CCAN Policy Director and tireless climate activist Ted Glick, who faces up to three years in prison for peacefully hanging a banner in a Senate office building, will be sentenced Tuesday, July 6th at noon.
Glick was convicted of two misdemeanors for hanging a banner in a Senate Office Building calling on Congress to take action to stop climate change. The prosecution has publicly stated that Glick is subject to up to three years in prison.
Supporters have sent hundreds of letters to Judge Frederick Weisberg urging leniency including Susan Sarandon, Edward Asner, NASA’s Dr. James Hansen, Danny Glover, Wendell Berry, Van Jones, Rocky Anderson, Kim Stanley Robinson, Peter Barnes, Bill McKibben, Gus Speth and Catholic Bishop Thomas Gumbleton. News outlets including the Newark Star Ledger and the DC Fox TV station.
WHEN:Tuesday, July 6th at 11:00 AM; Sentencing at 12:00 PM
WHERE: DC Superior Court, 500 Indiana Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001 — Room 318
