The next monthly meeting of the NOVA Greens will be held from 7 pm to 9 pm  on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at the City of Fairfax Regional Library, Room 214.

The Green Party of Virginia present at the Rally

The Northern Virginia Greens and the Virginia Green Party attended and supported a rally against gun violence outside of the NRA Headquarters in Fairfax, VA on October 14, 2013.  Northern Virginia Greens local chair Joe Galdo, member Bill Bengstrom, Virginia Green Party co-chair John Reeder, and Arlington Green members attended the event.

These anti-gun rallies are held monthly since January on the anniversary day of the mass killing in Newtown, Connecticut. One of the Green Party’s Ten Values is Nonviolence, and clearly gun violence violates our Party’s emphasis that differences must be resolved non-violently.

The GPUS Platform Committee has requested state parties submit proposals for amendments to the GPUS platform.   Individual members of the Green Party may submit proposals for consideration through their local party organization.  For those living in Fairfax County, Farfax, City, Falls Church or Alexandria this is the Northern Virginia Green Party (NOVA Greens).  If you have any comments on or proposals for changes to the platform, you may submit them by posting a comment to this article, by email to greens@joegaldo.com or by attending the next monthly meeting of the NOVA Greens on Monday, September 16, 2013 at the Fairfax Library, 7-9pm.

Submitted proposals will be vetted at upcoming monthly meetings.   Those approved by members will be forwarded to the state party for its consideration.

Please review the current GPUS Platform before submitting proposals.

-Joe Galdo, Co-Chair, NOVA Greens.