[Mpls] Mpls. CM Johnson Lee to deliver Green Party Response to State of the Union

[Eric Oines]

Text of speech here:

http://greenpartyus.org/press/stateofunion_01_28_03.html

THE GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES

MEDIA ADVISORY
For immediate release: Friday, January 24, 2003

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dean Myerson, National Political Coordinator,
202-296-7755, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Adam Eidinger, Shirts Off Coalition, 202-744-2671,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Natalie Johnson Lee, Ward 5 member of Minneapolis City
Council, 612-673-2205


GREENS PLAN A RESPONSE TO BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION
ADDRESS

Minneapolis Council member Natalie Johnson Lee will
speak on behalf of the party during 'The Real State of
the Union' Rally and Concert on January 28


WASHINGTON, DC -- Minneapolis City Council member
Natalie Johnson Lee will deliver the response from the
Green Party of the United States to President Bush's
State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 28.

Ms. Johnson Lee will speak at 'The Real State of the
Union' (also called 'The Sorry State of the Union')
Rally and Concert to take place on the west side of
the Capitol, near the Reflecting Pool at 3rd Street
NW. The event, organized by the Shirts Off Coalition
and scheduled from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., will also feature
live music, DJs, dance and spoken word performances,
heaters, and a giant video screen.

President Bush's address and the Democratic Party's
response will air between 9 and 10 p.m., after which
Ms. Johnson Lee will begin her speech.

NOTE TO REPORTERS: Natalie Johnson Lee will be
available for interviews during the day on Tuesday. A
photograph of Ms. Johnson Lee can be found at her web
site <http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/ward5/>.
Green Party Steering Committee member Anita Rios and
secretary Nathalie Paravicini will also be available
for interviews during the same time. To arrange an
interview, call the party office at (202) 296-7755.

"America is in the midst of being threatened from many
directions, but not the directions that some would
have us believe", said Johnson Lee, a Green Party
member who was elected in November, 2001 to represent
Ward 5 on the Minneapolis City Council. "Our greatest
threat is not Iraq, North Korea, or Iran. Our
greatest threat lies in our sense of hope eroding, our
civil rights stripped, our economy toppling, our
seniors starving, our children not cared for, and our
collective talents remaining untapped."

"The American people deserve to hear the Green Party
response to President Bush's State of the Union
Address," continued Johnson Lee. "While the president
will address our hopelessness with a march toward war,
we will spread a message of peace throughout the
world. While the president will tackle the racial
tension in our nation by rolling back affirmative
action, the Green Party will advocate inviting all to
the table who have been left behind. While the
president proposes to heal our financial woes with tax
cuts for the rich, our message will be to invest in
the untapped workforce in our midst. The
Republicrat's tired message of yesterday must be
replaced with the Green Party's reinvigorated message
of today. We are on a new mission with a new vigor
and we mean business!"

"President Bush will be the first President of the
United States to face significant protest when he
makes his second State of the Union address," said
event organizer Adam Eidinger. "The Shirts Off
Coalition is named for the fact that President Bush is
taking the 'Shirts Off Our Backs' to pay for his war."

MORE INFORMATION

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

Natalie Johnson Lee, Ward 5 member of Minneapolis City Council
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/ward5/

The Real State of the Union
http://www.thecriticalmoment.org/union

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Forwarded by...

Eric Oines
North Minneapolis

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall - think of it, always."
~ Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948), Agitator




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