{"article":{"id":167925,"heading":"Sec. of State candidate Dr. Forrest Hill at LA Greens, July 19","author":"twirl","created":"2006-07-12 15:48:47","modified":"2013-11-11 00:41:30","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:41:30","article":"<p>The Los Angeles Greens invites you to hear Candidate for Secretary of State of CA, Forrest Hill. <br><br> Come hear Dr. Hill discuss the steps we need to take to repair our Democracy and why it is important to elect a Green in 2006. <br><br> www.VoteForrest.org <br>  <br> \"Without justice at the ballot box, there can be no justice in our society, or accountability in our government.&rdquo; <br><br> The focus of Dr. Hill's talk will be our broken two-party election system and what we need to do to reclaim our democracy. He will discuss how corporate money and our winner-take-all voting system not only disenfranchises millions of voters, but is instrumental in usurping the social movements in this country (such as the immigrant rights and peace movements). <br><br> Finally, he will talk about his vision for the type of <br>  <br> election system we need to enact here in California to ensure full representation of all citizens. <br><br> WED. July 19, 7 pm <br>  <br> Los Angeles Greens @ Peace Center <br>  <br> 8124 West Third St., Los Angeles, (@ Crescent Heights, just west of Fairfax) <br>  <br> 323-651-5539 <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/losangelesgreens.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/losangelesgreens.org\/<\/a> <br><br> Admission is free, Donations Accepted, Open to the Public <br><br> For more information visit www.VoteForrest.org <br><br> **** More info to follow, we will be posting a PDF file that you can download and distribute! <br><br> We hope to see you there and please help us in promoting this event, <br><br> Lisa Taylor <br>  <br> LA Greens Volunteer Coordinator <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/losangelesgreens.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/losangelesgreens.org\/<\/a> <br><br> <\/p>\n","contact":"losangeles@greens.org","link":"","address":"Peace Center, 8124 West Third St, Los Angeles","phone":"323-651-5539","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The focus of Dr. Hill's talk will be our broken two-party election system and what we need to do to reclaim our democracy. He will discuss how corporate money and our winner-take-all voting system not only disenfranchises millions of voters, but is instrumental in usurping the social movements in this country (such as the immigrant rights and peace movements).","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2006\/07\/167925.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}