There's a lot of important stuff happening this month & many opportunities to get involved! Please click below to read all about it.
Learn more about our 2024 candidates here: https://www.txgreens.org/2024_candidates
If you can donate time or money, they would GREATLY appreciate your help.
The presidential candidate will be determined at the Presidential Nominating Convention, August 15-18. Register for that now! https://www.gp.org/2024_anm
If you are a delegate, you must use the same email address for ALL purposes relating to the convention (i.e., credentials, registration, Loomio, Eventee, etc.).
Dr. Stein was the most popular candidate at our conventions & is the presumptive nominee. If you would like to help her campaign, visit this site: https://www.jillstein2024.com/
Green Education, Onboarding, Discussion, & Encouragement: G.E.O.D.E.
The next GPTX discussion group will be Sunday, July 14th at 4pm! Denton County GP Secretary Michaela Wilson will present an informative presentation about the #movethedate initiative. Join the discussion! We'd love to hear about your local organizing progress.
If there's a particular topic you'd like to discuss in future meetings, let us know.
Connection info is here: https://www.txgreens.org/2024_07
Action Highlight
Fight Death Row
Texas still employs the primitive & cruel practice of capital punishment. The next execution is scheduled for July 16, 2024 at 6:00 pm. ACT NOW! Here's how we can stop it:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-ruben-gutierrez-in-texas
After that, it’s August 7, 2024 at 6:00 pm
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-execution-of-arthur-burton-in-texas/
Help Houstonians left without electricity after the storm:
https://houstonfoodnotbombs.org/donate/
https://linktr.ee/WestStreet
GPTX Reading Group
July 21st @ 4pm
Please read chapters 5&6 of Let This Radicalize You:
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1922-let-this-radicalize-you
It's encouraging, inspirational, & sure to get some conversations started.
Follow that link above to learn more.
RSVP here before July 21 to receive the Zoom info.
Volunteer Opportunities
SEC
We've got 2 open positions on the State Executive Committee. If you've been active for 9 months, it might be for you. More information about the position can be found here: https://www.txgreens.org/bylaws#A2
Standing Committees
Several seats are unfilled on the national standing committees. At the Spring State Meeting, we filled a few seats, but many remain open. The SEC can approve appointments at any time, if you’re interested in serving in one of these positions, or would like to help with a smaller project, tell us at this page.
Visual / Graphic Artists
Are you an artist? The donation of a logo design or graphic for merch would be a great help. A button-making party could be a great activity for your local group, but maybe you have other fun ideas. Let us know!
Social Media
To help boost our social media posting frequency, a project has begun - a content calendar. If you have a little free time to research a month or just a week or two, so we have a backup topic for each day, send us a message to help out. There's hundreds of days in the year, but the more help we have, the easier it'll be.
Register Some Voters!
Many eligible Texans have not registered to vote. You can help eliminate a barrier to voting by getting people to register. Head to this site for more info on how that's done:
https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/pamphlets/deputy.shtml
Group Highlight:
Poor People’s Army - https://www.poorpeoplesarmy.org/
The PPA, also known as the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, aim to keep people alive and to build a cooperative economy and society. Pretty good goals.
If you know other organizations that are putting our key values in action, send us the info so we can get the word out.