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[Tom Sevigny]

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            April 2005
           
           
     

     

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            Former Black Panther Party Chair Elaine Brown to Speak at Chesapeake Campaign School


                  Elaine Brown
                 
            Elaine Brown, activist, author, lecturer, candidatefor Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia, and the only woman to lead the Black Panther Party, will be the featured guest speaker at the Chesapeake Campaign School. Her Saturday night keynote speech, "From Revolution to the Ballot Box: A Discussion of Strategy for Radical Change," will be given at Howard University's Blackburn Center in the Digital Auditorium at 8:00 p.m.

            The Green Party Coordinated Campaign Committee and the D.C. Statehood Green Party (dcstatehoodgreen.org) are co-sponsoring the latest Campaign School. Participants from all states are welcome. Organizers expect participants from D.C., Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

            For information about registration for the Chesapeake Campaign School, or about organizing a Campaign School in your region, contact the national Green Party
            office at 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN, or office at gp.org.

            Cascadia Campaign School Helps Green Party Get Organized to Win 


                  Otha Major and Ross Mirkarimi
                 
            The Green Party of Washington State hosted the Northwest Cascadia Campaign School in Seattle earlier this month to bring Greens and progressives together, both to share lessons learned and to prepare for future successful campaigns.

            The school kicked off with a party on Friday evening to welcome participants and to model a fundraising event. Guests mingled to the smooth sounds of a pianist and appetizing food.  Joe Szwaja, 2000 Green Party Congressional candidate, gave an inspiring speech on the important role the Greens must play in the electoral process and as candidates in the future.The night concluded with an amazing performance by beat boxer Otha Major.

            The school's workshops officially began on Saturday morning with Brent McMillan, Political Director of the Green Party of the United States, addressed participants on "What Every Green Candidate Needs to Know" Afternoon workshops were designed to support participants in becoming candidates, campaign managers,
            field organizers and running successful initiative/petition drives. Workshop presenters were well versed in their fields and included Seattle School Board President Brita Butler-Wall.

            On Sunday morning Ross Mirkarimi, an elected Green on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and former campaign manager to Matt Gonzalez, shared his
            expertise on campaign strategy. 

            Green Party of California Mourns the Loss of "Activist's Activist" in Iraq 
                  Former San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez and Marla Ruzicka in 2001.
                 

            On a somber note, Greens expressed deep sorrow in the loss of longtime human rights activist and Green Party member Marla Ruzicka, who died tragically in Iraq Saturday in a car bomb blast.

            Ruzicka, who was from Lakeport, California, was the founder of Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), which negotiated with the U.S. government for monies for civilian victims of the war in Iraq.

            "Those of us who knew Marla personally, and there are many of those, will never forget this incredible woman, or the remarkable effect she had on all our lives in the short time that she was among us," said Michael Wyman, state Green Party treasurer. "Marla was an activist's activist, impressing us all with her energy and forcing us all to work that much harder just to keep up with her."
           
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