Hello Greens!
We'd like to start off this week's update with a hearty congratulations for all the Green endorsed candidates who participated in Tuesday's election as well as everyone who worked on their campaigns and voted for them. The candidates were:
*Rochester City School Board - Howard Eagle
*Rochester City School Board - Christopher Edes
*Rochester City Council - Harry Davis
*Monroe County Legislature (17th District) - Jo Moleca-Voigt
*Pittsford Town Council - Neil Dorfman
We will be posting election results for Greens who ran all over the country as soon as they're available, so stay tuned.
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Our job as citizens is not over! It never is. Now we focus on 2010. This Monday is the Green Party of Monroe County's next monthly meeting. We will be focusing on upcoming elections for next year. Our main focus will probably be on village and the gubernatorial races, but they affect everyone. It's time to get Greens in office!
What: Green Party of Monroe County Monthly Meeting
When: Monday, November 9th, 7pm
Where: 875 E. Main Street (Rochester Auditorium Bldg - use the back door), 5th floor meeting room.
Who: Registered Greens, interested Greens and anyone else in real progressive change for our community.
If you have any questions, call Dave Atias (585) 315-7687
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Did you know, the Green Party is active world wide? Right now, there are Greens in Rwanda who are trying to organize their party and are being met by the government with violence and intimidation.
http://www.gp.org/campaigns/international/rwanda/global-greens-statement.php
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This is absolutely HUGE! (sorry for the car dealer reference)
Title: NORTH AMERICA'S LARGEST INDUSTRIAL UNION AND WORLD'S LARGEST COOPERATIVE JOIN FORCES
The United Industrial Steelworkers Union is teaming up with the world-famous Mondragon Co-Op in Spain. THIS is the kind of economic activity the Green Party works towards!
Visit, http://prorev.com/2009/10/north-americas-largest-industrial-union.html for more info.
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The Green Party of Monroe County has a group on Facebook, a MySpace page and a Twitter page. And you can get to all of those from our website at www.gpomc.org. Become our friend, spread the word, and help the Green Party grow in Rochester.
Know someone who needs to register to vote? Or maybe someone wants to change his/her registration to Green. We've posted information online on how you can do that. Just go to: http://gpomc.blogspot.com/2008/08/register-to-vote.html
Please share this update with anyone you think would be interested.
See you on Monday!!!
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