Green Party VP Candidate Rosa Clemente in NY City August 6th

Green Party Vice-presidential candidate Rosa Clemente is making a surprise visit to NY City to help boost the Green Party of New York’s petitioning effort as it heads into the last 10 days of petitioning!

Rosa Clemente (photo by BFRESH Photography)

Photo by BFRESH Photography

Join local Hip-Hop artists and electoral activists as they greet Rosa Clemente.
Back room of Public Assembly, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
(70 North 6th Street, former location of Galapagos) 718-782-5188
Wednesday, August 6 at 7pm

Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $10.00 to support the Green Party ballot drive in NY.

Also appearing:
Hip-Hop Artists New York Oil, Rebel Diaz, Umi of P.O.W.
Poet, Hip-Hop/Reggaeton Artist, La Bruja
Activists, educators, and artists The Welfare Poets
Representatives of the Rock Steady Crew
Representatives of Zulu Nation

“We need all New Yorkers to come together to put the Green Party on the ballot in November. Together, we can ensure that everyone will be able to make a choice and cast a vote that counts. We are no longer the alternative, we are the Imperative.” –Rosa A. Clemente

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Mission: PETITION! Getting Cynthia McKinney On The Ballot

A Challenge to the Greens in NY from the GPNY Petition Co-ordinator:

We need you to join Greens throughout the State who will pound the pavement and harvest signatures to make sure New York State voters can choose Peace, Justice, and True Prosperity on Election Day. We need 30,000 signatures to put Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente on the ballot and it’s up to us, the Greens, to get them.

The Time is now! 

Get the petition and instructions:

  Basic Petitioning Instructions (87.6 KiB)

  McKinney/Clemente Petition (139.3 KiB)

View “How to Petition” video

  Mckinney Brochure (190.6 KiB)

  McKinney Palm Card (188.7 KiB)

  NEW 1 sided Palm Card (1 MiB)

Click here to join our State-wide Petition Team discussion list.

Your On-Call, At-Your-Service, Rough-and-Ready New York State Petition Coordinator is Michael O’Neil. Contact him by email at petition@gpny.org or by phone at (917) 825-3562. When you’re planning a petition event, need materials, or just have a question — don’t hesitate to contact him!

How many can you get?

We need to gather over 800 signatures per day to reach our goal. How many will you chip in today? Email Michael now and tell him how many hours and signatures you can commit to, per day!.

Check back here often for announcements, events, updates, handouts and more!

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Run for the GPNY State Committee

All seats on the Green Party of NY State Committee are up for election this year. The Green Party in NY’s Rules and Policy use a method of electing SC members that closely follow BOE guidelines but allow for some flexibility to facilitate the election of as many SC members as possible.

If you have questions, please contact a GPNY officer or your local county organization.

If you are interested in running for a SC seat in your area, you must petition. Please refer to the requirements for your district below. The petition period begins June 3th and petitions must be turned in by August 19th. You are required to obtain signatures from 5% of the enrolled Greens in your district, as of the Spring state BOE postings. You may only petition in a district in which you reside. Petitions must be submitted to the State Committee Secretary Craig Seeman, at Craig Seeman & Michele Danels (include BOTH names), 70 Wyckoff Ave. Loft 2G, Brooklyn, NY 11237-3381. You may use the petition provided below.

  SC petiton Adobe Acrobat format (PDF) (207.5 KiB)

To determine your State Committee District, use the list below or download this

  State Committee Districts and requirements (113.1 KiB)

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Cynthia McKinney on Why She’s Running as a Green, Economics, Health Care, and More

Click the menu button button.jpeg above to bring up a menu of the videos.

Video’s include: Cynthia McKinney on why she’s running as Green; African Americans and the Democratic Party; plans for a Dept. of Peace; health, economics, and the environment and how they are related; Economic Planks including the Federal Reserve, the Pentagon’s lost money, and how our values should be reflected in the budget; and a ballot access message to New York petitioners.

From a July 18 Press Conference in NY City. Appearing with Cynthia in some videos is Evergreen Chou, the Green Party Congressional candidate in the 5th District.

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McKinney/Clemente News and Video

Cynthia McKinney speaks at the 2008 Green Party Convention in Chicago after accepting the nomination for president. (Short)

Rosa Clemente speaks at the 2008 Green Party Convention in Chicago after accepting the nomination for vice president. (Short)

Cynthia McKinney nomination speech from 2008 Green Party Convention.

Rosa Clemente nomination speech from 2008 Green Party Convention.

Cynthia McKinney & Rosa Clemente Press Conference shortly after their nomination as Green Party President and Vice President candidates. About 15 minutes.

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