GREEN PARTY PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES MIDTERM CONVENTION
Party announces Convention Events and 2002 Election Campaign

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The Green Party of the United States held a press
conference today at the steps
of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia with Michael Morrill, the Green Party
Gubernatorial candidate for Governor in Pennsylvania.

"Both major parties are beholden to corporate cash from huge Wall Street
corporations who are now drowning in their own scandals," said Green Party
Political Coordinator Dean Myerson. "It's hypocrisy for Democrats to claim
the high moral ground on 'corporate responsibility.' We have an Enron
administration in the White House, and Enron Democrats and Enron Republicans
in Congress."
The convention will occur over four days from July 18-21 at the Holiday
Inn a few blocks from the historic sites of one of America's early capitols.
The Green Party will also hold a large political rally on Friday night, July
19, at the Irvine Auditorium. Keynote speakers will include 2000
Presidential candidate Ralph Nader, 2000 California Senatorial candidate
Medea Benjamin, Georgia Representative Cynthia McKinney, and
numerous other prominent Green Party officeholders and candidates.
"Philadelphia is also a good place for our convention because the Green
Party of Pennsylvania is one of our fastest growing and most dynamic state
parties. 14 Greens were elected in Pennsylvania last year, demonstrating
that Pennsylvania is ripe for the Greens' people's power," said Morrill.
The Green Party is running a strong nationwide slate of candidates in
2002 elections. 22 Greens have already won elections in spring municipal
elections in 2002. Well over 300 Greens are seeking office this year,
including 15 for governor (60% of all gubernatorial races), 6 for Senate and
42 for the House of Representatives.
"It'll be nice to have a convention that we don't have to organize a
protest against," said Cheri Honkala of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union,
who spoke at Thursday's press conference.
"It's time for a new movement for independence for the American
people to dismantle the power of
corporations over our national, state, and local governments and to
restore democracy," add Myerson. "The Green Party is the fastest growing
party of the people, and we are bringing our grassroots convention to the
seat of American democracy this summer."

MORE INFORMATION
The Green Party of the United States
http://gpus.org http://www.greenpartyus.org National office: 1314 18th
Street, NW Washington, DC 20036
202-296-7755, 866-41GREEN

Convention information http://gpus.org/convention.html
Press credentialing for the convention: download an application at
http://gpus.org/documents/credentials3.pdf .

The Michael Morrill Campaign for Governor of Pennsylvania
http://www.michaelmorrill.org
570-372-0503
Kensington Welfare Rights Union http://www.kwru.org
Index of Green Party candidates in 2002 http://www.greens.org/elections