Detroit Greens a local of the Green Party of Michigan

FUND EDUCATION, NOT BANKS & THE WAR MACHINE

Join us on March 4. Rally and march from Wayne State University to the New Center. We will demand:

Full funding of public k-12 education and the restoration of music, arts and sports programs;

The reduction of class sizes to 16 students in all schools;

A halt to all tuition hikes in higher education and the rolling back of recent tuition increases;

Increased funding for breakfast and lunch programs in all K-12 educational institutions;

Stop the privatization and charterization of public schools;

Another World is Possible. Another US is Necessary. A New Detroit is Underway

20,000 changemakers will be gathering in Detroit in June from all different sectors and communities to share vision, strategy, practice, and action. Be a part of it. Plan it. Build it. Bring it.

Showcase Your Art and Performance

We are seeking artists who are interested in helping to build a movement and heal our communities through social justice and the arts.

The USSF 2010 will showcase art, culture and entertainment in ways that convey momentum and hope. The USSF 2010 shares a vision that challenges poverty, exploitation, oppression, militarism/war and environmental destruction-- locally, nationally and globally.

For more info and to submit your proposal for artistic presentation by March 20th check out:

http://organize.ussf2010.org/culture

Green Party urges a program for millions of new public works jobs and financial security for Americans instead of Wall Street handouts

Green Party leaders said today that Democratic and Republican politicians are pursuing fiscal agenda, including responses to the subprime mortgage crisis, that amount to an "economic war" on Black and Latino/a people across the US.

Greens especially criticized President Obama, whose bailouts for Wall Street firms have done little to provide economic security for those who were among his most enthusiastic supporters in the 2008 election.

Derek Grigsby, chair of the Detroit Green Party and member of the Green Party Black Caucus (http://www.gp.org/caucuses/black/index.php): "The Green Party demands an end to the 'two party' economic war on Black people and Latinos and on working and poor Americans of all races. Instead of Wall Street bailouts, we need assistance for those who've lost their homes and jobs. Millions of new jobs can be created through public works in conservation, retrofitting and greening houses and infrastructure, and expanded public transportation. We need to cancel the wasteful war on drugs, end racially biased sentencing and other criminal justice system disparities, and abolish private ownership of prisons. Black, Latino, and poor Americans have been made fodder for the private prison industry, which profits by filling up cells. We need reparations for the descendents of slaves, recognizing the hundreds of years of stolen labor and post-slavery exploitation and discrimination. We must immediately call an end to the murderous escapades in Iraq and Afghanistan and bring our sons and daughters home now. These steps would lead to an economic recovery that benefits all Americans, and show the rest of the world that we practice what we preach!"

The next Green Party of Michigan State Membership Meeting will be held in Lapeer on Saturday & Sunday February 27,28 2010.

Saturday Feb 27:

10 a.m. - Tour: Willows Environmental Center, 231 Lake Drive (strawbale building with solar panels, etc.)
1 p.m. - Lapeer Ctr: 425 County Center St: Business Meeting, 2010 election planning (BOX LUNCHES available for purchase)
4 p.m. - Eagles Club, 3565 Davison Rd.: Goat Races, Chili & Beer
6 p.m. - Resume Meeting at Lapeer Center, 425 County Center St.

Sunday Feb 28:

Sun 9 a.m. - Best Western, 770 West St: breakfast and meeting, Officer Elections, Campaign Planning, Update on Detroit ANM/USSF

Additional Information:

For "Green Party" discount rooms, call Best Western, 810.667.0006.

Map here: http://j.mp/aG4tJz

Questions or more info: lynnmeadows@provide.net , 734-476-7101

Local contact: Candace Collins, phone 810-653-5095.

Green Party leaders and candidates are calling President Obama's resurrection of nuclear power with a multi-billion-dollar taxpayer-funded subsidy for a Georgia plant his "worst idea yet" and warned about serious public health threats posed by mining, waste transportation, and waste storage. The Green Party disputes the myths that nuclear power is 'green energy' or a solution to the advance of climate change.

"The twin nuclear reactors in Burke County, Georgia, would be financed with $5.4 billion in loans from the Federal Financing Bank with money of the US Treasury. According to the GAO, this investment has a 50/50 percent or worse chance of failing. President Obama wants taxpayers to assume 80% of the financial risk to turn the southeast Atlantic states into a big open-pit radioactive barbeque. This investment is a terrible idea -- President Obama's worst yet," said Lisa Green, Green candidate for California Assembly Candidate, 53rd Assembly District (http://www.votelisagreen.net).

"If built, the plant will be a financial disaster because of high construction expenses and likely cost overruns, compared with other sources of electrical power. As the first of a new generation of nuclear power plants, it'll carry huge technical risks. Even more ominous is the problem of mining, waste storage, and waste transportation through populated areas, which carry huge public health dangers," added Ms. Green.

more at: http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=297

Dear MWRO Utilities Committee,

Last Thursday, a team of negotiators from MWRO met with DTE, and they have made major concessions (see below for details). However, we are continuing to put the pressure on them to eliminate ALL wintertime shut-offs. Therefore our next Resurrection March will be:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, noon-1 p.m.
DTE Headquarters
Bagley and Third Streets
(Near MGM Grand Casino)

best,
Ann Rall
MWRO Utilities Committee

RESULTS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS (FEBRUARY 11)
As a result of our negotiations on February 11, DTE is claiming that in the next 2-3 weeks, they will be ready to restore lights and gas for three specific populations:
1) Low income households (low income means poor ? it doesn?t describe a person who works at a high paying job who spends all their pay at the casino, so now they are penniless.)
2) Seniors (62 and over)
3) Disabled persons (must be receiving disability benefits?SDA, SSI, SSDI. It does not count if you have a pending application).

The monthly meeting of the Detroit Greens will take place Thursday, February 18, 7 pm at Biggby Coffee at 4501 Woodward, parking behind the coffee shop.

Proposed Agenda:

1. Introductions

2. Green Party of Michigan (GPMI) State Meeting Lapeer February 27-28 – election of officers

3. Updates on Green activities include US Social Forum, Welfare Rights, Peoples Water Board, Autoworkers Caravan, Labor Notes Conference

4. Update on US Social Forum and Green Party meeting – visit to Wayne State

5. Announcements

6. March Meeting, March 18, 7 pm, Urban Network bookstore 5740 Grand River

GLBD FEBRUARY UPDATE

FREE FILM – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Eastern Market Shed 5 - 7 to 9 PM
Film: FOOD Inc.

Volunteers needed

Help prepare for this year’s GLBD October Conference.
If interested, please send an e-mail now to info@glbd.org
Thanks for your support and help

Note two attachments:
Permaculture training
April event

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