Information Forum Against Gambling in W.Md.
Special information meeting for churches,businesses and citizens
Thursday, November 1, 2001 7:00 p.m. Held at Centre Street United Methodist Church 217 N.Centre Street, Cumberland, Md Featuring:Tom Grey Executive Director, Nat'l Coalition Against Gambling Expansion Other Important Guests & Presentations Co-Sponsored By: Baltimore-Washington Conference,United Methodist Church Citizens Against the Racecourse No Casino of Maryland Tom Grey, Exec.Dir.Nat'l Coalition Against Gambling Expansion Exec.Dir.Nat'l Coalition Against Legalized Gambling Tom Grey is the full time organizer and national spokesman for NCALC and NCAGE. Before becoming a minister,Tom served as the commander of a U.S. Army rifle company in Germany and as a military advisor to a Vietnamese infantry batallion in Vietnam. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College,and Garnet Theological Seminary. He served four churches,including a multi-denominational church made of Presbyterians, United Methodists,Disciples of Christ,and United Church of Christ. Tom became active in the anti-gambling movement when a riverboat casino was docked in his county.Since October 1992,he has worked full time with citizens at the local,state national, and international level to stop the expansion of legalized gambling. They have turned the tide against gambling expansion in over twenty states.His home is Rickford Illinois. In recent months, Tom's efforts have been profiled in Time and People magazines,U.S.News and World Report, The Los Angeles Time, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Enquirer, PBS Frontline, 60 Minutes and on A&E's special on gambling, "You Want to Bet". Tom has debated gambling promoters in town halls across the country, and on Chris Mathew's Hard Ball and CNN's Crossfire.
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