Jamie Raskin
1611 Ballard Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910

All checks must be received by January 7th, 2009. Precise names of all
guests must be received by January 7th for security purposes (very
special guests have been invited). Space at the event is limited; act now.

No, I cannot attend. If you cannot attend, you can make a secure, online
contribution: https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d2/default.aspx?wid=24417

By Authority: Friends of Jamin Raskin, Chair: Debbie Spielberg,
Treasurer: Phil Zipin.

Please note: Friends of Jamin Raskin does not accept contributions from
corporations. Additionally, a person can contribute no more than $4,000
to one Maryland state campaign account and a total of $10,000 to all
Maryland non-federal campaign accounts during the four year cycle. The
current cycle began on January 1, 2007 and will end December 31, 2010.
Contributions to political campaigns are not tax deductible.