Though the Green Party philosophy did not originate in the United States, the United States version of the party took place when seventeen people met in Augusta, Maine, on Jan. 8, 1984. the heads of that meeting and prior colleagues Alan Philbrook and John Rensenbrink both later became the co-founders of the party. Leading into the early life of the party, there was a large amount of famous social movements, like the Stonewall Riots of 1969, the Anti-Vietnam War campaign in 1964, the Civil Rights movement of 1954, the Women's Liberation movement of 1960, the student movement in 1966 and the counterculture movement that went along the 1970s. As stated by the Council On Foreign Relations, “Green parties developed out of a wave of radical social activism” showing that all of these monumental events have led into the twenty-first century and are the building blocks for the ideas that are put into the party's belief system.