A new neighborhood-based Green group has recently started meeting. The West Philly Greens group has now had three meetings. Another one is scheduled for Monday, May 17, 7 PM at 5015 Baltimore Avenue. Paul Glover, founder of Ithaca Hours, will be talking about local currencies and how we might go about creating something like this in West Philly. Please come!
West Philly Greens group now meeting
May 12th, 2010Anti-Drilling Demo This Sat Apr. 24
April 23rd, 2010PennFutures is having a $150 a person event on Saturday night at the Sheraton in Society Hill to honor Ed Rendell for being the “greenest Governor.” We all know that’s not true!
We’ll be highlighting his miserable record on protecting our drinking water from gas drilling poisons. Join us!
Society Hill Sheraton
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
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6:30pm – 7:45pm
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Earth Day Protest in the News
April 23rd, 2010Read the article and see the video from the Times-Herald:
http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2010/04/23/news/doc4bd12e415487d724605846.txt
See pictures on Brian Rudnick’s Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/buhrayin/sets/72157623786565177/
PA Statewide Earth Day Protest
April 14th, 2010On EARTH DAY, Thursday, April 22nd, activists from organizations including the Green Party of PA, Citizens for Clean Water, NoDrill NEPA, Energy Justice Network, Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition, and others, will gather outside each of the regional offices of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to call as one for the following demands:
- An immediate moratorium on all horizontal hydrofracturing (“fracking”) in the Commonwealth, including our state forests and floodplains,
- An immediate freeze on all new Marcellus Shale drilling permits throughout Pennsylvania,
- The immediate suspension of the authority of the Delaware River Basin Commission and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission to approve drilling-related water withdrawals anywhere in Pennsylvania – and, if necessary,
- The unconditional resignation of DEP Secretary John Hanger.
Speakers & activities will commence at 12:00 noon at the
DEP Regional Offices
2 E. Main Street, Norristown
located one block from the Norristown Transportation Center — easily accessible via the Norristown High Speed Line from 69th Street and the R6 Regional Rail.
Support Hugh Giordano at Two Events
March 27th, 2010Green Party candidate for State Representative (194th District) Hugh Giordano has two upcoming events.
Public Forum for all candidates sponsored by the Roxborough Development Corporation
Wednesday April 7, 2010 – 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
6148 Ridge Avenue
Dinner event on gas drilling in Marcellus Shale
March 27th, 2010Jay Sweeney, long-time Green Party activist and candidate for State Representative (111th District), will be in Philadelphia to give a brief talk to the Green Party of Philadelphia about natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale. He will speak about how drilling in northeastern PA affects our water here in the Delaware Valley.
When: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 8:00 PM
Where: Singapore Vegetarian Restaurant, 1006 Race Street
Greens: Close Erie Coke Plant
March 22nd, 2010ERIE COKE CORPORATION’S “FLAGRANT DISREGARD” OF ENVIRONMENT SPURS GREEN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA TO CALL FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTION TO CLOSE PLANT
On March 10, Erie residents were horrified by the release of a noxious cloud of coke oven gases and fine black particles as it spread across the city in an industrial “upset” from the beleaguered eastside Erie Coke Corporation.
If this situation were not bad enough, Erie Coke’s revelation in the past month that it has spewed toxic pollutants not previously measured by either the EPA or DEP was described by Freda Tarbell, the DEP’s spokesperson, as “documentation that DEP and EPA didn’t have earlier.”
March Membership Meeting
March 18th, 2010Just a reminder, the regular monthly membership meeting will be:
Thursday, March 25, 6:30 PM
at LAVA, 4134 Lancaster Avenue
All registered Green Party members and other interested folks are welcome.
Agenda will include:
- updates on Hugh Giordano’s campaign for state representative
- statewide petitioning to get U.S. Senate candidate Mel Packer on the ballot
- Earth Day demonstration at the DEP Office in Norristown
- Singapore Dinner with Jay Sweeney about Marcellus Shale on April 10.
Film: Crude: The Real Price of Oil
March 18th, 2010Delaware County Greens present Crude; The Real Price of Oil (2009)
The Delaware County Green Party will present the only Delco area showing of Crude; The Real Price of Oil (2009). They will be showing this at Swarthmore Borough Hall, 121 Park Avenue on Saturday, March 27th at 7pm. This is part of a nationwide week of showings of this movie, sponsored by RAN (The Rainforest Action Network). More information at http://ran.org
Get Hugh on the Ballot!
March 10th, 2010Petition Drive Kick-Off
To get
Hugh Giordano & Mel Packer on the ballot
Green Party candidates
Saturday, March 20, 11 AM
Meet at Crossroads Coffee at 6156 Ridge Ave.
Dress for the outdoors and wear comfortable shoes!
Grassroots Democracy * Nonviolence
Ecology * Social Justice
Giordano Kick-Off a Huge Success
March 10th, 2010Giordano Kick-Off a Huge Success
Campaign off to an excellent start
Philadelphia, PA – Friday night, friends and supporters packed into the Holy Smoke Bar and Restaurant to help kick off Hugh Giordano’s campaign for State Representative. Giordano, the Green Party candidate, told the crowd why he should be the 194th District’s next Representative in Harrisburg.
“I care about working people and will fight for workers’ rights,” said Giordano. “I have seen three generations of poverty living in the same house – that’s almost 90 years of poverty among hard-working people, people who worked in factories and never took a dime from the system. There’s something wrong with that picture,” said Giordano.
Hugh Giordano Campaign Kick-Off
February 24th, 2010You’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!
Feb meeting canceled due to snow; conference call instead
February 24th, 2010Due 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.
February 22nd, 2010Green 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.
Monthly Meetings move to Thursdays
January 8th, 2010In 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.