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Illinois Green Party Co-Hosts Video Teach-In for Peace Tonight

Contrary to the old song “Down By the Riverside,” we DO have to "study war" -- to know how to overcome it.

Consider: How many Americans even know that the U.S. is at war in Somalia? Or that it still periodically bombs Libya? When was the last time you ever heard a representative of the peace movement on MSNBC, CNN, Fox, NPR, etc.? Why isn't the issue of militarism and war raised whenever a politician or pundit says that we "can't afford" single payer health care, free college tuition, or the Green New Deal?

Join us this evening to hear how you can help become part of the solution, and help put an end to war!

Building the Peace Movement Teach-In Wednesday May 20, 2020

Start: Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 7:00 p.m. Central Time 

Bring your questions and suggestions. We'll hear briefly from a number of key speakers before moving into Q&A.

This event marks the 50th Anniversary of the Kent State and Jackson State murders of peace activists by National Guard troops and police. 

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Host: 
David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War 

Speakers: 

Leonardo Flores, Latin America Campaign Coordinator CODE PINK 

Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence   

Andy Shallal, Busboys and Poets 

Medea Benjamin, CODE PINK  Co-founder

Rich Whitney, Green Party Peace Action Committee and Illinois Green Party

The Illinois Green Party has endorsed this event.

The webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Participants can join via a device with an internet connection or dial in via telephone. Once you register, you will receive an email with the Zoom information. The webinar will be recorded and available for viewing afterwards. We also plan to livestream it on Youtube and will be watching the comments there for questions as well. 

Special Meeting to Decide Whether to Endorse 2020 Candidates

7PM Thursday May 21, 2020
Online Video/Phone Conference (Participants must register for the meeting at [link removed]…/tZAld-qtpj4rGNK19eEQTEdm5Thj0VaL8… <[link removed]>)

Invited attendees: Members of the Cook County Green Party and the DuPage County Green Party

We are holding a special meeting to decide whether to endorse Alia Sarfraz for US House of Representatives (IL-8) for the November 3rd, 2020 General Election. Here’s Alia’s completed candidate questionnaire for your review: [link removed]… <[link removed]>

US House District 8 ([link removed]…/Congressional-Distr…/Overview <[link removed]>) has 716,964 residents. About half the district is in Cook County, about 40% in DuPage County, and about 10% in Kane County. The district represents all or parts of several cities (Chicago, Des Plaines, Elgin, Elmhurst, Oakbrook Terrace, Rolling Meadows, Wheaton, Wood Dale) and villages (Addison, Arlington Heights, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, East Dundee, Elk Grove Village, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Itasca, Lombard, Mount Prospect, Oak Brook, Palatine, Roselle, Schaumburg, South Barrington, South Elgin, Streamwood, Villa Park, Wheeling).

Per Illinois Green Party bylaws, chapters that reside in the district are responsible for deciding whether to endorse candidates in that district. In this case those chapters are the Cook County Green Party and the DuPage County Green Party.

We may have at least one other candidate seeking endorsement at the meeting. If we add that candidate to the meeting agenda, we will try to give members at least 24 hours to review their completed questionnaire.

If you are not able to join us via video on your computer or smart device, you can still join us by calling into the meeting on your phone.

Virtual chapter meetings 

While in-person Green Party meetings and events remain on hiatus for obvious reasons, our chapters are learning to adapt by conducting video and/or phone conference calls. If you reside in or near one of our chapters <[link removed]>, and haven’t yet gotten involved or been involved lately, you are encouraged to connect with them as we forge ahead into campaign 2020. Here are some of the upcoming “virtual” meetings scheduled:

- On Wednesday, June 10th at 7pm via video/audio conferencing, we will hold our DuPage County Green Party Monthly Meeting. Prior to the meeting we will email the agenda. Register for the video/audio conference <[link removed]>. Note that our monthly meetings are always held at 7pm on the second Wednesday of the month. Facebook Event <[link removed]>. If you cannot make it, please send an email to the DuPage Greens <mailto:[email protected]>to get an update.
- The Shawnee Green Party (Southern Illinois) will also have a virtual meeting on Wednesday, June 10th at 6:30 p.m.; contact [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> if you do not receive notice by the list-serve.
- The next meeting of the 50th Ward Green Party will be held via teleconference on Sunday, June 14, at 1:00 p.m.  Please contact George Milkowski at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or call 773-262-7026 if you would like to attend this meeting.

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