{news} DON'T MISS Medea Benjamin in New Haven next Tues. 9/14

[Charlie Pillsbury]

PLEASE DO NOT BE PUT OFF BY THE STICKER PRICE OF THIS FUNDRAISER.  IT IS ONLY A REQUEST.  WE WANT GREENS TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENT WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THE GREEN WE HAVE REQUESTED.  SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY.  

MEDEA IS GREAT.  ADDED TO THE LIST OF SUBJECTS FOR HER TALK IS HOW SHE MANAGED TO GET INSIDE THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION LAST WEEK WITH A BANNER.

CHARLIE

> > A GREEN PARTY FUNDRAISER FOR 
> > 
> > JOYCE CHEN, State Representative, 93rd District, and
> > 
> > CALVIN L. NICHOLSON, Registrar of Voters, City of New Haven
> > 
> > Featuring special guest MEDEA BENJAMIN
> > who will speak about her recent trips to Iraq and Venezuela and New York City
> > 
> > TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2004, 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
> > 
> > at the home of  ALLIE PERRY & CHARLIE PILLSBURY
> > 
> > 247 Saint Ronan St., New Haven
> > 
> > RSVP by card or by phone (203) 865-6575 by Sunday 9/12
> > 
> > A $50 contribution is requested for the sake of the planet.
> > 
> > Paid for by the New Haven Green Party, Thomas Holahan, Treasurer 
> > 
> > BACK OF INVITATION> >  
> > 
> > MEDEA BENJAMIN is the co-founder of Global Exchange
> > www.globalexchange.org and Code Pink
> > www.codepinkalert.org, and a former Green Party
> > candidate for the U.S. Senate in California.  
> > 
> > 
> > As a two-term Alderwoman, JOYCE CHEN has taken up
> > issues that no other alderman would.  She wrote
> > legislation creating a Reparations Task Force and
> > led the campaign for an elected Board of Education. 
> > She saved Howe Street businesses (e.g., Mamouns and
> > India Palace) from being bulldozed for a city
> > project.  Upon graduating from Yale University in
> > 2001, she moved into the inner city to work on and
> > be closer to the reality of youth violence and
> > poverty.  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > CALVIN L. NICHOLSON, born and raised in New Haven,
> > graduated from Wilbur Cross High School in 1996, and
> > Yale University in 2000.  He is a life-long member
> > of Bethel AME Church, New Haven and has been
> > involved in several progressive movements including
> > the New Haven Reparations Coalition and the fight
> > against environmental racism in the Newhall section
> > of Hamden.  He currently works as a computer systems
> > developer in Fairfield County.
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