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WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party of the United States has nominated Jill Stein and Butch Ware for president and vice president, respectively, at the party's 2024 National Convention, which was held virtually on Zoom and streamed on social media sites on Saturday, August 17.
For immediate release
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Contacts: Gloria Mattera, Green Party Media Committee Coordinator, 202-804-2758, media@gp.org
Scott McLarty, Green Party Media Director, 202-878-2112, scott@gp.org
Jason Call, Campaign Manager 425-691-6631, jason@jillstein2024.com
Dr. Stein and Prof. Ware delivered their acceptance speeches on Saturday afternoon and then spoke at a press conference. The speeches and press conference will be uploaded to the Green Party's YouTube channel shortly. Other press conferences have already been uploaded.
Butch Ware is an activist first. He is also a dedicated educator and an esteemed historian whose work specializes in empire, colonialism, genocide, and revolution. He is a leading academic authority on the US Black Radical Tradition, Africa, and Islam. Dr. Stein announced Prof. Ware as her running mate on Friday, August 16.
Jill Stein and Butch Ware were nominated with 267 votes out of 287 votes cast by delegates representing state Green Parties and Green Caucus across the US.
"The National Black Caucus is excited to welcome Butch Ware to the national ticket and looks forward to more engagement during this campaign and beyond," said Darryl! LC Moch, co-chair of the caucus. "The selection of Ware is a great boost to highlight the issues facing BIPOC communities and to engage in the discourse of how we build the America we can all live and thrive in."
Margaret Kimberley, executive editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report and host of the Black Agenda Radio podcast, delivered the convention's keynote speech before the nomination.
The nomination was streamed with text translations in Spanish and Arabic on Saturday afternoon.
The Green Party's 2024 Annual National Meeting continues with internal events and concludes on Sunday, August 18.
Complete information about the Green Party's 2024 Presidential Nominating Convention is online at https://www.gp.org/2024_anm.
The Media Kit is at https://www.gp.org/media_kit.
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