R.I.P. Rachel Treichler
Rachel Treichler, aged 73, passed away at home surrounded by family on May 15, 2025, after decades of managing life with breast cancer. Rachel was born in Iowa in 1951 to William and Martha Treichler, and grew up on her family’s organic farm in Troy Mills, Iowa. She attended high school at The Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale, Colorado, and graduated from The Mountain School in Vershire, Vermont. She graduated from Harvard University in 1973. She worked at The Mountain School teaching silver work for a year after she graduated, and ran her own silver jewelry business for several years. Her designs were stylized representations of the natural world. In 1977 she moved to Austin, Texas and worked in the placement office of the law school at University of Texas, and graduated from the law school in 1981.
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New York Needs Health Care for All!
The New York Health Act (NYHA) lobby day in March was a great success, but there is much more work to do in getting it passed by the State Legislature so every New Yorker can have safe, quality and affordable health care. The Green Party of New York hosted a zoom webinar on April 28 to explain more about NY Health Act.
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Green Party New York March 2025 Newsletter
GPNY Newsletter, March 2025
Presidential Election Results: The 2024 Green Party ticket of Jill Stein and Butch Ware received the second highest presidential general election write-in total in any state in U.S. history. The New York State Board of Elections released the official vote from the November election, including the write-in vote for declared write-in presidential candidates. The only candidate with a higher total was independent candidate Eugene McCarthy in California in 1976, who received 58,412. Also, team Stein/Ware finished third in the national presidential election, behind the Democrat and Republican candidates, placing above the Libertarians and other parties.
Talk on Abortion Stories: The Green Party of Nassau County's March 17th meeting will feature speaker Dr. Karen Weingarten, editor of the new book Abortion Stories: American Literature Before Roe v. Wade, which will be published on March 4 by Penguin Classics. Karen is a Professor of English at Queens College, SUNY. She earned a PhD in English and a Certificate in Women's Studies from CUNY in 2009. The meeting will be held at Freeport Memorial Library in Freeport, NY, on Monday, March 17, beginning at 7:30 PM. This will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting; write to [email protected] to request the link. All registered Greens and allies are welcome.
Greens Running for Office: David Sutliff-Atias is running for City Council in Rochester. For more information, go to www.DaveForChange.org.
Are you running for office, or thinking of running for office, whether in a partisan or a non-partisan race? If so, please let us know so we can provide assistance. Contact GPNY Co-Chair Gloria Mattera at [email protected]
Albany County Green Party is the newest county to affiliate with the Green Party of New York. The local organization would like to invite interested Greens to contact us or reach out to them on social media.
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Green Party of New York in Solidarity with Students Against Genocide
The Green Party of New York expresses its full support for and solidarity with the student-led occupations at Columbia University, City College of NY, the New School, New York University, and around the nation. GPNY also backs the demands of Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), the coalition of student groups involved in the occupation, which demands that Columbia and other universities divest from companies and academic institutions that profit from or engage in the State of Israel’s acts of occupation, apartheid, and genocide.
The Green Party condemns the authoritarian and repressive acts by Columbia President Shafik and her counterparts who have, in craven and servile adherence to appease the demands of the both parties of war and Wall Street, allowed police on campus to repress peaceful student speech. President Shafik’s actions after her dismal performance last week in front of Congress reek of desperation to maintain her job. The Party calls for the immediate resignation of President Shafik and any college administrator complicit in criminalization of student protest against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. While the student protestors have loudly and courageously expressed their solidarity with the oppressed people of Gaza, and peoples the world over oppressed by capitalism, President Shafik has openly proclaimed her solidarity with an increasingly fascistic state and its police.
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Stop the Wars Save the Planet
Happy Earth Day. On Earth Day 2024 we are actively petitioning for our Presidential nominee, Jill Stein, the only candidate for People, Planet and Peace who will work tirelessly for a real Green New Deal.
We have only 5 more short weeks to get 45K signatures and overcome one of the most restrictive ballot access laws in the country. Whether you have a few hours a week or just a few hours, join the growing ranks of volunteers. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/MpJRAqTmmaWzJPzx5
Are you an experienced petitioner in need of some extra cash? Sign up here: http://www.gpny.org/petitionjob and we will be in touch.
Now hiring: Petition Circulators
Job Overview:
GPNY is seeking motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our team as a Petition Circulator. As a Petition Circulator, you will play a crucial role in gathering signatures to place Green Party candidates on the ballot. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about making a difference and engaging with the community. Have fun meeting people and build a better world in the process!
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Fall 2023 GPNY Newsletter
The next GPNY State Committee Meeting will be held via Zoom on October 21, 2023. All registered Greens are welcome to attend and observe, though only State Committee members will be allowed to vote. If you plan to attend, please fill out the RSVP form here.
New Volunteers: GPNY will host an orientation meeting for new volunteers via Zoom on October 12, 2023, beginning at 8:00 pm. To participate in this meeting, please fill out this Google sign up form: https://forms.gle/5eDcWPbvHMg1rwdB7
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Green Party New York Summer 2023 Newsletter
Our First In-Person State Committee Meeting was held June 10, 2023. The future of the Green Party of New York was discussed and an Eco-Action Committee was approved. The GPNY Eco-Action Committee will complement national work on climate and take action around state-level legislation and campaigns. Mark Dunlea is spearheading this committee. To learn more, contact him at [email protected]. During the afternoon session of the meeting, Marco DaCosta gave a talk and slideshow about Greens in Power in Brazil, and presented some ideas that could be used by Greens in the U.S.
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Gun Violence Statement by GPNY
A Statement on the Mass Shootings in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, TX from the Green Party of New York State.
The Green Party of the United States was shocked and appalled by the mass shootings that took place at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York on May 14th and at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24th, and the Greens of New York and Texas were the most heartbroken of all. Our sympathies remain with the families of the 31 men, women and children who were killed in those unbelievable crimes, as well as the 20 injured survivors.
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Green and Libertarian Parties Open Letter to Governor Kathy Hochul
In an open letter to Governor Kathy Hochul, the co-chairs of the Green and Libertarian Parties of New York ask her to overturn undemocratic ballot access laws put in place by her predecessor and to restore democracy in New York State. Link to PDF.
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