You’re Invited
To a Campaign Kick-Off
In honor of
Hugh Giordano
Green Party candidate for State Representative
Friday, March 5, 6:30-8:30 PM
At Holy Smoke, 473 Leverington (at Ridge Ave)
$30 per person includes light refreshments
and a donation to jump start Hugh’s campaign
Grassroots Democracy * Nonviolence* Ecology * Social Justice
rsvp to gpop@gpop.org — walk-ins welcome!
Due to the ongoing snow storm, and the latest news that the heaviest accumulation will begin tonight, we have decided to cancel tonight’s in-person GPOP Meeting. However, due to pressing business, we are holding a conference call instead. Any interested Green can rsvp to gpop@gpop.org to get conference call details.
6:30 PM at a phone near you!
Agenda will include:
- report back from GPPA State Convention
- updates on Hugh Giordano’s campaign for State Rep.
- proposal to protest EPA on Earth Day due to reckless Marcellus Shale permitting
Our next regularly scheduled Membership Meeting will be Thursday, March 25.
Green Party Nominates Hugh Giordano for 194th State Rep.
Giordano to focus on working families
Monroeville, PA – This weekend, the Green Party of Pennsylvania approved the nomination of Roxborough resident Hugh Giordano to be the party’s contender for State Representative in the 194th District. The District is currently served by Kathy Manderino who announced her retirement in December.
In an effort to accommodate the changing schedules of regularly attending members, Green Party of Philadelphia meetings will now be held on Thursday nights, instead of Tuesdays. They will still be held the 4th week of the month.
So, please join us for the January GPOP Meeting on THURSDAY, January 28, 2010, 6:30 PM at
LAVA Zone, 4134 Lancaster Avenue
If you’re at all concerned about the state of the country (escalating war, BS healthcare reform, failed negotiations in Copenhagen) or the state of the city (ongoing budget cuts, poor education, high poverty), then please get active with the only true alternative political party. Make political engagement your New Year’s Resolution.
Mel Packer, long-time peace activist, and member of the Green Party of Allegheny County, will be in Philadelphia the weekend of January 16-17. We have invited him to give a brief talk to the Green Party of Philadelphia about the future of the peace movement in the age of Obama. Save the date!
When: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 7:30 PM
Where: Singapore Vegetarian Restaurant, 1006 Race Street
Tickets cost $30 and include a full dinner and a small donation to the party. Please RSVP to gpop@gpop.org.
Green Party Endorses House Bill 1994 to Outlaw Juvenile Life Sentences without Parole
GREEN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Last night, the Steering Committee of the Green Party of Pennsylvania votes to endorse PA House Bill 1994 to outlaw juvenile life sentences without parole. This comes as a follow-up to its earlier call for an investigation into the privatization of juvenile detention facilities (http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=209). Eight other States have already prohibited the sentencing of minors without parole, including Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, New Mexico, New York and West Virginia in addition to the District of Columbia. With House Bill 1994, Pennsylvania could add its proud name to this growing list.
Help put the Green Party on the Pennsylvania Ballot
Register Today as a Green Party member!
4134 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia 19104
Meeting begins at 6:30 PM
If you are a registered Green Party member and/or are interested in learning more about the Green Party, please come to this meeting.
Agenda items will include:
- supporting single-payer health care
- setting up our new “neighborhood-based” film series
- recruiting candidates for 2010
- and more!
For information contact GPOP at: gpop@gpop.org or 215-243-7103
contact us at: philly.october17.mobilization@gmail.com or Phone: 609.558.1869
Local endorsers: To add your name of organization contact us
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Brandywine Peace Community
Bubbies & Zaydes (Grandparents) for Peace in the Middle East
BuxMont Coalition for Peace Action
Catholic Peace Fellowship
Colia Clark,Chair, Richard Wright Centennial Committee, Grandmothers for Mumia Abu Jamal
Coalition for Peace Action, Regional Office, Princeton, NJ
Delaware Valley Veterans For America
Drexel Progressive Librarians Guild
Granny Peace Brigade
Green Party of Montgomery County
Green Party of Pennsylvania
International Action Center
International Socialist Organization
Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern (LEPOCO Peace Center) in Bethlehem
Main Line Peace Action
Northeast Philly for Peace and Justice
Northwest Greens
Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal*
Party for Socialism and Liberation
People’s Revolutionary Party
Philadelphia Against War
Philadelphia Regional Antiwar Network (PRAWN)
PDA/DFA Progressive Democracy South Jersey
Socialist Action
Solidarity
SUSTAIN (Stop US Taxpayer Aid to Israel Now)
Veterans For Peace Philadelphia Area Chapter 31
Veterans For Peace, Southern New Jersey Chapter 096
Workers International League
World Can’t Wait
To become an endorser:
This November, Philadelphians in each division will elect a Judge of Elections, a Majority Inspector and a Minority Inspector. Green Party members and independents have the same right to run for these positions as anyone else.
One of these spots can be yours! You’ll need less than 20 petition signatures to get on the ballot. We can help you gather them.
If you win, you’ll be trained for the job and receive $100 each primary and general election day for serving your community. You’ll help ensure fair elections by participating in electoral politics at the very roots of grassroots democracy, and bring political diversity to the election board.
Meanwhile you’ll connect with your neighbors and help build the Green Party. To find out more, call Brian at (215) 243-7103 or e-mail gpop@gpop.org.
Act on your Green Party principles
Serve on your local election board
Join us next Thursday, June 25 at 12 noon for our Anti-Casino Circus.
Nine months since the announcement of Foxwoods’ move into the Heart of Our City, we’ve seen no studies and no plans. And the rushed political process has been a joke. Meanwhile our Coalition has been growing with more than 40 member groups.
Show Foxwoods and the City the strength of our opposition by joining us for a celebration of our new store front across the street from the Strawbridge Building: the No Slots Spot (718 Market Street). Have fun and at the same time expose the circus that City Hall has been making of the democratic process.
See the City Council Contortionist, the Incredible Mayor with Two Faces, and more! Family fun and friendly and cotton candy, of course!
Please forward this to your listservs and invite everyone to come out to celebrate, strengthen our community, broaden our outreach, and renew our energy in this fight.
For more information, call us at 215-952-1538.
The Green Party of Philadelphia is a member of the No Casino in the Heart of the City coalition.
Nationally, nearly 2.6 billion trips were taken on public transportation in the first quarter of 2009, according to a report released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Even with significant declines in gasoline prices, higher unemployment, a general economic downturn, and lower state and local revenue, public transportation use in the first quarter is essentially flat – almost matching last year’s modern record first quarter ridership -declining by only 1.2 percent. This 1.2 percent decline is less than the decline of vehicle miles traveled on our nation’s roads, which declined by 1.7 percent (representing 11.6 billion vehicle miles), according to the U.S. Department of Transportation during the same period.
Local Contact: Chris Robinson, chrisrecon@netzero.net
Local Contact: Hillary Kane, hillarya@upenn.edu
Meet at 12 PM at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ, 11080 Kinghts Road. We will march to the Army Experience Center at Franklin Mills Mall at 1:30 PM.
Local Contact: Hillary Kane, hillarya@upenn.edu
Local Contact: Chris Robinson, chrisrecon@netzero.net
Ali is also the spokesperson of the Asia Pacific Green Network. He invited us to attend the upcoming national meeting of the Pakistani Green Party in Lahore this coming August.
More about the PAKISTAN GREEN PARTY:
The Green Party of Philadelphia City Committee has agreed to join the Coalition and work with other groups to urge the Mayor to retain funding for essential services during the budget crisis.
Just a month ago, the mayor and everyone else was talking about cutting essential services like the libraries. Citizens turned out to the citizen’s forums, and said loud and clear that we’d rather raise taxes than cut services. The Mayor listened… to an extent.
His proposed budget, which will officially be released on Thursday, March 19, was leaked to the public. In it, there are still many service cuts. And most of the tax raises are on regressive taxes like the sales tax and property tax, not the wage tax.
Now, we need to take it to the next level and push for PROgressive not REgressive taxes.
Read more to learn how you can help.
1. Talk to your neighbors and get signatures on this petition. We also have a flyer here that you can distribute to interested people. It asks them to contact the Mayor and their City Councilperson. Remember to contact us at gpop@gpop.org to turn in finished petitions.
2. The next two Thursdays are very important. This Thursday, the 19th, we want to turn people out for the Mayor’s budget address to protest his regressive tax policies and budget cuts. Thursday the 26th, we will be meeting with city council to lobby for essential services. There will be a training that morning at DC47, at 16th and Walnut, and then we’ll head over to city hall. If you can make either event, email Mike Nance at nancejm@gmail.com.
3. Call the mayor and city council! Also remember to call the at-large council members. Phone numbers are on the flyer.