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-Dianne has been a Green since 2014 and appreciates the party’s positions of
+====Why I'm Running====
+I want to improve life in the US and the world.
+By my running, I hope people learn about and hopefully join the Green Party.
+I want money going to wars used for US in the USA. Wars and the preparation for wars have a major environmental impact.
+The [[https://www.uspeacememorial.org/|US Peace Memorial Foundation]] lists many of the peace activists and peace organizations I'm involved with.
+I've been most involved with: [[https://wilpfus.org|Women's International League for Peace and Freedom]] (WILPF).
+[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams|Jane Addams]] founded WILPF in 1915 - I'm convener of the Jane Addams branch of WILPF US.
+Please sign the petitions at [[https://worldbeyondwar.org/individual|World Beyond War]] and [[https://www.change.org/p/project-enduring-peace-petition?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=fd56d920-551b-11ef-96ef-6f872fdf363e|Project Enduring Peace]] (PEP)
+I share my vision for the world with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnUhmAlZAqw&t=2s|Founding Mothers Movement]].
+Although the Green Party isn't a peace organization per se, its platform emphasizes peace.  Jill Stein has attended numerous peace rallies in DC.
+Many peace groups give webinars about current situations and many have links to previous webinars on their web-sites or youtube channels.
+Recommended Podcasts: Ralph Nader's Radio Hour (every Saturday), Chris Hedges Report, Popular Resistance's Forces of Greed (FOG), Talk World Radio
+I have been a Green since 2014 and appreciate the party’s positions of
 [[environmentalism]],
 [[nonviolence]],
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 [[participatory democracy]], and
 [[anti-racism]].
+====My Platform====
+My Domestic Platform is [[https://nader.org/2025/08/29/long-overdue-domestic-compact-for-america/|Ralph Nader's Compact for America]] which includes $15 minimum wage, increase taxes on wealthy and corporations and medicare for all.
+ My International Platform is RootsAction Education Fund’s Foreign Policy Primer for U.S. Congressional Candidates
+The [[https://www.gp.org/platform|Green Party's Platform]] combines my domestic and international platform.
+I want: Control of data centers, free public transit, open borders, improved incarceration, and a basic return to pre-2025 status quo.