June 24th, the South Central Michigan Greens will hold their monthly meeting at Jackson Coffee Company:
South Central Michigan Greens
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Calhoun, Hillsdale, and Jackson Counties Local
People and planet over profit.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 12, 2017
RE-SENT AS A REMINDER: June 19, 2017
For more information:
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Monika Schwab, Local Contact/SCMiGreens
South Central Michigan Greens Look Forward to 2018
at Monthly Meeting June 24 at Jackson Coffee Company
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The South Central Michigan Greens will have maps of districts up for
election next year, and a description of the Green Party's nominating
process, at its next monthly meeting 5-7pm on Saturday, June 24 at the
downtown branch of Jackson Coffee Company (201 South Mechanic Street).
John Anthony La Pietra, longtime Elections Co-ordinator for the state
party and the Green nominee for Michigan House District 63 last year,
will bring maps of County Commission districts for all three counties
covered by the local -- Jackson, Hillsdale, and Calhoun.
He will also bring maps for both State Senate Districts touching the
three counties (the 16th and the 19th) -- and for all five State House
Districts containing parts of those counties (districts 58, 62, 63, 64,
and 65).
District 62 is entirely in Calhoun County, and all of District 64 is in
Jackson County, so candidates for those two seats could be nominated at
county caucuses instead of at a statewide convention, La Pietra notes.
He will bring material describing the nominating process both ways.
The Green Party of Michigan is also discussing establishing criteria for
candidates to show the party -- and interest groups who provide
information to voters -- that they are serious contenders for the posts
they are running for. La Pietra will have the latest information on
where that discussion stands.
Also to be discussed at the meeting are upcoming activities and other
ways of reaching out to GPMI members and voters and to others in the
community who share Green values.
The local was formed earlier this year to bring together Green Party
members and supporters from Calhoun, Jackson, and Hillsdale Counties.
Meetings have been held monthly across the three-county area.
For more details and news about the South Central Michigan Greens,
please visit the local's Facebook page:
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The Four Pillars of GPMI:
Grassroots Democracy
Social Justice
Ecological Wisdom
Non-Violence
For our Ten Key Values, add:
Community-Based Economics
Decentralization
Feminism
Future Focus/Sustainability
Personal and Global Responsibility
Respect for Diversity
