[Sosfbay-discuss] Fw: GPLAC-Forum Digest, Registering Greens
Caroline Yacoub
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Fri Jan 30 10:39:27 PST 2009
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From: Caroline Yacoub <carolineyacoub at att.net>
Subject: Fw: GPLAC-Forum Digest, Registering Greens
To: "Caroline Yacoub" <carolineyacoub at att.net>
Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 10:33 AM
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From: Shane Que Hee <squehee at ucla.edu>
Subject: GPLAC-Forum Digest, Vol 39, Issue 79:Registering Greens
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Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 5:29 AM
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> >From: Rioryon at aol.com
> >Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:21:47 EST
> >Subject: [GPCA-CCWG] Suggestions for Registering Greens
> >
> >During a recent non-green oriented petition campaign for Sacramento
City
> >voters i registered 27 voters...
> >
> >(Altho the petition is Non-Green, IMO it does improve GOVT
accountability,
> >making city executive authority accountable directly to the voters,
as has
> >similarly been done in SF, Oakland, LA, San Diego, and Fresno --
> so, however
> >small, and despite Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, it is a structural
step
> >forward for Sacramento GOVT, IMO)...
> >
> > ...BUT what i most wanted to report to other California Greens
is...:
> > From the Sacramento citizens i talked with, i encountered a
profound
> >interest in and willingness to register "Green Party" when
> >registering to vote,
> >or even when changing one's party affiliation/registration...
> > What makes it work for me, is ESPECIALLY when i can present
> the options
> >on the Registration Form as another way to VOTE, that the choice they
make
> >when they register is like another way to cast a
> >ballot, increasing our voice
> >as citizens and voters, by at least 33% every 2 years ( - ie
> >barring special
> >elections, there are currently 3 elections every 2 years, so changing
your
> >registration can increase your voting voice to 4 votes, or more,
during this
> >election cycle)...
> > So we can increase Grassroots Democracy this way -- how we
choose to
> >register gives us another way to send a message about what we want,
> >what values
> >we support, and what values we want our candidates and office-holders
to
> >execute as public policy, whether it's for Peace, Better Wages,
> >Equal Rights,
> >whether it's for Environmental Protection, where Greens have
> >written the book
> >politically, so to speak, and all of the above (and here you can
> insert your
> >own preferred issue, policies, campaigns, etc, that are based on
Green
> >Values)...
> > i find if i say, "Let me ask you about your political
> values... Are you
> >for PEACE ?"... The answer is "Yes"
> > "Are you for BETTER WAGES?" The answer is almost
always "Yes"
> > "Are you for EQUAL RIGHTS ?" The answer is
"Yes"
> > "Are you for Protecting the ENVIRONMENT ?" The answer
is "Yes", 95% of
> >the time...
> >
> > "So you are a Green", i say...
> >
> >
> >Some Common (initial) Resistance + Response Examples :
> >
> >A) -
> >Voter says, But everyone wants Peace.
> >
> >Tabler says, Where there's the WILL for Peace, there WILL be
Peace... and
> >give examples such as Joschke Fischer, Green Foreign Minister for
Germany,
> >influencing Germany not to join the Iraq War...
> > Make note of the fact that Democrat AND
Republican
> >politicians vote themselves hefty pay raises, while the minimum
> >wage remains a
> >POVERTY wage... (Now is a great time to emphasize Green economic
> policies)...
> > You might then mention, Republicans AND
> Democrats are in
> >the back pockets of the big wealthy corporations, while the average
voter's
> >policy preferences and needs, are bypassed and ignored...
> >So registering Green is another way to try and make the
> politicians work for
> >us...
> > i might say, "What if a Million
Californians
> registered
> >Green...? Don't you think there'd be a political shake-up,
or at
> least some
> >movement, for the good ?"
> > Who knows where Critical Mass is for Real Change
!?
> >
> >B) -
> >Voter says, But i want to be able to vote in the Democratic
Primaries.
> >
> >Tabler says, There is no Primary for over a year, between now and
> then, over
> >365 days, you can send a strong message for PEACE NOW (or whatever
Green
> >issue you want to emphasize, like EQUAL RIGHTS, especially if the
> voter is a
> >woman, or from a minority community)...
> > So NOW we can vote, for __________ (insert Green
> >Issue/Value), along with hundreds of thousands of other voters, all
> >across this
> >country, millions all around the world -- mention 18 Greens in the
Swedish
> >Parliament, 8 in New Zealand, State Legislators in Arkansas, Maine,
> >and previously
> >in California, plus Green Majorities in Sebastopol, and Arcata, and
> >Mayors in
> >Richmond, Fairfax, Moraga, Marina, etc etc, and almost in San
Francisco, and
> >so on and so forth...
> >
> >The Tabler can say, "So you (to the voter) can use your
registration as a
> >voice NOW, and you can use it strategically again, *ANYTIME* you
want"...
> > "That is, you can change your registration
to
> > Green NOW,
> >then look at the candidates before the next Primary, Feb 2010, and
decide
> >then how you want to vote in that election"...
> > Meanwhile you're sending a message for
something you
> >want your GOVT to do NOW about ___________________. (Insert Green
Value,
> >policy, issue, etc)
> >
> >
> > Over the course of about 30 hours, from 1/4/9 to 1/9/9, in
Sacramento
> >despite the cold, at McKinley Park and a little at the nearby
> >Safeway, also at
> >the Long's across from BelAir Market on W. El Camino, across the
American
> >river on the north, Natomas side of town, and also at the Coop off
> >Alhambra and
> >S st and 29th, (Basically the pitch works at roughly the same rate,
> >50% - 70%
> >Green, +/-, all over the state)...
> > At those locations in Sac, i registered 27 voters...:
> >
> >Total 27 Registrations
> >
> >19 Green (70.4%)
> > 5 Democrats (18.1%)
> > 2 Libertarians ( 7.4%)
> > 1 Republican (3.7%)
> >
> >(NOTE - i always try to go over the whole registration form with the
voter,
> >helping them skip the parts they need not fill out - it only takes a
couple
> >minutes i point out, explaining where they must put something, such
> >as CDL, if
> >they have one... And then i can go over the choices section on the
> >Registration Form WITH the voter -- i try to do this AFTER
they've
> >marked how they
> >are currently registered so i can get a clue to where they're
> >coming from...
> > Look at a registration form now if you have one --
> > because the
> >"previous registration" section is below the "party
choices" section on the
> >form, i say, when we get to the choices section, i say let's skip
> the choices
> >now and come back to it at the end, and then i can explain what
American
> >Independent, and what Libertarian stands for, or what the Peace and
Freedom
> >Party's history is, and go on from there, emphasizing and often
> >giving examples,
> >how IMO the Greens have the best choice of Values...
> > - AND i remind the voter that HERE they are NOT voting
for a
> >person, not this time, but instead they are VOTING for a set of
*VALUES*,
> >values that they agree with, values that they want to see
> >implemented. And i have
> >little difficulty demonstrating, giving examples, how the Democrats
and the
> >Republicans consistently betray those values.
> > For instance, when the voter marks what they WERE, in
the
> >"Previous Registration" section, you can ask, "Are you
SATISFIED
> >with the job the
> >Democrats and the Repulicans are doing ? A vast majority of the time
the
> >voter will say "No !" And then you essentially have an
> >open invitation to go
> >over the other options, focusing where possible, on the Greens.)
> >
> >(Note #2 - a certain percentage of the Greens you register will be
> >interested in further contact with local GP members and so be sure
> >to have a "CONTACT
> >SHEET" with space for Name, City, and Email, and/or phone, if
desired - of
> >the 19 Greens i registered in Sac, 5 said they were interested in
> >some kind of
> >future contact with other Greens)...
> >
> >Peace/Unity
> >
> >tim s
> >Sonoma
> >_rioryon at aol.com_ (mailto:rioryon at aol.com)
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>Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:24:45 -0800
>From: Shane Que Hee <squehee at ucla.edu>
>Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] Go Green.. Green Party... DUH! NOT!
>To: gplac-forum at lists.cagreens.org
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> >From: Lisa Taylor <lisa at losangelesgreens.org>
> >Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:32:17 -0800
> >Subject: [GROW] Go Green.. Green Party... DUH! NOT!
> >
> >I posted this on the GPCA Media Committee list in reply to a post
> >from Erika, and it seems appropriate to post on GROW as well.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Lisa Taylor
> >LA City Greens Volunteer Coordinator
> ><http://losangelesgreens.org>http://losangelesgreens.org/
> >
> >Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >>From: Lisa Taylor
>
>><<mailto:lisa at losangelesgreens.org>lisa at losangelesgreens.org>
> >>Date: January 26, 2009 11:05:57 PM PST
> >>To:
<mailto:gpca-mediawg at marla.cagreens.org>gpca-mediawg at marla.cagreens.org
> >>Cc: <mailto:ErikaSF at aol.com>ErikaSF at aol.com
> >>Subject: Go Green.. Green Party... DUH! NOT!
> >>
> >>Erika,
> >>
> >>The Go Green thing has been everywhere and in and cool a few years
> >>now and sadly, does not translate into Go Green Party or Join
Green
> >>Party, because
> >>the vast majority does not frickin know that the Green Party
> >>exists! For all the reasons we know all too well: almost
> >>non-existent coverage of third parties by the corporate media,
> >>blah, blah, etc. etc.
> >>
> >>it seems a no brainer to me, that's why I proposed the ad
"Green...
> >>Green Party... Duh!" to Warner and Cres when they were at
UCLA for
> >>a CCWG event,
> >>but apparently not to the masses who do not know the Green Party
exists.
> >>
> >>Guess how much a booth cost at the big Go Green Expo in L.A. this
> >>past weekend? Two thousand bucks and NO rates for community or
nonprofits
> >><http://gogreenexpo.com>http://gogreenexpo.com/
> >>LA City Greens members Sasha Karlik and Lisa Green (who will run
> >>for Assembly in 2010, yey!), attended and I was just looking at
the
> >>exhibitor list they gave me.
> >>Of over 250 booths, only about 8 are nonprofit and only about 2 of
> >>those are truly community groups--the LA County Bike Coalition
> and Sierra Club.
> >>(you could share a 10x10 booth between 4 groups and it would still
> >>be cost prohibitive for us and we've run into this before that
> >>nonprofits will not/cannot share a booth with us
> >>because of the restrictions on them doing political work)
> >>
> >> sure, we'll continue to table at the farmers markets and
> >> community events, but mostly we find we are increasingly being
> >> priced out of participating in these "green" events.
> >>Ditto when I looked into a booth at the LA County Fair several
> >>years ago, they had what they called nonprofit/community booth
> >>rates but they were exorbitant as well.
> >>
> >>Luckily LA City puts on a kick-ass Youth Enviro Convention with
> >>over 5,000 attendees and free booths! I organized our LA City
> >>Greens booth the last 2 years and here is
> >>the article I wrote in 2008:
>
>><http://greenpages.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/the-popular-party-amon
>
g-soon-to-be-voters/>http://greenpages.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/the-popular-party-among-soon-to-be-voters/
> >>
> >>Cheers, sort of,
> >>
> >>Lisa Taylor
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>From: Erika McDonald
<<mailto:erika at dolorespark.org>erika at dolorespark.org>
> >>Subject: [GPCA-MediaComm] It's easy to go Green
> >>To: gpcamedia
<<mailto:gpca-mediawg at cagreens.org>gpca-mediawg at cagreens.org>
> >>Message-ID:
>
>><<mailto:497CC61F.8030208 at dolorespark.org>497CC61F.8030208 at dolorespark.org>
> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >>
> >>The CW network is doing our job for us...telling everyone to go
"Green".
> >>They have several actors from various shows doing PSAs that air
during
> >>their programs and on the web:
>
>><http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/free2begreen>http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/
> free2begreen
> >>
> >>This might make a good entry for our twitter feed. Corporate ads
aside,
> >>they do have good tips for saving energy...and they keep repeating
the
> >>line "Go Green"!
> >>
> >>Best, Erika
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