South Central Michigan Greens
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Calhoun, Hillsdale, and Jackson Counties Local
People and planet over profit.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 11, 2018
For more information:
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Monika Dittmann Schwab, Local Contact/SCMiGreens
South Central Michigan Greens to Meet 1-3pm
Saturday, October 20 at Jackson Coffee Company
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Followed by Labor History Walk in Marshall at 4pm
The South Central Michigan Greens local will hold its monthly meeting
1-3pm on Saturday, October 20 at the downtown Jackson Coffee Company
(201 South Mechanic Street in Jackson).
Co-founders Monika Schwab of Jackson and John Anthony La Pietra of
Marshall will report on recent activities, including the state party's
recent public endorsement of marijuana-legalization Proposal 1.
La Pietra, the Green candidate for 63rd District State Representative,
has also been asked to host another Labor History Walk for some area
exchange students on the 20th (which will be the 92nd anniversary of the
death of labor leader Eugene V. Debs).
The walk will start at 4pm across from the VFW Hall at 800 East Michigan
Avenue in Marshall, where there are monuments to the 1863 founding of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and to the 1847 Crosswhite
incident where townspeople defended an escaped slave family from agents
of their former owners. It will go through downtown Marshall to the
spot where the union founder's house now stands on Hanover and Linden
Streets.
The local serves Calhoun, Hillsdale, and Jackson Counties. "We're also
reaching out to anyone in Kalamazoo County who's interested in Green
Party values, in case they'd like to join us -- or start up a local of
their own," noted La Pietra. The 63rd District touches parts of
Kalamazoo and Calhoun Counties.
The local meeting is an event on Facebook:
A map of the location is available at
The route of the Labor History Walk is posted at
And a map of the 63rd District can be seen at
The local's November meeting is tentatively planned for 1-3pm Saturday,
November 17 at Biggby's Coffee, 1125 East Michigan Avenue in Emmett
Township east of Battle Creek.
For more details and news about the local, please visit its Facebook page:
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The Four Pillars of GPMI:
Grassroots Democracy
Social Justice
Ecological Wisdom
Non-Violence
For our Ten Key Values, add:
Community-Based Economics
Decentralization
Feminism
Future Focus/Sustainability
Personal and Global Responsibility
Respect for Diversity