From the latest Jill Stein for Governor newsletter:

"Dear friends and supporters,

Please come to the State House this Wednesday morning to join me for an important campaign announcement. As many of you know, our volunteers have spent hundreds upon hundreds of hours collecting signatures across the commonwealth this summer in order to qualify the Green-Rainbow Party's statewide candidates for the November ballot. On Wednesday morning, we will be announcing the results of our efforts. It would be great to have you there.

Getting to know the Holyoke man running for Lieutenant Governor

Most other candidates in the Governor's race may be from the eastern part of the state, but the Stein campaign has the honor of featuring Rick Purcell, the only person involved in the race from western Massachusetts. He's a long-term resident of Holyoke, a distinguished community activist, a compassionate health care worker, and decorated US Army veteran who served 10 years of active duty. And now he's running as Jill Stein's running mate for the position of Lieutenant Governor.

PITTSFIELD -- Two local speakers on homelessness and a post-carbon future will share the limelight with at least three Green-Rainbow Party candidates at the party’s Berkshire regional convention in Pittsfield on Saturday, June 19, from 12 pm - 4pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church.

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Green-Rainbow Party Regional Conventions provide a great opportunity to meet fellow Party members and supporters in your community, share your ideas, discover ways to support action on your key issues by working with others...

Welcome to the Green-Rainbow Party's digital reincarnation, the fruit of many a late night on the part of our tech staff--along with ideas and insights from and the ongoing and enthusiastic support of the GRP.

Welcome to current Party members; members of the press; Greens across the globe; our friends in the other major parties; and all those many voters across the Commonwealth who, to date, have remained unenrolled in any party. This site's intended to

Outgoing GRP co-chair Jill Stein kicked off her campaign for governor of Massachusetts on February 8th, on the steps of the State House.

Mass Local Food is an example of citizen action for relocalization. The online food co-op was started by Sheryl Vaillette (a member of the Nashua River Green Rainbow local) and two other Central MA women, Kelley O'Connor and Kerrie Hertel. Its mission is to provide an ordering and distribution system that helps Massachusetts farmers, producers, and artisans reach local consumers, bypassing the big national food distribution systems. Local food producers are allowed to post information about their products online after paying a one-time $50 membership fee.

The Green-Rainbow Party is pleased to welcome Green Mass Group to the Massachusetts blogosphere.

Green-Rainbow Party co-chair Jill Stein, who ran for Governor in 2002 and Secretary of the Commonwealth in 2006, has announced that she intends to enter the 2010 gubernatorial race. The State House News Service broke the story and the Boston Herald picked it up. In a note to supporters, Stein wrote, "Business as usual is still taking a heavy toll on our jobs, health, communities and environment, pushing us towards the brink.