The New Haven Green Party is affilated with the Green Party of the United States.  The GPUS is a federation of state green parties.  We are committed to environmentalism, non-violence, social justice, grassroots organizing, and renewing democracy without the support of corporate donors.  We are partners with the  European Federation of Green Parties and the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas.

In less formal terms, the party is made up of activists who believe that while working on their own particular issues they must join together to make change through the political process.  Comprehensive change almost always involves the government and Greens feel that the best way to get the government to respond is to elect people who are committed to expressly stated solutions to current problems.

The key difference between the Green Party and the major parties is that our candidates run on a platform created by our members.  Every Green candidate is pledged to support the platform, allowing the voter to know exactly where the candidate stands before they cast their ballot.   This idea may seem simple but it seems to be catching on.  Although small, we are the third largest party in the state.  People join the Party just by writing Green on their voter registration cards.