Center Announces Pillar of Freedom Award Honorees for its annual Freedom Banquet, Keynoted by Sean Spicer

Senator Elaine Morgan and Rep. Sherry Roberts to be Honored

2019 Freedom Banquet to be keynoted by Sean Spicer

Providence, RI – The RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity is pleased to announce that Senator Elaine Morgan and Representative Sherry Roberts have been named as the co-honorees of its prestigious 2019 Middendorf Pillar of Freedom Award at its sold-out October 25 Ocean State Freedom Banquet. 

The award is named after Ambassador J. William Middendorf, Rhode Island’s greatest living defender of freedom. Past winners are Robert and Warren Galkin (2017) and Dr. Daniel Harrop (2018). 

The Middendorf Pillar of Freedom Award is based upon the nominee’s record of achievement in one or more of the following areas : 1) Entrepreneurial or free-market business leadership, 2) Civic engagement, 3) Record of philanthropic giving or charitable organization volunteerism, or 4) Legislative voting history on preserving individual and constitutional freedoms.

In winning from the legislative category, Representative Roberts was the #1-ranked and highest-scoring member in the entire 113-person General Assembly on the Center’s 2019 Freedom Index and Legislator Scorecard while in 2018, Roberts was the highest-scoring member of the RI House of Representatives. In 2018 Senator Morgan was the #1-ranked and highest-scoring member in the full General Assembly while in 2019, Morgan was the highest scoring member of the RI Senate.

Also, Sean Spicer, the Rhode Island native and former White House Press Secretary, will be the keynote speaker at the Center’s 3rd annual banquet, a fundraising luncheon for the Center. The event is expected to draw over 200 people and has become the largest annual gathering of conservatives in the Ocean State. 

Spicer, who is currently performing on the hit realty-TV series, Dancing With The Stars, will discuss his experiences as Communications Director for the Trump Administration in its turbulent first year. All attendees will receive an autographed copy of Spicer’s book, The Briefing. 

The private event is not open to the media.

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