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November 2020
Working
toward a future where people and planet are valued, and our government
represents all of us.
GPPA
News Highlights
edited by Chris Robinson
Green Party of Allegheny County joins Medicare-for-All
Speakout
 On October 16, GPOAC joined an event sponsored by the
Western PA Coalition for Single-Payer Healthcare. (show all)
Berks County Green Party at Cannabis Fest, 10/3--10/4
PA Greens Building Name Recognition
 Green Party candidates use the media to build name
recognition. Here are four examples:
Timothy Runke joins Joseph
Soloski, both candidates for PA State Treasurer, on the WWDB
Pennsylvania Project for a conversation on how each will fulfill the
duties of the office. https://wwdbam.com/episodes/the-pennsylvania-project-episode-76/?fbclid=IwAR1UHaMjfXgZat-eBOW0VANv3O4Y-3gVDKYf4ZEQaoNAc1BLmFWIzsMk9Xg
During his interview with Scott LaMar of WITF Smart Talk, Timothy
Runkle explains that we can use the PA State Treasurer’s office to
provide a new perspective on Commonwealth revenues and spending. https://www.witf.org/2020/09/21/smart-talk-tuesday-dem-congressional-candidate-eugene-depasquale-green-treasurer-candidate-tim-runkle/
Timothy Runkle discusses direct democracies, cooperatives, fossil
fuel subsidies, and the case against nuclear energy as well as the
importance of understanding fiat currency for the State Treasurer of
Pennsylvania. Tim joins the United Anarchist News Show at 1 hour into
the podcast. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/755110308?fbclid=IwAR2dqOF0lkKrM5d54zFt0ITwg0khQJu505UkTSvOnfI5EAlSlKn_7kxk_cw
In this brief appearance on Renegade ReW Timothy Runkle provides
an update on the difficulties of ballot access and touches on his
campaign for PA State Treasurer. Includes details on the Amish for
Trump, Intercourse, and the smorgasbords of Lancaster County, PA.
https://vimeo.com/459725940?utm_source=email&utm_medium=vimeo-cliptranscode-201504&utm_campaign=29220https://vimeo.com/459725940?utm_source=email&utm_medium=vimeo-cliptranscode-201504&utm_campaign=29220
Campaign Updates
edited by Tina Olson
We
asked our Green Party candidates what they learned while running for
office during 2020. Here is some of what we heard from them:
Jay Ting Walker for PA
Representative, District 23
Jay
told GREEN STAR, "This election I learned how important having a
robust campaign team is. Our campaign team got upgraded in the middle
of the campaign, and it was transformational. I wish I spent a lot
more time fundraising to pay for necessary campaign expenses. I think
having some paid staff will be the difference between our winning and
our losing campaigns in the future. There is always more that can be
done, and I don't beat myself up for not getting to them. Another
major difference would have been to start the campaign earlier. We've
learned so much this campaign season. I'm excited to see what we get
up to next year.”
Follow Jay’s campaign on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/JayTingWalker;
Twitter, https://twitter.com/Jaytingwalker;
or Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/jaytingwalker/.
Donations and volunteers from across the state are more than welcome
on my website, http://jaytingwalker.com/
Garret Wassermann for PA
Representative, District 45
Garret told GREEN STAR, “I've learned that a
campaign, at least for state office, cannot be done by one person
alone. It truly takes a village. The Green Party must be our village
of candidates and campaign staff and volunteers, ready to jump in and
fight and win. We need to also have our whole campaign year planned
out ahead of time, with specific tasks each month we can give to
volunteers. I'm looking forward to debriefing the year with other
candidates and volunteers and coming up with a plan for the elections
in 2021, 2022, and beyond.”
You can learn more about Garret’s
campaign or donate at http://www.votegarret.org/.
Garret’s Facebook is https://www.facebook.com/VoteGarret/
Michael Bagdes-Canning for
PA Representative, District 64
You can follow
Michael on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/mike4pa64/;
Twitter, https://mobile.twitter.com/bagdescanning;
Facebook, https://m.facebook.com/mikebagdescanning;
and his website, https://www.mikeforpa64.com/
Noel Antonio Rivera for PA
Representative, District 127
Noel’s Facebook is, https://www.facebook.com/riveraforpa/,
and his website is https://riveraforpa.wixsite.com/bethechange.
He can be reached at [email protected]
Three State-wide Green Party Candidates, https://www.greenslate2020.org/
Richard L. Weiss, Esq. for
PA Attorney General
Tim Runkle for PA
Treasurer
Pleased follow Tim on
Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/Tim4ElectedOffice/
Olivia Faison for PA Auditor
General
Olivia told GREEN STAR,
“This election cycle has been a different kind of challenge due to the
unprecedented Covid pandemic. The crisis has caused reflection on how
important our focus needs to be on grassroots organizations. In
particular, getting involved to help the over 100,000 smaller
nonprofits in Pennsylvania with 501(c)3 status, to get funding, as
they are the devoted liaisons, and the keepers of our culture and our
unique heritage. In addition, these organizations are perfectly
positioned to create jobs for the all-important "Gig Economy," the
actual economy which employs most of the people. Furthermore, these
organizations are on the front line of social changes, and impacting
social issues such as homelessness and criminal justice reform. As we
weather the economic upheaval this health crisis has caused,” Olivia
has spent a lot of time supporting such organizations and events. All
the while, she continues to campaign for Grassroots Democracy: a
change for the better, of the people, by the people, for the people,
and including the people in decisions that affect their lives.
Team
Updates
Finance Team
by Tim Runkle
 The Finance Team establishes
the Green Party budget; plans events, meetings, and fundraising
initiatives; promotes membership options; and manages merchandise.
Please join the Finance Team HERE.
GreenWave
Team by Garret Wassermann
 The Green Wave Team uses the
electoral process to energize and grow county locals. We use a
regional approach to coordinate and support our efforts across the
Commonwealth. To receive an invitation to the next Green Wave virtual
meeting, please contact HERE.
To join the Green Wave Team and get
invited to future organizing calls, please visit HERE to receive call info or email for
more information!
Communications
Team by Chris Robinson
 PA Greens (and its
county chapters) now have nine Twitter accounts. If you want to start
your own, please consider joining the ComTeam. If you would like to
join our team, please volunteer at https://www.gpofpa.org/, or to join online,
sign up HERE..
Core Team by
Charles Sherrouse
 The Core Team establishes party
rules, develops the platform, and manages the tools and systems that
maintain the Green Party and allow it to grow. Please join the Core
Team HERE.
edited by David
Ochmanowicz.
Please volunteer to edit this page for future issues of
GREEN STAR. Instruction is available.
C-NET Interview with Tim Runkle, Green Party Candidate for PA
Treasurer
Check out Tim Runkle’s interview with Anne Danahy on C-NET
where he talks about pivoting priorities for the Pennsylvania State
Treasurer. (show all)
Celebrating the founding of the Black Panther Party
 Meanwhile, Democrats, as expected, have taken the slogans of
organizations like Black Lives Matter to make grand gestures but,
ultimately, doing nothing more to solve problem. This is
why the Green Party is so necessary. Someone has to
raise awareness of these issues. Someone has to spell out plans for
how we end the abuse, misconduct, and blatant murders being committed
by police officers (who are then only given administrative leave as
“punishment”). (show all)
Hawkins says Supreme Court nomination should wait until after
the election
 The recent Democrat appointees, including Ruth Badder
Ginsberg, have been neoliberals on economics who agree with the
conservative justices on corporate power. Like the rest of the body
politic, the court has shifted far to the right, with the current
liberal bloc being centrists by historical standards and much to the
right of recent liberal standard-bearers such as William Brennan and
Thurgood Marshall. Today's SCOTUS liberals would have been on the
right in Earl Warren's Supreme Court. The court is the most
business-friendly in a century. (show all)
Questions for the 2020 Candidates: Ward 3 Council Craig
Cayetano
 “I helped to start a mutual aid group: Mutual Passaic County
during the pandemic, am a founding member of Voter Choice NJ and am
currently one of the state co-chairs of the Green Party of New Jersey.
I work with people every day, in many different capacities and can put
aside partisan party politics to forge a path ahead together. I’m not
someone that is just going to fall in line. I stand up, speak up, make
objective decisions and am a listener.” (show all)
Henry Bear: An authentic voice for the people
 Maine Green Independent Party representative Henry Bear has
successfully entered into the race for District 2 of the Maine State
Senate. Bear, a member of the Houlton Band of Maliseets, will run
against Incumbent Michael Carpenter (D) and Harold Stewart (R) as a
write-in candidate. Bear joined the Green Independent Party on
November 22, 2017, becoming the second Green Party member to serve in
the Maine House of Representatives and also one of the two highest
elected members of the United States Green Party. (show all)
edited by Hal
Brown
The Green Party of Bolivia urges supporters to polls “in
defense of life and democracy”
“BOLIVIAN
CITIZENS CANNOT ALLOW THE RETURN TO GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMAGOGIC
PRACTICES OF MAS, WHICH INTERNATIONALLY PROCLAIMED THE DEFENSE OF
MOTHER EARTH AND NATURE, BUT IN REALITY IS ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT’S
MOST DISGUISED IN ITS PREDATORY AND SQUANDERING OF OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES” -- Margot Soria Saravia, leader of the Green Party of
Bolivia. (show all)
Green Party conference backs reparations for slavery
The Green Party
of England and Wales today became the first political party with
representation in the UK parliament to support a policy of reparations
for slavery. At the party’s Autumn conference – held online due to the
coronavirus pandemic. 93% of members voted to back the pro-reparations
motion. The move sees the party calling for the UK government to
commit to a “holistic process of atonement and reparations.” (show all)
Senators of Green Alliance Party call for Columbia to ratify
the Escazu’ Agreement
Senators of the Green Alliance Party (Partido Alianza Verde)
of Colombia are calling for President Iván Duque to ratify the Escazú
Agreement. It is the first multilateral environmental agreement in
Latin America and the Caribbean – and in the world – that would
protect human rights defenders in environmental matters. This comes as
the Colombian Congress is scheduled to meet on October 14 for the
presentation of the Escazú Agreement to the Senate and House. The
months prior have seen a lead up of opposition from within Congress
against the treaty. Opposing parties cite the effect on mining, energy
and transport sectors. Another source of controversy, the scope of the
precautionary principle and how far it will reach. (show all)
Katrin Jakobsdottir Announces Iceland Will Achieve Paris
Agreement Targets
“Politics is about succeeding in important matters. Climate
change is a priority for this government, and it is therefore a great
pleasure to present today a new action plan on climate change, which
shows that due to targeted action, Iceland will live up to its
obligations under the Paris Agreement – and better yet. This is not a
matter of course, but the government decided at the beginning of this
election period to put the climate fight at the forefront, and since
then we have worked hard to achieve our goal of a 40% reduction in
emissions by 2030. Now we are aiming for that and I am incredibly
proud!” (show all)
edited by Chris
Robinson
November 1, 9:00 pm
End of Great Green Clean-up!
Sponsored by the Green Party of Lackawanna
County.
More information from: [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/events/742624116521385
November 3, 7:00 am until 8:00 pm
GENERAL ELECTION DAY
Please volunteer at
your polling place.
More information from:
[email protected]
November 7, 11:00 am
Stop Banking the Bomb
South 18th & East Carson Streets, Pittsburgh.
More information from: [email protected]
Zoom Trivia with Green Party of Westmoreland
County
More information from Bili: [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/events/1065986527190005/
November 10, 6:00 pm
From the Hearts & Minds
of Our Youth
The Diversity Coalition hosts a
virtual panel of youth discussing their visions of the future. Please
register here:
https://www.wdcoalition.org/register/
November 10, 7:00 pm
Green Party of Chester County
Virtual Meeting
More information from: [email protected]
November 15, noon
GPPA Virtual Conference
Everyone is welcome
Please register in advance to
receive ZOOM contact information, :
https://www.gpofpa.org/2020_11_conf
November 16, 7:00 pm
Green Party of Montgomery
County Virtual Meeting
Virtual business
meeting.
More information from:
[email protected]
November 21, 11:00 am
Stop Banking the Bomb
401 Beaver Street, Sewickley.
More information from:
[email protected]
November 24, 7:30 pm
Green Party of Philadelphia
(GPOP) Virtual Meeting
More information from: [email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/events/260828878556404/
December 1, 6:00 pm
Green Party of Allegheny County Virtual
General Assembly
ZOOM and more information from:
[email protected]
GPPA Meeting Dates for 2020:
- November 15, Post-Election Day (virtual), noon
- January 10, Winter Web Conference (officer elections &
2021 candidate selection), noon.
- March 14, Spring State Committee (in person, location to be
determined), noon.
- June 13, Summer Web Conference, noon.
Web Conferences are online - RSVP to get
connection information. The locations for in-person conferences are
to be determined. In-person conferences can be hosted by counties,
county groups or regions. These events are fundraisers. When hosted
locally, the host group receives back half of the revenue after
expenses. To apply for hosting, submit your info to our Application for Local Hosting of GPPA State Meetings
or GPPA-Sponsored Events. We strive for geographic diversity in reviewing
applications, however, all submissions are considered.
Green Party
of Pennsylvania Communications Team & Media
Committee
Issue
Credits:
EDITORS:
Hal Brown, David Ochmanowicz, Tina Olson & Chris
Robinson.
CONTRIBUTORS: Olivia Faison, Tim Runkle, Jay Ting
Walker, & Garret Wassermann.
LAYOUT: Dannee Schoepfer & Hal Brown
GRAPHIC ARTS: Kevin Richardson
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Green Party of Pennsylvania Communications Team * 2020
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