Detroit Greens a local of the Green Party of Michigan

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Green Party of Michigan Update - April 13, 2010

1. Registration for 2010 Annual National Meeting in Detroit Now Open!
2. Workshop registration for US Social Forum open until April 20
3. State & Local Meetings and Events
4. GPUS News

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1. Registration for 2010 ANM Now Open!

Delegates!

Please join us in Detroit, Michigan, June 24-27, for the 2010 Green Party
Annual National Meeting!

Registration is now open at: http://greenpartymeeting2010.wordpress.com/

Note, the registration price includes BOTH the GP ANM and the USSF -- you do
not need to purchase a separate registration for the U.S. Social Forum.

Housing is also available. Hotel discounts have been arranged by the USSF;
we are coordinating dorm rooms at Wayne State University (although through
the USSF). If you wish to stay in a hotel, you will make your own reservation;
if you wish to stay at Wayne State, you can reserve that through the Green
Party ANM Registration Page. Note, you can arrive early to attend the entire
USSF which will begin June 22.

More details will be added shortly! The call for workshops is still up and
running -- please submit workshop proposals (and requests for caucus/committee
meeting space) to the ANM by April 15. That link is:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGVJckNfSzBua1lYYm...

Please help us make this a great meeting by bring your energy and enthusiasm
to Detroit this summer. Please forward this email to any and all interested
parties such as your state and local lists.

Hillary
ANMC Co-Chair
GPPA Delegate

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2. Workshop registration for US Social Forum open until April 20

The US Social Forum is a space and a process for movement convergence,
movement collaboration, and relationship building. Therefore, the following
guidelines are needed to ensure the sharing of space and the participation
of as many organizations as possible in developing and presenting
self-organized proposals.

* In order to submit a proposal, your organization must be registered
and paid.
* There are four different types of self-organized workshop/activity
proposals which your organization can submit:

o 2-hour workshop proposals: These must be sponsored by at least
one organization.
o 4-hour workshop proposals: These must be sponsored by at least
two co-sponsoring organizations.
o Artist and cultural performance proposals: These may be sponsored
by individuals and organizations.
o 4-hour People’s Movement Assembly (PMA) proposals: These must be
sponsored by at least 4 collaborating organizations. To find out
more about the PMA, please contact the co-leads of the Working
Group, Stephanie Guilloud – stephanie@projectsouth.org &
Ruben Solis – grulla@swunion.org.

* Each organization may sponsor no more than one workshop proposal and one
PMA proposal.
* In the spirit of the social forum as a shared movement process that
encourages collaboration, we strongly encourage collaborating with other
organizations in order to foster alliance and relations building.
Volunteers from the Program and Culture Working Group will also be making
an effort to facilitate collaboration throughout the submission process by
putting groups with similar proposals in touch with each other.
* Workshop Proposals submission closes April 20, 2010. We encourage you to
submit your proposals early.

http://www.ussf2010.org/call_for_proposals

Another world is possible
Another U.S. is necessary

United States Social Forum
Detroit -- June 22-26, 2010
www.ussf2010.org

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3. State & Local Meetings and Events

# The United States Social Form is coming to Detroit—June 22-26, 2010

JOIN US AS THOUSANDS OF ACTIVISTS, ORGANIZERS, CULTURAL WORKERS,
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS COME TO DETROIT IN JUNE 2010

The United States Social Form is coming to Detroit—June 22-26, 2010
and we need your participation and ideas!! Thousands of grass roots
activists, low-income workers, unemployed persons, youth, senior citizens,
and people of all colors will be coming to share their plans and
strategies for creating a new U.S.—a nation for the people!

WE NEED YOU!!!
Come to a USSF Local Organizing Committee Meeting on the 2nd and 4th
Tuesdays of each month at 5:30pm at the Detroit USSF office: 23 E. Adams,
4th Floor (Central United Methodist Church), Detroit, MI 48226.
Temporary contact information: (313) 964-0618 (MWRO office), info@mwro.org
Toll-free telephone number, website, and email coming soon

# Detroit Greens - http://www.detroitgreens.org

The Detroit Greens meetings are held monthly.
on the third Thursday of the month at 6:30 -8:00pm.

info@detroitgreens.org or 313-623-4709 for more info.

# Flint Greens - http://www.flintgreens.org/

Flint Greens will be meeting at Good Beans Cafe, from 6p.m. to 8p.m.,
on the second Thursday of the month. Good Beans Cafe is located at
328 N. Grand Traverse, at the corner of First Avenue, in Flint.

All Flint Greens meetings are open to newcomers, visitors are welcome!

# Hillsdale County Greens http://www.hillsdalecountygreens.org

Hillsdale County Greens meet the third Monday of each month, usually
at 6:00 p.m. at Volume I Books, 98 N. Broad Street in Hillsdale.
For more information, people can visit our website.

# Huron Valley Greens - http://www.hvgreens.org

Huron Valley Greens meet every 2nd and 4th Monday
from 7:30-9:00 pm at the Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project,
319 Braun Court (an unmarked pedestrian walkway), next door to
Common Language Bookstore and near the intersection of
Catherine St. and Fourth Ave. in Ann Arbor.
for more info contact: Aimee Smith, alsmith@hvgreens.org

# Traverse Bay Watershed Greens & Northwestern Michigan College Greens
- http://www.nrec.org/greens/

Meet on the third Tuesday of every month at 6:30 P.M. at the Horizon
Shine Cafe, 243 East Front Street, Traverse City - public welcome

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4. GPUS News

# Greens: Now it's time to work for real health reform -- Medicare For All

2010-03-24 Washington, DC -- Green candidates and party leaders said today
that the passage of the Democratic health care bill, with its increased
financial burdens on millions of Americans, should not slow the movement
for Medicare For All (single-payer national health care).
[more: http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=306 ]

# Green gubernatorial campaigns to watch in 2010: candidates in California,
Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, Ohio

2010-03-21 Washington, DC -- Several Green candidates have launched campaigns
in their states' races for governor in 2010.
[more: http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=305 ]

more GPUS news at: http://www.gp.org/press.shtml

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Please visit http://www.migreens.org for more information on how to get
involved locally!

Green Party of Michigan
548 South Main St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 663-3555
Email: info@migreens.org

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