The Green Party Of Brooklyn

Green Party NYC is an association of local organizations based in the five boroughs, committed to producing activism, events, and support for Green Party campaigns in New York City. We are calling for Green Party members in Brooklyn to gather at the next Park Slope Greens Meeting, Monday September 13th at 7pm, to choose three representatives from Brooklyn to serve on the committee for the next 12 months.

We’ll also present what’s next in our campaign for Governor and other statewide offices, now that our 27,500 signature petition application has been accepted without challenge!

…and sign up to help staff our table at this year’s Atlantic Antic on September 26, a great chance to talk to voters about Green candidates and issues!

Park Slope Greens Meeting and GPNYC Rep Selection
At Park Slope Methodist Church, corner of 8th Street and 6th Avenue, garden entrance
September 13, 2010 at 7pm. Take the F/G trains to 7th Avenue

Park Slope Greens meetings take place on the second Monday of each month.

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For more information about the Park Slope Greens, please contact Dani at (718) 788-2260 or by e-mail at dani@gpbk.org

For More Information on The Green Party of Brooklyn
e-mail: info@gpbk.org or go to www.gpbk.org

For More Information on Green Party NYC check out www.greenpartynyc.org

For More Information on the Green Party of New York State
go to: http://www.gpnys.org

For more on Howie Hawkins for Governor visit: http://www.howiehawkins.com

In This Message:

1) Petitioning Has Begun! All Hands On Deck!

2) Petition With Lt. Gov. Candidate Gloria Mattera, Thursday!

3) Park Slope Greens Meeting and Brooklyn Petition Cleaning on Monday!

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PETITIONING HAS BEGUN!

Petitioning to get our our 2010 NY State Green Party candidates on the ballot began on Tuesday — how was your first day? Email your stories, tips, and questions to michael@gpbk.org or call 917-825-3562.

Haven’t started yet? Still need materials? Right now is the right time to get moving!

Download everything you need here and contact me if you still need training.

Michael ONeil
2010 GPNY Petition Coordinator
917.825.3562 | michael@gpbk.org

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PETITION WITH GLORIA THURSDAY!

And now a special message from 2010 GPNYS Candidate For Lt. Governor, Gloria Mattera…

Thanks to all of you who came out around the state for our first day of petitioning yesterday. It was a hot, steamy day…but a successful one!

Here in NYC, volunteer and staff petitioners hit the streets and subways early.  Our statewide petition coordinator, Michael O’Neil, had a successful morning at Broadway Junction and Mark Dunlea did very well at his home subway station in Clinton Hill.

I began my first petitioning day at Madison Square Park in Manhattan to get the after work crowd.  Michael O’Neil, Mark Dunlea and James Lane from the Park Slope Greens were my trusty escorts.  We successfully navigated past the tourists lining up at the Shake Shack or dipping their toes in the fountain, realizing our registered NY voter quarry were rushing to and from the nearby subway. So we joined them!

Mark, Michael and I spent over an hour on the R/N train platforms, gathering signatures at a steady rate and getting good responses from the commuters. Isaac Dovere, from City Hall News, joined us on the platform! He was impressed with Mark’s signature count from only one day of collection…

It was a great first night!  So, let’s do this again.

JOIN ME THURSDAY, JULY 8 AT THE CELEBRATE BROOKLYN CONCERT IN PROSPECT PARK.

We will gather at the 9th Street entrance on Prospect Park West under the statue at 6pm.  Call me at 917-886-4538 or Michael O’Neil at 917-825-3562 if you have any questions.

See you there!

–Gloria

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PARK SLOPE GREENS MEETING
MONDAY, JULY 12 at 7PM

The July meeting of the Park Slope Greens will be dedicated to supporting your petition efforts! Bring the petitions you’ve collected so far and swap strategies, stories, and good petition locations and times. We’ll review your signatures and let you know how to make corrections to ensure that each one counts!

You’ll also find out dates of Green candidate appearances, petition parties, and events around Brooklyn and beyond.

Park Slope Greens meetings take place on the second Monday of each month at the Park Slope Methodist Church, corner of 8th Street and 6th Avenue, basement/garden entrance.

For more information please call Dani at (718) 788-2260 or e-mail at dani@gpbk.org

All are welcome!

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For more information about anything in this message,
please contact Dani at (718) 788-2260 or by e-mail at dani@gpbk.org

For More Information on The Green Party of Brooklyn
e-mail: info@gpbk.org or go to www.gpbk.org

For More Information on Green Party NYC check out www.greenpartynyc.org

For More Information on the Green Party of New York State
go to: www.gpnys.org

For more on Howie Hawkins for Governor visit: www.howiehawkins.com

The June 29th meeting of the N. Brooklyn Greens has been changed so that we can plug into the growing, exciting coalition in NYC to push hard for clean, renewable energy in the wake of the Gulf oil catastrophe. Please join us as we represent the Green Party among the inspiring grassroots uprising!

When:
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
7:00 PM

Where:
Wollman Hall @ The New School
65 W. 11th Street
New York, NY

Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=122169677818440#!/event.php?eid=129137270453989&ref=mf

We’re proud to announce that GreenChange.org included Brooklyn’s own Gloria Mattera in their list of “6 Green Women To Watch” in 2010:

“Gloria Mattera is a public health worker and activist for peace, universal health care and community-based development. Gloria is running for Lt. Governor of New York to work for renewable energy, green jobs, mass transit, single-payer health care, and more. With heir apparent Andrew Cuomo leading Wall Street favorite Rick Lazio by a huge margin, Gloria Mattera and running mate Howie Hawkins should do well among New Yorkers looking for fresh ideas. I volunteered with Gloria on Reverend Billy’s campaign last year. She’s a dynamo. bit.ly/howiehawkins”

Congratulations to Gloria and Julia Willebrand of Manhattan, who is running for Comptroller!

Howie Hawkins, Green Party candidate for Governor of NY speaking at a June 6th press conference in front of Eleanor Roosevelt Monument, Riverside Park, NYC, announcing Hawkins’ candidacy and the Green Party candidacies of Gloria Mattera, Colia Clark, Cecile Lawrence, and Julia Willebrand.

The candidates spoke about opposition to war, support for immigrants, and the need for a Green New Deal to respond to the economic depression, the growing attacks on workers, and the climate, energy, and environmental crises. The Greens will also highlight their opposition to hydrofracking of natural gas deposits.

Gloria Mattera, Lt. Governor Video

Gloria Mattera, long-time peace activist from Brooklyn, was nominated for Lt. Governor. Mattera, who has run for Brooklyn Borough President and City Council, is a health care worker active in the single payer Medicare for All movement.

Colia Clark, US Senate Video

Colia Clark, the candidate challenging incubent Charles Schumer, is a veteran of the civil rights movement presently active in Haiti relief work and support for their right to self-determination. Her work has included activism in the fields of women’s rights and workers’ rights, as well as activism and advocacy for homeless people and youth.

Clark was a Special Assistant to Medgar W. Evers in the NAACP, and later joined the Mississippi Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In the 1990s Clark was a professor at the University of Albany as well as Director of the Social Justice Center.

Cecile Lawrence, US Senate Video

Dr. Cecile Lawrence, a Jamaica born activist with a Ph.D. and law degree, will be challenging Sen. Gillibrand. Lawrence is active in the movements for health care reform, organic agriculture, renewable energy, and a ban on hydrofracking.

A resident of Tioga County, she’s been a board member of local civic organizations such as the YWCA and the Southern Tier Independence Center, and is currently a member of Tioga Peace and Justice.

Julia Willebrand, Comptroller Video

Julia Willebrand of Manhattan is the Green candidate for state Comptroller for which she received nearly 120,000 votes in 2006. With a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University, she was a UFT delegate when a teacher at PS 84 and is active in the Sierra Club and solid waste issues.

Fighting Obama’s wars: recruiting youth in Brooklyn

More than seven years into the occupation of Iraq, the war effort has lost popularity, especially among young people. Back in 2005, America’s all volunteer military began regularly falling behind its enlistment goals. As recruiters struggled to meet their targets, revelations of misconduct grew, even spurring the Army to suspend recruiting for a day.

But recruitment numbers rebounded after the military increased its efforts inside school in low income neighborhoods. The Pentagon reported its best year ever for recruiting in 2009, with every branch of the military surpassing its goals.

To examine why youth are joining the military today, reporters Jaisal Noor and Kieran Meadows take us to one of the most heavily recruited counties in the nation; Kings County, also known as Brooklyn, New York City. Stay with us for this special Memorial Day documentary.

Designated candidates of the Green Party of NY State:

Governor of New York State: Howie Hawkins

Lieutenant Governor of New York State: Gloria Mattera

Comptroller of New York State: Julia Willebrand

U.S. Senate: Cecile Lawrence

U.S. Senate: Colia Clark

Other candidates petitioning to be on the Green Party Ballot.

US Congress from the 13th district: Hank Bardel

US Congress from the 7th district: Anthony Gronowicz
Video

State Senate from the 33rd district: John Reynolds

State Assembly from the 76th district: Walter Nestler

State Assembly from the 82nd district: Carl Lundgren

State Assembly from the 83rd district: Trevor Archer

State Assembly from the 85th district: Daniel Zuger

State Assembly from the 119th district: Mike Donelly

Thanks to everyone who turned out to our clothing swap in North Brooklyn! And special thanks to 5 Boroughs Clothing Swap, BedStuy Blog and Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn for spreading the swap buzz. Attendance was great, there were some fabulous finds, and we donated over 10 bags of clothes to Housing Works!