Pioneer Valley Regional Convention Slated for August 22
Hampden, Franklin, & Hampshire Counties Gathering to Feature GRP Candidates; Citizens Encouraged to Run for State Committee Offices
Please join Dr. Jill Stein, Rick Purcell, and Prof. Nat Fortune to hear what candidates of real integrity - who are not running on lobbyist money - have to say about building a healthy, secure green future. Now, more than ever, we need an alternative to the corporate business as usual policies supported by the three corporate Gubernatorial candidates.
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Come participate in real democracy in action. From the blow out in the Gulf, to the raging Russian fires and the Pakistan floods, from the continued meltdown on Main Street, record profits on Wall Street, sky-high joblessness, foreclosures and bankruptcies - it's time to take our government back from lobbyists and insiders - and to start building the healthy, just, secure green future we need, starting here in Massachusetts. Please join us in building the force now to make it happen in November! Hope to see you on the 22nd.
What: Green-Rainbow Gubernatorial candidate Dr. Jill Stein, Lt. Gov. candidate Rick Purcell, and State Auditor candidate Prof. Nat Fortune present their visions for a healthy, secure green future. We'll celebrate the success of our volunteers who put us on the ballot, and discuss how volunteers can keep building the momentum.
When: Sunday, August 22 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm
Where: Common Room of Rocky Hill CoHousing, 100 Black Birch Trail, Florence, MA 01062
Contacts:
1) Prof. Gary Felder, Rocky Hill CoHousing resident, 413-537-1904 (cell) Gary Felder
2) Larry Ely, Treasurer for Nat Fortune, 413-256-6044 Larry Ely
Schedule:
1:00 - 2:30 pm Celebration and thank you to volunteers. Campaign presentations and updates. Next steps. Q&A.
2:30 - 3:00 pm County Convention to elect new members to the State Committee of the Green-Rainbow Party. A short business meeting with voting. Onlookers welcomed.
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Directions by car: Take Rte. 66 to the left at the gates of Smith College in Northampton, where Rte. 66 and Rte. 9 diverge. Take right at traffic light about three miles down Rte. 66, which is Florence Road. Go about 200 yards to the first right off of Florence Road, which is Black Birch Trail..
Directions by bike: from downtown Northampton -- total distance less than 3 miles: Take West St. or Manhan Rail Trail towards Easthampton to Veteran's Field. Take Route 66 (now with bike lanes on both sides) 1.5 miles. Turn right on Ice Pond Dr. and proceed to end of cul-de-sac. Bike path leads from there directly up to Pathways Cohousing and Rocky Hill Cohousing.