<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Green News DC" <<a href="mailto:dcsgpnews@gmail.com">dcsgpnews@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 7, 2008 10:12:39 AM PDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:dcsgpnews2@yahoo.com">dcsgpnews2@yahoo.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>GP ADVISORY New update: Green Nat'l Convention (Chicago, July 10-13) schedule, other info</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES<br><a href="http://www.gp.org">http://www.gp.org</a><br><br>For Immediate Release:<br>Monday, July 7, 2008<br><br>Contacts:<br>Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614,<br>mclarty@greens.org<br>Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org<br>Ruth Weill, National Convention Coordinator, 414-350-2107, ruthweill@gmail.com<br>Patrick Kelly, Illinois Green Party Media Coordinator, 773-203-9631,<br>media@ilgp.org<br><br><br>Updated information on the Green Party's 2008 National Nominating<br>Convention in Chicago, July 10-13<br><br>• Schedule of news conferences and other media events, media<br>credentialing, bios of featured speakers, other essential details<br><br>Key links:<br>• 2008 Green National Convention: Live Green, Vote Green<br>http://www.greenparty2008.org<br>• Media credentialing http://www.gp.org/forms/media<br>• Video of Green presidential candidates<br>http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/presidential-videos.php<br>• Links to Green Presidential Candidates' web sites<br>http://www.gp.org/committees/pcsc/index.shtml<br>• Green candidate database for 2008 and other campaign information:<br>http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml<br>• Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml<br>• Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers<br>• Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/2008-elections<br><br><br>WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States has released an<br>updated schedule for the party's national nominating convention, at<br>which the Green presidential ticket will be chosen by Green delegates.<br><br>The convention, titled "Live Green, Vote Green," will take place July<br>10-13 in Chicago (http://www.greenparty2008.org). The schedule of<br>news conferences and other media events and a list of guest speakers<br>are appended below. The nomination will take place on Saturday, July<br>12 at the Chicago Symphony Center.<br><br>Jesse Johnson, Cynthia McKinney, Kent Mesplay, and Kat Swift are the<br>four contenders for the Green presidential nomination. Information on<br>the apportionment of the party's 836 state and caucus delegates is<br>being compiled at "2008 Green Party Presidential Nomination Delegate<br>Count" (http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/Delegate-Vote-Count.php).<br><br>Organizers of the Green National Convention are encouraging<br>journalists who intend to cover the event to register at the Media<br>Credentialing web page: http://www.gp.org/forms/media (onsite<br>registration is also possible, but pre-convention registration is<br>encouraged)<br><br>The Green Party encourages live blogging from the convention. The<br>Chicago Symphony Center, convention site, will provide Internet access<br>for registered media.<br><br>For video clips of Green presidential candidates:<br>http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/presidential-videos.php<br><br>For further information, including details on lodging at the Palmer<br>House Hilton: http://www.greenparty2008.org<br><br>• Links to Green Presidential Candidates' web sites:<br>http://www.gp.org/committees/pcsc/index.shtml<br>Jesse Johnson http://www.jesse08.org<br>Cynthia McKinney http://www.runcynthiarun.org<br>Kent Mesplay http://www.mesplay.org<br>Kat Swift http://www.voteswift.org<br><br>• More on Green candidates running for various offices in 2008:<br>http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml<br>http://www.gp.org/elections/candidates/index.php<br><br><br>MEDIA EVENTS<br>Schedule for the Chicago Convention, July 10-13 (subject to change)<br><br><br>THURSDAY, JULY 10<br>Location: Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe Street<br>Media Room & Media Check-in: Clark 9, 7th floor<br>The Media Registration table hours: Noon - 5 pm<br>Press Conference Room: Clark 5, 7th floor<br><br>• 4 pm: Introductory news conference<br>Featuring Steering Committee members, Honorary Co-chairs, Illinois<br>Green leaders, some Illinois candidates<br><br>• 6 pm: Welcome reception featuring international Greens<br><br><br>FRIDAY, JULY 11<br>Location: Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe Street<br>Media Room & Media Check-in: Clark 9, 7th floor<br>The Media Registration table hours: 8 am - 8 pm<br>Press Conference Room: Clark 5, 7th floor<br><br>• 9 am: News conference featuring Green candidates for Congress<br><br>• 11 am: News conference featuring candidates for other public offices<br><br>• Possible afternoon press conferences (to be announced) and press<br>availability for Green presidential and other candidates<br><br>• 7-9 pm: Presidential Candidates' Forum<br>Moderator: Rich Whitney, 2006 candidate for Governor of Illinois<br><br><br>SATURDAY, JULY 12<br>Location: Chicago Symphony Center, 220 S Michigan Avenue<br>Media Check-In: Mezzanine<br>The Media Registration table hours: 8 am - 5 pm (flexible)<br>Press Conference Room: Grainger Ballroom, Mezzanine Level<br><br>• 9 am: Press briefing and news conference with Green presidential<br>candidates; on-stage program begins<br><br>• 9:30 am: Keynote speaker Cliff Thornton<br><br>• 9:45 am: Adoption of the 2008 Green Party Platform<br><br>• 10:45 am: Keynote speakers Kathy Kelly, Malik Rahim<br><br>• 11:15 am: Speeches by the four Presidential Candidates<br><br>• 12 noon: Lunch<br><br>• 1 pm: Keynote speakers Omar López, Dr. Jill Stein<br><br>• 1:30 pm: Voting, state roll call<br><br>(Times for events after this are tentative, depending on how long it<br>takes to complete the nomination process)<br><br>• 2:30 pm: Vice Presidential acceptance speech (nominee will be<br>introduced by Pat LaMarche, 2004 Green nominee for Vice President)<br><br>• 3 pm: Presidential acceptance speech (nominee will be introduced by<br>David Cobb, 2004 Green nominee for President), followed by photo op<br>for all Green candidates and the nominees<br><br>• 4 pm: Press conference featuring Green nominees for President and<br>Vice President<br><br><br>FEATURED SPEAKERS<br><br>• Malik Rahim, former Black Panther and Green Party candidate,<br>co-founder of Common Ground Collective/Relief, an organization that<br>provides short-term relief to victims of hurricane disasters in the<br>gulf region. Visit http://www.commongroundrelief.org<br><br>• Kathy Kelly, co-founder of Voices in the Wilderness, an organization<br>that worked to end sanctions in Iraq beginning in 1996. Visit<br>http://www.vcnv.org<br><br>• Omar López, teacher and Green candidate for the US House in<br>Illinois' 4th District, principal convenor and leader of the historic<br>mega-marches of March 10 and May 1, 2006, in defense of the rights of<br>undocumented immigrant workers and constitutional rights under attack<br>by the Sensenbrenner House Bill 4437. Mr. López has co-founded<br>numerous labor, tenant, immigrants' rights, and bilingual education<br>organizations, and is director of C.A.L.O.R., which provides services<br>to Latinos affected by HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Visit<br>http://www.omarlopez2008.org<br><br>• Dr. Jill Stein, physician and founder of the Massachusetts Coalition<br>for Healthy Communities. Dr. Stein ran for Secretary of the<br>Commonwealth in 2006 with the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party,<br>garnering 351,495 votes (18%). Visit http://www.masschc.org<br><br>• Cliff Thornton, Jr., a long-time social justice and drug policy<br>reform activist and Green candidate for Governor of Connecticut in<br>2006. Mr. Thornton is co-founder of Efficacy, which works for the<br>reform of drug laws and criminal justice policies. Visit<br>http://www.efficacy-online.org<br><br><br>MORE INFORMATION<br><br>Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org<br>202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN<br>Fax 202-319-7193<br>• 2008 Green National Convention: Live Green, Vote Green<br>http://www.greenparty2008.org<br>• Media credentialing http://www.gp.org/forms/media<br>• Video of Green presidential candidates<br>http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/presidential-videos.php<br>• Links to Green Presidential Candidates' web sites<br>http://www.gp.org/committees/pcsc/index.shtml<br>• Green candidate database for 2008 and other campaign information:<br>http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml<br>• Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml<br>• Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers<br>• Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/2008-elections<br><br><br>~ END ~<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hank Chapot - Oakland CA</div><div><a href="mailto:hchapot@igc.org">hchapot@igc.org</a></div><div>510.654.5311</div><div><div><a href="http://hchapot.blogspot.com/">http://hchapot.blogspot.com/</a></div></div><div>Cogito Ergo Green</div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>