Campus Greens in Kansas gathered the most petition signatures to get Nader on the ballot in 2000, and they are providing tremendous help in building the new Kansas Green Party. The students have also organized public forums on Green issues such as election reform. The Campus Greens are continuing their high school outreach and, during the spring semester, outreaching to minority communities and working on campus labor issues. At Grinnell College, Campus Greens are protesting the expansion of a local Monsanto plant. As the exit polling from November's election indicates, students and young people have defined themselves as a core constituency for the Green Party.
Recent history shows that when progressive movements grow, they grow from college campuses.
Nader's candidacy was the outlet many students were just waiting to plug into. Nader really spoke to these people with a message of hope. It's so exciting that these issues have finally made it into the mainstream dialogue. That's a direct result of good organizing and mobilization, and offers a glimpse of what a long- term effort could accomplish. Campus Greens Take Shape With a strong Green Party infrastructure in place on campuses around the country, Eastwood, now a sophomore at NYU, recognized a crucial window of opportunity for building the Campus Greens.