Big Green Weekend

Come to one event, or come to all--it's a Big Green Weekend with 2 days of Green Party of CA Strategy Sessions and Candidate Workshops at UCLA, plus a Sat. evening event starting with dinner at Monsoon in Santa Monica followed by a special viewing of "The 11th Hour" with Q&A afterward.

For info about the campaign trainings and strategy sessions, click here.

After the Green Party Candidate Workshops at UCLA on Saturday, Aug. 25, head on over to the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. We'll be gathering at Monsoon Restaurant, 1212 3rd St. Promenade, from approx. 5-6:30pm.

Then walk two blocks to Laemmle Monica 4 Plex to see "The 11th Hour" followed by a special Q&A discussion with the Green Party's Mike Feinstein, former mayor of Santa Monica, and Leila Conners Peterson, the film's Co-Director and Producer.

Santa Monica - LAEMMLE 4 Plex (1332 2nd St, between Arizona and Santa Monica Blvd)
Film--"The 11th Hour" Sat. 8/25 pm, 7:40pm

You are invited to see this important film and participate in a 20 minute Q&A afterwards to continue the dialog about these issues and what we can do to take action.

It is crucial for many people to see this film early, so it gets picked up around the country! If you can't join us Sat., please make plans to see the film soon.

Leonardo DiCaprio's new film, The 11th Hour is a feature length documentary concerning the environmental crises caused by human actions and their impact on the planet. The 11th Hour documents the cumulative impact of these actions upon the planet's life systems and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity. It features fifty of the world's most prominent thinkers and activists, including reformer Mikhail Gorbachev, physicist Stephen Hawking, and Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai.

Brezenoff Breaks 5 Percent in Congressional Run-Off

Green Party congressional candidate Daniel Brezenoff got 5.4 percent in Tuesday's run-off. As expected, Democrat Laura Richardson won the election, amid very low voter turnout.

See full results here.

Daniel Brezenoff for Congress: election Tuesday

The runoff in the special election for Congress in the 37th district is this Tuesday. The Green Party candidate is Daniel Brezenoff.

From Brezenoff's website:

Daniel Brezenoff has been active in the civil rights, labor, environmental, and peace movements literally since the age of ten. Raised in a family of civil rights, labor, and anti-war activists, he has organized, marched, spoken out publicly and published essays in newspapers about issues of justice, integrity and nonviolence in government and society. He was the founder of Long Beach Citizens for Peace and a principal organizer for Howard Dean’s presidential campaign. Daniel has worked on several national and local political campaigns for progressive Democratic, left-Libertarian and Green candidates.

As a clinical social worker, Daniel has worked closely with some of the most challenging populations in the mental health field, including men and women struggling with addiction, young adults leaving the juvenile incarceration system, and children who have been severely abused. Daniel has facilitated healing, understanding, and solutions with groups and families dealing with violence, trauma, and poverty. He has also been an advocate on the macro level for people with mental illness, especially veterans and women fleeing violence.

Daniel was selected by mental health professionals to serve on the North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission committee on domestic violence from 1999-2001.

As a historian and journalist, Daniel has given his time and energy to the cause of truth in media and government, tirelessly challenging the myths created to support the status quo by researching and publishing accurate information for the public on the Internet and in periodicals.

Daniel was active in helping to pass the federal Clean Air Acts and in advocating for full disclosure in food and drug labeling in the 1990’s. He helped organize the successful nationwide drives on college campuses to encourage fair trade and labor practices by merchandisers.

Daniel has never held public office, but the dire situation in Washington, and the request of local Greens that he run, caused him to feel that the time is now to take his public service to a new level.

Friday: LA City Hall Citizen's Impeachment Presence

The Los Angeles National Impeachment Center (LANIC) is organizing a "Citizen's Impeachment Presence" at LA City Hall tomorrow.

LANIC, which is supported by the Los Angeles Greens, has been lobbying the City Council to pass a resolution calling for impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Several Council members have already voiced support for the resolution to LANIC.

City Hall is located at 200 N. Spring St. (The group is meeting by Main Street entrance @ 9:30 am).

To get involved with LANIC and the movement for impeachment in Los Angeles, visit BCImpeach.com or come to a Saturday volunteer session, which are held every Saturday from 2-5 pm at the Peace Center / Impeachment Center (8124 W. 3rd St. by Crescent Heights & 3rd St. There is limited parking behind the building.).

Aug. 25-26 Candidate Training Workshop at UCLA

The Green Party is holding candidate-training workshops on Saturday, August 25 and campaign strategy sessions on Sunday, August 26 at UCLA. Plans in progress also include a possible forum of GPUS presidential candidates Saturday evening.

Location:
These programs will be held at the UCLA Center for Health Sciences/UCLA Medical Center.

Schedule:
Saturday candidate training workshops (All times approximate. Additional workshops may be scheduled.):

9:00-9:30 am Arrivals and Registration
9:30-9:45 am Welcome and Announcements
9:45-10:25 am Getting Elected and Governing as a Community College Board Trustee -- Hilary Bradbury-Huang, PhD
10:30-12 Noon Challenges and Opportunities of Special Elections; Reviewing the Daniel Brezenoff for Congress campaign -- Daniel Brezeoff and campaign volunteers
12 Noon-1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30-3 pm Do I really need to pay for advertising? Paid Campaign Advertising and Alternative Strategies -- Cres Vellucci

Sunday strategy meetings (All times approximate. Additional workshops may be scheduled.):

9:00-10:00 am Review February 2007 Retreat Focuses and Continue Forming Fund Raising, Campaign Strategy, IRV and Media Committees
10:00-11:00 am Review candidates situation as known for November 2007 and June 2008 and special elections
11:00-12:00 Noon Review list of GPUS presidential candidates and discuss primary election procedures
12 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00-2:30 pm Real Issues Get Voters! Issues and Voter Registration -- Nativo Lopez
2:30-3:00 pm The Status of IRV Campaigns in California


General Directions:
From UCLA Parking Lot 9, walk out to and across Charles Young Jr. Drive South, (note the School of Public Health sign on the wall), veer slightly left, go up the stairs, go past the fountain, open the door, go straight ahead, and veer slightly left to the elevator (Elevator E). Go by elevator to the 6th floor. At the 6th floor, consult the map as you come out of the elevator. Then turn right along Corridor 6, and then turn left at the next corridor (3rd corridor), continue walking along that corridor to Room 105 where Corridors 2 and 3 meet. If you pass Corridor 2 you have gone too far.

From the Center For Health Sciences Parking lot, follow signs for the hospital entrance. At the hospital information desk, walk along Corridor 7 to your right to Corridor 2. Turn left along Corridor 2 and walk along Corridor 2 to Elevator C (look on the wall above the elevator). Take Elevator C to the 6th floor. At the 6th floor, turn right along Corridor 2 to Room 105 where Corridor 2 and Corridor 3 meet.

Meals: Meals will not be provided. A campus cafeteria and local businesses are nearby.

For more information, contact Warner Bloomberg at wsb3attyca at aol.com

LA Greens Meeting this Wed., Aug. 16

The next LA Greens meeting will be this Wed., August 16.

The Los Angeles Greens meet the third Wednesday of every month at 7PM at
The Peace Center, 8124 W. Third St., Los Angeles, CA 90048. Meetings
are free (donations accepted) and open to the public. Children are
welcome. Parking is available behind the building.

The LA Greens are also very active in between meetings. To get involved immediately with outreach, electoral reform, media, impeachment, etc., contact us at losangelesgreens@gmail.com.