On Thursday, October 12, 2017, the American Federation of Teachers Connecticut Chapter voted to endorse two candidates in the upcoming Waterford municipal election: Deb Roselli Kelly for Board of Education and Joshua Steele Kelly for Representative Town Meeting in District 3. Deb is currently an assistant principal at East Lyme High School, and Josh is an MPA candidate at the University of Connecticut. These were the only two candidates running in Waterford, from any political party, to be endorsed by the union, which is the organization that represents the teachers in the Waterford Public School system. In the letter of endorsement from Teri Merisotis, AFT's Connecticut's Legislative Advocate, Teri stated that the decision was based on the candidates' "commitment to working families and advocating for issues that are important to AFT Connecticut's members. Such as; protecting public sector jobs, maintaining quality public education, and protecting collective bargaining for workers." Continue reading

You can now register in the state of Utah as a Green! Please visit the online voter registration site, and change your registration to Green. It takes less than a minute to do, and every registrant helps us immensely. Time to #TurnUtahGreen https://vote.utah.gov/vote

  The Maine Greens are co-sponsoring the Sixth Maine Peace Walk for Conversion, Community and Climate, October 13-21. Please get involved if you can and share. The walk will largely be centered in Bath and concentrate on the serious need to convert Bath Iron Works (BIW) to peaceful and sustainable production. Continue reading

  Please join us for the State Membership Meeting of the Green Party of Michigan on October 7 in Marquette! Saturday, October 7, 20178:00 AM – 9:00 PM EDT Marquette Township Community Center1000 Commerce DrMarquette, MI 49855 Continue reading

The Green Party of Michigan has come out in opposition to Michigan State House Resolution 154, which urges the opening of a recreational hunting season on sandhill cranes. GPMI's consensus decision matches its opposition to a similar proposal for hunting mourning doves, which voters rejected by over 2-1 in a 2006 referendum. Continue reading

The Green Party of New York State announced its four top state legislative priorities for 2018: enact a statewide single payer universal health care program; enact a Green New Deal to promote full employment and accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy; provide $40 billion or more in funding for mass transit in NYC and statewide; and enact a statewide ban on plastic bags. The Party will continue to support a broader legislative agenda, including pushing for campaign finance and political reform, criminal justice reform, immigration (DREAM Act) and equal rights, local government revenue sharing, and affordable housing. Continue reading

Our keynote speaker for the Green Party of Minnesota launch of the Black and Brown caucus and panel on Running as a Black candidate in todays current political culture will be former Green Party Vice Presidential Ajamu Baraka with our very own Samantha Lee Pree-Stinson as our host! We are so excited to start launching a Green Party Black and Brown Caucus, come learn more! Continue reading

The Latinx Caucus of the Green Party of the United States is seeking all interested Latinx Greens to join our national group so that we can solidify our mission, build a meaningful Green Latinx movement and identify allies. At our annual meeting we elected a steering committee but currently have openings for additional steering committee members. In addition we have established an email list and a Facebook page. Continue reading

Do you wonder sometimes if you eat a paprika or strawberry because it taste the same. You buy a tomato plant and cannot grow a new plant from its seeds. Most likely it is a modified organism from Monsanto or Bayer who want you and farmers to buy every year new seeds from them. This is a crime on nature. Bring them to court Continue reading