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Welcome to the Cook County Green Party Website

MARCH MAY FIRST - MARCHA PRIMERO DE MAYO

For the Rights of Immigrants and All Workers

We Demand:

  1. Equal Rights in the Workplace for All Workers
  2. The Right to Unionize
  3. Employee Free Choice Act
  4. Fair Wages
  5. End the Occupation of Iraq
  6. Equal Access to Education
  7. Universal Health Care

May 1st, 2008

International Workers Day

Día Internacional de los Trabajadores

  • When: Meet at 10:00 A.M
  • Where: Union Park (Ashland and Lake)
  • March at 12:00 PM

Both the Cook County Green Party, and the Illinois Green Party have endorsed this march. We will be marching with a Green Party banner.

Thanks for making the Inaugural County Convention a success!

The CCGP was formed on September 1st of 2007, to bring together the ILGP locals that were operating within Cook County, Illinois. The About Us page gives a quick overview of the party's goal and structure.

All inquiries should be directed to info@cookcountygreens.org


Current Activites

  • Identifying candidates to be slated by the Green Party. The deadline for this is April 7th, but candidates need to get the endorsement of the Green Party Locals in their area before they can be slated.
  • The Central Committee will be meeting on the 5th and 8th of March to slate candidates.

Vote Green in Cook County

We have candidates for all 5 Cook County offices up for election in November.

  • Thomas O'Brien for States Attorney
  • Terry Gilhooly for Record of Deeds
  • Paloma Andrade for Circuit Court Clerk
  • Howard Kaplan for Board of Review #2
  • Tony Cox for Board of Review #3

Upcoming Events

  • Saturday, April 12th, 4pm -- Cliff Thornton - End the Drug War
    New World Resource Center 1300 N Western Ave
    Come hear Cliff Thornton, a national co-chair of the Green Party of the U.S., speak on what is wrong with the war on drugs and what a sensible drug policy would be like.

Recent News

  • Saturday, March 22nd, 1pm -- Locals Council Meeting
    Location: Cafe Catedral, 25th and Christiana, Chicago
    Interviewed candidate for county level endorsements
    Endorsed Terry Gilhooly for Recorder of Deeds, and Thomas O'Brien for States Attorney
  • Saturday, March 8th, 3pm -- Central Committee Meeting
    Park National Bank Building
    Austin Blvd and Madison St. in Oak Park
    Filled committeeperson vacancies and slated several candidates, see minutes for details

Discussion Group

A public mailing list for Cook County Green Party members is available at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cookcodiscussion/

A private discussion group for CCGP day-to-day operations and business is available at http://www.cookcountygreens.org/mailman/listinfo/ccgp-internal

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