Sunday, February 04, 2007

Green Party contest ($100 prizes)




The Green Party in Suffolk County is always busy and creative. They have a contest going on right now. Are you creative? They'll be giving out two $100 prizes -- one to someone 18 or over and one to someone under 18. Read on:


Press Contacts:

Roger Snyder, Green Party of Suffolk Chair
(631) 351-5763 rogersnyder@pobox.com

Kimberly Wilder, Green Party of Suffolk Press Secretary
(631) 422-4702 votewilder@yahoo.com

The Green Party of Suffolk invites everyone to showcase their artistic talent and their commitment to ending the War in Iraq by entering its "Bring Home Our Troops Poster Contest." The contest is designed to help achieve the goal of ending the War in Iraq and bringing our American troops home immediately.

The Green Party of Suffolk invites everyone to showcase their artistic talent and their commitment to ending the War in Iraq by entering its "Bring Home Our Troops Poster Contest." The contest is designed to help achieve the goal of ending the War in Iraq and bringing our American troops home immediately.

Two prizes of $100 will be awarded, one for youth 17 years and younger, the other for adults 18 years and over. Rules and a release form are available on-line at
http://www.gpsuffolk.org/. Or, you may contact the Green Party of Suffolk County at (631) 351-5763.

The deadline for entry is March 1st 2007. Winners will be announced at the Green Party of Suffolk Fundraiser in Setauket on March 16th. Winners do not need to be present to claim their prize.

The Green Party is an alternative to the Democrats and Republicans. The Green Party's values are: non-violence; grassroots democracy; social and economic justice; and ecological wisdom. In New York, voters can enroll in the Green Party by checking off the "other" box on a voter registration form, and writing in the word "Green."

Local greens designed the Bring Home Our Troops Poster Contest as a way to encourage people to share a vision of peace.

Background:

http://www.gpsuffolk.org/

In addition, Kimberly Wilder, in her own personal capacity, has decided enough is enough on the nonsense of the under counting of the D.C. rally and march (we're in full agreement).

Please, please, do contact the New York Times. There are too many people who speant too much time, energy and money going to D.C., to let the Times get off easy on this one:
It appears that the New York Times got the talking points, or marching orders, or whatever, from the gentlemen's agreement in D.C.
Instead of all those citizens and activists going to D.C. to demand pulling out of Iraq, the New York Times says the focus was against the surge. How did the The Times get that? Did they do a sign survey? The people who I know who went to D.C. want an end to war, now, immediately.

That's her opening. You can read more and other pieces by Wilder at her website On The Wilder Side.