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Hello Powerful People:

Welcome to the 11th issue of the Power to the People Committee, Cynthia McKinney for President Weekly Update.

— The Convention is this week! —

This is our last issue before the Chicago Nominating Convention. This is also our last week to qualify for Federal Matching Funds. We have so many states which are so close that it would be a shame to not use
this final week to push the campaign over the top.

If you are from any of these states:

Arizona, D.C., Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland,
Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Wisconsin

Your urgent action to put us over the top is needed now. We also need
two additional states to enter the mix and help us make a difference.

— Federal Matching Funds Qualifying Report —

Seven down, thirteen states and three days to go!

Will your state help make this happen? Time is running short. please write. We want to help you deliver results!

Here are new preliminary numbers on our progress through the end of June. Supporters in seven states have raised $5k or more to qualify us so far: California, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Illinois, Texas and
Washington.

These states’ residents have already given $1,000 or more and are on their way towards that goal: Arizona ($2.1k), Conneticut ($1k), D.C. ($4.4k), Florida ($3.5k), Iowa ($1k), Massachusetts ($1.8k), Maryland
($1.6k), Maine ($3.7k), Minnesota ($4.4k), New Jersey ($3.7k), Oklahoma ($1k) and Wisconsin ($2.1k). Colorado, Georgia and Pennsylvania are the next closest to entering the running at the $1k level. (Unaudited figures current through June 30th, 2008; indicates change since last month).

We’re hearing that folks in Louisianna are mobilizing to join this effort. But others are needed. Drop us a line. We have lists for phone banking, and advice for how a few determined supporters in each state
can help us meet this goal.

— Delegate Update —

With 30 states now reporting, McKinney has 304.5 delegates out of the
602 that have been awarded for the Green Party National Convention in
Chicago, July 12. We are only a few days out now from the Chicago
Convention. It is likely that we will win this Nomination, but only if
our Delegates make it to Chicago. If you are a McKinney Delegate who
has not yet confirmed your travel plans for the Convention, or whose
state has not yet filed its Credentials Application, please be in
touch. We’re committed to each and every McKinney Delegate being in
place to help deliver the Party’s nomination on Saturday, July 12th.

— What’s New on the Website —

Glen Ford, of Black Agenda Reports says: Cynthia McKinney Deserves
Your Support, Obama Does Not. In this piece he writes: “self-described
progressives of all races cannot excuse their own docility in the face
of Obama’s rightward lunge – especially when there exists one last
opportunity to threaten the Democratic nominee-to-be with a backlash
against his betrayals of progressive principles” Read the full article
at:

http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/392

Cynthia joins Cindy Sheehan’s Congressional campaign against Speaker
of the House Nancy Pelosi, saying, “The point was to change
Washington, D.C., but instead Washington, D.C. changed Nancy Pelosi.”

http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/387

Blogger Roseanne Barr once again endorses McKinney, writing that she
is “the first woman in history to run as the nominee of a viable
party.”

http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/388

The audio recording of the most recent Green Party Presidential debate
is now available for listening online or downloading.

http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/389

— Campaign Visibility —

The campaign is now sorting through scheduling requests for post-
Convention July and August. If Cynthia has not been to your state yet,
and you’d like to host her for a campaign fundraiser, now is the time
to make your request known. Please use the Scheduling Request option
at:

http://www.runcynthiarun.org/TalkBack

Cynthia will have a full schedule of forums, meetings and receptions
at the Chicago Convention. Don’t miss her Saturday acceptance speech
on CSPAN if you can’t be with us in Chicago.

Watch for Friday morning’s Press Conference at which Cynthia is
expected to announce her running mate for the Fall election.

— Help Wanted —

Your volunteer time, skills and energy Power this Campaign. To jump
into the mix, please complete this form, so we know how you’d like to
help. Depending on how you mark the form, you’ll hear from your state
volunteer coordinator, or directly from the national campaign by email
and / or phone to let you know how you can get involved.

http://supporters.runcynthiarun.org/supporters.cgi?function=volunteer&process=1

* Help Us With Our Final Pre-Nomination Fundraiser

Anyone who will be in Chicago the weekend of July 12, we need help
fundraising. Cynthia will be holding a fundraiser, Friday night. Once
she is officially nominated, campaign donations will no longer be
eligible for Federal Matching funds. We need volunteers to spread the
word, distribute information, set up, clean up, and, of course,
donate!

* Join Our Phone Bank Team

Seeking enthusiastic supporters with good verbal communication skills
and telephone presence to help staff our growing Virtual Phone Bank
operation now being launched by the campaign. No cold take-out pizza
or loud boiler rooms involved. You can pick your hours, work at home
and are asked to provide your own unlimited long distance calling plan
and internet connection. We provide a web application to access our
database of voters and in which you can directly record your notes
while you are on the call. We also provide call scripts, training and
support and the number to our campaign offices where you can direct
questions you are not prepared to handle yourself. Phone bank jobs
will vary from cold calling voter lists to conduct voterID work, to
reconnecting with known supporters to mobilze volunteers and raise
contributions, to conducting GOTV calls in the final days of this
campaign.

* Make our campaign visible in your community

Please use the campaign materials linked from the right sidebar of our
campaign website, to make your candidate and her campaign visible in
your community. We can’t build this campaign in your community without
your help.

http://www.runcynthiarun.org/CampaignMaterials

* Make Sure We Are Communicating with Your Local Media

Help us identify important media contacts in your community. Please
make it known to your local media outlets that you support the
McKinney campaign. Direct them to the campaign web site, where
interested parties can fill out a Media Request form to arrange for
interviews, radio call-ins and subscriptions to our VNR feed. Also,
please share your local media list with our press secretary by sending
it to him at press-secretary@runcynthiarun.org

— Joining our Updates list —

To all new readers, thank you for subscribing to the Power to the
People Committee Campaign Updates. To all readers, new or otherwise,
please encourage your friends and family to join the campaign by
sending them this link:

http://supporters.runcynthiarun.org/supporters.cgi?function=subscribe

Or they can access the subscription form from the campaign web site.

Until next week,
we trust with Cynthia as the Green Party nominee,

— The Campaign Team

Paid for by the
Power to the People Committee,
Cynthia McKinney for President
http://www.RunCynthiaRun.org/

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