Ecological Wisdom * Social Justice * Grassroots Democracy * Non-Violence
>> Green Party of Michigan <<
http://www.migreens.org
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>>> Media Advisory <<<
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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July 25, 2003
For More Information Contact:
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Tom Ness, Green House
www.greenhouseonline.org
e-mail: jamrag@glis.net
248-336-9241
Craig Covey, Ferndale City Council
www.covey4ferndale.com
e-mail: cscovey@aol.com
Melissa Hohauser-Thatcher, Ferndale School Board
e-mail: Vwvangrrl@aol.com
248-545-2105
>> Greens Welcome Ferndale School Board, Council Members to Party <<
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> Candidate Workshop, Welcoming Celebration <
> Sunday Night at Green House <
The Green House is sponsoring a "How to Win as a Green" workshop
for aspiring Green Party candidates for public office at 6:30pm on
Sunday, July 27 in Suite 210, 22757 Woodward (at 9 Mile Road) in
Ferndale. The event will feature Green Party of Michigan (GPMI)
member Melissa Hohauser-Thatcher and her campaign team. Hohauser-
Thatcher and Green House slate partner Beth D'Anna were decisively
elected last month to the Ferndale Public Schools Board of Education.
After the workshop, Hohauser-Thatcher and Green House founder Tom
Ness will hold a "Welcome To The Green Party!" Party for Craig Covey,
founder of the Michigan AIDS Prevention Project, and a member of the
Ferndale City Council (who is up for re-election in November) who is
sponsoring a Council resolution on election reforms which is scheduled
for consideration on Monday, June 28.
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WHO: MELISSA HOHAUSER-THATCHER, a member of the Green Party of
Michigan (GPMI) and a newly-elected member of the Ferndale
Public Schools Board of Education. She and Beth D'Anna
(who is not a GPMI member) ran on a ticket supported by
the Green House, an independent Ferndale institution
promoting Green causes and campaigns. Both women were
elected in a high-turnout race June 9 to four-year terms
on the Board.
CRAIG COVEY, an already-elected member of the Ferndale City
Council who is running for re-election this fall -- and
who has recently joined GPMI.
WHAT: Workshop, "How to Win as a Green" . . . followed by a
"Welcome to the Green Party!" party for Covey.
WHEN: Sunday, July 27 . . . the workshop is scheduled to start at
6:30pm, the party at 7:30pm.
WHERE: At the Green House -- Suite 210, 22757 Woodward (at 9 Mile
Road) in Ferndale.
WHY: To inform potential candidates how they, too, can run for
and win election following Green principles -- and to
celebrate the progress being made in Ferndale.
For information about Ferndale Public Schools:
http://www.ferndaleschools.org
For information about Ferndale City Council:
http://www.ferndale-mi.com/Government/CityCouncilOverview.htm
For information on the Covey re-election campaign:
http://www.covey4ferndale.org
For more information on the Green House, visit:
http://www.greenhouseonline.org
For more information on the Green Party of Michigan and its positions
on education and other issues, visit:
http://www.migreens.org
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Green Party of Michigan * 548 S. Main Street *
* Ann Arbor, MI 48104 * 734-663-3555
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The Green Party of Michigan was formed in 1987 to address environmental
issues in Michigan politics. There are Greens organized in all 50 states
and the District of Columbia. Each state Green Party sets its own goals
and creates its own structure, but US Greens agree on Ten Key Values:
Ecological Wisdom * Grassroots Democracy
Social Justice * Nonviolence
Community Economics * Decentralization
Feminism * Respect for Diversity
Personal and Global * Future Focus/
Responsibility Sustainability
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Other Contacts:
Green Party of Michigan
548 S Main St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-663-3555
info@migreens.org
posted to web 30 July 2003