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from
Issue #9, May 26th, 2008
The Power to the People Committee
Cynthia McKinney for President Weekly Update

— Delegate Update —

With 20 states now reporting, McKinney has 196 delegates out of the 449 that have been awarded for the Green Party National Convention in Chicago, July 12. We are only seven weeks out now from the Chicago Convention. Of the 30 states which have not yet reported, many have still not held their caucuses. We’re urging supporters particularly in those states where Convention delegates have not yet been instructed to
use our volunteer form and let us know how you’d like to help build this campaign in your community.

— New Tools You Can Use to Campaign —

We’re pleased to announce the availability of new campaign materials ready for download and local duplication. This handsome series of new literature was beautifully designed and produced by Connecticut Campaign supporter, Todd Laracuenta of Maralex Designs. Building on the themes for the nation’s economic renewal and conversion articulated in our previous piece, “Are you Voting Blue, while Living in the Red? Vote Green Instead!”, this series includes an affordable to reproduce quarter-sheet, plus ten half-sheet designs which highlight key elements of Ms. McKinney’s Economic Platform. Each is available for download in both color and black-and-white. Link here to download the entire set now:
http://www.runcynthiarun.org/CampaignMaterials

— McKinney Campaign Launches Virtual Phone Bank —

This coming week, we’re launching a virtual phone bank to help build this campaign. This is a new kind of phone bank; one connected by the internet, made affordable by your unlimited long distance dialing plan and staffed by Powerful Campaign Supporters from Bangor, Maine to the Islands of Hawaii. This new program will make it possible for our campaign to spread our campaign’s message of empowerment, identify and mobilize campaign supporters, raise the financial and volunteer resources so critically needed by this campaign, and ultimately turn out the vote on election day to deliver all Power to the People. This program is made possible by volunteer energy. Please see our help wanted ads below for
details on how you can get involved.

— What’s New on the Website —

Video: Cynthia McKinney delivers keynote to Chicago Awards Dinner last Fall. She warned her audience that, “The Black Body Politic Could Go the Way of the Polar Bear” http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/357

Video: Rachel MacCratic of San Diego California published this youtube endorsement, arguing that “Lesser
Evil Logic is Coercive” and explaining her support by distinguishing her preferred candidate from her opponents, saying: “Cynthia Acknowledges that War is Immoral” http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/358

Video: Cynthia Speaks to Al-Nakbah Commemoration at UN, honoring sixty years of struggle against apartheid conditions in Palestine. This link gives you both the text of her remarks and a video recording of her speech. http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/Speeches/al-Nakbah2008

Leading names in the Black Liberation Movement have issued this sign-on letter, endorsing Cynthia’s Presidential campaign and asking others to join in support. Read it, Consider signing and supporting this Open Call.

Open Letter to Politically Conscious Sisters and Brothers of Black America
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/OpenLetterToPoliticallyConsciousBlackAmerica

Video: Billy McKinney Talks About his Daughter, Cynthia. Her mother insists her daughter got her compassion from her side of the family. http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/361

This is an article by Larry Pinkney, Editorial Board member for the weekly online magazine, BlackCommentator.com. He used his column last week to describe Cynthia McKinney as “That Audacious Black Woman Standing with the People” http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/362

We have this local coverage from a recent campaign appearance in California, entitled: “Cynthia McKinney
Goes Green: Controversial Congresswoman Brings Campaign for Green Presidential Nomination to Sacramento” http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/363

Video: His Truth is Marching On–Cynthia McKinney for President produced by the same Todd Laracuenta who offered his talents, and our campaign, his designs beautifully captured in our new literature.
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/Video/TruthIsMarchingOn

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