The Future is Green:

Along with the Green National Committee meeting, there will be plenty of skills-building workshops to learn the ins and outs of running for office, organizing successful ballot drives, effective community organizing and tools for fundraising, outreach and media relations. We’ll also offer a number of issues-based workshops, with a particular emphasis on border and immigration issues. Expect to listen to great music, enjoy the lively 4th street neighborhood, and meet Green folks from all over the country.

The Green Party of the United States is holding the annual national meeting in Tucson Arizona, on the edge of the border, in the Sonoran desert. In many ways, Arizona is a hub for some of the most important activism of the day. This spring, the state saw the largest demonstration in it's history, when hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their allies marched for justice -the Arizona Greens proudly participated. Arizona is seeing some of the most rapid development in the country – during an ongoing draught. The politics of water privatization, sustainable development, and justice are omnipresent. These are burgeoning issues, not just for Arizona, but increasingly so for the rest of the country.

Arizona also has a great progressive history. The early days of statehood were rife with populist fervor: Wobblies at the mines, women voting before national suffrage, recall, initiatives, workman's comp, when they were all radical concepts. Arizona has a tradition of the people leading in ways that no one expects. Arizona has the best Clean Elections laws in the country, and Greens helped set it up. Ballot measures here legalized medical marijuana twice, and expanded healthcare for the poor, and brought us clean elections.

We invite you to experience the rich cultural and ecological diversity of the region; learn about Arizona's progressive past and present; and help build a sustainable, peaceful just future. El Futuro es Verde – The Future is Green!

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