January 27, 2020

Kilmer to Hold Tribal Town Halls and Facebook Live Town Hall

Tacoma, WA - In order to hear from constituents about the issues that matter to them, Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) will hold two in-person town halls and a Facebook Live town hall in the coming weeks. The meetings, which will be hosted by area tribes and focus on a wide variety of issues, will be open to the public.

“I work for the people I represent and it’s important to me that I get opportunities to hear directly from you,” said Rep. Kilmer. “I hope folks will be able to join one of my upcoming town halls, in person or online, to share their ideas and concerns.”

Rep. Kilmer has held town halls in Bremerton, Port Angeles, Quilcene, Tacoma, Belfair, Poulsbo, Kingston, Gig Harbor, Montesano, Westport, Forks, over the phone, and on Facebook in the 116th Congress.

Doors open 15 minutes prior to the listed start time. Press are welcome to attend.

Port Angeles – Friday, January 31, 2020 at 5:30pm PT

Hosted by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

Elwha Klallam Heritage Center

401 E First St

Port Angeles, WA 98362

Suquamish – Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 4:00pm PT

Hosted by the Suquamish Tribe

Suquamish Tribal Council Chambers

18490 Suquamish Way NE

Suquamish, WA 98392

Facebook Live – Monday, February 10, 2020 at 5:30pm PT

WHO:             Representative Derek Kilmer, Residents of the 6th Congressional District

WHAT:           Facebook Live Town Hall

WHEN:           Monday, February 10, 2020 at 5:30pm PT

WHERE:         Residents of the 6th Congressional District who would like to join should log-on to Facebook.com/Derek.Kilmer for the live feed.

DETAILS: All are welcome to join the event by visiting http://www.facebook.com/derek.kilmer. At the start of the event, a live video will appear at the top of Kilmer’s newsfeed. Participants who are logged into Facebook should click on the live video to watch the event in real time. Constituents will be invited to ask questions by entering their first name, hometown and question in the comment. The video will also be available on Facebook after the event for those who could not join while the event was live.

MEDIA RSVP: Media interested in attending are asked to RSVP to Andrew Wright at Andrew.Wright@mail.house.gov or 202-225-5916.

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