Econvergence Oct 1-4th

This October, a group of internationally known speakers headed by Noam Chomsky will join academics, activists, and visionary thinkers from the Northwest region in Portland, Oregon to explore the way forward out of the twin crises challenging humanity. The gathering will take place in downtown Portland at the First Unitarian Church, whose ministries have a long history of aiding campaigns promoting social justice and environmental preservation, and at nearby Portland State University.

More than forty environmental, labor, human rights, social justice, student, peace, and community organizations from all over the Northwest have been working together since the beginning of the year to organize the conference. The program committee received over a hundred exciting proposals for panels, workshops, and cultural events in response to its RFP. Each day there will be plenaries as well as scores of panels and workshops exploring how we can make positive changes within our communities and push national leaders to respond more effectively to the economic and environmental crises.

The tickets for keynote speakers are now on sale at the http://www.econvergence.org/ site. The workshops and panels over the weekend are free, the tickets are on sliding scale.

Members of the Green Party will be presenting on some of the panels, and we are a participating organization, as such we'd like to field volunteers for this event.

If you'd like to volunteer to help at the convention please contact me at this email address. Help us have a great turnout at this event! If you are just showing up for one of the panels/speakers - wear you Green Party Buttons, shirts.... identify yourselves, be green be proud!!

We have a couple of volunteers for home share for Green's coming from out of town for this event, let us know if you need a spot.

Helen Umberger

Portland Metro Chapter of the Pacific Green Party

Volunteer Coordinator

Email: Metropgp at ook.net