[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: Green Line May 2005

Tue May 31 22:20:15 PDT 2005

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>May 2005
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>News Headlines
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>Florida Greens Defend Freedom of Speech
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><http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=17412278&url_num=3&url=http://www.browardgreens.org/cafta.htm>
>The Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly meets in 
>Ft. Lauderdale from June 4-7, with participants from 34 nations. 
>While the Broward County Green Party is supportive of international 
>cooperation, the OAS has been consistently unable to achieve 
>measurable success in many areas such as environmental degradation 
>and human rights. Unfortunately, the OAS has demonstrated a keen 
>willingness to support trade policies that undermine labor, local 
>economies, regional environments, and political self-determination.
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>A significant number of religious, environmental, labor, and 
>political groups are planning peaceful demonstrations during the OAS 
>meeting. In an effort to limit the size and effectiveness of these 
>demonstrations, the City of Ft. Lauderdale recently enacted an 
>ordinance that redefines a parade or political rally as only eight 
>people, bans common objects such as soda bottles and marbles, and 
>effectively limits the size of signs and banners.
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>"It's outrageous," said Jim Sanders, a Broward Green, and plaintiff 
>in a legal challenge to the ordinances. "I'm being prevented from 
>sending my message to the OAS delegates -- people who can make 
>positive changes in the organization! It seems like the city is just 
>looking for excuses to arrest peaceful demonstrators."
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>The Broward County Green Party is seeking to have the ordinance 
>stricken as unconstitutional. A coalition including attorneys from 
>the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee and the ACLU has 
>filed the suit.
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>Regardless of the legal outcome, the Broward Greens 
><http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=17412278&url_num=4&url=http://www.browardgreens.org>www.browardgreens.org, 
>along with many others, intend to be seen AND heard at the OAS 
>General Assembly meeting.
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>Learn the Art of Running for Office
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><http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=17412278&url_num=5&url=http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign/run.html>
>221 Green officeholders in 27  states are hard at work. They are 
>creating public policy on important issues including civil rights, a 
>living wage, alternative voting systems, and peace. The Coordinated 
>Campaign Committee has helped many individual Green campaigns. Bob 
>Jacobson, Vice-Chair of the Hawai'i County Council was re-elected 
>last year, and he says he knows that the early contributions from 
>the national party contributed to his victory.
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>To support the growth of the Green Party in 2005, 2006, and beyond, 
>the Coordinated Campaign Committee is pursuing many different 
>programs to increase the number of Green officeholders nationwide. 
>Strategies include targeting specific campaigns (based on written 
>applications) and providing those campaigns with matching funds or 
>other support; Maintaining a campaign manual (available for download 
>from 
><http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=17412278&url_num=6&url=http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign/manual.html>www.gp.org/committees/campaign/manual.html); 
>Helping states to recruit candidates; Assist with regional campaign 
>training schools; and much more.
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>Special resources will be available for congressional campaigns and 
>strong local campaigns. We especially encourage people who are 
>under-represented in elective office to consider running. We are 
>also looking for people to work with these candidates as campaign 
>coordinators, managers, and other campaign volunteers.
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>If you're interested in learning the art of running for office, call 
>the CCC's Campaign Hotline phone number: 202-319-7194, or visit the 
>Coordinated Campaign Committee's websites for a wealth of campaign 
>info: 
><http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=17412278&url_num=7&url=http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign/>http://www.gp.org/committees/campaign/.
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>Intern with the Fastest-Growing Party in the US!
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>Are you a student with a passion for politics and social justice? Do 
>you want an internship in Washington, DC, where you'll do more than 
>walk a Senator's dog or take orders for lattes?
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>The Green Party of the United States is now accepting applications 
>for college and high school interns for the summer and fall.
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>The Green Party is looking for interns to work in our national 
>headquarters in Washington, DC. Interns will assist with daily 
>office operations, provide administrative support for campaigns, 
>research, and help with convention planning and fundraising events. 
>Qualified applicants should be computer savvy. Activist experience 
>and/or Green Party membership preferred. Women and people of color 
>are strongly encouraged to apply.
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>Start date is flexible. We are currently looking for candidates for 
>the summer and fall of 2005. Hours are flexible although 
>three-quarters to full time is preferred.
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>These are unpaid internships, although many colleges and 
>universities offer college credit for internships.
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>To apply, please e-mail your resume and cover letter to Emily 
>Citkowski, Green Party Operations Director, at 
><mailto:emily at gp.org>emily at gp.org.
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>What's in Your Wallet?
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>DC Statehood Green Party member
>Danzel van Zyl.
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>Elaine Brown 
>(<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=17412278&url_num=8&url=http://www.elainebrown.org>elainebrown.org), 
>former leader of the Black Panther Party, recently announced that 
>she's running for mayor of Brunswick, Georgia as a Green. And to 
>prove it, she signed up for the Green Party Card. Hundreds of others 
>have recently become card-carrying Greens as well.
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>Introduced in early March, the Green Party Card program has already 
>raised more than $12,000. Half of this money has been contributed 
>back to the state parties. Not only has the program been successful 
>for raising money on the national and local levels, but it has 
>brought many new people into the Green Party and put them in touch 
>with their state parties so they can become active and involved as 
>Greens.
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>For $36 a year, members of the program receive a personalized card, 
>a subscription to Green Pages, a button, a bumper sticker, and 
>contact information for state parties and committees. The national 
>office sends the contact information for new Green Party cardholders 
>to the Green Party Card Coordinator in each state. Card Coordinators 
>are encouraged to put the new cardholders in touch with their local 
>Green Party so that they can get involved in the activity of their 
>local party. Half of each $36 contributed to the program goes to the 
>state Green Party of the cardholder.
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>The Green Party has printed snazzy new Green Party Card application 
>cards to help build the program. State or local parties can request 
>bundles of 100 or more application cards to distribute at meetings, 
>for tabling events; and when talking to friends and family members.
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>Please help get the word out, and sign up for your Green Party Card 
>at: 
><http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=17412278&url_num=9&url=http://www.gp.org/greenpartycard.html>http://www.gp.org/greenpartycard.html. 
>Or, look for the ad in the latest issue of Green Pages. If you have 
>any questions, feel free to call the Green Party national office at 
>1-866-41-GREEN.
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>Make your friends GREEN with envy. Become a card-carrying Green today!
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>The latest, coolest item in the wallets of progressives is the 
>personalized Green Party Card. For $36.00 a year* you can be a 
>card-carrying Green. When you become an active supporter of the 
>Green Party of the United States, you'll receive our spanking-new 
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>justice, personal responsibility and focus on the future.  In 
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>you need to get involved and active as a Green. Half of your 
>contribution will be shared with your state's Green Party. The 
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>was a multiracial, progressive, grassroots third party of working 
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Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand
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