[NV Greens] Fw: Green Line May 2005
Barb Ewing
nieceofjr at cox.net
Tue May 31 16:21:53 PDT 2005
GreenLine: The E-Newsletter of the Green Party
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From: Green Party of the United States
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Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:47 PM
Subject: Green Line May 2005
May 2005
News Headlines
Florida Greens Defend Freedom of Speech
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.
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.
"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."
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.
Regardless of the legal outcome, the Broward Greens 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
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.
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 www.gp.org/committees/campaign/manual.html); Helping states to recruit candidates; Assist with regional campaign training schools; and much more.
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.
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.gp.org/committees/campaign/.
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Intern with the Fastest-Growing Party in the US!
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?
The Green Party of the United States is now accepting applications for college and high school interns for the summer and fall.
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.
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.
These are unpaid internships, although many colleges and universities offer college credit for internships.
To apply, please e-mail your resume and cover letter to Emily Citkowski, Green Party Operations Director, at emily at gp.org.
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What's in Your Wallet?
DC Statehood Green Party member
Danzel van Zyl.
Elaine Brown (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.
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.
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.
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.
Please help get the word out, and sign up for your Green Party Card at: 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.
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 card, which shows the world that you stand committed to time-honored progressive values like liberty, equality, democracy, social justice, personal responsibility and focus on the future. In addition, you will receive a Green Party button and bumper sticker, a one-year subscription to Green Pages, plus all of the information you need to get involved and active as a Green. Half of your contribution will be shared with your state's Green Party. The Future is Green!
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