Co-Sponsor ILGP’s Proposal to Amend GPUS Platform Subsection II-A-1

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This is Proposal 004-17: Co-Sponsor ILGP’s Proposal to Amend GPUS Platform Subsection II-A-1Please read the proposal and keep comments on the topic of the proposal only.  This proposal is moderated, and the GPCO Code of Conduct will apply (located here: http://gpco.fullydefiant.com/forum/index.php?topic=28.0).  Any comments off topic, hyperbolic or combative will be edited or removed.From the Bylaws: "3.4.1 Any proposal for endorsement or sign-on from a Chapter, a Chapter representative, a Committee co-chair, or Officer of the GPCO will be considered by the Council."Also, "4.3 All decisions concerning policy, finance, and objectives shall require consensus or a vote of at least 60% of the membership present at a state meeting and/or the Council." NOTE: If there are no amendments to this draft proposal by May 1 at midnight, I will move it to Agreement Seeking, where we will seek consensus on our official position on whether to co-sponsor this proposed amendment to the GPUS platform.Active Chapters:Jefferson CountyAdams CountyArapahoe CountyDenverDouglas CountyGreater BoulderLongmontPikes PeakPoudre ValleyMesaSan MiguelPlatte Valley1. Basic InfoDate proposed: April 24th, 2017Name of the sponsors: Adams County Green Party2. Title:Co-Sponsor ILGP’s Proposal to Amend GPUS Platform Subsection II-A-13. Text of the actual Proposal:Sex workers exist. They are human beings who live in our society. Their rights to health, safety, self-determination, and bodily autonomy should not be subject to debate or sacrifice to abstract principles. In support of this statement, the Green Party of Colorado agrees to Co-Sponsor the Illinois Green Party proposal to amend the GPUS Platform Subsection II-A-1. 4. Background:The Green Party platform's aggressive opposition to sex work and use of derogatory language towards sex workers has not gone unnoticed within feminist and activist communities. A casual Google search for "Green Party sex work" will find a long list of articles castigating the party for its outdated, offensive, and exclusionary language.5. Justification/Goals:It is the opinion of the authors of this document that the party's current stance as presented in II.A.1.n-s is morally indefensible, ideologically incoherent, and politically damaging.  The submitted revisions represent an effort to eliminate derogatory language, move the Green Party's stated policy prescriptions away from carceral state solutions and more in line with the current thought of human rights groups such as Amnesty International, and ensure that Subsection II.A.1 of the party platform condemns violence against women without condemning or negating the existence of individual sex workers, voluntary or otherwise.6. Pros and Cons:Pros: This would allow us to start to break down the barriers we have built with communities around the world. Cons: None7. Alternatives to the proposal: Take no action.8. References:https://drive.google.com/open?id=1r_Dy4-fsg7LjbZXCdv769Y6lKeXyDiQvMTlJ5IGJ_A8

[Andrea Mérida Cuéllar]

This proposal is good to go.  Please commence with the consensusing. 

[Véronique Bellamy]

Hey, this hasn't been posted to the agreement seeking board yet. Considering that the proposal text reads “If there are no amendments to this draft proposal by May 1 at midnight”… we should look at updating that text.

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