1. Kimia Henderson •Maya Wiegand •Xin Feng • Hexuan Ma
The Green Party
Kimia Henderson •Maya Wiegand •Xin Feng • Hexuan Ma

2. What is the Green Party?
Founded in the United States in 2001, The Green Party of the United States was an evolution of the Association of State Green Parties. They first gained a bit of recognition during the election of 2000.The Green Party is one of the important minor parties. Being a minor party means that this party plays a smaller role than a major party in a country's politics and elections. There are currently 246,145 people in this party.

3. OFFICE HOLDERS
Currently, there are 86 office holders in the United States under the Green Party. Their positions held are not very high. California and New York are the only states to have had a Green Party majority in their town councils. A school in California held the first Green Party majority school board, and no nominee of the Green Party has been elected to office in the federal government.

4. OFFICE HOLDERS IN MICHIGAN
In Michigan, there is only one member of the Green Party with a position. Her name is Korie Blyveis and she is the Town Clerk of Newberg Township.

5. Green Party Description
The Green Party promotes
nonviolence, social justice,
participatory grassroots
democracy, gender equality, LGBT rights , and are anti - war and Anti - racism. They also support environmentalism.
VALUES
The party members follow something called green politics. These are based on four pillars of the Green Party: Ecological wisdom, Social justice, Grassroots democracy and Nonviolence.
Green Party Description

6. History
The political party called the Green party began at 1985, just as a decentralized Committee of Correspondence. But it then grew to a centralized organization in National bylaws and certain things are created to improve this party. Members in the party also strive in doing educational activities, and they also join the election.
Some people in the party think political election is a kind of foul, while others think it would promptly develop and change the nation. It caused the creation of the compromise agreement, which advocated that both opinions should conclude in 527 political organizations. Finally, the political organization changed its name to “Green party”.

7. “
Instead of voting for a lesser evil, you can vote for Jill Stein. Your vote will help the Green party achieve and maintain ballot status. Your vote will bring Jill closer to 5% so the green nominee in 2020 can receive millions in FEC funding. Your vote will help greens become a major party. So you won’t have to face a choice limited to two candidates like Clinton and Trump ever again. “
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8. Abortion The party’s opinion
The Green Party’s stance on abortion includes:
The offer of abortion services free to women at the poverty level.
The Green Party unequivocally supports a woman's right to reproductive choice.
The "morning-after" pill must be affordable and easily accessible without a prescription.
Oppose our government's habit of cutting those funds that give out for contraceptive devices, offer advice on abortion, and perform abortions.
Cover abortion under national health care system.
Abortion
The party’s opinion

9. Immigration 1.calls for permanent border
People from Mexico and Canada must have identification to be traced and verified to
be passed.
2.undocumented immigrants have chance to become US citizens
Immigrants should be granted a legal status that allow them to become US citizens with minimal processing fees .
3.don’t blame immigrants by economic and social problem
We should respect the potential contributions and RIGHTS of our new immigrants.
Pay particular attention to refugees. Make better relationship with Mexico.

10. VIEWS ON GUNS
The Green party supports the ‘Brady Bill’ and thoughtfully, carefully considers GUN CONTROL.
They would like to...
Extend background checks to all private sales of firearms..Eliminate the gun show loophole that permits sale of weapons without background checks.
Increase compensation for jurors and provide childcare for those serving jury duty.
Protect victims' rights. Ensure the opportunity for victims to make victim-impact statements. Consider forms of restitution to victims.

11. Expandable topics and article to explore further if lost on information to choose from
Chapter I.Democracy Introduction 6 A. Political Reform 7 B. Community 9 C. Free Speech and Media Reform 10 D. Foreign Policy 1 E. Domestic Security 16 F. Demilitarization and Exploration of Space 17 Chapter II: Social Justice Introduction 18 A. Civil Rights and Equal Rights 9 B. Environmental Justice 26 C. Economic Justice/Social Safety Net 6 D. Welfare: A Commitment to Ending Poverty E. Education and the Arts 28 F. Health Care . 30 G. Labor 32 H. Criminal Justice 33 I. Population 35 J. Immigration/Emigration 35 K. Housing and Homelessness Chapter III: Ecological Sustainability Introduction 40 A. Climate Change 41 B. Energy 42 C. Nuclear Issues 45 D. Transportation 45 E. Zero Waste: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 47 F. Clean Air and Ozone Depletion 48 G. Land Use 48 H. Water 49 I. Agriculture 50 J. Biological Diversity 51 K. Ethical Treatment of Animals 52 L. Forestry Practices 53 M. Ocean Protection 54 Chapter IV: Economic Justice and Sustainability Introduction 55 A. Ecological Economics 56 B. Measuring Economic Health 57 C. Curbing Corporate Power 57 D. Livable Income 58 E. Fair Taxation 58 F. Local Economic Development 59 G. Small Business and the Self-Employed 60 H. Work and Job Creation I. Banking and Insurance Reform 62 J. Pension Reform 63 K. Antitrust Enforcement 64 L. Advanced Technology and Defense Conversion M. National Debt