[Gpca-votes] Party growth

[Jeff Lebow]

James,
Your activism and leadership is admirable and necessary. Building a functioning infrastructure to meet the needs of people in your community is extremely important and creates opportunities to actualize Green values. The challenge for those of us that are involved in community service is how we can translate our work into party registration and ultimately political victories. 

I hope your work is building bridges to non Greens, progressive Dems, faith community activists and people of good will and conscience who share our values. The relationships created while serving your community is our best hope for those served as well as Party growth. I trust you’ve had this discussion with other Sacramento Greens. 

I am currently working on a project with KPFK (listener sponsored Pacifica FM station in SoCal) to create a radio program featuring community building projects, giving them a platform to strengthen their capabilities and accomplishments. Tomorrow I lead volunteer harvesters to glean Valencia oranges, which will be distributed to organizations feeding those in need. 

Can you imagine what 94,000 or so registered California Greens could do if each of us would be involved in year round community service in addition to our electoral activities?

Keep up the good fight and share your successes. 

In solidarity,
Jeff Lebow 
OCGP

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> On Oct 12, 2017, at 6:28 PM, james clark <faygodrinkit at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Jeff, 
> 
> Doing community service is an awesome idea. I am the founder of Community Dinner Project, a nonpartisan (started it while npp) activist group that serves an organic meal in front of Sacramento city hall every week before attending the city council meeting. The meal is technically illegal as we refuse to pay the city in order to feed our communities most vulnerable. In the council meeting we advocate for issues of concern within Sacramento, from Black lives matter, to Nestle pumping water locally, to rent control. Our main focus remains centered on homeless rights, especially the #right2rest and access to water and sanitation. Several local greens participate in our events. I am also a well known local organizer who started with occupy Sacramento. 
> 
> Other efforts include my work as a lead organizer for the anti Monsanto project, crunch Nestle alliance, national day against police brutality as well as other coalition efforts. Currently I'm working on a ballot initiative for the city of Sacramento that would help to resolve the homeless situation in Sacramento, while respecting the rights of our unhoused residents. I am also building a team to recall Steve Hansen, the district 4 city council member with plans to replace him. 
> 
> Other things our local party has been doing is endorsement of local activists events, participation in coalition work with local activists, and have a few greens running for office.
> 
> The truth is that we must employ a diversity of tactics and strategies in order to grow. We must do so with respect to those who are underrepresented by the establishment parties. We must also do so with priority to our core values. By showing integrity, honesty and solidarity with our local communities we can let people see that the Green Party can be the political arm of the movement and that it will work towards meeting the urgent needs of our marginalized communities.
> 
> If you're interested in learning more about my work a quick Google search of "James Faygo Clark" will give a decent sample of what I've done.
> 
> On Oct 9, 2017 8:37 PM, "Jess Moorman" <moorman.jesse at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is this important question being sabotaged by junk postings?
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> Do we exercise any control over this recurrent problem?
> 
> And why not then allow Greens to add their thoughtful ideas on the question? Our rules about what gets posted where are sometimes too reflexively thrown at good questions, but deliberate abuse of a lively thread is never chided.
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>> On Oct 5, 2017 6:57 AM, "Jeff Lebow" <jlebow at socal.rr.com> wrote:
>> Stephan,
>> What can our party do to grow our party’s membership aside from running candidates in elections? Your ideas?
>> Jeff Lebow
>> Orange County GP
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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