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Register Today!
Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention

As you all know, the 2008 Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention is=
 coming to Chicago, July 10-13. This year's event is
shaping up to be one of the best events of the year. Please visit http://ww=
w.greenparty2008.org for all of the information related to
the convention, including registration and the link to reserve your room at=
 the headquarter hotel, the Palmer House Hilton. Staying at
the Palmer House is a very important aspect of this convention, as the part=
y needs to fill its allocated rooms to get the best rates on
space, and most of the convention activities across the weekend will be at =
the hotel.


The nomination vote will take place on Saturday, July 12 at the Symphony Ce=
nter. As part of the Nominating Convention day, the Green
Party will host keynote speeches from Malik Rahim, Kathy Kelly, and Cliff T=
hornton.


Malik Rahim is a long-time community activist from New Orleans, a former Bl=
ack Panther, and in the last election was the Green Party
candidate for Mayor of New Orleans. Malik co-founded the Common Ground Coll=
ective/Relief, an organization that provides short term
relief to victims of hurricane disasters in the Gulf region. Please visit h=
ttp://www.commongroundrelief.org for more information.


Kathy Kelly Is a familiar name to many Greens. Kathy co-founded Voices in t=
he Wilderness in 1996, an organization that worked to end
the sanctions on Iraq. She has visited Iraq and other locations in the Midd=
le East on several occasions. Voices in the Wilderness has
since become Voices for Creative Non-Violence, and you can read more about =
Kathy's recent work at http://www.vcnv.org<http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/=
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Cliff Thornton Jr. is a long-time social justice activist who has done much=
 work on drug policy reform, recently receiving the Robert C.
Randall Award for Achievement in the Field of Citizen Action from the Drug =
Policy Alliance. Cliff was the Green Party's candidate for
Governor of Connecticut in 2006, and is currently co-chair of the Green Par=
ty of the United States. Read more about Cliff's
organization Efficacy, Inc. at http://www.efficacy-online.org<http://salsa.=
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Numerous workshops will be held across the days of the convention, with exp=
ert activists from across the country discussing an array of
issues, including foreign policy (especially Iran and the Middle East), imm=
igrant rights, GLBTIQ rights, campaign school workshops, and
much more. Attendees will have the ability for much education and continued=
 learning.


The national Green Party's Annual National Meeting Committee and the Illino=
is Green Party's convention host committee urge you to register
as soon as you can and to reserve your room at the Palmer House Hilton. It =
is most financially helpful to the party to have the
attendees staying at the Palmer House, our headquarter hotel. Downtown Chic=
ago is an epicenter of activity, especially in the summer
months. With Grant Park and the magnificent Lake Michigan only a couple of =
blocks away the location is awesome. Attendees are
encouraged to come early or stay longer to see the attractions that Chicago=
 has to offer, and to visit the neighborhoods where Green Party
activity has been steadily increasing for years.


More speakers, workshops, and events will be announced in upcoming weeks. A=
lso visit http://www.greenparty2008.org for new information
as it becomes available, as well as for registration, room reservation, and=
 other general questions.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in July.

Green Party of the United States Annual National Meeting Committee
Illinois Green Party Convention Host Committee

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