The Tompkins County Green Party is organizing a progressive festival on Friday, September 7th from 4-9 PM, rain or shine (all pavillions have been reserved.) Over 40 progressive organizations will be there, as well as many of our Green Party candidates. Tony DelPlato, safe food activist, will be the keynote speaker and there will be live music by Plastic Nebraska, Amy Glicklich, Everett Fox Band, Miche Farbo, and Tamara J. Brown. There will also be an open Mic period where you can voice your own opinions.
Some of the organizations presenting their information will be:
Tompkins County Living Wage Coalition
Central N.Y. Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Finger Lakes Forest Watch Congress
Concerned Family and Friends Of Mumia Abu Jamal
Ithaca Safe Food / Organic Consumers Assoc.
Ithaca Street Medics
Wemoons Army
ETM Solarworks
Ithaca Paraprofessional Assoc.
League of Indigenous Sovereign Nations
Ithaca Catholic Worker, Vieques Support Group
Cornell Coalition for Animal Defense
Ithaca Coalition for Global Justice
Gino Bush; on the Prison-Industrial Complex
Committee On U.S. / Latin Am. Relations
Cornell Organization for Labor Action
Food Not Bombs
Young Democratic Socialists of America
Finger Lakes Land Trust
S.H.A.R.E.
Ithaca Health Fund
Mid-State Central Labor Council
Cornell Greens
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Comm.
Ten Thousand Villages
Interfaith Campaign to Reform Rockefeller Drug Laws
Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles
Cornell United Progressives
See Spot
School of the Americas Watch
UAW Local 2300
Ithaca Hours
Voluntary Simplicity Meeting Group
Democratic Socialists of America
Working Families Party
N. Y. Coalition for Animal Defense
Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance
Ilonka Wloch / Positive News
Tompkins County Green Party
Others to be announced
"OPEN MIC" period for the public to speak
Most of the twelve local Green Candidates will be present; come by and meet them!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TONY DEL PLATO
Annemarie Zwack, Ward 1
David Whitmore, Ward 2
Bryan Isacks, Ward 2
Carolyn Peterson, Ward 4
Dan Cogan, Ward 5
Christina Bedocs, District 7
Linda Holzbaur, Town of Ithaca
Will Burbank, Town of Ithaca
Joe Wetmore, Town of Ithaca
Dooley Kiefer, District 10
Tim Joseph, District 12
John Tottey, District 14
The purpose of this gathering is to provide an opportunity for many of this region's strongest activist organizations on behalf of social, economic, and environmental justice to meet face to face with each other and the public. Participation of these organizations does not constitute an endorsement of the Green Party or any candidate. This event is free, and there will be no suggested donation.
For further information contact David Galezo, dgalezo@yahoo.com, or Kylie Spooner, 277-0227
Organized by The Tompkins County Green Party www.tcgreens.org
