GPTN Annual Meeting

February 22-24 2013

Standing Stone State Park
Hilham, TN

Join us for our 13th Annual Meeting. We are returning to the site of our 1st meeting in 2001, Standing Stone State Park. A lovely, wooded setting which is close to a geographic center of the state. We hope everyone will join us for this monumental meeting. All business will take place on Saturday Feb 23 between 10AM and 5PM for those who are making a day trip out of it. For those who would like to stay for more activities, like strategizing and partying, there are rooms for rent in shared cabins for both Friday and Saturday night.

Welcome to the Green Party of Tennessee Website

We're Glad You're Here

Our current political system works for the 1%, not for the people or the planet. The failing world economy, peak oil, and attempting to maintain world hegemony are all taking their toll on the citizens of this country. Neither the Democratic nor the Republican Parties can offer a way to recovery because they are beholden to the corporate money that supports them and the system of extraction that has set the planet on a precipitous path. The Green Party is working to re imagine our economy, our ecology and our communities.

True democracy requires extensive citizen involvement. This is a core principle of the Green Party. The Green Party of TN is a non-corporate political party working to create a society that reflects our 10 Key Values.

If you agree with the views of the Green Party we encourage you to participate on a civic level and run for office. The Green Party actively seeks candidates. When you are ready to run please let us know. There are many ways to participate in the electoral process other than running for office. All candidates need support systems and there are many tasks to do. Knowledge in areas of finance, organization, publicity/marketing and others are all needed. We need YOU. It's your country, it's your future, actively be a part of it. Join the Green Party and work for Peace, Justice, Ecological Wisdom and Grassroots Democracy. Also for a dynamic blog page check out http://gpoftn.org

Support the Party

11 Greens Run for Office in 2012
On May 19 Greens from across Tennessee met in Nashville for the 2012 Green Party of TN Nominating Convention. A great group of folks turned out to vote for their favorite candidates meet the 2012 candidates

GP vs state 2012
After a successful lawsuit against the unconstitutional ballot access laws of Tennessee the State changed the election laws, but they still weren't reasonable. So we filed a second lawsuit and won AGAIN. This time the judge ordered the State to put us on the ballot! read more

Ten Key Values

1. GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY

Every human being deserves a say in the decisions that affect their lives and not be subject to the will of another. Therefore, we will work to increase public participation at every level of government and to ensure that our public representatives are fully accountable to the people who elect them... read more

2. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

All persons should have the rights and opportunity to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by society and the environment... read more

3. ECOLOGICAL WISDOM

Human societies must operate with the understanding that we are part of nature, not separate from nature. We must maintain an ecological balance and live within the ecological and resource limits of our communities and our planet... read more

4. NON-VIOLENCE

It is essential that we develop effective alternatives to society’s current patterns of violence. We will work to demilitarize, and eliminate weapons of mass destruction, without being naive about the intentions of other governments... read more

5. DECENTRALIZATION

Centralization of wealth and power contributes to social and economic injustice, environmental destruction, and militarization. Therefore, we support a restructuring of social, political and economic institutions... read more

6. COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE

We recognize it is essential to create a vibrant and sustainable economic system, one that can create jobs and provide a decent standard of living for all people while maintaining a healthy ecological balance... read more

7. FEMINISM AND GENDER EQUITY

We have inherited a social system based on male domination of politics and economics. We call for the replacement of the cultural ethics of domination and control with more cooperative ways of interacting that respect differences of opinion and gender... read more

8. RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY

We believe it is important to value cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual, religious and spiritual diversity, and to promote the development of respectful relationships across these lines... read more

9. PERSONAL AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY

We encourage individuals to act to improve their personal well-being and, at the same time, to enhance ecological balance and social harmony. We seek to join with people and organizations around the world to foster peace, economic justice, and the health of the planet.

10. FUTURE FOCUS AND SUSTAINABILITY

Our actions and policies should be motivated by long-term goals. We seek to protect valuable natural resources, safely disposing of or “unmaking” all waste we create, while developing a sustainable economics that does not depend on continual expansion for survival... read more

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