The Green Party of Washington held our annual Spring Gathering on Saturday, April 14th in Fife, WA.

At our meeting, we heard reports from Green Party officeholders EJ Zita – Thurston County Port Commissioner, and Renata Rollins – Olympia City Councilmember. Live videos of Zita and Renata are posted on our Green Party FB page.

Green Party member and Congressional candidate Stoney Bird gave a short overview on Camp Wellstone, a training program for organizers, campaign workers, and candidates.

Green Party organizer Kathryn Lewandowsky gave a detailed presentation on Initiative 1600 – Healthcare for All Washington. Volunteers are needed to gather signatures to get this Universal Healthcare initiative on the ballot!

Initiative 1631 – Clean Air and Clean Energy is also gathering signatures!

Candidates for US Congress and for local elected offices also spoke:

• Stonewall (Stoney) Jackson Bird, Green Party endorsed candidate for Congress in WA-CD 2
• Tamborine Borrelli, Independent candidate for Congress in WA-CD 10
• Robert Hunziker, candidate for Congress in WA-CD 8
• Andrew Saturn, candidate for Thurston County Public Utility District Commissioner
• Tye Menser, candidate for Thurston County Commissioner, District 3

All candidate statements can be found here.

We heard updates from our local Green Party chapters, including Whatcom, Snohomish, Seattle, Tahoma (Pierce County), South Puget Sound, and Mid-Columbia (our newest chapter).

Finally, we took nominations for GPWA Coordinating Council (CC) and GPUS national delegates and alternates.

The following members were nominated to the GPWA CC:

• Chris Govella – Treasurer
  • Update: Our nominee for Treasurer has since declined, and this position is currently open for nomination.
• Noah Martin – Deputy Treasurer
• Jody Grage
• Kathryn Lewandowsky
• Maricela Sanchez
• Mary Ellen Knoop
• Scott Thompson

The following members were nominated for GPUS delegates:

• Jody Grage
• Kathryn Lewandowsky
• Lisa Canar – alternate
• Noah Martin – alternate

Short bios for GPWA nominees can be found here.

For Green Party members:

We request your input on the qualification of our nominees, as well as the endorsement / preference of candidates for Congressional and local elected offices, including consideration of three candidates for US Senate. All candidate statements can be found here.

To check your GPWA membership status, see http://www.gp-wa.org/membership_status. If your membership has lapsed click here to join or renew.