It was thanks to my high school ceramics teacher that I discovered the Green Party. Since my family rarely talked about politics, I found the conversations with my professor intriguing when he talked about his worldview and politics. While attending his class, introduce me to his political party, which is the Green Party. I found the Green Party's platforms to be consistent with most of my views, since I am moderately liberal and they are die-hard liberals. Additionally, I disagreed with the two-party system and found myself registering as a member of the Green Party. The origins of the Green Party began in 1984. They were known as the Committees of Correspondence. Over time, the correspondence committee centralized and began to form governing bodies and platforms ranging from environmental protection to the pro-worker agenda to human rights and social justice. In 1990 the party became known as the Greens and during this period divisions between the parties emerged over electoral strategies. One member, Petra Kelly, believed electoral politics was corrupt and supported the idea of ​​an "anti-party" ("A Brief History of the Green Party"). While others saw electoral politics as a necessary engine for social change. The struggle for leadership of the organization quickly ended in a compromise, in which both strategies would be integrated within the same political organization, renamed Greens/Green Party USA. The Green Party has ten key values ​​that it follows: grassroots democracy, social justice and equal opportunities, ecological wisdom, non-violence, decentralization, community economics and economic justice, feminism and gender equity, respect for diversity, personal and global responsibility...... middle of paper .... ...ct with our gender equality. Additionally, the Green Party strongly favors hiring women and minorities. If this were to happen, we would have a system that unfairly hires people who are not as eligible as others for these jobs. I agree that we currently have a male dominated workforce, but seeing how many women attend college compared to men. This workforce would soon change on its own, regardless of policy. Works cited1. “A Brief History of the Green Party.” Green Party of the United States. No. Internet. December 17, 2013. .2. “Party Platform”. On the issues. OnTheIssues.org and the SpeakOut Foundation. Internet. December 17, 2013. .3. “The ten key values ​​of the Green Party”. Green Party of the United States. No. Internet. December 17 2013. .