Hello Friend,

You may have learned that yesterday we filed suit in the US District Court in Baltimore, seeking a reduction in the requirement of signatures for ballot access. Had it not been for COVID-19, we would have met our petitioning goal, as we always have to get on the ballot since 2000.

We will be providing more detailed information about the status of our ballot access lawsuit at our State Assembly on Saturday May 30th. This is a virtual event taking place via Zoom Video Conferencing, beginning at 1:00 pm Eastern.

Registration is now open to participate in the State Assembly.

Registration

Due to COVID-19, our annual State Assembly will be conducted virtually.

To engage in the virtual State Assembly, registration is required to get the Zoom invite to be able to participate. Once registered, participants will be sent the proper information to access the Zoom Video Conference.

REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE

Schedule 

The Assembly will be a three hour program with keynote speakers, party business, and  four organizing sessions. We expect the program to go from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

Assembly Itinerary:

I.Procedural session

• Announcement of New Officers
• Announcement of Preliminary Presidential Preference Vote Results
• Ballot Access update
• Information about participating in the online Presidential Nominating Convention.

II. Organizing Sessions

Transit 

This session will explore non-car modes of travel - public transit, walking, and bicycling - in Maryland, with a particular focus on Baltimore City and Baltimore County.  Using public transit, walking, and bicycling align with Green Party values, particularly ecological sustainability, social justice, economic justice and community based economics, and even decentralization.  This session will include an overview of transit modes, the connection to Green Party values, action steps, and resources.

Immigration

In Maryland and across the country, mass deportation of immigrants and exploitation of their labor has been perpetrated by Republicans and Democrats alike. This panel will briefly contrast the policies of the corporate parties with those of the Green Party before focusing on examples of immigrant solidarity community organizing being lead by several local organizations. Participants will learn how they can plug in to campaigns to fight for intersectional immigrant justice.

Why We Need The Green Party in the 2020’s

Margaret Flowers Co-Chair of the Green Party of the United States and Andy Ellis Co-Chair of The Maryland Green Party will discuss why the 2020 election is a key opportunity to organize independent political power  in the United States and in Maryland.The 2020’s will be a decisive decade in the future of the planet. But the corporate parties are giving us a choice between Barbarism and Austerity. The workshop will lay out a path for an eco-socialist alternative via comparing and contrasting the Green Vision to the Democrats and Republicans on Key issues like The Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and Peace. The workshop will provide participants with concrete action steps about how to build independent political power in Maryland Via this election cycle

Labor

The combined global pandemic/depression has provoked enormous responses from workers all over the world, who have seen the importance of collective actions against the employers to defend both their incomes and their lives. When we talk about the Green Party's priorities, supporting these organizing campaigns--and participating in them in our own workplaces--is really important. This workshop will give a summary of current struggles and a general discussion of unionization.

III. Keynote Speakers

• Keynote Speakers (TBA) 

Reminder

Request your ballot for the Presidential Primary and For Officer Elections

1. Presidential Primary Ballot
2. Officer Election Ballot

We hope you register to participate in this annual event!

Maryland Green Party
http://www.mdgreens.org/