Politics & Government

Fired Up Pinellas To Host Panel Discussion On Global Issues

The event will be Friday, April 26, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. followed by a reception from 8 to 8:30 p.m. at Allendale United Methodist Church.

Fired Up PInellas will host a panel discussion Friday.
Fired Up PInellas will host a panel discussion Friday. (Fired Up Pinellas)

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Fired Up Pinellas will host a panel discussion focusing on the global and local issues affecting the environment and the actions being taken to impact them.

The event will be Friday, April 26, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. followed by a reception from 8 to 8:30 p.m. at Allendale United Methodist Church, 3803 Haines Road N., St Petersburg.

The format will be a panel discussion moderated by Jennifer Rubiello, state director of Environment Florida.

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Panelists will include Bryan Beckman of the Suncoast Sierra Club; Rachael Curran, Florida staff attorney at Center for Biological Diversity; Zulema Ramos, Extinction Rebellion activist; and Sharon Wright, community and environmental planner.

The event is free to the public. To register for tickets, click here.

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The event is hosted by Fired Up Pinellas with co-sponsors Allendale UMC, Chart 411, Suncoast Sierra Club, DSA, League of Women Voters, St. Petersburg, Environmental Florida, Leif Nissen Social Justice Lecture Series, Indivisible FL-13, The Common Ground, Florida Indigenous Rights and Environmental Equality, Extinction Rebellion Tampa Bay

Fired Up Pinellas is a grassroots political advocacy organization working at the local, state and national level to protect progressive values and defend democracy.

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