LeBeau Kpadenou, Author at Green Party of Florida

When I was 15 my mother told me about her abortion. Here’s why, and why it matters this election.

Now that I am the male co-chair of the Green Party of Florida, and running for the District 87 seat of the Florida House of Representatives, people ask me, “Why are you doing all this? What moves you to stick your neck out in these perilous, polarized times?”

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GPFL Co-Chair Kpadenou Responds to Tampa Bay Times: Clearly a political hit piece!

PALM BEACH, FL, October 3, 2018 — Today the Tampa Bay Times ran a baffling column entitled “Daniel Ruth: For pot-using commission candidate, campaign funds are going up in smoke.”

“Thanks to recently defrocked [sic] public servant Kim O’Connor, this may be the first (and last) time you will ever read anything about the Hillsborough Soil and Water Conservation District.

“And see? You are probably wondering, ‘I didn’t know we had a Hillsborough Soil and Water Conservation District.’ But we do! It’s good to know.”

O’Connor is the Green Party candidate for Hillsborough County Commissioner District 7.

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Welcome to our new officers, delegates and spokespersons!

After a successful Annual State Meeting, the Green Party of Florida is proud to announce our new officers, delegates and spokespersons.

Co-Chairs:

Samson LeBeau Kpadenou
Robin Denise Harris

Secretary: Emma Naclerio

Treasurer: Aaron Frost

Communications Secretary: Elijah Manley

Recording Secretary: Chris Cordola

Assistant Treasurer: Rogelio Perez Gonzalez

Delegates to the Green Party US National Council:
(Delegates serve on the National Committee, the final decision-making body of the GPUS)

Elijah Manley
Maggie Gouldin
Henry Lawrence

Alternate Delegates to the Green Party US National Council:

Emma Naclerio
Regelio Perez Gonzalez
John Debus

Observers to the Green Party US National Council:

Steve Newman
Nick Osterman

Spokespersons:

Karen Morian
Robin Harris
Anita Stewart
Steve Showen

PS: Three of our officers are qualified candidates in 2018 elections:

Elijah Manley (manleyforbroward.com)
Robin Denise Harris (Harris4Six.com)
Samson LeBeau Kpadenou (Samson2018.com)

Co-Chairs Corner

We must all become
Tribunes of the People!

Members of the Palm Beach County Tenants Union, tenants of Stonybrook, and local community supporters packed Riviera Beach city hall to demand 1) immediate relief and relocation of Stonybrook tenants to safe housing 2) that the city council vote in support of councilwoman Lynne Hubbard’s ordinance that would force slumlords to pay for tenants displaced by uninhabitable conditions. Here I speak:

There are many opportunities to speak out on behalf of the People of Florida. We must seize them and make ourselves known.

Co-Chairs’ Corner

Why We Must Have a Green Party Candidate in 2020

IN ONE CHART.

During a recent interview on Fox News, Nomiki Konst outlined why she supports Bernie Sanders for 2020:

“He has a movement of millions of working activists across America who are ready to fight, and have been fighting, for things like Medicare for all, cancellation of student debt and a Green New Deal.”

Nomiki Konst is that rare breed of Democratic Party insider that I really like. She has been a member of the Democratic National Committee Platform Committee, and the Democratic Unity Reform Commission. She was a surrogate for Bernie Sanders, and served as an occasional host for the Young Turks Network. She knows her stuff. When she speaks of the “millions of activists,” I am inclined to agree. But I have a problem with her statement.

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