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Newsletter - 2007 - March
Date: March 15, 2007
To: Maricopa Greens
From: Angel Torres, Green Party of Maricopa County (GPMC) co-chair
Topic: GPMC March 2007-News U Can Use
1) The next GPMC General Membership meeting will be Saturday, March 31st, 2007 from 2:30pm to 4:00pm at the Mesa Public Library (Main Branch) in the Saguaro Room. The address is 64 E. 1st Street in Mesa (northwest corner of 1st Street & Centennial Way). We will be recruiting volunteers for our ballot status petition drive, as well as building support for the Mesa Greens local. To reserve your seat, call (602) 417-0213 or e-mail 
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2) “Tia Sunflower” Needs You! We are looking for volunteers to assist with our ballot status petition drive for the 2008 elections. We need to collect 30,000 signatures by the March 2008 deadline. So far, we have about 1000 signatures, so only 29,000 more to go! We are looking for at least 100 volunteers to collect 1-2 petitions per week (15-30 signatures). Circulators and signers of the petition need to be registered Arizona voters. There are plenty of opportunities and locations to collect signatures. We usually petition in teams of two or more folks, so don’t be shy! To volunteer, call Richard Scott at (480) 990-8531 or Angel Torres at (602) 305-7496. Here are some of the events/locations to collect signatures:
a) Phoenix Public Market—every Saturday, 8am to 1pm, downtown Phoenix (Central & McKinley)
b) Farmers Market—every Saturday, 8am to 1pm, Roadrunner Park, 3501 E. Cactus Road, Phoenix
c) Park & Swap—every Saturday, Phoenix Greyhound Park (40th Street & Washington)
d) St. Patrick’s Day Parade/Fair—Saturday, March 17th, downtown Phoenix, Margaret Hance Park (3rd Street & Moreland)
e) Flogging Molly concerts—Saturday & Sunday, March 17th-18th, Mesa Amphitheatre (3rd Street & Centennial Way)
f) Tres Rios Nature & Earth Festival, March 17-18, B&M Wildlife Area (near Phoenix International Raceway/PIR), Avondale
g) Phoenix Antique Market, March 17-18, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 19th Avenue & McDowell Road
h) Arizona Aloha Festival, March 17th, Heritage Park, 7th Street & Washington (downtown Phoenix)
i) Arizona Tattoo Expo, March 16-18, Mesa Centennial Hall
j) Sunday A’ Faire, every Sunday until April 1st, Scottsdale Center for the Arts Plaza
k) Phoenix Sister Cities Worldfest, March 24th, 10am to 9pm, Margaret Hance Park (downtown Phoenix, 3rd Street & Moreland)
l) Arizona Renaissance Festival, every weekend until April 1st, Apache Junction/Gold Canyon
m) Phoenix Folk Music Festival, March 24-25, Phoenix Encanto Park, 2605 N. 15th Avenue (15th Avenue & Encanto)
n) Gilbert Spring Fair & Expo, March 24th, Freestone Park (Lindsay Road & Juniper—four blocks south of Guadalupe Road)
o) Arizona Dragon Boat Festival, March 24-25, Tempe Town Lake
p) Circle K Tempe Music Festival, March 30-31, Tempe Beach Park
q) Cesar Chavez Celebration, March 31st, Steele Indian School Park (3rd Street & Indian School, Phoenix)
3) Short film screening: “The Ground Truth”, Thursday, March 15th, 2007 at 6:00pm, Grace Lutheran Church (Hope Hall), 1124 N. 3rd Street (3rd Street & Moreland, downtown Phoenix). Sponsored by the Arizona Advocacy Network
4) Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) community meeting: Friday, March 16th at 7:00pm at the League of Women Voters (LWV) office (AIPER building). The address is 2510 S. Rural Road, Tempe. Guest speaker will be Tony Solgard of FairVote Minnesota. Come hear about the recent victories for Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) and RCV in Minneapolis (MN), Oakland & Davis (CA), and Pierce County (WA), and how we can make it happen here in Arizona! For more information, call Barbara Klein of LWV at (480) 966-9031.
5) The next meeting of the Mesa Greens local will be Tuesday, March 20th at 8pm at Bookman’s Bookstore (1056 S. Country Club Drive—northwest corner of Country Club & Southern). The Mesa Greens meet the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month at the same location. For more information, visit www.mesagreens.org.
6) Fundraising: Please support your Green Party! There are many ways to do so:
a) Become a "card-carrying" Green: go to www.gp.org/greenpartycard.shtml
b) Become a sustainer: visit www.gp.org/donate
c) Purchase t-shirts, buttons, etc: visit www.gp.org and click link for Merchandise
d) Are you expecting a tax refund? Consider donating a portion to the Green Party.
For more information, contact Angel Torres at (602) 417-0213 or Emily Citkowski (Green Party-US) emily -at- gp.org or call 1-866-41-GREEN.
7) Want to network with other "Green" professionals? Attend the next "Green Drinks" event on Tuesday, April 3rd from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Old Town Tortilla Factory (6910 E. Main Street-Scottsdale). Sponsored by the AKA Green store and Natural Awakenings magazine.
8) The next meeting of the Arizona Green Party (AZGP) will be Saturday, May 19th, 2007 from Noon to 5pm in Flagstaff, AZ (meeting location TBA). If you would like to carpool from the Phoenix area to attend, please contact Angel Torres at (602) 417-0213.
9) The 2007 Annual National Meeting (ANM) of the Green Party-US will be July 12th-15th in Reading, PA. To register, visit www.gp.org, or contact Emily Citkowski emily -at- gp.org, or call 1-866-41-GREEN.
That's all for this month's edition of News U Can Use! Hope to be collecting signatures with you all this weekend! Hasta luego.
