[GPCA Updates] ADVISORY Green pres. candidates in Arizona: Press conference, Feb. 24

[Green Party of California Updates]

Distributed by the Green Party of the United
States http://www.gp.org

ARIZONA GREEN PARTY
http://www.azgp.org

For Immediate Release
Friday, February 22, 2008



Green presidential candidates arrive in Arizona
to assist state ballot access efforts

• NEWS BRIEFING: Sunday, Feb. 24, 1 pm at the
Mesa Public Library (Main), Saguaro Room (2nd
Floor), 64 East 1st Street in Mesa, Arizona; a
candidates' forum will follow at 1:30 pm at the
same location


MESA, ARIZONA -- Five candidates running for the
Green Party's presidential and vice presidential
nomination will visit Arizona this coming weekend
to meet voters and help Arizona Greens with their
ballot access petition drive

Green presidential candidates Jesse Johnson,
Cynthia McKinney, Kent Mesplay, and Kat Swift and
vice presidential candidate Sedinam Kinamo
Christin Moyowasifza-Curry will also hold a news
briefing on Sunday, February 24 at the Mesa
Public Library, Saguaro Room (2nd Floor), 64 East
1st Street in Mesa, Arizona.

The news briefing will begin at 1 pm, and will be
followed by a 1:30 pm candidates' forum hosted by
the Maricopa County Green Party.  Reporters and
photographers are invited to both events.

"We've gathered thousands of signatures already
and we look forward to handing in far more than
the required 20,449 signatures for ballot access
by the March 6 due date," said Richard Scott,
Media Coordinator for the Arizona Green Party.
"Lots of Greens and friends will be pounding the
pavement and collecting signatures this weekend.
We really appreciate our presidential candidates
for coming to Arizona and helping us meet our
goal."

Some of the candidates will also attend Parada
del Sol and Trail's End in Scottsdale on
Saturday, February 23.  Parada del Sol/Trail's
End, an annual parade and rodeo, will begin 10 am
Oak and Scottsdale Roads
<http://www.scottsdalejaycees.org/paradadelsol/parade.htm>.

The Green Party's 2008 nomination will take place
July 10-13 at the Green Party's National
Convention in Chicago, Illinois.  Five state
Green Parties have already participated in
primary elections, and more state Green Parties
have scheduled statewide meetings and caucuses to
vote for presidential candidates.

Presidential candidates visiting Arizona:

• Jesse Johnson, 2006 US Senate candidate and
2004 gubernatorial candidate for the Mountain
Party in West Virginia (now an affiliate state
party of the Green Party of the United States);
filmmaker
http://www.jesse08.org

• Cynthia McKinney, former member of the US House
of Representatives (Georgia), 1993 to 2003, 2005
to 2007; former member of the Georgia House of
Representatives, 1988-1992
http://www.runcynthiarun.org
http://www.americanblackout.org

• Kent Mesplay, 2004 candidate for the Green
presidential nomination; former president of
Turtle Island Institute; environmental engineer,
alternative energy activist; California Green
organizer
http://www.mesplay.org

• Kat Swift, Texas Green Party organizer & former
co-chair; first Green Party Candidate for City
Council in San Antonio 2007; former activist with
Clean Money San Antonio and San Antonio Democracy
Now
http://www.voteswift.org

Vice Presidential candidate visiting Arizona:

• Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry (SKCM
Curry), Green Party activist and organizer for
six years at local, state, national levels and
internationally; leader in efforts to involve
women and people of color in the Green Party and
electoral politics
http://curry08.wetpaint.com

Also in the race for the Green presidential
nomination is Howie Hawkins
<http://www.draftnader.org>, who is serving as a
stand-in candidate for Ralph Nader until Mr.
Nader declares his intentions for the 2008 race;
Mr. Nader has established an Exploratory
Committee <http://www.naderexplore08.org>.


MORE INFORMATION

Arizone Green Party http://www.azgp.org/

Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
• Video of Green presidential candidates
http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/presidential-videos.php
• Green candidate database for 2007 and other
campaign information:
http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml
• Green Party News Center
http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
• Green Party Speakers Bureau
http://www.gp.org/speakers
• Media credentialing
http://www.gp.org/committees/media/kit.shtml


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