For Immediate Release, October 12, 2024

The Triangle Welcomes Green Party Presidential Candidates Dr. Jill Stein (Oct 21) & Dr. Butch Ware (Oct 15)

Contact:
Rania Masri, local organizer, (984) 202-1782, [email protected] 
Anna Ordoubadi, Co-Chair NC Green Party, (919) 244-4863,  [email protected]  

RALEIGH, NC - The NC Green Party is thrilled to welcome Dr. Jill Stein and Professor Butch Ware to the Triangle.  Vice Presidential candidate Professor Butch Ware will be in the Triangle on October 15. He will be speaking at UNC-Chapel Hill at 1 pm, and again at 6 pm in Raleigh.  Presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein will be in Raleigh on October 21 for a luncheon-speaking event from 1-3 pm.  Please see https://linktr.ee/ncgp for details on the events, and also see the attached flyer.  Press are welcome to attend the ticketed events for free, but need to RSVP.

Dr. Stein is currently on the ballot in 38 states and running write-in campaigns in another eight states, plus DC, representing a total of 510 potential electoral votes, more than enough to secure the presidency. In recent polling, Dr. Stein was tied with Kamala Harris among Muslim voters overall and was the favored choice of Muslim voters in several states. 

In North Carolina, the number of ‘no preference’ votes in the Democratic Primary earlier this year  (88,000) was larger than the number of votes by which former President Trump won the state in the last election (74,481). In this election, voters who are enraged with the current administration’s funding and support for the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon will express themselves at the polls by voting for Jill Stein, and thus will be voting for their values rather than voting out of fear.

Dr Stein said, “We urge all people of conscience to resist the propaganda telling you to hold your nose and vote for genocide. If you vote for genocide, you are actively consenting to it and enabling it. Don’t let them talk you out of your humanity. Stopping genocide is the moral imperative of our time. We know a large majority of Americans want an immediate ceasefire and diplomatic solution to the genocide on Gaza. On top of that, one in three eligible voters didn’t vote in 2020, with those voters being mostly low-income, people of color and young — the very voters our anti-genocide, pro-worker agenda speaks to by calling for an end to genocide now, a weapons embargo to Israel, a $25 minimum wage, health care as a human right through medicare for all, free public higher education, national rent control, reparations, and an end to mass incarceration and police violence. We can pay for these programs by cutting the massive bloated military budget and requiring the rich to pay their fair share of taxes.”

If you would like to schedule an interview with Dr. Jill Stein or Professor Butch Ware, please contact Rania Masri at [email protected] / (984) 202 1782.