March 2026

Vote NO on IL26-001 & IL26-638!

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Vote NO on IL26-001 & IL26-638
Say NO to Discrimination and Division! 

NO HATE in WA State

Brian Heywood, the California hedge fund millionaire behind the slew of bad initiatives in 2024, launched two new Initiatives to the Legislature (IL26-638 and IL26-001). While these initiatives single out transgender and LGBTQ+ school-aged children in particular, they threaten the safety, privacy, and dignity of all students. Washington voters have rejected similar attacks before, and these measures are another attempt to sow division and distract from the real issues facing students and families.

These initiatives would:

  • violate student privacy
  • roll back Washington’s successful inclusive sports policy
  • restrict access to counselors and mental health support
  • subject all girls who wish to play with their friends on a school team to invasive and costly physical examinations
  • expose schools to costly lawsuits and increase stigma and bullying in classrooms across the state

Vote NO on IL26-001 & IL26-638

Information and advocacy:

New WA initiatives seek to undo rewrite of parental rights law, block trans girls in sports

Brian Heywood’s initiative factory is active again: Multimillionaire will circulate petitions for two measures to sabotage youth and LGBTQ+ rights

What to know about the anti-school initiatives (IL26-001 & IL26-638)

The Ever Green Link

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Will you help us build a Green support network across Washington?

We are seeking new Green Party of Washington volunteers to become Local Insight Liaisons for our Ever Green Link program. It’s easier than you think!

Are you already active on local issues and showing up for comrades in your community? With just a couple of extra steps, you can help us establish GPWA as a trusted, supportive presence around Washington.

The first step is suiting up and showing up: wearing a Green Party t-shirt and/or hat to demonstrate your Green Party affiliation while you attend local forums, meetings, and mutual aid efforts. This builds GPWA’s visibility in everyday civic life and helps us become trusted as a long-term ally. It also ensures GPWA is less defined by election cycles alone.

The second step is communicating with your team of Local Insight Liaisons across the state to identify issues and needs of your community, then determining how GPWA can help on the local level.

This is a great volunteer opportunity for introverts and extroverts alike! As Organizer for the Green Party of Washington, I’m here to help you get started as a Local Insight Liaison.

We all have a role to play in carrying out an agenda for people, peace, and planet.

Sign up to volunteer here!

Organizing with you in solidarity,

Karissa Halstrom
GreenPartyWashington.org

Your Anti-Capitalist Political Home for People, Peace, and Planet

  • Become a GPWA member: Members can organize local chapters, endorse candidates, elect state party leaders, and elect representatives to the national Green Party US organizations. Learn more about becoming a member here.
  • Join or form a GPWA chapter: Organizing GPWA members into chapters across Washington State amplifies our message. When you join GPWA as a member and form or join a chapter, you have a voice in determining which candidates get endorsement. Explore existing local chapters here and learn what it takes to form your own here.
  • Run for office: Are you considering running for office or thinking of encouraging someone else to run for office? Now is the time to begin planning for a run and putting together campaign teams! Filing week in WA for most elected offices is May 4-8, 2026. Learn about running for office here.
  • Send us a donation: Don’t have extra time to volunteer right now? You can still be part of building the Green movement by chipping in financially, either as a dues-paying member or a one-time donation here. If you’re already a member or donor, THANK YOU.

The Green Revolution Can Happen in Washington, Too!

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Image: Dr. Butch Ware speaks at the GPWA 2025 Fall Convention

Have you heard the news?

The Green Party just changed the course of UK politics, winning our first-ever by-election and striking a blow to the two main out-of-touch parties (sound familiar?).

In California, Dr. Butch Ware is running a formidable campaign for Governor as a Green against the Democratic establishment.

Meanwhile, the Democrats are making it clear they are no opposition party, allowing the Trump administration to start war all over the globe, manufacturing consent for the premise of his reckless acts while feigning concern for the process by which he carries them out.

In Washington, Democratic lawmakers have neutered efforts for the Well Washington fund and tried to sneak corporate handouts into the Millionaire’s Tax.

Both the direness of where the capitalist duopoly has brought us and the inspiration we feel as we watch Greens meeting the moment across the world should motivate us in Washington to get to organizing. It’s not only possible, but it’s our duty to offer an alternative to the two-party dictatorship. It’s time to make hope normal again.

The stakes couldn’t be higher, and the prospects couldn’t be more exciting—but we have to put in the work.

As Organizer for the Green Party of Washington, I’m here to help you connect with local Greens in your area. We all have a role to play in carrying out an agenda for people, peace, and planet.

Organizing with you in solidarity,

Karissa Halstrom
GreenPartyWashington.org

Your Anti-Capitalist Political Home for People, Peace, and Planet

  • Become a GPWA member: Members can organize local chapters, endorse candidates, elect state party leaders, and elect representatives to the national Green Party US organizations. Learn more about becoming a member here.
  • Join or form a GPWA chapter: Organizing GPWA members into chapters across Washington State amplifies our message. When you join GPWA as a member and form or join a chapter, you have a voice in determining which candidates get endorsement. Explore existing local chapters here and learn what it takes to form your own here.
  • Run for office: Are you considering running for office or thinking of encouraging someone else to run for office? Now is the time to begin planning for a run and putting together campaign teams! Filing week in WA for most elected offices is May 4-8, 2026. Learn about running for office here.
  • Send us a donation: Don’t have extra time to volunteer right now? You can still be part of building the Green movement by chipping in financially, either as a dues-paying member or a one-time donation here. If you’re already a member or donor, THANK YOU.

No War With Iran

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People wave Iranian flags during a rally in Tehran on Saturday. Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times/Redux

Statement by the South Sound Green Party – February 28th, 2026

The South Sound Green Party strongly condemns the joint U.S.-Israel military strikes on Iran launched on February 28, 2026, which have already resulted in over 200 deaths, including 85 students killed in school strikes in Minab and Tehran, and hundreds more injured.

These attacks, codenamed “Roaring Lion” by Israel and “Operation Epic Fury” by the U.S., targeted sites in Tehran, Isfahan, and other cities without UN authorization or congressional approval, violating international law and the principles of national sovereignty and self-determination enshrined in the Green Party of the United States’ (GPUS) platform.

These attacks escalate tensions and make peace in the area near impossible to achieve without a massive loss of human life. We call for an immediate cessation of attacks and an end to U.S.-Israeli military cooperation.

We stand with the people-led movements for self-determination around the globe, including in Iran. Self-determination cannot be achieved through military intervention by colonial and imperialist nation-states like the U.S. and Israel. We reject the flawed logic of “preemptive strikes,” which only serve to escalate hostilities and entrench opposition.

These strikes have caused devastating loss of life, with Iran’s Red Crescent reporting at least 201 dead and 747 injured in the initial hours, alongside confirmed killings of IRGC commanders and civilians in residential areas. Such aggression exacerbates suffering in the region, contradicting the GPUS commitment to non-violence and opposition to U.S. wars that prioritize empire over human lives. 

Executed unilaterally by President Trump without democratic oversight, these preemptive strikes flout international law and the UN’s role in maintaining peace, directly opposing long-standing Green Party demands to close foreign bases, end U.S. imperialism, and promote diplomacy over military intervention. Our platform explicitly supports nations’ rights to self-determination free from foreign interference.

The South Sound Green Party demands an immediate ceasefire, U.S. troop withdrawal, and a shift to multilateral diplomacy and humanitarian aid that must include reparations from the US, Israel, and their enablers. We support the people of Iran and Kurdistan in liberation from both local tyranny and global empire.

Original statement from the South Sound Green Party