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:
- Equal Rights in the Workplace for All Workers
- The Right to Unionize
- Employee Free Choice Act
- Fair Wages
- End the Occupation of Iraq
- Equal Access to Education
- 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.
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.
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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
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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.
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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
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