MOJAVE GREENS
Getting started
This is your party. What can you do to make it a success? We need places to meet, donations to operate, ideas and goals and members to realize them. Green signifies GO! Small groups can focus on multiple issues simultaneously and really have an impact.
First things first
Organizing. Again, everyone is responsible for the success of the party. Commit to performing some work for the party. You have a lot to offer and a little goes a long way. Voter registration is a year-round affair. One can change one's party anytime just by filing a voter registration form available at the post office. Encourage people to register Green.
Education. Members need to know the party platform so they can educate others. Log onto the state Green Party site listed below to access policy directions. Make our positions known by speaking up at school board and town council meetings, writing op-ed letters to the papers and calling talk radio and television stations. Contact elected officials. Collaborate with other local Greens with whom you share the same goals. There are a lot of misconceptions about the Green Party. Help clear them up. We have everything to gain from advocating renewable resources, election reform, living wage, you name it, and keep it Green.
Run Green Candidates for local offices. School Boards and City and Town Councils are good places to start. You have lots of local support you don't even know about yet. Log onto the state web site. They show a candidacy criterion.
Vote Green. Vote for Green candidates. Log onto the Green Party sites listed below to get election news.
Local Green Candidates.
Tom Bolema for District 36 Assembly Member.
Green Candidate Robert Kerekes wins seat on Quartz Hill Town Council.
Local Green Events
- October 6, 2001. George Lane Park, Quartz Hill, 10am til 4pm. Demonstration of alternative energy sources and meetings with local government officials. Contact: Antelope Valley Greens at (661) 943-9480.
- October 13, 2001, Sat, 2-4 pm. Join fellow Greens and members of the High Desert Catholic Worker in a vigil at the west gate of Edward's Air Force Base to express your opposition to space-based weapons development. Take 14 N to Rosamond exit east. This is a non-violent, legal event.
- November 7, 2001. Deadline for Green candidates to submit their signatures in lieu of fee petitions and qualify for the primary. Contact this site to offer signatures or contributions.
- January 18, 19, 20, 2002. L.A. County Greens host the state plenary. Contact them at cagreens.org/lacounty and (310) 995-0256.
- February, 2002. (Tentative) meeting to plan the April party gathering. If you like throwing parties, get involved. Email MojaveGreensWest@aol.com
- March 5, 2002. Primary elections. VOTE GREEN.
- April, 2002. Mojave Greens district gathering. Let's have a party! What would you like to experience at the gathering? What services or resources can you provide to make a party happen? Email MojaveGreensWest@aol.com with your ideas/provisions for having a gathering of some 100+ Greens.
- May, 2002. Tour and discussion of strawbale construction. (Tentative)
Greens Links
Greenparties.org
GPUSA@greens.org
Greenpartyus.org
CampusGreenparties.org
Nader2000.org
Cagreens.org
Cagreens.org/lacounty
Cagreens.org/losangeles
Sonomagreenparty.org
GoodsforGreens.com
Fascinating Sites
- Fas.org
- The Federation of Associated Scientists. An astute group with much to offer.
- Dieoff.org
- Straight facts on the state of our planet.
Government links
- Government@aol.com
- Express your concerns to your representatives.
- ss.ca.gov/elections
- Secretary of State; election information.
NEWS
- TheNation.com
- Politics.com
- Essential.org
- GlobalExchange.org
- IndyMedia.org
- Igc.org
Organizations / Petitions
- Fairvote.org
- Everything you need to know about voter reform.
- Vote-smart.org
- The most trusted source for information on your representatives.
- EconomicRt.org
- The Economic Roundtable researches socio-economic conditions in L.A. County.
- Calpirg.org
- California Public Interest Research Group is working to protect human health.
- ThePetitionSite.com
- Sign and/or post petitions on a multitude of green causes.
- Anti-war.com
- The name speaks for itself.
- PEER.org
- Protects whistle-blowers.
- Californiawild.org
- California Wild Heritage Campaign to save wild places.
- Globalnet@mindspring.com
- Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space. Free, hard to get news on this topic.
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