Green Party's 2007 national meeting begins Thursday, July 12
in Reading, Pa.
Green Party of the United States
www.gp.org
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org
Green Party of Pennsylvania:
Hillary Aisenstein, 267-971-3559, hillarya@pobox.upenn.edu
Dave Kurzweg, 610-823-5770
Green Party's 2007 national meeting begins Thursday, July 12 in
Reading, Pa.
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party will kick off
'Green for a Change,' the party's 2007 annual national meeting <http://www.gp.org/meeting2007>,
on Thursday, July 12 at the Abraham Lincoln Wyndham Historic Hotel in
Reading in Reading, Pennsylvania. The meeting continues until Sunday,
July 15, and will feature several events of interest to the media.
Greens will meet at the Abraham Lincoln Wyndham
Historic Hotel, 100 North Fifth Street in downtown Reading,
877-999-3223 <http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/RDGHT/main.wnt>.
Reporters interested in covering the meeting may
sign up at the Green Party's Media credentialing page <http://www.gp.org/forms/media>.
Reporters may also register on site. For information about lodging in
Reading, visit <http://www.gpanc.org/feet.php>.
List of Green presidential and vice presidential
candidates confirmed to appear at the Reading meeting:
Green presidential candidates either unconfirmed
for Reading or not attending:
Schedule of media events (subject to change):
Thursday, July 12, 4 pm: Press Conference: Welcome
to Reading and to the Green Party Annual Meeting
Press conference room, Abraham Lincoln Hotel
Friday, July 13, 11 am: Press Conference:
Candidates for the Green Party's 2008 presidential and vice
presidential nomination. Names to be announced; see also <http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_06_27.shtml>
Press conference room
Friday, July 13, 1 pm Press Conference: 2007 Green
candidates for local and state office
Confirmed: Jennaro Pullano, for Mayor of Reading, Pa.
Other candidates to be announced
Press conference room
Friday, July 13, 5:30-7 pm: Forum featuring Green presidential and
vice presidential candidates
Moderator: Barbara Rodgers-Hendricks
Presidential Ballroom
Friday, July 13, 7 pm: International Forum on Energy
Juan Behrend, Secretary General European Green Party,
Dr. Janet Eaton, Green Party of Canada, International Trade Critic
Marco Antonio Mroz, Brazilian Green Party, Secretary for International
Relations
Saturday, July 14, 11 am Press Conference room reserved for interviews
with International Greens
Confirmed:
Juan Behrend, Secretary General European Green Party
Dr. Janet Eaton, Green Party of Canada, International Trade Critic
Marco Antonio Mroz, Brazilian Green Party, Secretary for International
Relations
Saturday, July 14, 5 pm Press conference on Ballot Access
Moderator: Marakay Rogers
Ralph Nader, 2004 independent presidential candidate
Carl Romanelli, 2006 Pennsylvania Green candidate for US Senate
Phil Huckelberry, co-chair, Green Party Ballot Access Committee
representative
Others to be announced
Press conference room
Saturday, July 14, 7:30 pm: Ballot Access Rally, with entertainment,
music, and guest speakers
Open to the public
Speakers: Ralph Nader, Carl Romanelli
Musicians: Hip-Hop artist Head-Roc and his DJ's Eurock and Noyeek;
Reggae band Unbroken; musician Tom Nielson
Sovereign Performing Arts Center
http://www.gpanc.org
Sunday, July 15, afternoon (time and location to be announced): Former
Georgia Representative Cynthia McKinney will show the film 'American
Blackout' <http://www.americanblackout.com>
and participate in a Q&A session immediately afterward.
MORE INFORMATION
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 News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
'Green for a Change': 2007 Green Party National Meeting in Reading,
Pennsylvania, July 12-15
http://www.gp.org/meeting2007
http://www.gpanc.org
Media credentialing page http://www.gp.org/forms/media
