Green Party 2008 National Convention Chicago, IL     July 10  |  July 11  |  July 12  |  July 13

Press Conferences — Clark 5 Exhibitor Room — Clark 10

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

• Morning Yoga— Clark 8

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Registration

Registration & Delegate Credentialing — Mezzanine Media Room & Media Registration— Clark 9

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Workshops and Caucuses

• Eco-Action Committee Meeting— Clark 1
• Presidential Candidate Support Committee Meeting (PCSC) — Clark 3
• Outreach Committee Meeting— Clark 7

9:00 a.m. - noon Platform Hearing

• Platform Hearings— Empire Ballroom, Lobby level

9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Workshops and Caucuses

• Fundraising 101— Clark 1
• The Role of Peace Movement in an Election Year— Clark 3
• What is Central to the Green Message: Ecology? Democracy? Social Justice? — Clark 7
• Black Caucus— Clark 8
• Dispute Resolution Committee Meeting —check notice board for location

10:45 a.m. - noon Workshops and Caucuses

• Sustainable Activism — Clark 1
• The 60th Anniversaries of the Palestinian Catastrophe (Nakba) and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Green Party's Response — Clark 3
• The Constitutional MAP for Voter Disenfranchisement — Clark 7
• Disability Caucus — Clark 8

Lunch break.

1:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. National Committee Meeting

• National Committee (NC) Meeting — Empire Ballroom, Lobby level

1:00 p.m. - 2:15p.m. Workshops and Caucuses

• Update on NAFTA and the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)— Clark 1
• The Law of Diminishing Returns as a Principle for Deciding How to Deal with the Need to Reduce Consumption to Restore the Environment — Clark 3
• Organizing Online for Everyone — Clark 7
• Campaign Fundraising — Clark 8
• Youth Caucus— Clark 2

2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Workshops and Caucuses

• Candidate Messaging — Clark 1
• Making Green Food Choices – How our diet affects animals and the environment — Clark 3
• Democratizing the Electoral College — Clark 7
• Maine State Caucus — Clark 8
• Latino Caucus — Clark 2

4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Workshops and Caucuses

• Endless War and the Military-Industrial- Governmental Complex — Clark 1
• Red, Black, Brown and 'Green': Positive Solutions to the Issues of Poverty, Immigration and Environment Destruction — Clark 3
• A Democracy Movement for the U.S.A — Clark 7
• The Basic Income Guarantee - and the Power of Green Economics — Clark 8

Dinner break.

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

• Peace Action Committee Meeting — Clark 1

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Caucuses

• New York State Caucus — Clark 3

7:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Presidential Candidate Forum

• Presidential Candidate Forum moderated by Rich Whitney — Red Lacquer Room, 4th floor

9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Caucuses

• Illinois State Caucus— Clark 1
• Michigan State Caucus— Clark 3
• Wisconsin State Caucus— Clark 7

9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Reception -- Clark 5

• A Toast to the Greens. Reception with John Nichols and other guests. The Green Institute and Liberty Tree hail two decades of greening America (cash bar).