[statecom-discuss] CALL FOR A MEETING OF THE RAINBOW COALITION CAUCUS OF THE GREEN-RAINBOW PARTY

Tue Apr 29 03:55:52 EDT 2008

All:

We need to make sure that people outside of Boston, especially out west, are aware of this meeting. Both people who are/have been historically Rainbow Coalition Party, as well as those who have come to self-identify as Rainbow since the name change and fusion of our two parties in 2002. In order to facilitate this self-identification, the original Rainbow Coalition Agenda is appended to this call.

Also, Merelice and/or Eva and Grace: can you make sure that this gets on the Rainbow Caucus listserv. I don't seem to be on the list, and need to be added. Thanks!

Gary Hicks

CALL FOR A MEETING OF THE RAINBOW COALITION CAUCUS OF THE GREEN-RAINBOW PARTY

DATE: Saturday, May 31

TIME: 1:30 to 4:30 PM

  PLACE! District 7 Office, 51 Roxbury Street, Roxbury MA

  For information and directions, please call Gary Hicks at 857-891-2803, after 9PM.

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  It has been six years since the Rainbow Coalition entered into the Massachusetts Green Party, and the latter changed its name to reflect that merger.

  Since then, a lot of people have done a lot of hard work. In addition to participating in all of the electoral campaigns from 2002 until now, we've also been involved in non- electoral activities such as march/caravans focused on abolishing poverty, and working in several activities in City Councillor Chuck Turner's District 7 [Boston]. Most recently, we have been part of a major coalition in Eastern Massachusetts to combat the negative effects of predatory lending in what has mostly been working people of color neighborhoods in Boston, with prospects to be soon operating in Brockton, New Bedford/Fall River, and Lawrence.

  With all of that activity, it's been some time since we had a meeting of the Caucus, first of all to check  in with each other as to how we're doing. And then also [partial agenda here, please add other items]:

  >>Update each other as to our activities, get us on the same page. What have we accomplished with these activities. What have we learned?

  >>Assess our status as an entity in the Green-Rainbow Party. We entered the Green Party in 2002 with a set of assumptions and expectations. What were they? Do the assumptions hold? Have the expectations been met?

  >>Where do we go from here? [ in the Dr. Martin Luther King sense of this question]

  >>Do we need to elect co-chairs and a secretary for our Caucus?

  >>When should we meet again?

  We hope to see you at the meeting!

  Jennifer  Yanco                                   
  Eva Kerr                                            
  Merelice
  Mike Heichman
  Mel King
  Chuck Turner
  Grace Ross 
  Gary Hicks  
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[attachment from Gary Hicks] For clarity in our meeting, this is part of what we brought with us to the table in 2002.

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       GREEN-RAINBOW PARTY AGENDA  Lifting Our Voices –– Many People, Many Colors  TAKE MONEY AND RACISM OUT OF POLITICS  
   Oppose political parties and politicians who polarize the American people, demonize Communities of Color and the poor, and create scapegoats to avoid solving our nation’s real economic and social problems 
   Promote public financing of elections and the elimination of big money political campaigns   
   Promote and pass  laws to help non-traditional parties get on the ballot 
  DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS AND RACIAL JUSTICE/EQUALITY  
   Strengthen civil rights, affirmative action, and anti- discrimination legislation and programs   
   Develop policies to combat institutionalized racism   
   Work for equality in the workplace, the home, and society   
   Work to protect reproductive rights and end violence and harassment of women   
   Support laws mandating the enforcement of civil rights and job benefits for all people regardless of sexual orientation   
   Ensure that immigrants have equal civil, legal, educational, and political rights   
   Promote and encourage an early investment in our children 
  MEET BASIC HUMAN NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE  
   Ensure that quality food, childcare, healthcare, and education are available for every member of society   
   Pass and enforce laws, policies, and programs that make affordable housing a reality for  Massachusetts residents 
  INTEGRATE ART AND CULTURE INTO DAILY LIFE  
   Nourish the mind, soul, and body by supporting the arts in schools and in the community   
   Promote a spiritual dialogue on the value of the arts   
   Work to foster people’s creative energies 
  PROTECT WORKERS’ RIGHTS  
   Establish guaranteed living-wage employment for anyone able to work   
   Provide job training and opportunities   
   Pass and enforce laws that prohibit permanent replacement workers   
   Protect the right of workers to organize   
   Institute a 30-hour workweek so people can provide for and have adequate time to nurture their families and communities 
  LIMIT MILITARY SPENDING AND ELIMINATE CORPORATE WELFARE  
   Advocate for reduced military spending   
   Work to dismantle all nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons   
   Strengthen enforcement of laws against corporate crime   
   Eliminate  subsidies and tax breaks that benefit America’s wealthiest corporations and households at the expense of working people   
   Work to transform this country’s militaristic approach to foreign policy and to eliminate policies and bodies that promote the exploitation of the work force and the environment 
  PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT  
   Pass laws and provide funds to protect our natural environment from toxic waste and excessive demands, thus preserving it for future generations 
  REFORM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM  
   Transform the current criminal justice system into one that gives priority to expenditures for prevention and emphasizes rehabilitation and personal development, particularly before incarceration 
   Abolish the death penalty   
   Treat drug abuse as a health problem, not a criminal problem   
   Insist on fair and humane treatment of all people within the criminal justice system, regardless of race, class,  gender 

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