[Platform] [Platform-abwg] Secure Green Future Training - June 13

[Mike Heichman]

John Andrews wrote:

>This November, the Secure Green Future ballot question will ask our
>legislators to take decisive action to address the threat of climate
>change and to build the economy we need for the postcarbon era.
>
>Anyone who is interested in helping collect signatures to put the
>Secure Green Future question on the ballot in their community is
>invited to attend a training session on Friday, July 13.  The meeting
>is being organized by MCHC in collaboration with the Committee for a
>Secure Green Future and the Green-Rainbow Party's Advisory Ballot
>Working Group.
>
>Location: 17 Trotting Horse Drive, Lexington, MA
>
>6:30pm Potluck – Please bring something (preferably
>healthy/sustainable) to share, along with your own reusable
>plates/cups/utensils/napkins. We hope to make this a zero-trash event.
>
>7:30 - 9:30 Training will begin promptly at 7:30
>
>We will have petition forms on hand and supporting materials so you
>can hit the ground running.
>
>In advance of this training, we encourage you to talk with friends,
>neighbors, and cohorts who you think would be interested in helping
>with signature gathering or other pieces of this effort. Please bring
>them with you to the training pot luck!
>
>We will help local groups self organize for this effort, creating
>District Action Groups that will coordinate signature gathering, track
>progress in their district, seek endorsements, etc. We highly
>encourage people to find at least 2 other volunteers to share the load
>and make things fun. We will help team you up with others who have
>stepped forward, perhaps in a neighboring district.
>
>A ballot question committee is in formation, and we will soon have an
>organizational endorsement appeal that can be emailed out or handed
>out in person to recruit help for your team.
>
>MCHC's Secure Green Future Support Team,
>Jill Stein, John Andrews, Peter Vickery, Eli Beckerman
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>PS: If you are driving, please consider putting your ride on
>goloco.org to carpool. If you are looking for a ride, you can post a
>trip saying "ride needed"
>
>PPS: If you would like to host a Secure Green Future potluck training
>in your neck of the woods, write to eli at masschc.org or call
>617-821-1453
>
>P.P.P.S:
>
>Here is the text of The Secure Green Future Question:
>
>Shall the representative from this district be instructed to vote in
>favor of legislation that:
>1) reduces greenhouse gas emissions in Massachusetts by 80% by 2020, and
>2) phases out tax incentives for energy-intensive projects while
>expanding job creation programs for locally-owned businesses and
>cooperatives involved in renewable energy, conservation, and
>sustainable agriculture.
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