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Convention
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Delegates
need to first register at the General Registration Table and
then be formally credentialed, as Delegates, at the
Credentialing Table. To be clear: all delegates who will be
voting on the Platform and in the Presidential Candidate
process need to register for the convention as attendees and
then be credentialed by the Credentialing Committee before
they will be allowed into the Delegate voting area of the
Midwest Center on Saturday.
Coordinated
Committee Members will be registered at the General
Registration Table.
Wednesday-June
23
General Registration & Press 4pm - 8pm, Hyatt Regency
Thursday-June
24
General Registration & Press
8am - 8:30pm, Hyatt Regency
Delegate
Credentialing
12:30pm - 4:30pm and
6pm - 8:30pm
Hyatt Regency
Friday-June
25
General Registration & Press
8am - 10pm, Hyatt Regency
Delegate
Credentialing
8am - 8:30pm, Hyatt Regency
Saturday-June
26
General Registration & Press
7am - 6pm, Midwest Center
Delegate
Credentialing
7am - 6pm, Midwest Center
Registration
times are also highlighted in red on the schedule to the left. |
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Please note: This schedule is subject to change . . .
Wednesday, June 23rd
6:00 pm-8:00
pm
Platform Committee
*General
Registration & Press 4pm - 8pm, Hyatt Regency
Thursday, June 24
*General
Registration & Press 8am - 8:30pm, Hyatt Regency
* Delegate Credentialing 12:30pm - 4:30pm and 6pm - 8:30pm Hyatt Regency
8:00 am-9:00
am
Secular Caucus Organizing Committee
9:00 am-Noon
Platform Committee
National Coordinating Committee
9:00 am-10:15 am
Session 1
Workshop: Reparations
Panel: Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing is Turning America into a
One-Party State
10:45 am - Noon
Session 2
Workshop: Organizing for Peace
Workshop: Haiti
Workshop: The Green Lexicon
Bylaws Rules Policies and Procedure Committee
12:00 -1:30 pm
Lunch
National Women's Caucus Organizing Committee
· Forward 2004! Women in Green Politics
· Featured Speaker 1:00 - 1:30 pm Medea Benjamin (Men are welcome for
this portion of the event.)
1:30 pm - 4:15 pm
National Coordinating Committee
1:30 pm -2:45 pm
Session 3
Workshop: LGBT-Transgender Issues
Panel: Greens and the Left
Workshop: Bicycle Commuting
3:00 pm -4:00 pm
Session 4
Workshop: Organizing resistance: Depleted Uranium, Mass Pesticide
Workshop: Petition Ballot Drive
Workshop: Globalization & Food Safety
Green Poetry Reading: An Open Mic . . . Bring your poems
3-4
p.m. - PRESS CONFERENCE
Welcome to the convention and briefing on the convention's theme,
schedule, and rules
Speakers: Green Party officials
(Hyatt Regency, Room: Gilpatrick ABC)
4:00-5:00 pm
Coordinated Campaign Committee
4:30 pm-5:45 pm
Session 5
Panel: Green Politics for Working People
Workshop: Word From Our Burning Frontiers
Workshop: DC Statehood
Workshop: Green Thought and Political Marketing
Workshop: Economics: The Dog that Doesn't Bark
Workshop: Racism Watch 2004 (IPPN)
Green Alliance Membership Meeting
6:00 pm -7:30 pm
Presidential Candidate Forum
7:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Dinner
Lavender Greens Caucus
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
International Panel & Reception
Labor Greens Network
Network of Green Office Holders
Event: Green Games Triathlon
Friday, June 25
*General
Registration & Press 8am - 10pm, Hyatt Regency
*Delegate Credentialing 8am - 8:30pm, Hyatt Regency
7:30-9:00
Breakfast
8:00 am-9:00 am
Youth Caucus Organizing Committee
9:00am-Noon
National Coordinating Committee Meeting
9:00 am-10:15 am
Session 6
Panel: Energy Policy and Global Green Politics
Panel: Democracy Against Corporate Power
Workshop: Iraq and Justice
Green Alliance Informational Meeting
Workshop: Internal Communications Along Race in the Green Party
10-11
a.m. - PRESS BRIEFING & PRESS CONFERENCE
with Green congressional candidates
Moderator: Masada Disenhouse, Coordinated Campaign Committee
Terry Baum, House, 8th Congressional District, California
Bob Kinsey, 4th Congressional District, Colorado
Scott Summers, US Senate, Illinois
Efia Nwangaza, US Senate, South Carolina
(Hyatt Regency, Room: Gilpatrick ABC)
10:45 am-Noon
Session 7
Panel: Green Breakthroughs to National Governments
Panel: Media Reform as a Global Movement
Panel: Green Urbanism
Workshop: Petition Ballot Drive
Workshop: Universal Healthcare: A Universal Right
11
a.m.-12 noon - PRESS CONFERENCE
with state and local Green officeholders
Moderator: Annie Young, Parks & Recreation Board, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
JoAnne Bier-Beemon, Drain Commissioner, Charlevoix County, Michigan
Brian Benford, Common Council, Madison, District 12, Wisconsin
Kevin McKeown, Mayor Pro-Tempore, Santa Monica, California
(Hyatt Regency, Room: Gilpatrick ABC)
12:00-1:30 pm
Lunch
Disability Caucus Organizing Committee
1:30-5:00
Hearings on 2004 Party Platform
1:30pm- 6:00pm
2004 Campaign School - Full Schedule Coming Soon
1:30 pm- 2:45 pm
Session 8
Panel: American Policy and the Israeli and Iraqi Occupations
Workshop: Green Economics Workshop
2:45 pm- 4:00 pm
International Committee
4-5
p.m. - PRESS CONFERENCE
featuring Green guests from other nations
Remarks will be English, except with translators as noted (*)
Moderators : Tony Affigne & Julia Willebrand, co-chairs of the
International Committee
Lynette Tremblay, Deputy Leader, Green Party of Canada for Québec (*)
Jorge González, Past President and Founder, Green Party of Mexico
Alex Gonzáles, President of the Green Party of Peru (*)
Miguel Angel Pimentel, President of Green Party of the Dominican Republic
Per Gahrton, Member of European Parliament, Sweden
Panu Laturi, Member of Parliament, Finland
Dan Boyle, Member of Parliament, Ireland
Ane Aadland, founding member and former co-spokesperson, Green Party of
Norway
Ram Ouedraogo, President of the Green Party of Burkina Faso (*)
Boaz Wachtel, President of the Green Leaf Party of Israel
Maitalal Gurung, International Secretary of the Nepal Green Party
Nick McKim, Member House of Assembly of Tasmania, Australia
Ian Ewen-Street, Member of Parliament, New Zealand
Grazia Francescato, President of the European Green Party
(Hyatt Regency, Room: Gilpatrick ABC)
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Platform Committee
6-7
p.m. - PRESS CONFERENCE
with state and local Green candidates
Moderator: Juscha Robinson, co-chair of the Coordinated Campaign Committee
JoAnne Beemon, Drain Commissioner, Charlevoix, MI
Claudia Ellquist, County Attorney, Pima, AZ
Henry Lawrence, County Commissioner, Bay County, FL
Audrey Thayer, City Council, Bemidji, MN, cell 218-209-1617
(Hyatt Regency, Room: Gilpatrick ABC)
6:00 pm-9:00 pm
WELCOME TO THE BREW CITY
STREET PARTY
Featuring and outdoor performances by:
· Michelle Shocked
· One Drum
· The Taste MCs
· Milk-Drinking Competition
· & More!
9:00 pm - Late Night
Bottoms Up: A democracy party & fundraiser complete with an assortment
of the finest in locally brewed Wisconsin beers, from the state that made
beer famous!
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Youth Greens Reception hosted by the Wisconsin Green Party Youth Caucus
w/live music by Abby Lappen
Saturday, June 26
*General
Registration & Press 7am - 6pm, Midwest Center
*Delegate Credentialing 7am - 6pm, Midwest Center
8:00 am
-10:00 am
Continental Breakfast
Black Caucus Organizing Committee
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Adoption of 2004 Party Platform
9:00
am - 10:00 am
PRESS BRIEFING & PRESS CONFERENCE
with Green presidential candidates
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Speeches - Presidential Candidates (Midwest Center Ballroom)
11:00 am - Noon
First Round Voting - Presidential Nomination (Midwest Center Ballroom)
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Lunch w/ music by Bruce Lesnick
Latino Caucus Organizing Committee
1:30pm - 6:00 pm
Continuation of Voting on Presidential Candidates
7 p.m. (estimate) - PRESS CONFERENCE
with nominees for President, Vice-President , and national Green Party
leadership
7:30 pm -
11 pm
Green Party Super Rally
Featuring:
- Green Party Presidential & Vice-Presidential Candidates
- Dr. Agha Saeed, National Chairman, American Muslim Alliance
- Jason West, Mayor, New Paltz, New York
- Matt Gonzalez, President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- Medea Benjamin
- Headlining - From Chicago, Chocolate Industries recording artist Diverse
- Plus many, many more!
Sunday, June 27
7:30 am -
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast.
8:00-9:00
Platform Committee
8:00 am-10:00 am
Diversity Committee & Caucuses
9:00 am-10:00 am
CCC State Associates
10:00 am-Noon
National Coordinating Committee
12:30 to 2:00
pm
Global Greens Meeting
12:00 -1:30 pm
Lunch
Diversity Committee & Caucuses
1:30pm-3:30 pm
RALLY & MARCH FOR JOBS & PEACE:
"Domestic Needs NOT Global War!"
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Coordinated Campaign Committee
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Steering Committee
Monday, June 28
9:00 am-6:00
pm
Committee Meetings
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