The Green Party of Suffolk

On Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 7pm, the Babylon Green Party Gathering will feature Presidential Delegates Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder giving an eyewitness report on the July 12, 2008 Green Party Presidential Convention in Chicago. The event will be held at Pisces Café, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY Come hungry! For directions to the Babylon Green Gathering, call 631-422-4702 or email Ian Wilder. Children are welcome. All gatherings are free of charge, and open to the public.

The Green Party in Long Island sent delegates to the national convention in Chicago, Illinois which nominated six-term Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney for President and Hip-Hop activist Rosa Clemente for Vice President.

The Green Party convention was covered on television by CSPAN. There was also live blogging and Public Access TV shows with convention coverage. Archives of moment-by-moment live blogging and video of speeches and workshops can be found at On the Wilder Side and Greens for Greens.

Babylon Green Party Gatherings are held on the first Wednesday of every month. The September 3, 2008 Gathering will feature the much anticipated show Bob Westcott: The Folk Legend Rides Again. The October 1, 2008 Gathering will feature veteran activist Marge Harrison on The Social Justice Movement. The post-election November 5, 2008 gathering will feature Jaci Clement of fairmediacouncil.org on Media Reform.

The Green Party of Suffolk (GPoS) is the electoral arm of the Green movement. GPoS supports candidates at the local level. The Green Party is an alternative to the Democrats and Republicans, an alternative to politics as usual. Green Party candidates do not accept contributions from corporations.

Voters may join the Green Party by checking the box that says "other" on a voter registration form, and writing in the word "Green." There are currently about 37,000 registered Greens in New York state. As a party devoted to diversity and grassroots democracy, there are many opportunities to volunteer; run for office; and serve in various committees at the local, state and national level.

In addition, Suffolk Greens may also petition to become State Committee members, so they can represent their area at GPNYS.

Help the Green Party of Suffolk Reach out to Suffolk Greens

If you have been an enrolled Green in Suffolk for a while, you know that those of us helping to organize the party in Suffolk try to reach out to all Greens in Suffolk County as much as we can. We use this web site, email (sign up at right if you haven't yet) and other means to keep Greens in Suffolk informed. As a way to reach all of Suffolk's Greens, we mail to every enrolled Green in Suffolk County periodically. (If you haven't received a mailing from us, please check your voting registration address, or contact us.)

Everyone who registers to vote has a mail address so we can contact and inform them. We believe every Green in Suffolk has the right to know about and participate in their party. The Green Party believes in grassroots democracy. Unfortunately, postal mailings cost money. Just one mailing to all of Suffolk's Greens can cost over $1200.

If you look in the column at the left, you will see a chart on our fund drive to pay for the GPoS's next mailing. The mailing needs to go out in time to notify Greens of our next countywide meeting, and the April fundraising party. (See below) Hopefully everyone can contribute what they can to push us over the top so the GPoS can continue to reach out.

To contribute by credit card, just click on the "DONATE" link at the left of this column. (This is a secure transaction.) To contribute by check, please make your check payable to "Green Party of Suffolk County," and mail to 14 Robin Drive, Huntington, NY 11743-4712. Please include your name and address. We are all volunteers, and all money raised goes to Green Party expenses. Thank you. -Roger Snyder, Chair, Green Party of Suffolk