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November 11, 2021 at 1:54 PM

End Endless Wars: Divest from War; Invest in Peace

Hello, WE ARE GREEN End Endless War Support for people in the armed forces must go far beyond the rhetoric used to discredit the peace movement in the U.S. We believe that the ill-advised and illegal actions of the U.S. Biden administration have unnecessarily put our troops in h…
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November 9, 2021 at 11:01 PM

Membership Campaign Ends November 13!

Hello, Membership Campaign Ends November 13! Ready to get Organized with the Greens and Break the Duopoly? 2022 is a great year for Greens to Win! Join Today! ______________________ Cook County Green Party Greens are an established party in the Metropolitan Water Reclamation …
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November 5, 2021 at 1:29 PM

It's A Great Time to Be Green - Membership Drive and Events

Hello, It's A Great Time to Be Green! Membership Campaign With 2022 elections coming up, we can break the duopoly! ___________________________________________________________________ Organizer Meeting Come join the organizer meeting to get the latest update on the progress…
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October 27, 2021 at 11:31 AM

We Are All Leaders - Time to Organize!

Illinois Green Party Leads the Way! Are you ready to take local action? Join us. Illinois Greens have a statewide strategy for Healthcare for All and Climate Action by 2030! Click here to take action today! _______________________________ Membership Campaign Starts November 1st! …
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October 1, 2021 at 11:30 AM

Time for Policy - Illinois Green Party

Friend, Live Green - It's Too Late for Gradual Policy Illinois Green Party is a grassroots political party. We do not accept corporate contributions. Click here to sign-up today! The Green Party is needed today more than ever. With both parties currently in power answe…
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September 22, 2021 at 10:17 PM

Global Climate Strike and More- Illinois Green Party

Friend, We Are Green - Climate Action Now The Illinois Green Party stands up for environmental justice. In siting and permitting decisions, the government must consider the impact of all pollution sources in a community and must put a halt to the victimization of poor an…
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September 16, 2021 at 1:32 PM

We are the future - Illinois Green Party

Friend, Tired of Voting for the Lessor Two Evils? Sign-up to be Green! Our future depends on having unapologetic climate action deadlines. In order to minimize the damage already caused by greenhouse gas emissions and minimize the risks posed by global climate change, the…
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September 8, 2021 at 11:30 AM

Phonebank for a carbon free and nuclear free future- Illinois Green Party

Friend, From our Platform Our goal is an energy future that is “carbon free and nuclear free.” Although some policymakers have pointed to nuclear power as an “answer” to global warming, this would be a “cure” worse than the disease. While the Illinois Green Party does n…
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September 2, 2021 at 11:50 AM

From our Platform - Illinois Green Party

Friend, From our Platform The unifying goal of reproductive rights should be to help people avoid unwanted pregnancies in the first place and help make every child a wanted and well-supported child. We can enhance women’s right to full reproductive choices by improving women’…
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August 31, 2021 at 12:23 PM

A Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free Future is Possible - Illinois Green Party

Friend, A Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free Future is Possible Illinois Green Party is committed to the promotion of solar, wind, biomass and geothermal energy that will create new manufacturing, construction and service jobs and generate new sources of farm income. New energy-effi…
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August 26, 2021 at 12:17 PM

Statement on the U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan - Green Party

Friend, The Big Lie: 20 years and Trillions of American Taxpayers' Money Enough is Enough! If you are currently not volunteering, phonebanking, or canvassing for Green issues and candidates, get involved today! 2022 is right around the corner and we are all hands on dec…
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August 24, 2021 at 11:30 AM

Illinois Green Party - Tonight's Candidate Meeting!

Friend, Today is a Big Day! 2022 is Coming and We Can Break the Duopoly! Join a webinar on August 24th at 8 PM CST with the EcoAction Committee to learn about ways Green Party candidates can raise ecological issues such as the Green New Deal, clean air and water, public power,…
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August 19, 2021 at 12:31 PM

Illinois Green Party - The Time is Now for Real Solutions

Friend, Green and Growing! We need real solutions to the life and death issues we face!   2022 is Coming and We Can Break the Duopoly! Join a webinar on August 24th at 9 PM EST with the EcoAction Committee to learn about ways Green Party candidates can raise ecological issue…
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August 17, 2021 at 11:00 AM

Illinois Green Party Sign & Share - Medicare For All Petition

Friend, Sign & Share! Petition For Medicare for All The U. S. spends far more on health care per person than any other country in the world – in fact more than twice as much as the average for other rich countries. We have the best technology and certainly among the finest …
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August 10, 2021 at 11:30 AM

We are Brave, We Are Green - Updates from the Illinois Green Party

Friend, #BeBrave #BeGreen Break the Duopoly! Time to Turn our Government Green!               Sign the Petition to                 Support a National Health Service or Improved Medicare for All  _______________________________________________ Tuesdays at 8pm CST - Virtua…
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August 5, 2021 at 11:30 AM

Breaking the Duopoly - Updates from the Illinois Green Party

Friend, Break the Duopoly! Time to Turn our Government Green! We are grassroots activists, environmentalists, advocates for social justice, nonviolent resisters and regular citizens who’ve had enough of corporate-dominated politics. Government must be part of the solution, but…
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August 3, 2021 at 11:30 AM

Time to Act - Updates from the Illinois Green Party

Friend, August 3rd Call to Action! We need to urge the Democrats to support a much more robust climate investment – this may be our last best chance for game-changing funding! Green Enter Today! ____________________________ Tuesdays at 8pm CST - Virtual Weekly …
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July 28, 2021 at 8:02 PM

Green Progressive Update: M4A Strategy Continues

Friend, The United States is the only industrialized country in the world that does not guarantee health care for its population. We can start to change that in Illinois by adopting an adequately funded, comprehensive Medicare-for-all, (or “single-payer”) universal health-care s…
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July 15, 2021 at 10:04 PM

Progressives Update: M4A and Equal Ballot Access

Friend, We understand why many people don’t want anything to do with politics: Our political system has become so corrupt and sickening that it turns off most voters. But that is due to the behavior of the two corporate parties. Decades of choosing between evils has led us to a …
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July 7, 2021 at 11:12 PM

Be Green - Annual National Meeting July 15-18

Friend, Do not miss this time to #GreenEnter! The GPUS National Meeting is from July 15-18. There is a busy M4A schedule in Illinois and the progressive Greens are gearing up for 2022! Membership benefits comes with access to organizing tools and a party who believes in grassro…
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June 30, 2021 at 9:58 PM

Remember the Stonewall Rebellion

Friend, As Pride Month winds down, we remember the 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. That event inspired grassroots organizations that grew into a nationwide Queer Liberation Movement known as Pride. Unlike the two Wall Street parties, the Green Party has always …
  Illinois Green Party via ActionNetwork.org · [email protected]
June 16, 2021 at 10:01 PM

We are Green - Reparations are a Debt Owed

Friend, We are Green. We commit to full and complete reparations to the African American community of this nation for the past four hundred plus years of genocide, slavery, land-loss, destruction of original identity and the stark disparities which haunt the present evidenced in…
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June 9, 2021 at 10:24 PM

Illinois Greens Support Medicare for All

Friend, Medicare for All Now! Greens support a Medicare-for-all, single-payer health-care system. This would not only fulfill a basic government obligation to meet the essential needs of its people; it would also be a boom to our economy, as both businesses and consumers wou…
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June 2, 2021 at 10:13 PM

Happy Pride Month from the Illinois Green Party!

Friend, Happy Pride Month! Illinois Greens will continue with the fight for Equal Ballot Access and Ranked Choice Voting! Equal Ballot Access House Bill 2398 would have reduced the petition requirements for new parties. Ranked Choice Voting HB2416/SB1785 would have elim…
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May 26, 2021 at 11:12 PM

Illinois Green Party Updates and Events

Friend, Greens support peace and demilitarization in Israel-Palestine. As concerned citizens and residents of the United States, we know that Israel’s settler-colonial, apartheid regime is sustained by the support of the United States and paid for by our tax dollars. The Gree…
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May 20, 2021 at 10:01 PM

Equal Ballot Access and Ranked Choice Voting!

Friend, ActionNetwork Training Thursday, May 20 @ 7:00 PM https://zoom.us/j/95501377171 Saturday, May 22 @ 12:00 PM https://zoom.us/j/98828597270 Support Electoral Reform! Equal Ballot Access HB2398 helps reduce the petition requirements for new parties. Ranked Choice Vo…
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May 3, 2021 at 4:14 PM

Greener New Deal Now!

Friend, You will not want to miss some upcoming events! Green Party Series Livestreams Mondays at 8pm CST May 3rd Guest: David Kraft, Nuclear Information Energy Service Tune into the Green Party Series with co-hosts David Rych and Calvin Tomaschko! Green Party Series livest…
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April 28, 2021 at 10:13 PM

No Nukes, Earth Day to May Day, and Live Green

Friend, Earth Day to May Day Week Continues On! The Green Party will be calling on greater public and local control of energy and polluter industries. We will also support cross-sectional issues such as living wages for essential workers and a comprehensive economic plan that …
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April 21, 2021 at 10:01 PM

Organize with the Greens and Empower Community Groups

Friend, Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts of murder/manslaughter is an important but LONG overdue step toward holding police accountable for their role in perpetuating racial oppression and mass incarceration. We must keep fighting. That includes fighting the two-party system t…
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April 19, 2021 at 1:14 PM

Time to Declare Climate Emergency, Fund Green New Deal and Climate Mitigation

Friend, Green Party members are helping to organize events from Earth Day to May Day to highlight the urgent need for climate change, and to make the connection to the need for overall system change including environmental justice, labor rights and grassroots democracy. The …
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April 14, 2021 at 10:02 PM

Be Green in Your Area Today! Membership Drive and Spring Convention

Hello, Join the Greens to Fight for Police Reform & Environment Action! With local, empowered organizing tools and statewide campaign strategies, Greens are ramping up the power to the people! Organize with the Green Party! 2021 Spring Convention April 17th 9am-4pm CS…
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April 12, 2021 at 1:00 PM

Calling All Progressive Greens: Local leaders are needed for massive community organizing project

Hey there, Are you ready to be the change? Illinois Greens have a massive community organizing project and we need your help! Since the project entails empowering local community groups, lots of leaders are needed. Sign-up to learn more or join a group at www.ilgp.org. L…
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April 7, 2021 at 10:03 PM

Everything is Coming Up Green! Membership Drive, Spring Convention and More!

Unofficial Congratulations to Mayor-Elect Peter Schrawtzman Unofficial Congratulations to Peter Schwartzman, Illinois Green Party member and Green endorsed candidate for Mayor of Galesburg, who won his election last night! A city councilor since 2011, Peter is the first Gree…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 9:59 PM

Events: No Water Shutoff's, GOTV, Membership Drive, and Spring Convention

NationBuilder John -- Illinois Green Party   No Water Shut-Off's Tonight at 7pm on LiveStream to Facebook and Youtube: The moratorium to stop water-shutoff's ends 3/31. Hear from Illinois Green Party members in the #NoAmerenShutoffs campaign on their experiences…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
March 24, 2021 at 10:18 PM

Be Green! Earth Hour, Membership Drive and More!

NationBuilder John -- We are Green  Our nation – and our world – face a “perfect storm” of economic and environmental crises that threaten not only the global economy, but life on Earth as we know it. The dire, existential threats of climate change, wars for oil, …
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
March 17, 2021 at 10:04 PM

We Are Green! Community Control and Future Focus

NationBuilder John -- We are Green? The Illinois Green Party?supports a restoration of a healthy public sector,?in those areas of the economy where public ownership and control of the economy is appropriate such?as transportation, communication, water, power and o…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
February 24, 2021 at 11:07 PM

Sign up to Join the Fight for Justice & Equality!

NationBuilder John -- We are Green  THE GREEN PARTY STANDS IN SUPPORT OF WORKING PEOPLE The right to organize unions, bargain freely and strike when necessary is being destroyed by employers and their representatives in government. Today, nearly one out of ten w…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
February 18, 2021 at 4:05 PM

We Are Green! Single-Payer 101 Presentation, Petitions, and Community-Based Economics Panel

NationBuilder John -- We are Green  We support single-payer universal health care and preventive care for all. We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. Our current health care system lets tens of thousands of people die each year by excluding them…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
February 10, 2021 at 11:03 PM

Live Green, Be Green: Green New Deal Volunteer Sign-Up and More!

NationBuilder John -- We are Green    If you are willing to fight for the Green New Deal sign up at www.ilgp.org/volunteer. Guarantee a Living Wage Job For Every American Willing and Able to Work Establish a Full Employment Program That Will Create 25 Millio…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
February 3, 2021 at 11:54 PM

Non-Violence, Healthcare and More Green Issues

NationBuilder John -- We are Green  We are a political party in Illinois fighting for economic and social justice, the environment, open government and grassroots democracy. We do not accept corporate contributions.  We are for Single-Payer Healthcare.  We are fo…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
January 27, 2021 at 11:40 PM

We Are Green

NationBuilder John -- We Are Green We are grassroots activists, environmentalists, advocates for social justice, nonviolent resisters and regular citizens who’ve had enough of corporate-dominated politics. Government must be part of the solution, but when it’s co…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 10:44 PM

Organizing Efforts Continue and Updates on Jan. 25th Events

NationBuilder John -- Massive change requires massive organizing. Massive organizing requires big resources. The big donors from the corporations and the 1% will never support the changes we’re all fighting for.  Give what you can and keep working, learning, teac…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
January 14, 2021 at 9:40 PM

Stop the War on Yemen, Black Lives Matter, & Grassroots Democracy

NationBuilder John -- Stop the War on Yemen       Please join Peace Action Committee of the Green Party of the United States on January 14, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time, 4:00 p.m. Pacific for an informative Zoom webinar on why Americans should join the global d…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
January 6, 2021 at 2:01 PM

Jan. 6 Event: Suppression of Small Party Candidates: Why it Matters

NationBuilder John -- 2021 has been filled with lots of political energy! Our events page keeps on growing! RSVP for today's event and more at www.ilgp.org/events.   Information about today's event is below:  Jan. 6 Event Illinois Green Party co-sponsored with Mi…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
December 30, 2020 at 11:09 PM

The Illinois Greens are starting the New Year with some great events!

NationBuilder John -- Happy New Year! As one year closes, another begins! The Illinois Green Party is starting off 2021 with a lot of events. You can help the Green Party?in shaping policy and events, click here to sign-up.? ? Events? ? Thursday, Jan. 7 at 7pm …
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
December 17, 2020 at 2:11 AM

Endorsed Candidates, Volunteer Sign-Up and Save the Dates!

NationBuilder John -- Announcing Endorsed Candidates?for 2021 Jessica Bradshaw?for Carbondale City Councilperson?(seeking third term) Daniel Giers?for Member of Regional Board of School Trustees, Macon and Piatt counties David Wilcox?for Helen M. Plum Public…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
December 9, 2020 at 10:42 PM

Membership, Chapter Meetings, and Events

NationBuilder John -- The Illinois Green Party is working hard on building solutions for environmental justice and social justice.?If you would like to join and become a member of the Illinois Green Party, click here.? ? Upcoming Events? Sunday, December 13th 1pm…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
December 2, 2020 at 11:59 PM

Holiday Party, Working Groups, and More!

NationBuilder John -- The Illinois Green Party is working hard on policy solutions for 2021, including the LaSalle Street Tax and the Green New Deal. If you would like to learn more, or would like to help out in a group, contact [email protected].? ? Upcoming Eve…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
November 2, 2020 at 11:34 PM

Election Day is November 3rd!

NationBuilder John -- Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd!    The Illinois Green Party has candidates across the state  and up and down the ballot in 2020!    If you are planning on mailing in your ballot, it must be postmarked by November 3rd. For additional in…
  Illinois Green Party Outreach · [email protected]
October 19, 2020 at 11:01 AM

Illinois Green Party Virtual Candidate Gala Series 10/19 and 10/20

NationBuilder John -- You are invited to the Illinois Green Party Virtual Candidate Gala Series, featuring some of our 2020 Illinois Green Party candidates. Keynote speakers are the Green Party candidate for President Howie Hawkins on Monday, October 19th and Gr…