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The Green Party of Alameda County invites you to a Green Sunday discussion about "Defending Public Education the Occupy Way." Green Sunday is on February 12 from 5 to 6:30 pm at the Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th Street in North Oakland. Green Sunday is wheelchair accessible. Donations are encouraged. Speakers will include K-12, community college, and university students and faculty working with Occupy Education, a statewide group. Occupy Education is planning a statewide week of action in defense of public education, starting March 1st with local actions, and culminating March 5th with a convergence in Sacramento intending to occupy the Capitol.
*****Green Party Holiday Party*****
Dear Greens and Supporters,
Please join us for good food, drink, and conversation
with old and new friends at our
2011 Annual Potluck Holiday Party.
When: Sunday, December 11th, 5:00 to 8:00 pm
Where: Niebyl-Proctor Library
6501 Telegraph Ave at 65th in North Oakland
Please bring a dish or drink of your choice to share
**See you there!**
( There will be no Green Sunday Program or
Green County Council meeting in December.
We'll party instead. )
DIRECTIONS: One block north of Alcatraz on the West side of Telegraph, wheelchair accessible. Buses pass by regularly. Ashby BART is approximately 7 blocks away.
Green Sunday, November 13th, 5 - 6:30 pm
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation. Sounds good right? Maybe Not!
SPEAKER: Jeff Conant, the Communications Director of Global Justice Ecology Project
LOCATION: Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North Oakland.
DIRECTIONS: One block north of Alcatraz on the West side of Telegraph, wheelchair accessible. Buses pass by regularly. Ashby BART is approximately 7 blocks away.
California is ready to implement in 2012 the global climate policy called REDD, aimed at
reducing emissions by halting rainforest destruction. California's Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006 mandated greenhouse gas reductions, including participation in a
regional cap-and-trade system. Global financial institutions are pushing market/financial
incentives, including carbon credits, to implement this plan-more "green capitalism" (an
oxymoron if there ever was one). Jeff Conant, the Communications Director of Global
Justice Ecology Project will discuss REDD's emergence in California politics and its
serious implications for human rights and ecological justice in the Global South.
Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) explores and exposes the intertwined root causes of
social injustice, ecological destruction and economic domination. It aims to build bridges
between social justice, environmental justice and ecological justice groups to strengthen
their collective efforts. Within this framework, our programs focus on Indigenous
Peoples' rights, protection of native forests and climate justice. We use the issue of
climate change to demonstrate these interconnections. Global Justice Ecology Project is
the North American Focal Point of the Global Forest Coalition.
SPONSOR: Green Sundays are a series of free programs & discussions sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County. They are held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The monthly business meeting of the County Council of the Green Party of Alameda County follows at 6:45 p.m. Council meetings are always open to anyone who is interested.
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Green Sunday, October 9th, 5 - 6:30 pm
Local Government: Hogtied by a fear of 'State Planning'
SPEAKER: Wilson Riles - is an active Green and former member of the Green Party County
Council. He served on the Oakland City Council from 1979 to 1992 and ran for Mayor in
2002.
LOCATION: Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North Oakland.
DIRECTIONS: One block north of Alcatraz on the West side of Telegraph, wheelchair
accessible. Buses pass by regularly. Ashby BART is approximately 7 blocks away.
"Out of an abundance of fear of being called socialist, local governments shy away from
long term planning of and the direct influencing of the local economy for the benefit of
the general good. There is no credible or effective thinking about a community's long term
economic survivability or sustainability. The corporate needs or the lack of them sway
local governments back and forth in their attempts to copy the latest generic community
success with a "silicon valley," a "gambling haven," etc. Small business, the proven
greatest job generator is ignored or worse. City budgets are littered with the detritus of
past corporate sponsored Federal and State mechanisms intended to capitalize on past,
failed corporate trends, fashions, and tastes-of-the-month that harnessed local government
for other than the communities best interest. Wilson will trace some of this detritus."
SPONSOR: Green Sundays are a series of free programs & discussions sponsored by the Green
Party of Alameda County. They are held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The monthly
business meeting of the County Council of the Green Party of Alameda County follows at
The Green Party of Alameda County invites you to a Green Sunday discussion about current health care policy and efforts to get a Medicare-For-All/Single Payer program in California and across the US.
Sunday July 10
5 to 6:30 pm
Niebyl-Proctor Library,
6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North Oakland.
* Debbie LeVeen, a policy analyst and member of the East Bay Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program, will speak about the federal healthcare legislation (called the Affordable Care Act -- ACA) and Vermont's Single Payer legislation.
* Bill Skeen, Executive Director of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) California will present Information about the strategy for attaining single payer in California, SB 810.
* Maria Rivera, an immigrants rights lawyer will address how the advocacy movement for Medicare-for-All/Single Payer can engage the Latino community, and how to support the rights of undocumented immigrants to equal access to a Medicare-for-All program/Single Payer.
This event is wheelchair accessible. Donations are encouraged. .
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Green Sunday, June 12th, 5 - 6:30 pm
A Brief History of Nuclear Mayhem and the Environmental Consequences
of the Past 70 Years
We will be presenting a general overview of how nuclear power works, it's actual carbon footprint and cost and the many nuclear disasters resulting from it's relatively brief history. Fukushima is just the latest catastrophe and in a technologically advanced country, which begs the question, "Is there safe nuclear power?"
The waste from these plants becomes a problem for hundreds of thousands of years. We will explain why and the extraordinary measures needed to safeguard this material.
We will also highlight a few actions that people can take to oppose nuclear power, especially some related to the two existing California nuclear plants.
Our presenter, Dave Heller, has been an active Green Party member for over a decade, and is a current member of our County Council. He was our most recent local candidate for U.S. Congress, and in 2004 served as the Campaign Coordinator for Berkeley's "Instant Runoff Voting" campaign (Measure I). Dave earned a degree in physics from Bard College as well as a Masters of Architecture from The San Francisco Institute of Architecture.
LOCATION: Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North Oakland.
DIRECTIONS: One block North of Alcatraz on the West side of Telegraph, wheelchair accessible. Buses pass by regularly. Ashby BART is approximately 7 blocks away.
SPONSOR: Green Sundays are a series of free programs & discussions sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County. They are held on the 2nd Sunday of each month. The monthly business meeting of the County Council of the Green Party of Alameda County follows at 6:45 p.m. Council meetings are always open to anyone who is interested.
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