Bergen County Green Party

Last update February 14, 2008

The Bergen County Green Party is a local Green Party affiliated with the Green Party of New Jersey ("GPNJ"). We stand on the same Ten Principles as GPNJ, and participate with the state party on campaigns.

In addition to fielding candidates for public office, we work on various issues, sometimes in conjunction with activist groups. Some of our favorites are:

Clean campaign financing
Peace - not only opposition to war, but also to arms spending
Environment; clean air and water
Preservation of open spaces
Democracy - Instant Runoff Voting, Proportional Representation
Defense of our Communities and Small Businesses
The right of working people to a living wage

Meetings: Second Wednesday of each month (except for April 2006) at 7:30 pm. at The Ethical Culture Society, 687 Larch Ave., Teaneck, NJ. (The Ethical Culture Society neither endorses nor rejects opinions expressed by the Bergen County Green Party nor is a sponsoring organization of the Bergen County Green Party.) Get Directions.

Contact: Stuart Shaw, 201-797-1482, shaw1@verizon.net

Programs:

The March 8 meeting featured a video about Depleted Uranium.

The February 8 meeting featured speakers on the war in Iraq from the World Tribunal on Iraq, Wednesdays Against the War at the Brecht Forum, and Larry Hamm of the Peoples' Organization for Progress.

Our January 11, 2006 meeting featured Stewart Kautsch's talk entitled Six Things You Need to Know about Energy, which he has given several times and which was featured in his 2005 campaign for State Assembly.

Our December meeting featured a DVD on the NYC session of the World Tribunal on Iraq.

Our November 2005 meeting featured Ed Martone speaking about the death penalty. Mr. Martone is a former Executive Director of the ACLU in New Jersey.

At our August 2005 meeting, we had a guest speaker on Local Currencies, Thomas Sherlock. He left our webmaster with a list of books and web sites for those interested.

Gary Novosielski wins re-election to Rutherford School Board. See News

new! - we have a couple of pictures in our gallery

new! - Check out our Book Reviews

Steve Rothman casts yet another shameful vote. See story.

Health Care Legislative Alert (posted 1/29/05)

Some time ago, the NJ Assembly passed bill A1986, the "New Jersey Health Care Access Study Commission" act, sponsored by Loretta Weinberg. This, a hard fought-for first step, would set up a Commission to study delivery of health services for all. The Senate version of the bill, S1908, has been introduced by Senator Kean, but is sitting unmoved in the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. Letters and phone calls are needed to blast it loose.

Write to

The Honorable Joseph F. Vitale

87 Main Street

Woodbridge, NJ 07095

or phone at 732-855-7441.

He is chairman of the committee.

Register Green!

See our page on Voter Affiliations. Mail the completed form to the address shown on the second page of the form under your county (probably Bergen!).

Opt Out!

High School students or their parents who are interested in withholding information from military recruiters can get more information and downloadable forms by visiting the Bergen Action Network's Protect Student Privacy page. The link to their Opt Out form is in Paragraph 5.