Jill Stein Campaigns Through Southeast This Weekend
April 27, 2012 in Presidential Campaign
Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein is campaigning this weekend in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida this weekend, in conjunction with State Party Conventions in the Carolinas.
- Tonight, Stein will be at a meet & greet at the home of Jan Martell in Durham, NC. There will be a fund raiser as well – North Carolina has the potential to become one of the 20 states to meet the $5,000 requirement for federal matching funds.
- Saturday April 28, Stein will be at the South Carolina Green Party State Convention, being held at Al-Amir Restaurant in Columbus, SC. Stein will be speaking at 3 PM, the convention may be livestreamed, check the SCGP website to find details.
- Saturday evening, April 28, meet Jill Stein at a fundraiser in Columbus, SC at the home of Leslie Minerd, see here for details.
- Saturday night – Jill Stein will be the closing speaker at the SC Stop the War on Women rally at the South Carolina Statehouse grounds. The event at the South Carolina Statehouse is one of 55 events across the country organized by UniteWomen.org.
- Monday – Jill Stein will be campaigning in Florida, details to come.
Scott West said on April 27, 2012
The Stop the War On Women Rally actually starts in the morning and overlaps with part of the convention. So it is a tight time commitment, but should still be doable.
South Carolina Unite Against the War on Women Rally
https://www.facebook.com/events/332002746837552/
South Carolina Green Party Convention
http://scgreenparty.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/livestreaming-the-2012-south-carolina-green-party-convention/
Michael Cavlan RN said on April 28, 2012
Michael Cavlan RN April 27th, 2012 at 8:18 pm 2
I want to apologize to all of my Green Party people here. Including Jill Stein. I have shifted 180 degrees.
Let me explain first why I had been getting so testy.
You see folks, I honestly believe that we are headed towards a real crisis. Actually a series of them. Global Warming is real. it is coming and it WILL affect all of us. Our food supply, our transportation, everything. I have been terrified because of the world that is being left to my sons and their potential children. This is just one of a series of cataclysmic catastrophes that I believe we are all headed for.
So I was in a place of fear. Very real fear. I knew that we as a society needed a broad cultural shift. That was why I was so focused on an Anderson-Stein or Stein-Anderson united ticket. I saw it as one of the very last ways to wake people up.
Now I know that it does not matter. I am at peace with this. We will wake up or not. I do know this for 100% sure now.
Rocky Anderson, Jill Stein, Roseanne Barr, Mr Alexander and all the rest of these fine, noble and PRINCIPLED PEOPLE.
All of them are just too damned good and decent for the American people and their bobble headed spokes-persons like Rachel Maddow or Barak Oily-Bomber.
I have remembered who the hell the real enemy is. It is not us.
Namaste
Michael Cavlan RN said on April 28, 2012
Clarify- I still plan on supporting Rocky Anderson and the creation of the Justice Party and/or an umbrella organization. No intentions of joining the Green Party.
Just done fighting you guys.
Michael Cavlan RN
Candidate US Senate 2012
Minnesota Open Progressives *legal registered Political Action Group with Minnesota Secretary of State- precursor to new political party.
Richard Kuszmar said on April 29, 2012
Results of the 2012 South Carolina Green Party Convention
April 29, 2012 by Scott West
The results of yesterday’s convention:
South Carolina Green Party Convention 2012
Presidential delegate count, of 8 delegates to GPUS National Convention:
Jill Stein: 7
Roseanne Barr: 1
Nominated for other offices:
Second Congressional District: Jeff Sumerel
Sixth Congressional District: Nammu Muhammed
State Senate District 20: Scott West
State Senate Seat 41 (special election): Sue Edward
State House Seat 24: Joseph Martin
State House Seat 114: Larry Carter Center
James Island Public Service District (non-partisan): Eugene Platt.
Congratulations to all the candidates and especially many thanks to Dr. Stein and Farheen Hakeem, who represented the Roseanne Barr campaign, for personally appearing at the convention. Video of the speakers is being edited and will be posted to the South Carolina Green Party website and facebook page shortly.
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Posted in 2012 Presidential Election, Elections, Eugene Platt, Green Party of the United States, Party Meetings | Tagged 2012 Presidential Election, Jeff Sumerel, Jill Stein, Nammu Muhammed, Roseanne Barr | Leave a Comment »
Livestreaming the 2012 South Carolina Green Party Convention
April 27, 2012 by Scott West
Livestreaming the 2012 South Carolina Green Party Convention
Watch the afternoon speeches and nominations for the South Carolina Green Party. Jill Stein and Fareen Hakeem, representing the Rosanne Barr campaign, will be seeking the endorsement of 8 delegates from the SCGP.
Livestreaming should begin at 1:00 PM.
Livestreaming the 2012 South Carolina Green Par…, posted with vodpod
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Posted in 2012 Presidential Election, Elections, Green Party of the United States, Local Parties, Party Meetings | Tagged 2012 Presidential Campaign, Eugene Platt, Fareen Hakeem, Jeff Sumerel, Jill Stein, Joseph Martin, Larry Carter Center, livestream, Nammu Muhammed, Rosanne Barr, Scott West, Sue Edward, Walid Hakim, Walid Nicola Hakim | Leave a Comment »
Attend our State Convention, April 28, 11:00-4:00
April 18, 2012 by dwhiteman
The State Convention for the South Carolina Green Party will be held on April 28th from 11:00-4:00 at 2930 Devine Street (Al-Amir Restaurant) in Columbia. Accommodations for delegates are available at the Riverside Inn, $55, 111 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, South Carolina.
South Carolina Green Party Convention 2012
The first part of the convention, from 11:00-12:00, will be for internal party business, including Steering Committee elections. Sue Edward, Scott West, and Joseph Martin will be seeking election to the Steering Committee. After lunch, nominations for November 2012 candidates will begin at 1:00. A detailed agenda will be posted on April 25th.
Presidential candidate Jill Stein will be speaking at the convention, as well as Fareen Hakim, a representative of the Rosanne Barr campaign. Delegates to the state convention will be electing 8 delegates to represent the party at the national Green Party convention.
At the congressional level, Jeff Sumerel is seeking the party’s nomination for District 4, and Nammu Muhammed is seeking our nomination for District 6
At the state level, Scott West will be asking for the nomination in State Senate District 20, Joseph Martin for State House District 24, Walid Hakim for State House District 88, and Larry Carter Center for State House District 114.
Exciting times! Join us!
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Nominations open for Steering Committee
March 17, 2012 by dwhiteman
Nominations are now open for election to the Steering Committee of the South Carolina Green Party. Nominations must be received no later than April 14th (two weeks before the State Convention). The terms of four Steering Committee members are ending (Sue Edward, Scott West, Larry Carter Center, and Eugene Platt), plus we have one vacancy for a 2011-2013 term.
Nominations may be emailed (to scgreenpartyinfo@earthlink.net or davidpwhiteman@yahoo.com) or mailed (to SCGP, P.O. Box 5341, Columbia, SC 29250).
In order to be eligible to be on the ballot, anyone nominated must
certify by April 14th that they (a) are interested in being on the
ballot, (b) are a member of the Party, and (c) do not occupy a
leadership position in any other political party. All nominees should
also submit a brief personal statement for inclusion in the SCGP
Bulletin and the State Convention agenda packet.
After nominations are closed on April 14th, the Steering Committee will
provide a final list of nominees.
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SC Faith Community to Hold Interfaith Prayer Vigils to Reflect on Anti-Immigrant Law, S.B. 20
December 16, 2011 by Scott West
The Steering Committee of the South Carolina Green Party endorses the South Carolina Immigration Coalition’s call for rallies against the Anti-Immigrant Law, S.B. 20. Please attend these rallies in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville and Spartanburg on Sunday, December 18 and the Unity & Peace Rally held in Charleston at Washington Park on Monday, December 19. As we meet with other South Carolinians we will build a social movement which can achieve a solution to the nation’s crisis in immigration and citizenship.
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Contact-Tammy Besherse- Tammy@scjustice.org
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The SC Faith Community to Hold Interfaith Prayer Vigils across the State to Reflect on Anti-Immigrant Law, S.B. 20
Sunday, December 18, 2011
South Carolina faith leaders and the faith community will gather at prayer vigils across the state on Sunday, December 18, to call attention to a hearing the following day in U.S. District Court in Charleston, where the U.S. Department of Justice and several civil and human rights organizations are challenging the constitutionality of South Carolina’s anti-immigrant law, SB 20.
SB 20, signed into law in June, encourages racial profiling by allowing law enforcement to investigate the immigration status of anyone they pull over whom they suspect may be in the state illegally.
The prayer vigils will offer reflections on the scriptural support of immigrants, the moral dimensions of the immigration issue, and the real-life consequences of SB 20. The vigils will be held in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Hilton Head.
Organizers of the prayer vigils, led by the South Carolina Immigration Coalition, are calling on the U.S. District Court to overturn SB 20. On Monday, December 19, a rally in opposition to SB 20 will start at Washington Square Park before the hearing and continue outside the U.S. District Courthouse during the hearing.
Charleston Interfaith Service
Who: South Carolina Faith leaders, organized by the South Carolina Immigration Coalition
What: Interfaith SB 20 Prayer Vigil
When: Sunday, December 18, 6 pm
Where: Midland Park United Methodist Church (2301 Midland Park Road in North Charleston)
Columbia Interfaith Service
Who: South Carolina Faith leaders, organized by the South Carolina Immigration Coalition
What: Interfaith walk and prayer vigil
When: Sunday, December 18, 1:15 pm
Where: Gather at 1:15 pm at Zion Baptist Church (810 Washington Street, Columbia); Walk to the Statehouse at 1:30 pm for vigil
Greenville Interfaith Service
Who: South Carolina Faith leaders, organized by the South Carolina Immigration Coalition
What: Interfaith SB 20 Prayer Vigil
When: Sunday, December 18, 6 pm
Where: Fall Park
Spartanburg Interfaith Service
Who: South Carolina Faith leaders, organized by the South Carolina Immigration Coalition
What: Interfaith SB 20 Prayer Vigil
When: Sunday, December 18, 6 pm
Where: Morgan Square on East Main St.
Unity and Peace Rally
Who: South Carolinians who oppose SB 20, organized by the South Carolina Immigration Coalition
What: Rally at Washington Square Park and demonstrate outside U.S. District Courthouse
When: December 19, 9:00 am
Where: Washington Square Park (78 Broad Street, Charleston); Walk over to U.S. District Courthouse (85 Broad Street, Charleston)
URL: http://www.sc-coalition.org/home
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Occupy Columbia Wins In Federal Court
December 14, 2011 by Scott West
Occupy Columbia has won in Federal Court!
Article in The State:
Judge: Occupiers can stay at State House
Some limitations are OK, judge says, but says protesters can’t break rules if there are none
Occupy Columbia protesters can continue their around-the-clock demonstration on State House grounds, U.S. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled today.
Currie told attorneys for South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley that if the state wants to regulate who uses the grounds – and how – then it should develop written rules.
Because the First Amendment’s free speech issues are involved, however, any rules would have to be strictly limited and applied equitably.
Read more: http://www.thestate.com/2011/12/14/2080001/judge-occupiers-can-stay-at-state.html#ixzz1gXBJmjoo
More announcements will be made throughout the day. Check OC media for more breaking information. We will post a transcript of the press conference when it becomes available.
Website: http://occupycolumbiasc.org
Livestream: http://occupycolumbiasc.org/livestream/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/occupycolumbia
More news reports [UPDATED]
WIS, Channel 10: Federal judge: Occupy Columbia protestors can stay: http://www.wistv.com/story/16323441/federal-judge
WLTX, Channel 19 (via AP): Federal Judge: Occupy Columbia Can Stay at State House: http://www.wltx.com/news/article/163466/2/Federal-Judge-Occupy-Columbia-Can-Stay-at-State-House
Occupy Columbia, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Together
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Who Is Bankrolling Climate Change?
December 13, 2011 by Scott West
Bankrolling Climate Change NGOs present groundbreaking research on banks’ involvement in coal financing. The State of South Carolina Retirement System invests in many of the worst offenders.
We all know that climate change is happening.
But do we know who is financing the dirty energy investments that are heating up the globe?
Until now, little was known about banks’ role and responsibility for global warming. While most large commercial banks provide figures on their annual investments into renewable energy, they neither track nor publish their annual investments into fossil fuel projects. Many banks have made farreaching statements on climate, but are they putting their money where their mouth is?
This study presents new research on the portfolios of 93 of the world’s leading banks. It examines their lending for the coal industry, the prime source of global CO2 emissions. It provides the first comprehensive climate ranking for financial institutions and identifies the top “climate killers” in the banking world.
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