2002
January 6th SJVGreens Meeting
The SJVGreens are holding their January meeting on Monday, the 6th, to prepare for the Common Council sewer/water rate proposal vote on Monday, the 13th. The meeting will be at Kathleen and David Kaiser's home north of South Bend, off Laurel Rd. just south of St. Patrick Park and Auten Rd. The meeting starts at 7PM.
Dave & Kathleen Kaiser51840 West Gatehouse Drive
South Bend, IN 46637
If you need directions call: (574) 277-7585 map
IGP Holds Videoconference, Sat. Nov. 16
Don't forget the Indiana Green Party video conference this Saturday at IUSB, 1-3 pm, Northside Hall, room 075B. IGP is acting on the proposal to decentralize the monthly IGP meetings. Let's support the experiment. See you at IUSB, Saturday!
SJVGreens Choose New Officers
Saturday, November 9, the SJVGreens held their annual Congress and chose new officers. Meet the officers...more
Minutes of 2002 SJVGreens Congress
The minutes of the SJVGreens annual congress are online. Our goals for the year are focused, achievable and measurable. The minutes are brief. Check them out...more
SJVGreens Annual Congress November 9
The Saint Joseph Valley Greens annual Congress will be held on November 9, 2002, at the Kaiser's house.
The annual Congress is the major gathering of Greens. Members review the chapter's issues and goals from the previous year and chose issues and goals for the coming year. Then we elect officers who help us achieve our goals.
All members, active and inactive, are encouraged to attend and participate...more
Trina Robinson, Candidate for South Bend School Board for District 1
NAACP board member Trina Robinson runs for South Bend Community School Corporation Board of Trustees. She faces incumbent Sheila Bergeron for the Adams district seat. Tom Brown interviews Trina Robinson...more
SJVGreens Endorse Jill Long Thompson
Members vote to endorse Jill Long Thompson in the upcoming election for the 2nd district Congressional seat...more
City Engineers Explain South Bend's CSO History and Plans
Jason Durr and Patrick Henthorne gave a two hour presentation on combined sewer overflow issues. The engineers had a great attitude and were very informative...more
Michiana Watershed Holds Appreciation Dinner
Appreciation Dinner will be held at the Century Center on Sunday, November 17, to thank local officials for 30 years of progress and to review current and future projects...more
New Swing Voters in Ithaca, NY
Former SJVGreen, Pete Meyers, is shaking up the status quo in Ithaca, NY. Pete is running for County Sheriff against an incumbent Democrat...more
Need Help?
Does your group have an event that needs publicizing? Would you like us to feature a story or an article about one of your issues on the SJVGreens' web site?
Offer good only to groups working on nonviolence, social justice, grassroots democracy and environmental issues. Email Tom Brown <tbrown@sjvgreens.org>.
Israeli Green Against War in Iraq
Neve Gordon, former SJVGreen, explains why he is against the war in Iraq and the war against terrorism...more
IKE study reveals sewage problems in Indiana
Improving Kid's Environment (IKE) concludes that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is not considering important data when permiting sewers and is not consistenly and effectively enforcing water quality and public health standards, resulting in e-coli problems statewide. IKE counts 6757 sewage bypasses and overflows in Indiana since 1997...more
Local Green Builds Computer Lab for Community
Tom Brown, long time member of the St. Joe Valley Greens, installed a computer learning lab in the the Salvation Army church at South and Carroll streets in South Bend, IN...more
Neighbors Clean Lot
Members and staff of Near Northwest Neighborhood, Inc. ( NNN), volunteered time today to clear trash from an empty lot near the organization's offices at Portage and Vassar...more
Earth Day - South Bend
South Bend citizens celebrated Earth Day on Saturday, April 20. ...more
German Consul General Speaks on the Environment
The German Consul General drove from Chicago to South Bend to speak to the Indiana University German Club. The topic was "Germany and the Environment"...more
St. Joe Valley Greens, South Bend, IN