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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.
RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/building-the-peace-movement-teach-in/
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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 https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZAld-qtpj4rGNK19eEQTEdm5Thj0VaL8…)
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: https://drive.google.com/open…
US House District 8 (https://statisticalatlas.com/…/Congressional-Distr…/Overview)
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, 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. Note that
our monthly meetings are always held at 7pm on the second Wednesday of
the month. Facebook Event. If you cannot make it, please send an email to the DuPage Greensto 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] 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] or call 773-262-7026 if
you would like to attend this meeting.
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