Come meet other campaign volunteers and staff this Sunday September 29th; and find out how you can participate in making history and electing the first Green to Syracuse Common Council.  Meet Howie Hawkins, candidate for 4th District Councilor. Gourmet Beer Belly finger foods served. Open to the public. At Beer Belly Deli, 510 Westcott St, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm.  Sign-up to volunteer as part of our Green Team!!  RSVP at: http://syracusegreens.nationbuilder.com/special_event_at_beer_belly_deli_pub_meet_howie

What's YOUR plan to help get Greens elected in 2013? Our campaign team is working hard behind the scenes and in the streets, and with only 6 weeks left till Election Day, why not make your own plan, too? Make a schedule to volunteer based upon your own calendar, and then stick to it! Can you volunteer to make calls or knock on doors, once a week? Twice a week? Contact the Syracuse Greens for help or questions on making 2013 a winning year. Remember, Howie Hawkins won 48% in 2011 and this year, we're closing that gap. And the city-wide campaigns of Kevin Bott for Mayor and Barb for School Board are expanding the reach of the Green Party and our practical solutions every day.  Lend a hand and be seen being Green.

• Hawkins MoneyBloom
• Bott for Mayor House Parties
• Rovics in Concert Thursday October 10th
• Green Party Candidates on Kilpatrick
• Photo Album from Westcott Street Fair
• Become a Green Sustainer
• Sign Up to Volunteer 

Howie Hawkins is running for Syracuse City Council in order to speak up for the policies needed to fully fund our schools and public services. He is a lifelong activist, always working hard, agitating and organizing for practical solutions. Howie won 48% in 2011 and this year, we can elect him to the City Council.

To support him, we are organizing a MoneyBloom, a one day, online fundraising event. Pledge now and then make your donation together with all the other pledgers on Friday September 27th!

Please pledge to donate whatever you can spare to support Howie Hawkins and a historic Green win in Syracuse!

HELLO AND WELCOME

Welcome to the first weekly Volunteer Memo for the 2013 Syracuse Green Party campaign season!  You're receiving this because you have either volunteered with us this season or you have signed-up to volunteer at an event, or through one of our campaign websites: Syracuse Greens, Hawkins for 4th District Council, Bott for Mayor, or Barbara for School Board.  The purpose of this weekly email is threefold:

1) To introduce myself as Volunteer Coordinator.  I've spoken with many of you previously, or at least left you messages; and have also spent time with you in the office or at an event, and I hope this relationship can continue to develop and lead to additional contacts for volunteers.

2) To share with you the opportunities and needs of our current campaigns and county committee, and to solicit your participation.  And to provide you with reminders about events where you can meet the candidates, other volunteers, and Green Party members.

3) To instigate, invigorate, and instill a sense of urgency to you about our need for volunteer help as we head into this prime electioneering time of year following the primaries.  Remember,  the Green Party is people powered, not corporate-agenda bought-and-paid-for.  That means we need volunteers as much as we need individual monetary contributions from our supporters.  That means we need you to give of your time.  

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES . . .

Phone Banking & Button Making.

Lawn Sign Distribution.

Host a House Party! 

The cool autumn air brings with it the heat of the campaign season! You can help make 2013 a winning year by volunteering, and donating to help elect Green in Syracuse - Howie Hawkins won 48% in 2011 and this year, we're closing that gap. And the city-wide campaigns of Kevin Bott for Mayor and Barb for School Board are expanding the reach of the Green party and our practical solutions everyday. Below are a few ways for you to get involved in the coming week - come out, lend a hand and be seen being Green.

• March in the Westcott Street Cultural Fair Parade!  
• Kevin Bott for Mayor Campaign Kickoff Press Conference
• Green Party of Onondaga County Fall Convention
• Become a Green Sustainer
• Sign Up to Volunteer

March with the Syracuse Greens in the Westcott Street Cultural Fair Parade on Sunday September 15th! We want to have at least 30 people in our group to show how Green proud and strong we are, and to keep raising the roof of support and interest for our 2013 candidates. This is a fun way to get involved and meet other Greens, so come on out!  

We'll meet in the lineup at the Westcott Community Center at 11:30 am, find us in line, or ask a parade organizer where to find the Green Party in line. Parade starts at 12 noon sharp, and proceeds down Westcott to Dell Street.

Please RSVP here - http://syracusegreens.nationbuilder.com/westcott_street_fair_parade to boost the momentum for the event and share with others.  Also available on Facebook! - https://www.facebook.com/events/430985337024094/

Wear your Green Party gear, or any green colored shirts, tees, hats, pantaloons, skirts, you have and show your colors! Bring signs that support Greens values and platform policies (find out more at Values - http://syracusegreens.nationbuilder.com/values or Platform - http://syracusegreens.nationbuilder.com/platform)

Howie Hawkins, candidate for 4th District Councilor was invited to discuss the recent candidate forums for the Democratic candidates running in the Sept. 10 primary on WCNY's Insights with Susan Arbetter. You can view the episode here: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365071230/ Howie points out that important issues of poverty and New York State's responsibilities to municipalities like Syracuse were not discussed. 

Come participate as a Green at these two very special events in the upcoming week.  Let's stand in the streets and with each other against Obama's many policies of injustice, and reflect on the fight for social and economic equality for all in the wake of the 50 year anniversary of the March on Washington.

Syracuse Greens 2013 campaigns are in full effect - everyday, candidates and volunteers are reaching out to voters about practical solutions to the challenges facing our city. And we need YOU to join our team - there's door knocking, phonebanking and nitty gritty behind the scenes work to help with. In 2013, Howie Hawkins won 48% of the vote - help our candidates win in 2013 by signing up to volunteer, today! Speaking of which, Mayoral candidate Kevin Bott's website is now live and online, visit it to learn all about Kevin's 5-on-5 Issues of leadership, poverty & jobs, education, justice, and birth.  Click "Read More" to get full details of the following:

• Greens House Parties
• Upcoming Events - Be Seen Being Green!
  
• Some Special Thanks and a Notice
• Become a Green Sustainer
• Sign Up to Volunteer