About the UM Student Greens

            The University of Michigan Student Greens was founded in the Fall of 2000 around the Nader 2000 campaign and several local Green Party campaigns.  These campaigns included one of our own members, Scott Trudeau, running for university regent.  After the election was over, the UM Student Greens began pursuing other activities on campus, the high point of the 2000-01 school year being a teach-in on SDI Missile Defense.

            Over the summer, the UM Student Greens became members of the Campus Greens, a national coalition of student Green organizations, and sent a large delegation to the Campus Greens founding convention in Chicago.  At this convention the bylaws and vision statement of the national organization were written by delegates from about 100 schools across the nation and a national steering committee was elected.

            For the 2001-02 school year, the UM Student Greens have a lot planned including actions around the meeting of the IMF/WB in Washington DC, local Green Mike Nowak’s campaign for city council, and stopping the construction of a waste water incinerator in Ypsilanti.

 

            We are always looking for new members and new ideas for events and campaigns.  If you are interested, please check our calendar for meeting and event dates.

 

            For more information, e-mail Rob Haug, rhaug@umich.edu.

 

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