2014 Green Party US Annual National Meeting
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center
Campus Map: http://www.macalester.edu/about/maps/
DRAFT SUBJECT TO REVISION
Throughout
Media Room - Davis Court, Markim Hall
Staff/SC Room CC 215
Storytelling/Forum Training CC 205
Thursday, July 24
11:00 AM 9:00 PM Registration Open
12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch (Campus Center)
1:30 3:00 pm Workshop session #1
Weyerhauser Campaign School: Media & Social Media
CC The Loch Awakening - the Dreamer Symposium Part 1
CC 214 National Green Party Lobby
3:00- 3:30 Break
3:30 5:00 pm Workshop session #2
Weyerhauser Campaign School: Lifecycle of a Campaign
CC The Loch Awakening the Dreamer Symposium Part 2
CC 206 Facilitation and Consensus Decision Making
CC 214 Extreme Fuel Nightmare in the Northeast and the new Green Party Pipeline Resistance
3:00 - 7:00 pm Optional
Outing to Lake Calhoun, bike rentals available (meet at the registration desk)
4:00 pm Opening Press Conference (Davis Court, Markim Hall)
5:00 - 7:00 pm Committee & Caucus Meetings (Signup for space at the registration table)
5:00 - 6:00 pm Dinner (Campus Center)
7:00 - 9:00 pm
30th Anniversary Celebration with Cam Gordon honoring Founders of the Green Party including Rhoda Gilman, Holle Brian, Mike Feinstein, John Rensenbrink and more! at McPherson Atrium, 2nd Floor of Campus Center
Friday, July 25
7:00 - 8:30 am breakfast (Campus Center)
8:30 AM 9:00 PM Registration Open
9:00 - 10:00 Lydia Howell Radio interview of Charles Eisenstein and Jill Stein
9:00 am Press Conference with Available Candidates (national) (Davis Court, Markim Hall)
9:00 10:15 am Workshop session #3
CC The Loch Anti-Oppression: A Workshop on Race, Class, Gender and Sexual Oppression
(Part 1) Weyerhauser Campaign School: Coordinating A Statewide Campaign: Minnesota As a Case Study
CC 206 Climate Change: Imperial Foreign Policies and Future Citizens
CC 214 TaxPayer Voter Identification Act & Malapportioned Representation
Wey Bldg Lounge Climate Change: The Impact of the TransPacific Pipeline and Militarism
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 11:45 am Workshop session #4
CC The LochAntiOppression: A Workshop on Race, Class, Gender and Sexual Oppression
(Part 2) Weyhauser Campaign School: Public Speaking
CC 206 Crisis in Ukraine
Room TBA - Actions for a Green Social Movement
Room TBA - Belonging to the Land
11:00 am Press conference with Minnesota candidates (Davis Court, Markim Hall)
12:00 1:00 pm Lunch (Campus Center)
12:00 1:00 pm Committee & Caucus Meetings over lunch in cafeteria (sign up for private space)
1:00 - 5:00 pm NC Business Meeting JBB Lecture Hall
1:00 – 2:00 Opening/Introductions/Meeting instructions/Housekeeping Items. (Karen + Tamar)
2:00 – 2:45 Steering Committee Candidate speeches and Q & A (Tamar)
3:00 – 4:15 Report Out from AntiOppression Workshop (Shamako Noble, David Cobb, Anita Rios and Hillary Kane)
4:15 – 5:00 Rebranding Reveal (Karen)
1:30 - 3:00 pm Workshop session #5
CC 206 Songs for the Planet
CC 214 Movement Schools and the US Social Forum
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm Workshop session #6
CC 206 American Militarism (Ghosts of Jeju film screening)
CC 214 Move to Amend
5:00 - 7:00 pm Committee & Caucus Meetings in Cafeteria
5:00- 7:00 pm Dinner (Campus Center)
7:00 pm Almanac
(public TV) viewing of Greens being interviewed on public TV Jill Stein, Andy Dawkins, to be confirmed
7:30 pm Panel of Elected Greens moderated by Cheri Honkala (Open to Public) JBD Lecture Hall
Cam Gordon, City Council, Minneapolis
Annie Young, AtLarge Member, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Laura Libby, City Council, Crystal, MN
John Matheson, City Council, Hilltop, MN
Saturday, July 26
All day Registration
8:45 - 11:15 am NC Business Meeting JBD Lecture
8:45 – 9:30 How to reach out to Millennials (Evan Lyne)
9:30 - 9:45 Break
9:45 – 11:15 Fundcom and Fincom including breakout sessions. (Jeff and Kate)
9:00 - 10:00 am Workshop session #7
CC The Loch Education something with School Board candidate
CC 206 Say no to GMOs and reclaim our food system
CC 214 What does it mean to be a “party of a different kind”?
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11: 15 am Workshop session #8
CC The Loch Jill Stein Climate Convergence
Davis Court - Race and Class Bias On The Left
Wey Bldg Lounge - Building, Not Burning, Bridges: Allying with Indigenous people
11:15 - 11:30 am break
11:30 - 1:45 pm Lunch and Keynote Speech with Charles Eisenstein: “The Revolution is Love” Kagin Hall Ballroom
introduced by Jill Stein/Howie Hawkins
Opening performance by Thandisizwe JacksonNisan
11:30 - 12:30 pm Charles Eisenstein speech
12:30 - 1:00 pm lunch (served in the ballroom) (those who have paid for meals have lunch included all others $15.00 must buy in advance)
1:00 - 1:45 pm q&a, book signing with Charles Eisenstein
1:45 - 2:00 break
2:00 -3:00 Tabling (Campus Center) drawing for a GP tshirt
2:00 - 5:15 pm NC Delegates meeting continued (JBD Lecture Hall)
2:00 – 2:30 Forum Training and Communications (Jesse)
2:30 – 3:00 Committee Reports (Kate)
3:00 – 3:45 State Party reports (Karen/Kate)
3:45 – 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:15 Report from Campaign Trail: Howie Hawkins
4:15 - 5:15 How to welcome people into the party (Hillary) – Creating a Culture Code (Kate)
3:00 - 4:00 pm Workshop session #9
CC The Loch Sulfide Mining: Threats to Clean Water, Health, Tribal Rights & Sustainability
CC 206 Sawant's Victory in Seattle: Lessons for Future Green/Socialist Alliances
4:00 - 4:15 pm break
4:15 - 5:15 pm Workshop session #10
CC The Loch Hemp as an Economic and Environmental Solution
CC 206 From Foreclosure to Blight: Eminent Domain, Local Principal Reduction, and Wall Street Accountability
CC 214 Debunking MN wolf policy myths
5:00/5:15 - 6:15 Dinner (Campus Center)
5:15 - 7:00 pm Committee & Caucus Meetings over dinner
7:00 pm Fundraising Event at O’Gara’s, 164 Snelling Ave N
songs from the past 30 years (tickets purchased separately)
Emceed by David Cobb
Featuring a few short speeches from selected candidates
Sunday, July 27
7:00 - 8: 30 am breakfast
9:00 12:30 pm NC Business Meeting JBD Lecture Hall
9:00 - 10:00 Building Effective Committees (Karen Young)
10:00 - 11:15 National Political Strategy (John Andrews)
11:15 - 11:45 PCSC/BAC
11:45 - 12:30 Synthesizing Membership & Diversity with Political Strategy
12:30 1:30 pm Lunch on your own
2:00 6:00 pm Steering Committee Meeting
CC The Loch
