“I’m going to shake this county up,” says 23-year-old Francisco Pierre-Louis, the Green Party’s candidate for Hillsborough Soil and Water District Group 3 Supervisor.
Continue reading “Meet Francisco Pierre-Louis — Hillsborough Soil & Water Bd.”
Category: Campaigns
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?”
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.
Green Power 2018
This has been a very different election year. We all know how 3rd party candidates are dismissed as merely “protest votes,” or “symbolic,” or “marginal,” etc. Worst yet, they are excoriated as “spoilers”! But to the Democratic Party professionals, they are generally brushed off as a nuisance. They have been rightly defended by Greens for “raising important issues,” and indeed they do. But typical was Henry Lawrence’s 2014 run for Florida House District 6, where his courageous but underfunded campaign got 3%, which translated into 1,606 people who voted “None of the Above.”
Samson LeBeau Kpadenou for State House Dist. 87
I, Samson LeBeau Kpadenou, am running to represent Florida’s 87th legislative district as a member of the Green Party.
I am a life-long restaurant worker and native of Michigan. I have lived in Florida for 11 years.
Because of gerrymandering, big money influence and the Two Party Trap, this will be the first election for state rep here since the district was created in 2010! Like so many other districts in Palm Beach County and Florida, the people have not ever been given a chance to decide who will write their laws in Tallahassee.
Continue reading “Samson LeBeau Kpadenou for State House Dist. 87”
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)
GPFL Donates $200 to Ahmad For 58 in Dec 19th 2017 Special Election
This month the Green Party of Florida donated $200 (10% of our available funds) into “Shaking up Tallahassee” with our endorsed candidate Ahmad Saadaldin in the December 19th special election for Florida House District 58. Many Greens from across Florida have also joined in supporting this campaign with their own money and volunteer efforts. If you haven’t joined the fight for People, Planet, and Peace over Profit in 2017 now is the time!
Learn More & Volunteer:
Donate:
https://www.launchgood.com/project/fund_the_political_revolution_in_florida#!/
Interact & Connect:
https://www.facebook.com/AhmadFor58
200 Sustainers for 12 Goals by 2020
1.) Double Registered Greens in Florida to 16,000
2.) Start 15 new Local Chapters (5 a year)
3.) Field a Full Slate of Candidate’s (State-Wide, Congress, State Legislative, County Commissioner, School Board, Sheriff, Mayor, City Council, Soil & Water Districts)
4.) Develop and Maintain State-Wide network of Phone/Text bankers, and canvassers for campaigns through the 10 More Votes App (or other identified platforms.)
5.) State-Wide Constitutional Amendments by the GPFL (Rank Choice Voting, Electoral College Reform, $15 minimum wage, Civilian Police Oversight Boards at the State/County/City levels)
6.) County Charter Amendments on above issues to address at a Local Level if we are unable to address at a State Level.
7.) Peer 2 Peer Conflict Resolution App
8.) Op-Ed/Newspaper Writers (Letters to Editors/Paid Opinion piece placements)
9.) Community Outreach (Community Events/Tabling/Materials & Resources)
10.) Community/Organizational Coalition Building (Faculty Forward, Black Lives Matter, Equality Florida, Unions, NAACP, ACLU, Planned Parenthood)
11.) Issue Advocacy to promote Systemic Change (Medicare4All, Banking Reform, Modern Monetary Theory, Israeli & Fusil Fuel Divestments)
12.) Digital Infrastructure Capacity Development (GPFL Software, Nation Builder, Loomio, other proposed and approved upgrades to our Website or Digital Office Space.)
In order for the Green Party of Florida to turn these 12 Goals into 12 Realities by 2020 we need 200 Sustainer Donors of $10 a month or more so that the Green Party of Florida has the resources necessary to achieve these goals. You can take a stand towards putting People, Planet, and Peace over Profit in Florida every month at www.gpfl.org/Donate To sign up for a re-occurring monthly donation scroll down to the bottom of the page and there is our PayPal donation form. Select your donation amount and then check the box marked “I would like this donation to automatically repeat each month.” Then fill in the rest of your information which the GPFL must collect for Campaign Finance Reporting purposes and click submit!
Robin Harris joins Press Confrence with Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard
Green Party of Florida Delegate Speaks at Congressional Press Conference
Sean Declet – 10-28-2017
Earlier this week Central Florida Green Party Co-Chair and Green Party of Florida Delegate to the United States #GreenParty Robin Denise Harris got to speak at a Press Conference hosted by Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard about the Off Fossil Fuel Act yet another call for a #GreenNewDeal. Robin also talks of her personnel experiences living through both Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Robin takes the stage just after the 22 minute mark in this video.
Green Party Hosts Campaign Training School in Central Florida!
Green Party of the United States prepared candidates and their teams for
successful campaigns in Orlando, Florida this past weekend!
Approximately 25 participants traveled from various parts of Florida to participate.
Orlando, Florida– (October 14 -15, 2017) GPUS and GPCFL, is excited to inform everyone of
the accomplishment of the Campaign Training School. The presenters for the weekend were Erin
Fox (MI), Hillary Aisenstein Kane (PA), and Karen Morian (FL). Each Presenter facilitated
and interactively engaged participants. Also, the class was broken up into workshop style
modalities and encouraged questions and dialogue.
The GPUS team presented topics such as: Why Run for Office 101? Goal Setting for your
Campaign, Voter Targeting & Voter ID, Building a campaign Infrastructure, and many more
essential topics. Also, each Facilitator conveyed through their instruction the importance of
Movement/Party Building.
The next Campaign Training School will be sometimes next year. However, the goal of the next
class will be to have those who attended this past training to teach and train as well in their local
areas and state.
The GPFL is working on editing video content recorded at our workshop and will make that content available through our website in the near future. The GPFL also Live-Streamed some session on our Facebook page which you can watch here.
Robin Harris
GPCFL CO-Chair/FL Delegate