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

For Immediate Release:
Thursday, August 26, 2004

Green Party Contacts:
Scott McLarty, 202-518-5624, on site cell phone 202-487-0693,
mclarty@greens.org
Nancy Allen, 207-326-4576, nallen@acadia.net

New York rally contacts:
Charles Shaw, Green Party Peace Action Committee, 773-671-7770, cshaw@gp.org
Daniel Starling, Green Party Office Committee, 212-240-0501, on site cell
phone 347-693-9955, danielstarling@hotmail.com
Robyn Sklar, Green Party Office Committee, 212-240-0501, on site cell phone
646-352-1967, robynsklar@hotmail.com

'A GREEN WORLD IS POSSIBLE' FESTIVAL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 IN NEW YORK WILL COINCIDE WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party's 'A Green World Is Possible: A Festival of Non-Violence, Ecology, Democracy, Social and Economic Justice', timed to coincide with the beginning of the Republican National Convention and anti-Bush protests in New York City, is on for Saturday, August 28, noon to 6 p.m. in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village.

A list of speakers at the event, including Green presidential candidate David Cobb, follows below.  All speakers will be available for interview with reporters after they speak.

The Green Party Office Committee in Manhattan, working with the Green Party of New York State and the Green Party of the United States, is organizing the festival, which Greens are calling "a day of peaceful, unifying, and creative response" to the Republican Convention.  More than 30 organizations will participate.

Among the attractions planned are a Presidential mudsling, a 20-foot tall Pinocchio George Bush, 'Freedom' Yoga, kids activities, and 'soapbox' free speech areas.  A schedule of musical acts (including a musical tribute to the activist history of Washington Square Park), speakers, and other features is posted at <http://www.gp.org/event_08_28_04.html>.

Greens will also participate in the Sunday, August 29 protest at the Republican National Convention in alliance with United For Peace and Justice (UFPJ).  Greens and friends of Greens plan to assemble 10 a.m. at 19th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, step off at noon, and join the UFPJ march, which will bring a massive crowd past Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican Convention.  (UFPJ will gather 10 a.m. at Seventh Avenue and 14th Street and step off at noon.)

List of speakers confirmed for 'A Green World Is Possible':

David Cobb, Green Party candidate for President
Jason West, Green Party Mayor of New Paltz, New York
David McReynolds, Green candidate for U.S  Senate in New York
Medea Benjamin, founder of Global Exchange and Code Pink
Peter Camejo, independent candidate for Vice-President with Ralph Nader
Charles Shaw, Peace Action Committee of the Green Party of the U.S.
Gloria Mattera, co-chair of the Green Party of New York State
Rebecca Rotzler, Green elected official in New Paltz, NY
Dana Beal, marijuana activist and founder of Cures Not Wars
Efia Nwangaza, Green candidate for U.S. Senate in South Carolina
Bill Douglas, 9-11 Truth Project
Rebecca White, Green candidate for State Senate in Brooklyn, New York
Mark Borino, Green candidate for New York State Assembly in Brooklyn
Susan Metz, Green candidate for New York State Assembly in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Michelle Tingling-Clemmons, D.C. Statehood Green Party candidate for city council (Ward 7) in Wash, D.C.


MORE INFORMATION:

The Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1711 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193

Green Party Peace Action Committee and actions at the Republican National Convention
http://www.gp.org/committees/peace/rnc.html
"A Green World Is Possible", August 29
http://www.gp.org/event_08_28_04.html

The Green Party Office in Manhattan
139 Fulton Street #215, New York, N. 10038
212-240-0501
http://www.greenpartyoffice.org

United For Peace & Justice
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
212-868-5545

Cobb/LaMarche 2004
http://www.votecobb.org