Mission and History
We are a grassroots activist organization and political party dedicated to our four pillars of participatory ("grassroots") democracy, social justice, ecology, and peace. We believe the current two party system in American politics is inadequate to truly represent the interests of the people at this important time in history when major issues are facing our region, state, and country. We face growing poverty and unending war and are on the brink of ecological disaster due to global climate change, and yet the two major parties almost never speak of these issues. In fact, the major two parties often cooperate on protecting corporations' profits and expanding wars.
The Green Party of Allegheny County (GPOAC) is is a member of the Green Party of Pennsylvania, (GPPA) which is in turn a state caucus member of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). The Green Party was created as a federation of local and state parties, in keeping with our values of decentralization and grassroots democracy.
The GPUS previously federated with the Global Greens--a worldwide movement to cooperatively advance green values--through the Federación de Partidos Verdes en las Américas (FVPA). In May 2022, the GPUS National Committee voted to withdraw from the FVPA due to powerful constituent parties no longer aligning with Green values and instead supporting the death penalty, opposing LGBTQIA+ rights, and not protecting immigrants' right. The GPUS is currently looking into other avenues through which to federate with the Global Greens while not compromising our anti-capitalist, anti-war eco-socialist policies.
You can read more about the history of the Green Party in the United States on the GPUS website.