Tribute to Joe Louis Hoffman (Wildman), GPCA Co-founder and co-organizer of the party’s founding ballot drive

Title:  Tribute to Joe Louis Hoffman (Wildman), GPCA Co-founder and co-organizer of the party’s founding ballot drive
Presenters: Mike Feinstein (Santa Monica) moderator, plus several present and former Greens as presenters 
Date: Saturday, June 19; 4:00-4:30 pm

Description: Joe Louis Hoffman (Wildman) passed away on April 4, 2021.  Greens who were active with Joe during the founding of the GPCA and afterwards will share their remembrances. 

Joe was a co-founder of the GPCA and a key organizer of the party’s founding ballot drive, especially as a coordinator of the 'Q Group', to coordinate the gathering of voter registrations to qualify the party. During that same time (in 1991), he wrote the classic 'Organizing Velcro County', a guide for Green grassroots organizing in your county.

From September 1997 to March 2020, Joe served as GPCA State Treasurer.  During that time, he sponsored the Project 2000 proposal, a growth plan for the party.

In 1998 Joe ran for Mendocino County Supervisor (https://www.gpelections.org/races/joe-louis-hoffman-runs-for-board-of-supervisors/ , https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-18-mn-33926-story.html , https://greenpagesnews.org/2008/10/26/greens-set-sights-high-for-98/) and received this publicity about his clever campaign slogans (https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Roll-On-Over-for-a-Stand-Up-Comic-From-Mendocino-3007736.php), which are shown in these images (click on each to expand).

VIDEOS: In this video Hoffman gives advice on how to support Kent Smith's 1992 Green State Senate campaign: Tips on Grassroots Organizing - Joe Louis Wildman (1992).  In this video, Hoffman gives advice on How to register Green Party voters (2012).

Here is Joe at the GPCA’s 20 Year Reunion celebration
https://www.cagreens.org/gatherings/twenty-years-celebration
http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/California/20YearReunion/

Years later, Joe changed his name from Joe Louis Hoffman to Joe Louis Wildman together with his wife, who had been Kayla Wilder - the two combined their names to become the Wildmans.

For more coverage of Joe’s life, see these obituaries and his LinkedIn page 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-louis-wildman-5a74999/
https://www.fhwsolutions.com/obituaries/empire-mortuary/joe-louis-wildman-obituary
https://mendovoice.com/2021/04/joe-wildman-activist-union-rep-dies-at-65-obituary/
https://unionhall.aflcio.org/nblc/about-us/joe-louis-wildman

For information about the Celebration of Joe’s life on July 7, 2021 see this page
https://joelouiswildman.com