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Newsletter of the Green Party of Ohio
Vol. II, No. 25 -- July 20, 2002
(This newsletter distributed to 2,826)
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F E A T U R E D I N T
H I S I S S U E
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1)
JOIN THE GREEN PARTY: OHIO MEMBERSHIP AT 517
2) GREEN PARTY NATIONAL MID-TERM
CONVENTION
3) RALLY TO KEEP DAVIS-BESSE CLOSED ON JULY 27
4) FIVE NEW
STATES ADDED TO NATIONAL GREEN PARTY
5) RALPH NADER ON DONAHUE ON JULY 24
6) CAMPUS GREENS 2002 ANNUAL CONVENTION***************************************************
1) JOIN THE GREEN PARTY: OHIO MEMBERSHIP AT 517
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517 Ohio citizens have registered as members of the
Green Party of Ohio (GPO)
during the first 22 weeks
of registration. Add your name to the list at:
http://www.ohiogreens.org/membership/.***************************************************
2) GREEN PARTY NATIONAL MID-TERM CONVENTION
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Published on Monday, July 22, 2002 in USA Today:Two years after its warnings
about corporate greed
helped decide the outcome of the presidential race,
the Green Party gathered here this weekend with the
goal of not just being
spoilers, but winners.With 146 elected officials nationwide, the Greens
are
running 362 candidates in 39 states this fall. Among
them are 16 running
for governor, eight for the U.S.
Senate, 59 for the House of Representatives,
109 for
state legislatures and 38 for other statewide offices.
***More:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-07-21-greens_x.htm***************************************************
3) RALLY TO KEEP DAVIS-BESSE CLOSED ON JULY 27
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There will be a rally to promote keeping the
Davis-Besse nuclear plant closed
on:SATURDAY JULY 27 FROM 1–6 PM
CRANE CREEK STATE PARK
STATE
RT. 2 - 15 MILES EAST OF TOLEDOThe rally will focus on keeping Davis-Besse
shut down
permanently, jobs and income security for Davis-Besse
workers,
reducing dependence on fossil fuels, investing
in clean and renewable energies,
and no atomic waste
transport to and storage in Yucca Mountain.Speakers
will include: Dr. Al Compaan, PhD, Physics
Professor at the University of
Toledo; Paul Gunter,
Nuclear Information and Resource Service; Michael J.
Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes; Anne
Wise M.D. from Cleveland;
Chris Williams, Indiana Citizen
Action Coalition; Mike Ferner, Coordinator
of Program On
Corporations Law & Democracy; and Brady Bancroft,
Co-Founder
of Toledo Coalition For Safe Energy.
For more info, call: Anita Rios:
419-243-8772 or
Leslie & Ray: 419-242-3399.
For Davis-Besse Info visit:
http://www.nrc.gov and http://www.nirs.org***************************************************
4) FIVE NEW STATES ADDED TO NATIONAL GREEN PARTY
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On the first day of the Green Party National Mid-
Term Convention on July
18, five additional states
were accredited and affiliated with the Green Party
of the United States: Alaska, Nebraska, North Carolina,
Vermont and Washington.
This brings total state
affiliation to 39.***************************************************
5) RALPH NADER ON DONAHUE ON JULY 24
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Ralph Nader will be appearing live on Donahue at
8 PM ET, Wednesday, July
24 on MSNBC. The show will
be broadcast from Houston with 1,000 ex-Enron emplo-
yees in the audience. Nader will be joined by column-
ist Molly Ivins. The
show will be rebroadcast at
11 PM and 3 AM.***************************************************
6) CAMPUS GREENS 2002 ANNUAL CONVENTION
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Campus Greens 2002 Annual Convention & Super Rally
August 8-11 -- University
of Kansas, Lawrence KSBe a part of the fastest growing progressive student
organization in the country! The second annual Campus
Greens Convention will
be held August 8-11 at the
University of Kansas, Lawrence. Students, educators
and concerned citizens from all over the nation are
coming together to organize
and build a movement for
radical democracy and social justice.The
convention will consist of a main plenary meeting,
educational workshops,
panel discussions, a massive Super
Rally, Saturday night Party Extravaganza,
and lots more!The many skills and issues workshops that the convention
will feature include sessions on electoral organizing,
media strategies, fundraising,
peace/anti-war organizing,
sustainable agriculture, corporatization of education,
the global justice movement, Greens and Labor, challenging
oppression, art
and activism and much more.Confirmed speakers for workshops and panel
discussions include:ACORN
Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange
The
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Becky Crooker, National Campaign for Sustainable
Agriculture
Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange
Matt Gonzalez, San Francisco
City Council
Jon "maddog" Hall, Linux International
Ira Harritt,
American Friends Service Committee
Wes Jackson, The Land Institute
Dan
Johnson-Weinberger, Center for Voting and Democracy
Danny Muller, Voices in
the Wilderness
Mike Oxford, ADAPT/Access Living
Rainforest Action Network
Jason Schreiner, Kansas Rural Center
Melissa Schweisguth, Global Exchange
Julia Stewart & Michael Menifee, AFL-CIO Organizing Institute
Dan Wildcat,
Haskell Indian Nations UniversityCheck out the full agenda and register
on-line at
http://www.campusgreens.org.
Free housing is currently
available, but it's going fast on a first come-first
serve basis so register today!***************************************************
The views expressed in this newsletter are those
of the author or organization
noted and do not
necessarily reflect the opinions of the Green Party
of
Ohio.
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Green Party of Ohio, complete the form at
http://www.ohiogreens.org/membership/register.html.
To see the membership list of the GPO, see
http://www.ohiogreens.org/membership/.
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