Hello Friend,

Every single day here at the Green Party of the United States, we are amazed at how the Green Party is filled with people who have incredible heart and courage.

Greens don’t waste time - they walk the talk. We live what we believe.

Last year one Green was so dedicated to our Green Party vision that, during his hospitalization for a bone marrow transplant, he insisted on making phone calls daily to organize for the ballot drive in his state. Another Green helped lead a hunger strike in the city to force the ouster of a corrupt San Francisco police chief who had overseen a string of racist murders.

It is for these people – and for all of us – that the Green Party exists. It is for the people that we work with every day to form a more perfect union.

Watch my short talk about the Green Party Vision that I did for the Green Party's State of the Union response last year.

That’s why we are writing to you today. We want to introduce you to the Green Party of the United States and to our vision of a world and an economy that works for all of us.

We are a grassroots national party. We're the party that stands for We The People, the health of our planet, and future generations instead of the One Percent. We welcome all those who refuse to accept a choice that’s limited only to the Two Parties of War and Wall Street.

We demanded full LGBTIQA+ rights, called for legalization of marijuana and an end to the War on Drugs, and opposed the Iraq War from the beginning -- long before major-party politicians decided that these positions were safe.

And right now, more than ever before, our challenges are mounting.

We’re All in This Together!

There is so little time. Greens are addressing many critical and expanding issues -- the right-wing Trump Administration, the climate meltdown, the endless wars, the slide towards fascism and xenophobia, the next Wall Street-instigated economic collapse, nuclear confrontation, and more.

The corporate parties will not fix these problems for us. We are the ones we've been waiting for.

Now is the time to take a stand on our convictions -- while we still can. 

We want YOU to be a leader in the movement -- our movement -- to help fight climate change, replace corporate power with democracy and economic justice for all, end mass incarceration, and stop these endless wars.

The Green Party supports livable wages, universal health care (Medicare For All), repeal of Citizens United, free higher education, student debt forgiveness, full reproductive rights for women, human rights for all immigrants, and racial justice: Black Lives Matter!

We will not be told any longer that the status quo and the duopoly serves our nation or our world. We’re here to tell you: The corporate-money parties do not serve us.

In fact, the establishment parties are doing everything they can to silence our message.

From keeping our presidential candidate Jill Stein out of the presidential debates to trying to keep other Green candidates off the ballot in many states, the establishment’s resistance to our message runs deep.

In collusion with the fossil fuel industry, they’ve even gone so far as silencing protesters at the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Hofstra debate with brutal police actions.

Why?

Because the Green message is one of people, planet, and peace over profit. And that doesn’t sit well with the One Percent.

The Green Party is winning important victories – notably for economic justice and against fossil fuel infrastructure – but the economic elite have only tightened their grip.

People are realizing that if we want to fix the rigged economy, the rigged racial injustice system, the rigged fossil fuel-based energy system and more, we must build a people’s movement to overturn the rigged and corrupt political system.

The Green Party is the political vehicle to do just that.

Greens are leading the way on critical policies like strong local schools, municipal utilities, public banks, and support for worker cooperatives. We’re calling for millions of jobs to achieve 100% clean renewable energy by 2030, Medicare for all, and requiring the wealthy few to pay their share of taxes.

The Green Party is the only political party leading the way on these critical issues.

In 2016, the Green Party was on the ballot in 45 states (including the District of Columbia). Three other states counted write-in votes for presidential nominee Jill Stein and running mate Ajamu Baraka.

Along with the state Green Parties, the national party grants power within the party to identity caucuses: Black Caucus, Latinx Caucus, Lavender Greens, Young Greens and Women's Caucus. Also, an Indigenous Caucus, an Elders Caucus and a Disability Caucus are in the process of becoming accredited within the next year. We invite you to consider joining one.

There are over 100 Green parties around the world, on every continent except Antarctica. Greens represent a global movement for environmental and social justice, nonviolence, and democracy. The Green Party was well represented last year at the Women's March in Washington D.C.

We are on the front lines, and you'll be on the front lines, too, if you join us.

There’s no better time to be involved than the present.

There’s also no more urgent time. The Green Party helps Green candidates who need to win their races and expand Green influence on a state and local level.

Greens will lead the opposition to the Trump-Pence agenda during the next few years. We will not compromise, capitulate, or go along with the bipartisan consensus. The Green Party continues to represent the best hope for America's future.

Here’s how you can get involved right now.

I want to volunteer!

I want to find my state party!

I want to find and help candidates in my area!

I want to join a caucus!

Greens are offering trailblazing solutions to our nation’s (and our world’s) problems. Green candidates light the way and show the working person how to throw off the chains of the establishment corporate parties.

Of course, it’s not right that we have to fight so hard and spend so much to help Green candidates, but that’s the reality.

We must fight for the greater good – the good that the Green Party can do for the nation and for the world.

Gloria Mattera
Green Party of the United States, Co-Chair 

P.S. Remember, with involved activists such as yourself, we can recruit candidates, sponsor campaign schools, and provide direct donations to candidates through the Coordinated Campaign Committee. The CCC holds monthly webinars. Check out this page for more information. ​

P.P.S. Our plan then and now is to fight back in every way possible to get our agenda implemented by electing Green candidates at every level of government! The first, middle, and last step, as always, is to organize.

Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org/