2020 Media Kit

The Party of the was founded in 2001 as a national party, after U.S. spent the 1980s and 1990s building on the local and state level, and focusing on a bottom-up electoral strategy of running and winning in local communities, and complementing that with races for state and federal office. Since 1985, Greens have won at least1209 races, including at least 211 partisan campaigns.

As of mid-April 2020, at least 129 Greens in 22 states currently hold elected office across the nation, with many more running in November 2020 elections.

The of the United States has 46 affiliated state party members, plus the District of Columbia, and five organized caucuses. Different states have varying laws and party rules that define membership. In the 31 states (+ DC) that have partisan registration, 22 (+ DC) allow for, and report, Green Party registration numbers. Today there are approximately 250,000 registered Greens in these states.

Many thousands more identify themselves as Green in states that don’t have voter registration by party membership. In the 2016 general election, the Green Party had ballot lines in 44 states plus DC, including the seven largest states. Voters in three additional states could write in our presidential candidate. , our 2016 presidential candidate, got 1.5 million votes (1.1%).

International

U.S. Greens are part of a global movement of Green Parties in almost 100 countries, reflecting a shared commitment to heal our planet that transcends national identities and political boundaries.

Greens have run for office since the first Green Parties were organized in 1972, starting in and . Since then, Greens have been elected to thousands of seats around the globe in local, regional, national and international parliaments. On the national level, Greens currently hold 338 seats around the globe, including parliamentary seats in 19 European nations and in Australia, , , , Congo, , México, New Zealand and . This number also includes 52 people from /European Free Alliance Group holding seats in the European Parliament from 11 countries.

Most Greens elected at the regional, national or international level have been elected in multi- seat electorates (districts/constituencies/ridings) through systems of proportional representation (a primary electoral reform advocated by the Green Party of the United States.)

However Greens have increasingly been winning direct election in single seat districts, starting with Elizabeth May to the Canadian House of Commons and to the British House of Commons - both elected first in 2010 and re-elected in subsequent elections. Since then, May has been joined by two more Green MPs - Jenica Atwinnn and Paul Manly. On the Canadian provincial level, 14 Greens hold seats in provincial parliaments in British Colombia (2), New Brunswick (3), Ontario (1), Prince Edward Island (8)

Highlights on recent global electoral progress are below:

Africa When two Greens were elected to the Parliament of Rwanda in 2018, they were the first opposition legislators to be elected since the genocide. This came after years of being kept off the ballot and one of their party leaders being assassinated.

Asia Pacific In 2017, New Zealand Greens won eight MPs and entered into coalition government for the first time, and hold three ministerial positions, Minister for , for Women and of Conservation and Land Information.

Europe Europe experienced a “green wave” in the 2019 European Parliament elections, to become the fourth largest parliamentary group. In those elections Greens finished second in and , with 20.5% and 16% of the vote, respectively, and third in with 13.5%.

French Greens just followed that with breakthrough municipal victories in June 2020, winning the mayor in major cities including , , , Besançon, Poitiers, Annecy, Tours and , and advancing to a final run-off in , Frances second largest city.

Just days before the Irish Green Party Comhaontas Glas entered into a historic coalition with two other parties to govern Ireland. This now makes six countries in which Greens are currently participating in coalition governments: , Finland, Ireland, , New Zealand and . The Green Party of the United States participates internationally as a member of the Federación de Partidos Verdes de las Americas, and globally as a charter member of the . The next Global Greens Congress will be in , Korea in January 2022, and will be the fifth Congress of Global Greens, following Congresses in Australia (2001), Brazil (2008), (2012) and England (2017).

Contacting the Green Party: Steering Committee (spokespeople): [email protected] Communications Manager: Michael O’Neil [email protected] Media Coordinators: Holly Hart and Craig Seeman [email protected] National Office: PO Box 57065, Washington, D.C. 20037 202-319-7191 [email protected]

Green Party on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenPartyUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenpartyus/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreenPartyUS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GreenPartyVideos

Green Party Weblinks: Green Party Homepage: http://www.gp.org Green Platform: http://www.gp.org/platform Green Party Ten Key Values: https://www.gp.org/ten_key_values_2016 Green Candidate Database & Campaign Information: https://www.gpelections.org/ Green Party News Center: http://www.gp.org/newsroom Green Pages: https://greenpagesnews.org/ Green Party Ballot Access Page: http://www.gp.org/ballot_access Green Party News and Events: https://www.gp.org/state_local_news Green Party Media Coverage: https://www.gp.org/in_the_news

International: African Greens Federation: https://www.africangreens.org/ Asia Pacific Greens Federation (APGF): https://www.asiapacificgreens.org/ Federación de Partidos Verdes de las Americas: http://www.fpva.org/ Global Greens: https://www.globalgreens.org/ MEDIA ADVISORY - GREEN PARTY of the U.S. Presidential Nominating Convention

Green Party of the United States to Hold Presidential Nominating Convention Online, July 11, 2020

Updated Schedule of Events for Media at the Green Party's 2020 Presidential Nominating Convention, July 9 - 11, 2020

Green Party of the United States www.gp.org

For Immediate Release July 6, 2020

Contact:

Michael O’Neil, Green Party Communications Manager, [email protected], 202-804-2758 Holly Hart, Green Party Media Committee Coordinator [email protected], 202-804- 2758 Craig Seeman, Green Party Media Committee Coordinator [email protected] Deanna Taylor and Tamar Yager, Green Party National Meeting Committee Coordinators, [email protected] John Andrews and Sanda Everette, Green Party Presidential Campaign Support Committee Coordinators, [email protected]

• What: Green Party of the United States 2020 Presidential Nominating Convention • When: Thursday, July 9 to Saturday, July 11, 2020 • Where: Online, broadcast live to GP.org and social media platforms • 2020 Green Presidential Nominating Convention Page • Media Credentialing Application

The Green Party’s 2020 Presidential Nominating Convention (PNC) will take place online due to ongoing public health concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The gathering will be conducted over Zoom from July 9 to July 11, with the PNC proceedings scheduled for July 11 beginning at 12:00pm Eastern Time. The PNC proceedings will be streamed live at https://www.gp.org/live.

The Green Party will broadcast the PNC live, for free on social media for all. The convention will feature candidate speeches, guest speakers (see below) and approval of the Green Party’s 2020 platform.

All delegates voting from state Green Parties and identity caucuses will be conducted online via roll call from designated election reporters or through a secure electronic voting application, as determined by convention procedure.

Additional media opportunities will include press conferences with national Green Party leaders, 2020 Green candidates and officeholders, and the Green Party presidential and vice-presidential nominees. Press conferences will be hosted on a dedicated Zoom conference line.

Online workshops and panels will be offered to convention registrants throughout the week. Please register on the media credentialing page if you are interested in covering program events and news conferences.

Candidates Seeking the Green Party Presidential Nomination

Media Credentialing Application

MEDIA MUST BE CREDENTIALED IN ADVANCE TO RECEIVE ZOOM INFO

Schedule of Press Events

Eastern Daylight Time

Details for all events are subject to change. An final advisory with updates and candidate and speaker details will be published the week of the convention.

Thursday, July 9, 4:00 pm. Press Conference welcoming media to the Green Party's 2020 Presidential Nominating Convention, featuring party officials and convention organizers.

Friday, July 10, 10:00 am. Press Conference with Green Party candidates for federal office. (participants TBA)

Friday, July 10, 11:00 am. Press Conference with Green Party candidates for local and state offices. (participants TBA) Friday, July 10, 1:00 pm. Press Conference with Green Party officeholders (participants TBA)

Friday, July 10, 2:00 pm. Press Conference with Green Party candidates for federal office. (participants TBA)

Saturday, July 11, immediately following the convention, Press Conference with Green Party presidential and vice-presidential nominee

Confirmed 2020 speakers:

Ajamu Baraka, Green Party 2016 vice-presidential nominee, political activist and scholar, whose work has appeared in Black Agenda Report, Common Dreams, Dissident Voice.

Dr. Margaret Flowers, Organizing for Health Justice. Advisor to Physicians or a National Health Plan (PNHP) and co-founder of Health Over Profit for Everyone (HOPE).

Cam Gordon, Address to Green Party National Convention. Elected member of the City Council since 2006, co-founder of the Green Party of and has been called "the most prominent Green elected official in the US."

Robin Harris, Green Party and George Floyd Rebellions. Green Party National Black Caucus Co-Chair and 2018 Green Party candidate for Orange County Commissioner, Florida.

Seth Kaper-Dale, The Power of Imagining Winning. Co-pastor of the Reformed Church of Highland Park, New Jersey, 2017 Green Party candidate for Governor of New Jersey, author of A Voice for Justice: Sermons that Prepared a Congregation to Respond to God in the Decade After 9/11.

Margaret Kimberly, Greens Are the Only Choice. Co-founder, editor and columnist for Black Agenda Report, author of Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents.

Jenny Leong, two-term elected Green Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, Australia.

Lisa Savage, We Lead Together. The Green Independent Party’s candidate for U.S. Senate, running in a ranked choice voting election for that office.

Dr. Jill Stein, Keynote: Greens - more than ever, we are the ones we've been waiting for. The Green Party presidential candidate in 2016 and 2012, the first national presidential candidate to call for a .

Previous Green nominees, convention sites:

2016 Jill Stein (P), (VP), August 4-7, 2016. Houston, TX

2012 Jill Stein (P), (VP), July 12-15, 2012, Baltimore, MD

2008 Cynthia McKinney (P), (VP), July 10-13, 2008, Chicago, IL

2004 (P), Pat LaMarche (VP), June 23-28, 2004. Milwaukee, WI

2000 (P), Winona LaDuke (VP); June 24-25, 2000. Denver, CO

1996 Ralph Nader (P), Winona LaDuke (VP); August 19, 1996. Los Angeles, CA

GEORGE FLOYD RESPONSE: GREEN PARTY US NATIONAL BLACK CAUCUS DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY, STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO SAVE BLACK AND BROWN LIVES FROM POLICE BRUTALITY

Green Party of the United States www.gp.org

For Immediate Release: May 27, 2020

Green Party National Co-Chair Trahern Crews Part of Community Response in Minneapolis

On Tuesday, May 25th Officer Derek Chauvin forced his knee on the neck of George Floyd for eight grueling, life-taking minutes until he died — as Officer Tou Thao looked on. Community members were present and recorded the horrific, traumatizing incident that has sparked protest and anger in the Black community across America.

The resident who recorded the event can be repeatedly heard telling the officers to stop — even as Mr. Floyd, himself, can be heard exclaiming that he could not breathe — because they knew they were killing him.

Darnella Wade, Co-Chair of the Green Party of the 4th CD (MN) said, “these officers need to be held accountable. This video shows the lack of humanity for Black Lives in the criminal justice system in the state of Minnesota and shows why all police officers in the State of Minnesota should be required to carry personal professional liability insurance for their position.”

Under such a policy, Officer Chauvin’s history of police misconduct and settlements would have disqualified him from insurance coverage, he would not have been employed by Minneapolis Police as an officer and so would not have been able to kill George Floyd for no reason at all and to the horror of an entire nation.

The officers were fired the following day. That is a first in the state of Minnesota, which has become ground zero for the fight in police accountability in recent years. The family of Mr. Floyd, activists, organizations and community members have wanted more accountability and want charges to be filed against the cops who murdered George Floyd.

Toya Woodland, Minneapolis Green Party-endorsed candidate for congress in the 5th congressional district said, “we need Community Control of the Police. We should decide which cops get hired and fired in our community. This is why the FBI was called: because our local government is not equipped to protect the lives of Black residents from white supremacy and institutional racism”.

Protestors and family members gathered at the corner of 38th and Chicago to hold a vigil and protest that included nearly 20,000 people. Trahern Crews, Co-Chair of the Green Party of the United States and an organizer with Black Lives Matter Minnesota, declared, “George Floyd was a father, brother, uncle, and loved community member who was unjustly taken from us by a racist criminal injustice system. We are calling on all activists, community members and lawmakers to put pressure on the city of Minneapolis to hold these officers accountable and begin changing the culture of the Minneapolis Police Department”.

The National Black Caucus (NBC) of the Green Party of the United States has found “that these incidents are part of a larger, systemic problem stemming from the legacy of slavery and the devaluing of Black and Brown people and communities. It is time for a moratorium on police brutality in the name of public service,” stated Darryl! LC Moch, Co-Chair of the NBC and Chair of the DC Statehood Green Party. “Furthermore,” said Robin Harris, Co-Chair of the NBC and Co-Chair of the Florida Green Party, “we must build strong coalitions, advocacy groups, and elect legislators who will prioritize ending the brutal lynchings and killing of Black and Brown bodies at the hands of the government at all levels. We must hold governments and police departments accountable.”

GREEN PARTY: ECONOMIC STIMULUS MUST HELP AVERAGE AMERICANS WHILE SOLVING CLIMATE CHANGE

Green Party of the United States www.gp.org

For Immediate Release: April 22, 2020

The Green Party of the United States said that the economic stimulus package being voted upon by Congress does not do enough to help Americans, and also fails to help the country respond to the accelerating climate crisis. In countries like China and with the worst outcomes, as in large cities in the US and worldwide, air pollution from burning fossil fuels was a factor of increased mortality from COVID- 19. A healthy planet prevents future pandemics due to destruction of and protects lives as well as world economies from man-made crises.

The latest proposed stimulus bill offered by the Senate, which has been scheduled for a House vote on Thursday morning, neglects funding for state and city governments facing massive revenue shortfalls that will lead to deeper cuts in schools and other public services. The legislation will provide $321 billion for small businesses, $75 billion for hospitals, and $25 billion for coronavirus testing but no new oversight for bailout money, no relief for renters and no funding for food assistance.

“COVID-19 has devastated our communities, but it cannot be used as an excuse to ignore the climate crisis. The economic relief package must protect us from climate change while lifting up workers and the most vulnerable. It must put a sizable amount of money directly into the pockets of people while protecting them against crushing debt. Congress must reject efforts by the Trump administration to bail out companies such as the fossil fuel industry, banks and airlines that have caused the climate crisis,” said Hunter Crow, candidate for Arlington, TX, City Council (District 7).

The Trump administration recently announced that the EPA would not seek to enforce various environmental rules on polluters, despite the fact that air pollution is a major cause of respiratory illnesses that make individuals more endangered by COVID-19.

Green Party leaders said that we cannot afford to win the battle against COVID-19 only to lose the war against global warming, and called on Congress to stop the Trump administration’s regulatory rollbacks. The recent IPCC study warned that the world had only 11 years left to take unprecedented worldwide action to avoid the worst of climate change; many contend that the IPCC was overly optimistic.

“The climate crisis remains the greatest threat to humanity, posing an existential threat to life on our planet and the continuation of civilization as we know it. In recent decades our political and economic leaders have callously threatened the well-being of future generations in their pursuit of ever greater wealth and power. The pandemic crisis may be our last opportunity to reshape our society to focus on improving the well-being of all rather than maximizing the profits and greed of the few,” stated Rich Whitney, candidate for the Jackson County, IL, Board of Supervisors. "The same type of national effort and cooperation that we should be using to address the pandemic is necessary to address the climate crisis."

A recent study of 12 major pandemics since the 14th century found that these, unlike wars, are followed by decades in the doldrums, making a quick fix unlikely. The Greens cited the need to rebuild Main Street, not Wall Street. The country needs to rebuild our communities, infrastructure and buildings to put in place a new clean, sustainable energy economy. Trillions need to be invested in remaking the country. This will be an economic stimulus and begin to respond to the climate crisis.

The climate crisis is already negatively impacting tens of millions of individuals in the U.S. and worldwide, and is rapidly accelerating. Heat waves, massive storms, rising sea levels, floods and droughts will force massive migrations of individuals and cause serious health problems while leading to wars over access to food, water and land. COVID-19 itself is linked to the destruction of habitat for wildlife, forcing species to exist closer together which increases the cross-species transmission of diseases, including to humans.

The Greens said any economic stimulus package must incorporate the goals of a Green New Deal, guaranteeing living wage jobs for all, providing expanded and Improved Medicare for All, and meeting other basic economic needs while transitioning to 100% clean renewable energy by 2030. The trillions of dollars that Congress and the federal Reserve has provided in various grants and subsidies in the last month show that the problem is not the price tag, it is that both the Democrats and Republicans continue to place the needs of the economic elite ahead of average Americans.

“We must ensure the health and economic well-being of all Americans, including small businesses,” said Madelyn Hoffman, U. S. Senate candidate from New Jersey. “The U.S. military-industrial complex is the world's 2nd largest consumer of fossil fuels, it is one of the world's largest polluters and drains more than 1/2 of the annual discretionary budget. We need to re-direct a good chunk of that budget to create living-wage jobs, ramp up our public health and housing sectors, and pivot away from a fossil-fuels-based energy system. We need to do this while stopping the spread of coronavirus and mitigating all related health risks, and strengthening not weakening our commitment to democracy.”

GREENS CALL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH LABOR AMID COVID-19 CRISIS

Party Says the Pandemic Exposes Dire Need For Economic, Environmental and Foreign Policy System Change

Green Party of the United States www.gp.org

For Immediate Release: April 6, 2020

Green Party leaders called today for people’s movements and organizations to stand in solidarity with workers facing health concerns, loss of wages and insufficient healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“This must be a top priority for all who are dedicated to human rights, racial and economic justice, the well-being of working people and the poor, and the environment,” said Green Party of the United States Co-Chair Justin Beth.

Greens noted that some activists have already proposed a general strike and said that a variety of actions should be considered. The Green Party supports strikes and other actions already underway, including those undertaken by Amazon workers.

"Low wage workers are facing threats to their health and livelihoods, or even being fired, simply for speaking out about dangerous working conditions. The current crisis we face with the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the fact that the majority of people across this country are one paycheck away from being on the street. We must call on national, local, and community-based groups to come together to support our critical workforce, and consider various collective actions," said Beth.

Medicare For All is especially urgent as millions of Americans face loss of employment and health insurance in the coming weeks, and as economists warn medical costs will shoot through the roof as insurance and medical industries try to exploit the crisis. Economists estimate that premiums could increase by 40% nationwide in 2021 without federal help, and as many as 35 million people could lose their health insurance during the pandemic.

Over 60% of Americans support single payer health insurance, sometimes called Expanded and Improved Medicare for All. Additionally, many countries are paying worker wages through the period that people are unable to work. Paying worker wages would allow workers to stay on their jobs and would relieve the burden of providing unemployment insurance on states that are struggling to buy medical supplies and set up temporary hospitals.

“Working people are on the front lines serving critical needs, yet are some of the lowest wage-earners with the fewest benefits and protections,“ said Darryl! Moch, co-chair of the Green Party National Black Caucus. “ Employers must ensure safe and healthy working conditions for those who must work during the pandemic.” He added, “The Green Party represents and is made up of working people. It is love for people and the planet that calls for us, in this current pandemic, to seek ways to truly connect and understand our common humanity, that we are interdependent on each other for our own survival, and that now we need to use this time to come together, recognizing that we have more in common then we have that separates us.“