The Green Party of Minnesota is currently a minor party. So, we must collect at least 2,000 petition signatures by August 15 for Howie and Angela to appear on the MN General Election ballot. So if you are an eligible MN voter (not necessarily registered) sign this electronic petition today!

Josh For Ward 6 Progressive Policing Policy

Policy Proposals:

Proposal 1: Clean the Gutters

• FIRE BOB KROLL
• Revamp the hiring and training process that incudes massive amounts of training in de-escalation and non-violent training. Remove all training involving chock-holds.
• Advance hiring practices and testing to weed out violent leaning candidates and others that would put citizens in danger.
• Make all officers currently employed by the Minneapolis Police Department must go through the new process to continue to work in active duty.

Proposal 2: Renegotiate Police Union Contract

• Eliminate Office Fatigue
• Mandatory Mental Health Screenings
• More Flexible Staffing
• Compliance with the City Charter of Minneapolis
• State Law Compliance with Responsible Authority
• Training Decisions as a Management Right
• PROHIBITING PERSONAL TIME INDEMNIFICATION
• RESET MECHANISM: DISCIPLINE STANDARDS AND PRACTICES
• DISCIPLINARY MATRIX
• 48-HOUR RULE FOR CRITICAL INCIDENTS
• New Hire Alignment with MPD Values
• Clearer Conduct Expectations
• Supervisory Staffing Levels
• Testing for Anabolic Steroids
• Personal Liability Insurance

Proposal 3: Defund and Reallocate

• 50% or BUST; In four years have the yearly police budget be at least half its current level.
• Allocate funding to Mobile Mental Health Crisis Teams.
• Allocate funding to Community based orgs for community watches.
• Allocate funding to Expand Homeless services.
• Allocate funding for expanded social services in the city and access centers in low-income and minority neighborhoods.

Lisa Neal Delgado secured the Green Party of the 5th Congressional District endorsement in the race for State Representative in District 59B. Lisa is a military veteran who has served this country for 22 years. Lisa's campaign focuses on equal education and closing the gaps in our MN school system. Criminal Justice Reform and economic development. To get in touch with her campaign or to volunteer to sign up here. https://www.lisaformn59b.com/

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Libertarian and Green Party Candidates Are Making Surprising Appearances in 2020 Election Polls

As the 2020 presidential election is now less than four months away, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and Libertarian Party candidate Jo Jorgensen are registering support in national polls, signaling that their respective messages resonate with a segment of voters frustrated with Democrats and Republicans.

"The two governing parties are presiding over a failed state. The coronavirus epidemic, the climate meltdown, inequality with declining working-class life expectancies and a nuclear arms race out of control with none of the candidates talking about it," Hawkins, 67, who co-founded the U.S. Green Party in the 1990s, told Newsweek in an interview. "So, we need to go in another direction."

Jorgensen, 63, has voiced similar frustration. "There is an ugly two-headed monster ruling our country who is destroying our economy, invading our privacy, and eating away our rights," a recent campaign email for the candidate said, taking aim at Republicans and Democrats.

The Libertarian candidate told Newsweek that she doesn't see a big difference between President Donald Trump, the incumbent Republican, and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

"My criticisms are the same for both," she said. "Both candidates want to spend more of our money instead of allowing us to make our own decisions. Both are war hawks. Trump promised to bring the troops home, but he hasn't. Biden certainly isn't going to do that either."

Polling conducted by CNBC/Change Research from July 10 to 12 showed Hawkins with support from 2 percent of respondents, while Jorgensen was backed by 3 percent. Although that's marginal compared to the 51 percent support for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and the 41 percent for Republican incumbent President Donald Trump, even a few percent could sway what ultimately could become a close election. Separate polling this month by Redfield & Wilton Strategies showed Hawkins with 1 percent support, while Jorgensen was backed by 2 percent of respondents.

Hawkins spoke optimistically about the recent polls, noting that support for him has already doubled from 1 percent to 2 percent. "There's still time if we keep growing at that rate. It's a long shot, no doubt, but we do expect to impact the debate," he said.

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A fresh face from the Green Party challenges Robert Stokes in the 12th District

Can Franca Muller Paz do something unheard of in Baltimore in decades: Win a City Council seat as a non-Democrat?

Above: Franca Muller Paz addresses a crowd at her campaign kickoff on Sunday. (Tomás Alejo)

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Leading an evening bike ride through central Baltimore accompanied by musicians on a flatbed trailer belting out union songs, jazz, cumbia and hip hop – activist and teacher Franca Muller Paz yesterday made an announcement that has energized city progressives:

She is challenging the incumbent Democratic Councilman, Robert R. Stokes Sr., in the November 3 general election in the 12th District.

“The current Democratic Party representation has not been fighting for us,” Muller Paz, of the Green Party, says on her campaign website, whose stylish design evokes that of  U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Yesterday’s bike-powered kickoff wound through the 12th, which includes neighborhoods such as Remington, Barclay, Old Goucher and Mt. Vernon where some have been dissatisfied with Stokes, as well as areas like Oliver, Broadway East and Johnston Square where he had support ahead of his narrow victory in the June Democratic primary.

“We’re tired of politicians who are doing right by corporations and not right by us,” the candidate said, addressing the crowd through a megaphone.

The campaign caravan followed a route that aimed to touch all parts of the district, starting at Wyman Park, and with stops at Douglass Homes and the Oliver rec center. When she wasn’t pumping up the crowd, Muller Paz was waving to bystanders and at points accompanying the band on percussion.

Supporters join the Green Party’s Muller Paz on a bike ride through Baltimore’s 12th District. (Tomás Alejo)

Muller Paz, a City College Spanish teacher and advisor to the Latinx student group SOMOS, has gained prominence during the coronavirus pandemic.

She has demanded that Comcast provide WiFi to more poor households and pushed the city to buy devices and hotspots. She is also active with the Baltimore Teachers Union’s progressive caucus.

To Maryland Green Party leader Andy Ellis, the bid by 32-year-old Muller Paz to unseat Stokes, age 62, represents the Greens’ best chance to elect one of their own on the city’s solidly Democratic legislature.

“I think that her politics are more in line with a good chunk of the City Council than Stokes’s politics are,” said Ellis.

Despite her party affiliation, she will be able to work with progressive Democrats, Ellis predicts, highlighting her digital equity advocacy alongside Councilman Zeke Cohen. He also lauded her work with SOMOS (Students Organizing a Multicultural Open Society).

“Former students who have worked with her have really good stories to tell about how she helped them find their activist voice,” he said.

Rev. Annie Chambers, Douglass Homes’ longtime community leader, addresses Franca Muller Paz supporters. (Kyle Fritz)

$17,000 Raised

Muller Paz, the daughter of a construction worker, was born in Lima, Peru. She immigrated as a child with her family to Paterson, N.J.  and has lived in Baltimore since 2006, with the exception of a brief stint in Philadelphia.

A first-time candidate, she says she has raised about $17,000 in two-and-a-half weeks.

Stokes, by contrast, reported $38,567 on hand at the last campaign finance reporting deadline in May.

Supporters say she has all but clinched her spot on the November ballot. The Maryland State Board of Elections site lists Muller Paz as a candidate.

According to Ellis, she has collected the 5,000 signatures required  to qualify for the ballot, but the board has yet to certify those signatures. He said she’s collecting more signatures as padding in the event that elections officials strike some off the list.

Battles for the District

A one-term incumbent, Stokes is coming off a narrow victory in the Democratic primary last month.

Facing several challengers, he defeated attorney Phillip Westry by fewer than 300 votes, despite raising and spending less than Westry.

In 2016, Stokes defeated Kelly Cross in a crowded field of candidates vying to replace incumbent Carl Stokes (no relation), who gave up his seat for an unsuccessful run for mayor.

A close ally of Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, Stokes is on Young’s Vision Slate, which also includes Council members Eric Costello and Sharon Green Middleton.

Robert Stokes poses last September with Mayor Young (holding scissors) and Alex Smith at the VIP Preview Party of Smith’s new restaurant, The Choptank, at Broadway Market. (Baltimore Snap)

At approximately 4:00 p.m. ET on July 11, Greens chose Howie Hawkins and running mate Angela Walker to be the party's presidential and vice-presidential nominees.

Hawkins was nominated after receiving a majority of votes in the first round of voting. He received 210 out of 355 total votes (59.15%) cast by Green delegates from across the U.S. A call to approve Angela Walker as the vice-presidential nominee was approved by a majority vote of 221. In their acceptance speeches, the nominees highlighted the connection between climate change and social justice and the importance of enacting a real Green New Deal.

Green Party of the United States
www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:
Monday, July 13, 2020

Contact:
Michael O’Neil, Communications Manager, [email protected], 202-804-2758
Holly Hart, Co-chair, Media Committee, [email protected], 202-804-2758
Craig Seeman, Co-chair, Media Committee, [email protected], 202-804-2758

Hawkins was nominated after receiving a majority of votes in the first round of voting. He received 210 out of 355 total votes (59.15%) cast by Green delegates from across the U.S. A call to approve Angela Walker as the vice-presidential nominee was approved by a majority vote of 221. In their acceptance speeches, the nominees highlighted the connection between climate change and social justice and the importance of enacting a real Green New Deal.

The convention was held online using the Zoom webinar platform, and included 358 delegates from 47 states and identity caucuses. This year’s convention included a greater number of attendees than in past years due to the easily accessible “location” without the need to travel.

Along with the nomination, highlights of the convention included recorded speeches by 2016 Green vice-presidential nominee Ajamu Baraka; Green Party co-chair Dr. Margaret Flowers; Minneapolis City Councilmember Cameron Gordon; Green Party of Florida Co-chair Robin Harris; Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale; Margaret Kimberly of Black Agenda Report; Mirna Martinez, former member of the New London, Connecticut, school board; Jenny Leong of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Australia; Maine candidate for U.S. Senate Lisa Savage, and 2016 presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein.

Green Party delegates also voted to confirm the party's new national platform.

A series of workshops was held online during the two days preceding the convention.

Greens currently holding public office and Green candidates running for local, state and federal office were featured in a series of press conferences.

Videos and texts of many of the speeches and press conferences will be available here:

https://www.gp.org/workshop_videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZfnQZquRwx_F6yZg3g9kOw

Party members also elected a new steering committee. The new co-chairs are Margaret Elisabeth (Washington) and Tamar Yager (Virginia), with Anita Rios (Ohio) re-elected to a second term. Hillary Kane (Pennsylvania) was re-elected as treasurer.

They join remaining co-chairs Kristin Combs (Pennsylvania), Trahern Crews (Minnesota), Gloria Mattera (New York) and Tony Ndege (North Carolina), along with secretary David Gerry (Massachusetts).

Greens thanked outgoing co-chairs Justin Beth (Maine) and Dr. Margaret Flowers (Maryland) for their service.

Greens also thanked presidential convention coordinator Lynne Serpe, Tamar Yager and Deanna Taylor, co-chairs of the party's Annual National Meeting Committee, John Andrews and Sanda Everette, co-chairs of the party’s Presidential Campaign Support Committee, and Communications Director Michael O’Neil for their hard work in organizing the convention in unprecedented circumstances.

RESULTS of convention roll-call vote: Howie Hawkins 210 (59.1%); Dario Hunter, 102 (28.7%); Sedinam Kinamo Christine Moyowasi-Curry, 11.5 (3.2%); Dennis Lambert, 8.5 (2.4%); Uncommitted/NOTA, 8 (2.2%); Jesse Ventura, 7 (1.9); David Rolde, 4.5 (1.3); Kent Mesplay, 2 (1.6%); Susan Lochoki, 1; Bernie Sanders, 0.5

              https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/503696-howie-hawkins-clinches-green-partys-nomination-after-primary-wins

Kimberly Latrice Jones is making waves. "If I right now decided that I wanted to play Monopoly with you, and for 400 rounds of playing Monopoly, I didn’t allow you to have any money, I didn’t allow you to have anything on the board, I didn’t allow for you to have anything, and then we played another 50 rounds of Monopoly and everything that you gained and you earned while you were playing that round of Monopoly was taken from you, that was Tulsa. That was Rosewood. Those are places where we built black economic wealth, where we were self-sufficient, where we owned our stores, where we owned our property, and they burned them to the ground."  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llci8MVh8J4