Celebrate the Vote for Change

Please join us for our 2009 Presidential Inaugural Celebration Breakfast, as we celebrate Barack Obama's historic inauguration as President of the United States of America with our supporters, friends, and newly-elected progressive members of Congress!*

2009 Presidential Inaugural Celebration Breakfast

January 20, 2009

8:00 – 11:00 AM

Thunder Grill in Union Station
(Stop on the Metro red line)
50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002

After the breakfast, guests may choose to go to the U.S. Capitol to witness the swearing in of the President in person or remain in Thunder Grill to watch the historic event on large-screen television.*

Honorary Co-Chairs:
Gary Hart, U.S. Senator (Ret.), Chairman of Council for a Livable World
Patricia Schroeder, U.S. Representative (Ret.), Chair of PeacePAC
Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard, (USA, Ret.), Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Chairman

Benefactors:
Ploughshares Fund

Hosts:
Timothy Brennan, Gary Collins, The Hon. Tom Downey, Amy Ferris, Jerome Grossman, Suzanne & Lawrence Hess, John H. Johns, Brig Gen., U.S. Army (Ret.), Ira Lechner, Conrad Martin, Priscilla McMillan, Robert K. Musil, Richard Schiff, Lorin Walker

Sponsors:
Margaret R. Spanel

Patrons: Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, David Cohen, Lincoln & Alice Day, Roger and Caroline Fisher, David Keller MD & Julie Meyers MD, Arthur & Judith Obermayer, Mark Sternman

Honoring Senators-Elect:
Jeff Merkley, Jeanne Shaheen, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Sen. Tim Johnson, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, Sen. Tom Harkin, Sen. Carl Levin, Sen. Jack Reed

Honoring Representatives-Elect: John Adler of New Jersey, Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania, Kathy Dahlkemper of Pennsylvania, Donna Edwards of Maryland, Bill Foster of Illinois, Alan Grayson of Florida, John Hall of New York, Jim Himes of Connecticut, Steve Kagen of Wisconsin, Dan Maffei of New York, Betsy Markey of Colorado, Eric Massa of New York, Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, Glenn Nye of Virginia, Tom Perriello of Virginia, Gary Peters of Michigan, Chellie Pingree of Maine, Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania, Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire, Nikki Tsongas of Massachusetts and John Yarmuth of Kentucky

If you purchase tickets at the benefactor, co-host, sponsor, or patron level, you can receive great benefits like priority seating at the breakfast, photo opportunities with elected candidates, and recognition from Council for a Livable World. You can also purchase tickets at the friend and single ticket level. Reserve your spot today!

Click here for sponsorship and ticket information.

* Note: Council for a Livable World does NOT distribute tickets to the Presidential Inauguration. Interested parties should contact their Congressional Representative or Senators to request tickets. Some standing room for non-ticketed guests will be available first-come first-serve basis on the National Mall to watch the Inauguration. The ticketed area will extend on the National Mall from the Capitol to 4th St. Beyond 4th St. will be standing room for non-ticketed guests. We expect this space will fill up quickly.