Thursday, July 24th, 2019
7-9pm
Flying Squirrel Community Space
285 Clarissa Street
Rochester, NY
Bring a friend!
Shift Change website
If ever you had the inkling to run for office yourself, 2019 is the time. There are off-year elections taking place, most are local - the perfect opportunity to give it a try. Running for office isn't just about getting into politics, it can be a very effective form of activism. When you're on the ballot you get to speak truth to power on issues you choose. We'd be more than happy to talk to you about it - even if you're just in the consideration stage. Here are a list of the races that are up for 2019:
County Executive
District Attorney
All County Legislature Districts
City Court Judge
City Council – East
City Council – Northeast
City Council – Northwest
City Council – South
City School Board (4)
Brighton Town Offices
Chili Town Offices
Clarkson Town Offices
East Rochester Town/Village Offices
Gates Town Offices
Greece Town Offices
Hamlin Town Offices
Irondequoit Town Offices
Mendon Town Offices
Ogden Town Offices
Parma Town Offices
Penfield Town Offices
Perinton Town Offices
Pittsford Town Offices
Riga Town Offices
Rush Town Offices
Sweden Town Offices
Webster Town Offices
Wheatland Town Offices
Fairport Village Offices
These are just for November 2019. This doesn't include village and suburban school board races in the spring.
Contact us at the link at the top of the page or calling (585) 454-8474.
Didn't get to come to the June Monthly meeting with David Sperber of Jewish Voice for Peace? Well watch the gently edited video here.
If you missed our monthly meeting on March 8th, Elizabeth Henderson's & Tonya Noel's talk on Food Justice was incredible. The video of that conversation is below. From that, we constructed a platform plank that you can see here.
As promised, from our monthly meeting on February 8th, a team of Greens and Green-minded people developed GPOMC's platform plank on Police Accountability. Here's video from the February 8th monthly meeting. Members of the Police Accountability Board Alliance discuss where we are in terms of Rochester getting a REAL PAB.
If you weren't able to make it to the January 11th meeting, Rohith Palli & Alice Carli from Campaign for New York Health were our guest speakers. They went through just how we can get single payer health care in New York State. It's closer than you think. Take a look at their presentation from that meeting.
Did you miss our monthly meeting in December? Here's video of the conversation we had on our community's overdose pandemic.
Oscar Wilde said that the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. Does that apply to Jill Stein, the oft talked about leader of the Green Party? Find out here!
Did you leave us in 2016 to support Bernie Sanders in the Primary?
That's OK. Bernie's isn't a Democrat either. You can switch back to the party where you belong by downloading and mailing in this form:
- http://www2.monroecounty.gov/files/MonroeCounty-voteform-1.pdf (English)
- http://www2.monroecounty.gov/files/MonroeCounty-Mail-Spanish-2015.pdf (Spanish)
OR, you can come to our next Monthly Meeting on March 12th. We'll have Voter Registration forms!
Green Party 10 Key Values
Grassroots Democracy • Social Justice And Equal Opportunity • Ecological Wisdom Non-Violence • Decentralization • Community-Based Economics • Feminism And Gender Equity • Respect For Diversity • Personal And Global Responsibility • Future Focus And Sustainability