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We need to transform the Young Greens’ energy into action
The government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has, for those who have kept a close ear to the ground over the past decade, taught us as many lessons as those…
We need to reach young people beyond our Green bubble and bring them with us
The Young Greens found me at a point where, like countless young people, I felt entirely disenfranchised by the traditional left’s hesitance in addressing the social and environmental justice issues…
The Young Greens should be a home for young progressives
I'm standing for the Young Greens because there are some pretty worrying trends going on at the moment. I want to do the best I can to stop these trends…
We need to be ruthlessly focused on getting Greens elected
I’m standing in the GPEX election because I think we need to review how our local groups operate and support them in making the changes needed to improve our electoral…
The Young Greens should be collaborative, well-rounded and intersectional
I am standing for campaigns officer because I am passionate about this party and I want to see the Young Greens grow and gain strength. Despite a pandemic and lockdowns,…
The Young Greens should be putting forward an unapologetically eco-socialist message
My name is Johann Beckford, and I am standing to be the Young Greens’ next Activist Training and Political Education Officer. I joined the Green Party in 2014 as I…
I want to build a Young Greens activist base that fights capitalism and injustice
Through starting the rent strike at Sheffield Hallam University I’ve been at the front of the fight getting £4 million back in rent for our students exploited by landlords and…
Jonathan Bartley to resign from Green Party leadership at end of July
Jonathan Bartley - the current co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales - has announced he will be standing down from his position at the end of July.…
I want to build a strong Young Greens campaigns community to drive election victory
In August 2019, just six months and one non-target election after joining the Green Party, I was selected to spend a weekend at Green Party Campaign School. Mesmerised by the…
The Young Greens are the radical wing of the Green Party – I want it to stay that way
The Young Greens is an organisation that is the reason so many of the current-day Green Party activists got into the position they are today. The Young Greens is an…