Green Party 2008 National Convention

Chicago, July 10th-13th

Live Green, Vote Green

Schedule

Note: This schedule is subject to change

Thursday, July 10th

Noon – 7:00 p.m. Registration

Registration & Delegate Credentialing — Clark Wing
Media Room & Media Registration — Clark 9
Press Conferences— Clark 5

9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Meetings

Credentialing Committee Meeting — Clark 1

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Meetings

Accreditation Committee Meeting — Clark 3

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Workshops and Caucuses

Diversity Caucus — Clark 1
GPUS Budget & Finances in General — Clark 3
Media: Selling Yourself Without Selling Out — Clark 7
Platform Committee Meeting — Clark 10

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Workshops and Caucuses

Lavender Caucus— Clark 1
A Clear Path Towards Dismantling and Ending All "ism" (Racism, sexism, classism and white privledge) within the Green Party by 2012— Clark 3
Viral Campaign Marketing — Clark 7
International Committee Meeting — Clark 10

4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Workshops and Caucuses

Ballot Access Committee Meeting — Clark 1
What Every Candidate Should Know — Clark 3
What is Local Democracy? Building from the Bottom Up for Political Power — Clark 7
National Women's Caucus — Clark 10

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Workshops and Caucuses

New York State Caucus— Clark 3

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Reception

Welcome Reception with International Greens — Empire Ballroom, Lobby level

8:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Meetings

Bylaws, Rules, Policies & Procedures (BRPP) Committee Meeting— Clark 1

8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Caucuses

California State Caucus — Clark 7

9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Reception

Reception hosted by Whitney for Governor Campaign Committee— Empire Ballroom, Lobby level

Friday, July 11th

Press Conferences — Clark 5 Exhibitor Room — Clark 10

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Morning Yoga— Clark 8

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Registration

Registration & Delegate Credentialing — Mezzanine Media Room & Media Registration— Clark 9

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Workshops and Caucuses

Eco-Action Committee Meeting— Clark 1
Presidential Candidate Support Committee Meeting (PCSC) — Clark 3
Outreach Committee Meeting— Clark 7

9:00 a.m. - noon Platform Hearing

Platform Hearings— Empire Ballroom, Lobby level

9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Workshops and Caucuses

Fundraising 101— Clark 1
The Role of Peace Movement in an Election Year— Clark 3
What is Central to the Green Message: Ecology? Democracy? Social Justice? — Clark 7
Black Caucus— Clark 8
Dispute Resolution Committee Meeting —check notice board for location

10:45 a.m. - noon Workshops and Caucuses

Sustainable Activism — Clark 1
The 60th Anniversaries of the Palestinian Catastrophe (Nakba) and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Green Party's Response — Clark 3
The Constitutional MAP for Voter Disenfranchisement — Clark 7
Disability Caucus — Clark 8

Lunch break.

1:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. National Committee Meeting

National Committee (NC) Meeting — Empire Ballroom, Lobby level

1:00 p.m. - 2:15p.m. Workshops and Caucuses

Update on NAFTA and the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)— Clark 1
The Law of Diminishing Returns as a Principle for Deciding How to Deal with the Need to Reduce Consumption to Restore the Environment — Clark 3
Organizing Online for Everyone — Clark 7
Campaign Fundraising — Clark 8
Youth Caucus— Clark 2

2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Workshops and Caucuses

Candidate Messaging — Clark 1
Making Green Food Choices – How our diet affects animals and the environment — Clark 3
Democratizing the Electoral College — Clark 7
Maine State Caucus — Clark 8
Latino Caucus — Clark 2

4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Workshops and Caucuses

Endless War and the Military-Industrial- Governmental Complex — Clark 1
Red, Black, Brown and 'Green': Positive Solutions to the Issues of Poverty, Immigration and Environment Destruction — Clark 3
A Democracy Movement for the U.S.A — Clark 7
The Basic Income Guarantee - and the Power of Green Economics — Clark 8

Dinner break.

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Peace Action Committee Meeting — Clark 1

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Caucuses

New York State Caucus — Clark 3

7:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Presidential Candidate Forum

Presidential Candidate Forum moderated by Rich Whitney — Red Lacquer Room, 4th floor

9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Caucuses

Illinois State Caucus— Clark 1
Michigan State Caucus— Clark 3
Wisconsin State Caucus— Clark 7

=== 9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Reception === Clark 5

A Toast to the Greens. Reception with John Nichols and other guests. The Green Institute and Liberty Tree hail two decades of greening America (cash bar).

Saturday, July 12 NOMINATING CONVENTION

The Nominating Convention will be held at the Chicago Symphony Center, 220 S Michigan Avenue.

7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Breakfast at Palmer House

8:00 a.m. Doors Open at Symphony Center

9:00 a.m. Welcome, Roll Call and Credentialing

9:30 a.m. Keynote: Cliff Thornton

9:45 a.m. Platform Approval

10:45 a.m. Keynote: Kathy Kelly

11:00 a.m. Keynote: Malik Rahim

11:15 a.m. Speeches from 2008 Green Party Presidential Candidates: Jesse Johnson, Cynthia McKinney, Kent Mesplay, Kat Swift

Noon Lunch at Chicago Symphony Center, Buntrock Hall, 2nd floor via Rotunda

1:00 p.m. Keynote: Jill Stein

1:15 p.m. Keynote: Omar López

1:30 p.m. Presidential Nomination Vote

2:30 p.m. Vice-Presidential Nomination and Speech

3:00 p.m. Presidential Speech

4:00 p.m. Press Conference

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8:00 p.m. - midnight Post-Convention Reception

Post-Convention Reception with live music — Honoree Ballroom, Lobby level, Palmer House

Sunday, July 13

Exhibitor Room — Clark 10

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast — Red Lacquer Room Foyer, 4th floor

8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.

Morning Meditation, led by Lewie Pell, Network for Spiritual Progressives — Clark 8

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Meetings

National Committee (NC) meeting with new presidential nominee — Red Lacquer Room, 4th floor
Green Alliance Meeting— Clark 1

10:45 a.m. - noon Meetings and Caucuses

National Committee (NC) meeting continued, — Red Lacquer Room, 4th floor
Agrarian Revival at the End of Cheap Oil— Clark 1
What to say when you're called a spoiler: instant runoff voting & proportional representation— Clark 3
LGBT Activism: Recent Victories and Future Goals — Clark 5
History of US-Iranian Relations and Its Impact on Current Tensions Regarding Iranian Nuclear Power — Clark 7
Strategic Thinking for Campaigns — Clark 8
Elections for Radicals— Clark 9