Green Party’s 2009 nat’l meeting in Durham, NC, July 23-26 to feature Cynthia McKinney, forum on health care reform

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614,
[email protected]
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, [email protected]
Theresa El-Amin, North Carolina Green Party, 919-824-0659, [email protected]
Hillary Kane, Green Party Annual Meeting Committee, 267-971-3559,
[email protected]

Media events at the Green Party’s 2009 national meeting in Durham, NC:
Cynthia McKinney speaking on Gaza relief efforts; public forum on
health care reform; Green candidates and officeholders

• National meeting at North Carolina Central University takes place July 23-26

• McKinney, now in Egypt on the Viva Palestina convoy, will discuss
relief missions to Gaza and her recent imprisonment in Israel with the
Free Gaza 21

• National meeting web page: http://www.ncgreenparty.org/2009-ANM.html
Media credentialing page for the meeting: http://www.gp.org/forms/media

WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party’s 2009 Annual National Meeting in
Durham, North Carolina, will feature a visit from former US
Representative and 2008 Green presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney
and a forum on health care reform among several events to which
reporters, bloggers, and photographers are invited.

The meeting will take place Thursday, July 23, through Sunday, July
26, on the campus of North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in
Durham. More details about media events at the meeting will be
announced and posted online in the coming week.

NCCU, the nation’s first public liberal arts institution founded for
African-Americans (http://www.nccu.edu / map:
http://www.nccu.edu/formsdocs/proxy.cfm?file_id=393), is celebrating
its 100 year anniversary. For information about Durham, visit the
city’s online Visitors’ Guide and Information Center
(http://www.durham-nc.com). Reporters are encouraged to visit the
media credentialing page for the meeting
(http://www.gp.org/forms/media).

An opening press conference on Thursday, July 23, at 4 pm will welcome
members of the media and introduce the meeting. Two press conferences
on Friday morning will feature Green candidates, officeholders, and
party activists, with a special emphasis on Greens in North Carolina
(http://www.ncgreenparty.org) and the party’s Black Caucus leaders.

On Friday afternoon, 3:30-4:30 pm, the Green Party will present a
public forum on health care reform and the need for a Single-Payer
national health care program
(http://www.ncgreenparty.org/2009-ANM%20FORUM.html). Reporters will
have the opportunity to meet and interview the forum speakers.

On Saturday afternoon at 3:00 pm, Cynthia McKinney will speak in the
Miller-Morgan Building’s main auditorium at NCCU about her recent
efforts, with the Free Gaza Movement and Viva Palestina, to bring
medical and other supplies to Gaza in the wake of Israel’s brutal
invasion. Ms. McKinney and other Free Gaza human rights activists
were aboard the Spirit of Humanity when it was seized by Israeli
gunboats. The ‘Free Gaza 21,’ including Ms. McKinney, were held in a
prison in Ramla, Israel, until their release last week.

Ms. McKinney is currently in Egypt on a Viva Palestina convoy to Gaza,
which has been held up by the government of Egypt. According to Viva
Palestina’s July 12 update, “The Viva Palestina members who spent the
night in their buses at the Suez Crossing after being stopped by
Egyptian authorities on July 11 have now rendezvoused in Cairo with
British Member of Parliament George Galloway and former Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney, who has rushed to join the convoy following her
deportation from Israel on Wednesday.”

For updates on Viva Palestina and more information on the Free Gaza
21, visit the following sites:
Cynthia McKinney’s blog: http://dignity.ning.com
Ms. McKinney’s Green Party page: http://www.gp.org/cynthia/index.php
Viva Palestina: http://www.vivapalestina.org
Free Gaza Movement: http://www.freegaza.org
Green Party press release page: http://www.gp.org/press.php

MORE INFORMATION

Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
• Green candidate database and 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
• Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/2008-elections
• International Committee of the Green Party: http://www.gp.org/committees/intl

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