McKinney to Speak in Chicago

For Immediate Release

CONTACT:

Event Coordinator: Walt Esler, 773-637-6701, jobcity@juno.com

For the Illinois Green Party: Patrick Kelly, 773-203-9631, media@ilgp.org

Phil Huckelberry, 309-268-9974, phil.huckelberry@ilgp.org

For the Cynthia McKinney/Power to the People campaign:
media-requests@runcynthiarun.org

Green Party Candidate for President to Speak in Chicago

Six-term Congresswoman, former Democrat and now Green Party member
Cynthia McKinney will be speaking in Chicago on Friday, December 14,
as part of her "Power to the People" tour, promoting her campaign to
win the Green Party nomination for President of the United States.

Following its unprecedented electoral success in 2006, the Green Party
in Illinois will have its first statewide primary on February 5, 2008.
In addition to McKinney, other Green candidates appearing on the
ballot will be college professor Jared Ball of the District of
Columbia, New York Green Party activist Howie Hawkins, and California
air quality inspector Kent Mesplay.

During her swing through Chicago, McKinney will speak at a fundraiser
held a Decima Musa, 1901 South Loomis (19th & Loomis), in Chicago's
historic Pilsen neighborhood. The event will be held Friday, Dec. 14,
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Cynthia McKinney was the first African-American woman from Georgia
elected to Congress, serving six terms in the House. Prior to
completing her last term, she introduced articles of impeachment
against President Bush charging him with manipulating intelligence and
lying to justify the war in Iraq, failing to uphold accountability and
violating privacy laws with his domestic spying program. The articles
also included charges against Vice President Cheney and Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice.

At an event last week in Carbondale, Ill., McKinney was endorsed by
2006 Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney, who earned the
support of over 10 percent of Illinois voters in that campaign.

"I have long felt that Cynthia McKinney was a Green at heart," Whitney
commented recently. "Unlike most Democrats in Congress, Cynthia has
long been a principled, tireless advocate for peace, civil rights, and
the fundamental right of the people to vote and have their vote count
– accurately. She has long been a fighter against corruption,
injustice, environmental destruction, the imperial presidency and the
corporate aristocracy in this country. Her voting record was
impeccable. She was, and is, a true representative of the public
interest."

"I welcome Cynthia to the Green Party, where she truly belongs,
joining our fight to establish genuine government of, by and for the
people," Whitney added. "I am absolutely thrilled to have her as an
ally in this struggle."

[Distribution of this release by the Illinois
Green Party does not imply endorsement of
any candidate for the presidential nomination.]