Rebecca Rotzler

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known_for = Co-chair of US Green Party and possible Presidential candidate
education = State University of New York at New Paltz
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Rebecca Rotzler is one of seven co-chairs of the Green Party of the United States, elected to that position on July 24, 2005 [cite web |url=http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_07_26.shtml |title=Green Party Elects New Co-Chairs; Congratulates Bonnie Raitt |accessdate=2007-11-10|date=2005-07-26|work= Green Party of the United States website] . She was elected deputy mayor and a trustee of New Paltz, New York, on May 6, 2003; one of the first Green Party candidates elected in New York [cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10777-2004Jun27.html |title=The Green Next Door: A Growing Party Goes for the Mainstream Look |accessdate=2007-11-10|last=Rosin |first=Hannah |date=2004-06-28|work=Washington Post |publisher=Washington Post] . In that position she assisted mayor Jason West in performing numerous same-sex marriages in New York, and worked to increase the use of solar and wind power in that community [cite web |url= http://www.gp.org/greenpages/content/volume8/issue3/profile1.php|title= Rotzler gets started on priorities|accessdate=2007-11-10|last= Anderson|first=Emily|date=2004|format=php |work=Green Party of the United States website] Rotzler did not seek reelection in 2007, the year Jason West was defeated by Democrat Terry Dungan. Rotzler served as co-chair of the Green Party Peace Action Committee, and is a New York State delegate to the Green National Committee. Rotzler is also a member of Alternatives to Military, an organization promoting counter-military recruitment, and 9-11 People Against Racism.

She attended the State University of New York at New Paltz, majoring in communication studies. There, she served as president of the university's local Students for a Free Tibet.

Rotzler participated as a panelist at the Cornell ILR Global Labor Institute Conference: A North American Labor Assembly on Climate Crisis: Building a Global Movement for Clean Energy, and was a featured speaker at The World Can't Wait "Impeach Bush" Summit [cite web |url= http://oracle.newpaltz.edu/article.cfm?id=2904|title= Anti-War Discussion Sparks Ideas|accessdate=2007-11-11|last= Mayne|first=Brittany|date=2007-02-27|work=New Paltz Oracle, Volune 78 Issue 13] [cite web |url= http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3926&Itemid=69|title=Rebecca Rotzler, Green Party of the US, at Feb. 17 Impeach Bush for War Crimes Emergency Summit|accessdate=2007-11-11|date=2007-02-17|work=Voices Speaking Out|publisher=The World Can't Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime!] .

Rotzler has expressed interest in the Green Party's Presidential nomination for 2008.

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External links

* [http://www.rotzler4prez.com Draft Rebecca Rotzler web-site]