North Carolina students start College Greens chapter at Elon University
Posted in Grassroots Democracy, Local Party News on March 12th, 2010 by Dave Schwab – Comments OffFrom Kevin Monahan at The Pendulum of Elon University, “Elon University junior hopes to bring green ideas to campus”:
An Elon University junior is proposing an on-campus chapter of the Green Party and has begun the process to have it officially approved by the school.
Drayton Aldridge created a Facebook group, “Elon Campus Greens,” to gauge and generate student interest in a campus chapter of the Green Party. The page outlines his goals for the group and has gained 48 members in a little less than a month. In the page’s information section, he pledges the group will “work to elect Green Party candidates and help Green candidates achieve ballot access.”
In addition to creating the Facebook group, Aldridge has met with Wayne Turner, co-chair of the North Carolina Green Party, who he says is excited about the prospect of college chapters. read more »
