Here. We. Go.

Last Wednesday night, more people came out than ever before for a Green Party nomination meeting in Waterloo Region. The venue reached capacity before the event even began.

It was a momentous night. If you were there, I’m sure you felt it too.

Green Party members in Kitchener-Centre voted to support a campaign about raising our ambition to meet the scale of the challenges we face.

A campaign committed to meeting those challenges in a way that strengthens our economic security, restores our ecosystems, and truly improves the well-being of Kitchener-Centre residents, and all people in Canada.

A campaign we intend on winning. A campaign where the Green vote will be the strategic vote.

For more on the night, check out some of the early media coverage:

• http://www.exchangemagazine.com/2019/week10/Thursday/19030712.htm#Anchor-51540

• https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local-news/mike-morrice-to-represent-green-party-in-kitchener-centre-in-federal-election-1309689

This is now our campaign.

A big thanks goes to an incredible group of people that have already put their time into our campaign to-date: Jennie, two Sarahs, Sean, Jeff, Sara, Steve, Emma, Richard, Emily, Kathy, Puninda, Amanda, Claire, Greg, Katie, Aaron, Christal, Ryan and Rosalind.

Many more of you have offered to contribute and asked when would be the right time to do so.

The time is now.

There are three contributions that are most needed, right now:

1. Stay connected: If you’d like to continue receiving updates on our campaign, today there are three ways we are communicating most often. You can do any or all of the following:

• Follow our Facebook campaign page (which includes a high-res video of my speech)

• Follow me on Twitter

• Join our mailing list

2. Join the team: We are now focused on building the core team that will lead this campaign, changing the conversation in Parliament by being among the ridings in Ontario that will elect a Green MP for the first time ever.

• I’m keen to speak with anyone interested in being part of this core team, wherever you may live.

• I’m looking to have 10-20 people contributing 10-20hrs/week each, leading all aspects of the campaign: from social media to technology to event planning.

• Please email me if you’re interested (mike@morrice2019.ca). I’d be glad to find a time to chat in the coming days.

3. Donate: I announced a goal on Wednesday that is as ambitious and achievable as our campaign: to have $100,000 raised in less than two weeks, by Thursday March 21. We have already raised 11% of our goal over the past few days.

• If just 250 people contribute $400 (of which $300 is tax refundable) over the next 7 days, we would be fully funded, right from the beginning – a game-changing level of support.

• Donations can be made online here.

• Donations of up to $1600 are allowed by law, while contributions of any amount are welcome, needed and appreciated!

Last, please know that if these options don’t fit for you right now, don’t worry.

Those that follow on Facebook, Twitter or join our mailing list will hear from me in the coming weeks and months as other ways to support emerge – from door knocking to videography to research. If there’s a particular way you’d like to be involved down the road, please let me know.

Thank you, again, for your support and encouragement to date. It’s gotten us to this point and I know that, together, it will bring us to a historic night in October.

With gratitude and excitement,

Mike