You are invited to our annual get-together for the winter season. This is your chance to meet and mingle with fellow Greens, enjoy sparkling conversation (and beverages), and have a good time! Please come, bring your friends, and some food to share. Politics are a "side dish" to this social event...for more information, call the office at (510) 644-2293

On November 8th, 2001 the Federal Election Commission unanimously approved a request from the Green Party of the United States to be recognized as the national committee of the Green Party.

The national committee is the organization which oversees the day-to-day affairs of a political party at the national level and nominates candidates for President and Vice President.

This long-developing and much anticipated recognition is a major milestone in U.S. Green organizing, as U.S. Greens have gone from organizing local activist groups in the 1980s, to state Green parties in the 1990s, to a national Green Party in 2001.

The formation of the Green Party of the United States was itself announced on July 30, 2001, at a press conference at the Green Party's Santa Monica, California office.

Marshall Windmiller, Professor of International Relations at SF State University (retired), will speak at City of Alameda Green Party meeting, at the Home of Truth's Garden Room, 1300 Grand Street in Alameda. The Garden Room is behind the main church building. The business portion of the Green Party meeting begins at 7:00 p.m.; Marshall Windmiller will speak at 8:00 p.m.

The Associated Students presents Winona LaDuke, 2000 Green Party Vice Presidential Nominee, to speak about Native American history, identity, and politics. Hosted by KPFA's Dennis Bernstein, Host of Flashpoints

[If you haven't heard Winona LaDuke speak, this will be an excellent opportunity for you to listen to this inspiring activist and Green Party leader.]

Nader is coming to help lead the San Francisco solar/public power campaign (MUD) to victory, bring thousands of progressive peopletogether, and to be a strong voice for global justice and peace.

Nader recognizes that the solar and public power campaigns are citizen activism at their best, and wants to do everything in his power to make them prevail.

Tickets: $15.00 suggested; $10.00 minimum...For tix, volunteers & more info: 415-864-607

COME TO THE HISTORIC NADER "PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER" SUPER RALLY ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2001

On October 11th, Ralph Nader's "People Have The Power Tour" will have a Super Rally at the San Francisco Masonic Center (corner of California and Taylor).

Nader is coming to help lead the San Francisco solar/public power campaign (MUD) to victory, bring thousands of progressive peopletogether, and to be a strong voice for global justice and peace.

Nader recognizes that the solar and public power campaigns are citizen activism at their best, and wants to do everything in his power to make them prevail.

Check below for event info:

** Doors open at 5:00pm, rally starts at 7:30pm

** The rally will feature appearances by national entertainers, activist-celebrities, & community leaders (similar to the Oakland Super Rally last year).

** 50+ bay-area organizations will be tabling

[Including the Green Party of Alameda County-- CALL THE OFFICE (510) 644-2293 to get in on it!!!] (for info on tabling, call 1-415-864-6078)

Only with your support can we fill the SF Masonic Center, win the public power campaign, and launch a progressive movement across the country.

To make this rally a huge success, we need hundreds of volunteers to lend their time & energy to this project. We will have Super Rally volunteer meetings every Thursday, from 7:30pm-9:00pm, at the SF Green Party office (1910 Mission St.) with free pizza & beverages.

If you can't make it, call or stop by the SF Green Party office anytime between 9:00am to 9:00pm, seven days a week, to volunteer for the rally.

Tickets: $15.00 suggested; $10.00 minimum...For tix, volunteers & more info: 415-864-6078

Or check out our website at www.democracyrising.org

Help publicize the rally--CALL THE OFFICE (510) 644-2293 and sign up to make phone calls to Greens in Alameda County.

Dear California Greens,

In June 2001 we won our first election ever in the City of Los Angeles, as we elected Nancy Pearlman to the Los Angeles Community College District Board.

Now we have an enormous opportunity to elect a Green to the Los Angeles City Council! Denise Munro Robb, Coordinator for the Los Angeles Greens, is running in a special election for the Los Angeles City Council 4th District seat taking place on September 11.

She has been endorsed by Ralph Nader, Bonnie Raitt, Medea Benjamin, Martin Sheen, Santa Monica Mayor Mike Feinstein, Dan and Carrie Hamburg, City Councilman Kevin McKeown, Sara Amir, author Mike Davis, former presidential candidate John Anderson and many others.

We need your help so that Denise can become the first Green Party candidate in the country to qualify for $25,000 in local public matching funds -- IF she can raise at least that much money by September 1. Denise has already raised over $15,000 and more local fundraising is underway -- so we're hoping we can reach our goal with just a little additional help from Greens around the state!

Please do everything you can to help out (and if you can spend a few days -- or more -- in Los Angeles volunteering that would be greatly appreciated as well)!

To make a donation please send your check to:

Denise Munro Robb for City Council,
5850 W. Third St. #356,
Los Angeles, CA 90036.

(The maximum donation is $1,000 and the first $250 of each donation qualifies to be matched. As required by state law, please note your occupation and employer.)

Every donation, no matter what you can afford, is critical!

If you send your check after August 26, please e-mail the campaign and tell us it's on it's way: emails@d...

To volunteer, either e-mail us or call us at: 213-745-ROBB.

Denise is starting to get increased media attention -- there is a feature on her coming up in the Los Angeles Times -- and her July 29 fundraiser with Jello Biafra went very well.

Denise is the President and Co-Founder of the Miracle Mile Action Committee, a community organization that just had another victory in preserving the historic, affordable buildings in her neighborhood from the bulldozers of the developers.

When Denise was Executive Director for the Southern California chapter of Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) she fought for campaign finance reform, preservation of all 1,100 acres of the Ballona Wetlands (a major issue for Los Angeles environmentalists), against nuclear power, against Proposition 187, and much more.

Her district includes the communities of Hollywood, North Hollywood, Studio City, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Hancock Park, Miracle Mile and the Wilshire District.

Denise is fighting for the re-greening of the Los Angeles River, for more non-polluting buses and light rail, elimination of video billboards, greater police accountability (of the LAPD), compliance with the consent decree, community based policing, electoral reform including instant runoff and touch screen voting and much more.

For more information, please see Denise's campaign website www.DeniseMunroRobb.com

Please join with us in helping Denise Robb to make Green Party history. Please make your maximum contribution to Denise's campaign today. By working together, we WILL Green California!

Sincerely,

Mike Feinstein Mayor of Santa Monica Member, Green Party of California State Coordinating Committee

The Green Party of Alameda County directs the web working group to post the e-mail address and website of the Action Circle and the Bylaws discussion group on the official GPAC website as soon as is practicable.

The Green Party of Alameda County resolves that the official contact for the Green Party of Alameda County's Action Circle is actioncircleGPAC@egroups.com. This mailing list is open to the public.

Proposals for and discussion of Action Circle actions can and should be sent via e-mail to this address. One doesn't have to join the egroups list in order to be able to post to the list or view the archived e-mails of the Action Circle at http://www.egroups.com/groups/actioncircleGPAC/

The Green Party of Alameda County resolves that the official discussion group for proposed amendments to the Green Party of Alameda County's bylaws is BylawsGPAC@egroups.com. This mailing list is open to the public. Proposals for and discussion of proposed bylaws amendments can and should be sent via e-mail to this address. One doesn't have to join the egroups list in order to be able to post to the list or view the archived e-mails at http://www.egroups.com/groups/BylawsGPAC/

Invited Guests will explore the East Bay energy situation, its history, development and future including possibilities of municipally owned public utilities, clean renewable energy, conservation & efficiency.

Invited panelists include Medea Benjamin/Global Exchange, Graham Brownstein/TURN, Bill Balderson/Oakland Teachers Union, Ross Mirkarimi/Green Party, Angela Alioto, Councilmember Kriss Worthington, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congressman George Miller, Assemblywoman Dion Aroner, Supervisor Keith Carson,Councilmember Nancy Nadel.

Sponsored by the Social Action Committee (Redwood-Sequoia Congress) of the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalitist (BFUU)

Call Richard Challacombe for further information 510-233-3175.

Suggested Donation: $5-10 to benefit the Fellowship Social Action & Building Fund. No one turned away for lack of dollars. Wheelchair accessible.

From Local Elections to the Presidency 2000 was a year of spectacular growth for the Green Party in the United States. Greens ran more candidates, received more votes, elected more people, registered more Green voters, and achieved ballot status in more states than ever before.

The Green Party's growth was also about more than just numbers. Public consciousness about the Greens increased many fold - from the boardrooms of the New York Times and Washington Post, to the classrooms of highschools and universities across the nation. In just a few short years, the Green Party has become a meaningful part of the nation's political lexicon. And among the nation's young, Greens are increasingly a preferred choice.

In addition to electoral growth, the Green Party grew organizationally in 2000, enjoying an enormous leap in skills, experience and contacts. This came from within, as internal leadership has developed. It also came from without, as new talent--attracted by the party's values, growth and potential--has joined the party, deciding for themselves that it was finally time for independent third party politics.

Many Greens even earned a living as activists in 2000, and some will not be going back to conventional careers as a result. Much more than in 1996, Greens also worked together nationally on a common electoral project, building increased cohesiveness and professionalism in their grassroots structure. This proved to be an invaluable, maturing experience for the growing movement.

On the presidential level, the Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke campaign helped make history--partly by helping create one of the most narrow and controversial presidential elections in U.S. history. The closeness of that election--and the controversy it generated - has unexpectedly opened a door for potentially historic electoral reform. Everything from voting machines to voting systems is now on the table for consideration, including Green goals of Instant Run-off Voting (IRV) and proportional representation.

In sum, the Greens' mixed strategy--of an emphasis on municipal races, combined with selected state and federal races, along with pursuing proportional representation and IRV--is succeeding. The party continues to grow on all levels With the nation a generational/demographic shift away from a very different electorate--one without deep historical ties to the traditional major parties--the Greens' prospects only continue to look better with time.

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