Get Ready: 2025 Virtual Annual National Meeting & More!
Get ready for the 2025 Annual National Meeting (ANM) happening virtually from July 31st to August 3rd! Here's what you need to know:
Winona LaDuke visits the University of Oregon
Longtime Native rights activist and former Green Party vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke spoke at the University of Oregon on Tuesday, March 4th.
"If you do not fight, you do not win...do not give up hope or prayers and do not give up or back down on work because it takes a long time to bring about these changes." Read more from Whole Community News.
Workers Strike Back Organizing Conference
Pacific Green Party delegates to the GPUS National Committee, Mike Beilstein (Corvallis) and Justin Filip (Eugene), have voted to endorse the Workers Strike Back Organizing Conference, February 22, 2025, and to send two members of the Steering Committee to participate.
Know your rights.
The Pacific Green Party wants you to know your rights! The ACLU and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) have put together some helpful resources. Know what to do if you encounter ICE. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend themselves in many situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home.
To make your own red cards, visit the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC). They have downloads available in several languages. Distribute them at your workplace, your school, with your friends and colleagues, and in the the community.
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them. Whether you are interacting with ICE, are under DACA, or facing employment/student discrimination, it is important to be informed of your rights and stay prepared for any scenario.- ACLU
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“Beyond Land Acknowledgements”: 'RETHINKING LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS' with Steph Littlebird (Indigenous Peoples Day 2023)
The Pacific Green Party, like many other organizations, has read land acknowledgements before our meetings. But we invite our members to think beyond land acknowledgements. What comes after we acknowledge the land & its Native stewards? How can individuals & institutions contribute to lasting changes & be true allies for Indigenous communities?
With the rise in popularity of land acknowledgements, Indigenous artist Steph Littlebird asks us to reexamine this trend & go beyond the statement. Learn more about past & present Native identity, how to look critically at land acknowledgements, move past words & toward action.
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