September 30, 2008

Volume 1, Number 27

Green Party Volunteers to Visit Neighborhoods

            The Green Party of Arkansas is ordering 10,000 doorhangers to be distributed throughout neighborhoods in various parts of the state in advance of the election on November 4.  Volunteers are committed to work in Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Little Rock, and Hot Springs.  This is vital work for the Green Party and if you can volunteer some time to help get our message out to the voters, please contact one of the following people about arranging the details.  Mark Jenkins in Little Rock may be contacted at 501-666-0620, Brad Bowen in Fayetteville at 479-200-1859, or Anita Wessling in Boone County at 870-426-2284.

State Party Meeting on Saturday, October 11

            There will be a state meeting of the Green Party of Arkansas on Saturday, October 11 in Little Rock at Vino’s Pizzeria at 2:00 pm. Vino’s is located at the corner of 7th and Chester streets in downtown Little Rock.  If you are in a newly formed Green local, or if you are a new Green and want to meet the other Greens in the state, this is a great opportunity to have some fun and get involved.

Green Candidates in District Three Speak to Public

On Monday, September 15, 2008 at the Reynolds Center at 4:00 pm, on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, candidates for Congress Rebekah Kennedy and Abel Tomlinson addressed the public and the press.  The event was attended by at least fifty students and the media, and was videotaped for broadcast on Fayetteville Community Access Television, and DVD’s are being made to be distributed to the media all around the state for free.  The coverage by the press was good, with KNWA TV reporting, and written stories in the Northwest Arkansas Times, The Springdale Morning News, and the Traveler, the University of Arkansas student newspaper.  Our candidates did a good job of showing the differences between Green politics and the usual conservative junk we usually hear from Arkansas politicians.  Abel spoke not only about the war in Iraq but also about the deepening financial and economic crises facing the nation at this time.  Rebekah spoke about poverty in Arkansas and the need for the government in Washington to do something to help the poor and also about the need for health care reform in America.

Ralph Nader at UAF Campus

Student leaders of the Campus Greens at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville hosted a speaking event on campus September 17.  The surprise appearance had only been announced two days before.  The Campus Greens were asked by a Nader for President organizer to host the event, and the Campus Greens agreed.  Nader is not the Green Party candidate – our candidate is Cynthia McKinney.  It was made plain to the crowd and to the media that Nader is not the Green Party candidate, and McKinney flyers and bumper stickers were passed out to the crowd.  Nader spoke about the control of our government by corporations and the money lobbyists and about his reasons for becoming an activist.  Abel Tomlinson also spoke to the crowd which was enthusiastic about the GPA running candidates for office this year.  Nader even said “it looks like Arkansas has become a hot bed of Green Party activity!”

_______________________________________________________________There will be a meeting of the Green Party of Washington County on Wednesday, October 8, at the Fayetteville public library at 6:30 pm.

There will be a meeting of the Green Party of Madison County on Thursday, October 2, at the Crossbow restaurant in Huntsville at 6:30 pm. _______________________________________________________________

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