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The story: Just before the 2007 election, I saw on the web site of the Green Party of the US the list of all the Greens running for office.  I was shocked to see how many candidates did not have a web site or where using free sites that include unwanted advertising.  Because of the critical importance of a web site for recognition and credibility, I had an idea to offer a free web page to Greens running for office.

What I am offering in a nutshell:

• free web presence
• free blog
• free guest book
• free online calendar
• free Town Hall style questions & answers
• free visitor counter
• free custom banner links

You may use any or all of the services I offer.

The details: Even if you do not have any computer knowledge, you can set up your own web page and maintain it on this site.  We ask simple questions and can take care of making the page look right.  If you have knowledge of web design, you can make your own custom page.

Our latest additions include a guest book.  This is where your visitors can interact with you and leave messages.  It is spam protected, and you can monitor and delete objectionable posts.  There is an online calendar where you can promote upcoming events in your campaign or events you support.  There is a "Town Hall" page where visitors can ask you questions and you offer answers.  We also offer a page counter.  You can see how many people have been visiting your page.  You can also let people link to you with customized picture.  You edit the text and get people to add a link to your site, and you can reach more people.

A blog, or regularly updated informative log, is a great way to keep people coming back to your site.  You can have your own blog on this site.  

If you are designing your web site on your own and have a technical support question, let me know, I would be glad to offer any assistance that I can.

What Other Greens Say

Green candidates need to be on the street, meeting voters face-to-face.  The last thing our candidates need to spend time on is trying to reinvent the webpage wheel.  New Menu gives our candidates a simply and effective way to establish a solid website for their campaign.  If you care about ecological wisdom, grassroots democracy, non-violence and social justice, New Menu is just what the chef ordered! - Gregg Jocoy Co-chair, South Carolina Green Party

New Menu is a great place for Green Party Candidates to get information out about their campaigns to potential voters. It's a great place to Blog information about your campaign as well as Blog the important issues that surround your campaign and your race for office. - Dennis Spisak, Green candidate for governor, Ohio, 2010

I love New Menu.  New Menu stepped up to fill a void in websites for Green Party candidates.  Some candidates had no web presence at all other than what New Menu produced.  This is a great resource for Greens! - Ronald Kane Hardy, Green Party Watch

New Menu not only provides an accessible resource for Green candidates throughout the U.S., but also provides a resource to Green Party members who want to locate Green candidates that will be on their ballots.  All Greens should use it regularly. - Anna Trevorrow, 2009 Elected Green, Maine Green Party

Thank you Matt for New Menu and your service to the Green community!  I appreciate your help in my election campaigns. - Jay Sweeney, 2006, 2010 Candidate from the Pennsylvania Green Party

We are thankful for the following recognized Green organizations for linking to us:
The Green Party of the United States
The Green Senatorial Campaign Committee
Green Party Watch

About Me

My name is Matt Cleveland.  I have been a Green for a long time, but was only marginally active - especially after my son was born in 2004.  However, when the Democrats attacked the legitimacy of the Green Party in Pennsylvania in 2006 election, I went to help out with signature validation for the court case.  What I found was that the Democrats who were there, and the case behind them, do not believe in democracy.  They were spending countless dollars on preventing another political party from gaining access to the ballot.  One Democrat told me directly that they were doing this because they felt that Greens would vote Democrat if they HAD NO CHOICE.  They didn't appeal to the 60% of voters who were not inspired enough to vote in a typical election.  They didn't appeal to the registered Democrats who voted Republican.  They wanted to limit the choice of a small group of people who were not Democrats and did not want to vote for Democrats.

That was eye opening for me.  Since then, I have volunteered to run the web site for the Berks County Green Party, Jennaro Pullano who ran for mayor of Reading, PA, and the committee to host the 2007 GPUS National Meeting in Reading, PA.  Recently, working with another local Green, we were able to re-start our local chapter, the Lancaster Green Party and we were able to get recognized by the state Green Party in Pennsylvania.  I still do not have lots of free time with 2 children now running around, but I can work from home on web sites for the Green Party.  Which I do.

I updated the GPUS's online database of Green Candidates.

I am the webmaster for:

• Lancaster County Green Party (volunteer - my own local)
• Berks County Green Party (volunteer)
• Fund For Green Values (Only cover costs)
• A local wedding directory featuring green businesses (volunteer)
• The Order of the Earth (volunteer / in-kind)

I provide free hosting for:

• The Green Senatorial Campaign Committee
• PA Ballot Access Coalition
• John Eder For Mayor

I assist web design for:

• The Philadelphia Green Party
• Green candidate John Eder

I am the owner of a recycled paper greeting card company
My main business, Occasions Disc Jockeys is a member of the Green America's Business Network and Suquehanna Sustainable Business Network.

And just once, I'd like to see a news story that reads, "...because the Democrats are siphoning votes from the Green Party Candidate."

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Please remember, this is a site aimed at the candidate with no web site, no budget, and no technical support.  It is very simple, and requires no money nor knowledge of web design.  If you want a multi-media, video, forum, email lists, etc. web site, that is not what I am offering.  However, I still want all Green campaigns listed on this site.  I will also have a link to your official site and your state party site when you sign up to be included in the directory.

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There will be no advertising on your page.  There is a link to supporters and Green parties that want a reciprocal link.

Any Green recognized by the GPUS or your local affiliated Green Party will be included, regardless of platform.

You will have password protected access to your page.

For Greens, By Greens