Cynthia McKinney for President Weekly Update Number 8

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Issue #8, May 19th, 2008
The Power to the People Committee
Cynthia McKinney for President Weekly Update.
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Hello Powerful People:

Welcome to the eighth issue of the Power to the People
Committee, Cynthia McKinney for President Weekly Update.

-- Joining our Updates list --

To all new readers, we welcome you to the Power to the People
Committee Campaign Updates. To all readers, new or otherwise,
please help our numbers continue to grow by encouraging your
friends and family to join the campaign. To get your loved
ones on the list, send them the link:

http://supporters.runcynthiarun.org/supporters.cgi?function=subscribe

Or they can access the subscription form from the campaign
web site.

-- Double, No, Triple Your Contribution, This Week --

Mr. Rich Whitney, noted Green Party member and candidate for
Governor of Illinois in 2006, proved in his historic campaign
two years ago what dedicated political activists can accomplish
with their trend setting election results: a 2008 ballot line
in Illinois.

Last fall, Rich became an immediate and loyal supporter
of our Power To The People Committee, Cynthia McKinney for
President. Today his campaign is offering to leverage his
campaign surplus by offering a challenge grant to each of you.

If you contribute this week, May 19-26, to Power To The
People Committee, Cynthia McKinney for President, Rich's
campaign committee has offered to match your contribution,
dollar-for-dollar, up to $250. That means if you live in a
state other than California, New York, Oregon, Illinois or
Texas, (the five states who have reached their $5000 Federal
Matching Funds qualifying threshold) you can double your
contribution to this campaign right now by going online to

http://supporters.runcynthiarun.org/whitney_challenge/supporters.cgi

and helping us secure this challenge pledge. Or, you may mail
your contribution to Power To The People Committee, Cynthia
McKiney for President, Post Office Box 311759, Atlanta, GA
31131-1759. your contribution must be postmarked between May
19-26, 2008 to meet the challenge. (Due to contribution limits,
his campaign can only match the first $2,300 in qualifying
donations).

By helping add your state to the list of twenty states needed
to qualify us as eligible for Federal Matching Funds, you help
us triple your contribution as well.

-- Progress Report on Federal Matching Eligibility --

Maryland and New Jersey are now in play!
Will your state be next?

Here are new preliminary numbers on our progress through the end
of April. Five states have raised enough to qualify us so far:

California,
New York,
Oregon,
Illinois
and Texas.

Our appreciation as well to these states whose residents have
already given $1,000 or more and are on their way towards
that goal, including two new states (Maryland and New Jersey)
which crested their first $1,000 this past month:

D.C. ($3.3k),
*Florida ($2.2k),
*Massachusettes ($1.8k),
*Maryland ($1.1k),
*Maine ($1.5k),
*Michigan ($2.5k),
*Minnesota ($3.2k),
*New Jersey ($3.1k),
Oklahoma ($1k),
*Washington ($2.7k)
and Wisconsin ($1.6k).

(Unaudited figures current through April 30th, 2008;
* indicates change since last month).

The Campaign will no longer be eligible for Primary Season
Matching Funds after the July Convention in Chicago.

So please act now! Help this campaign continue.

-- Delegate Update --

With 17 states reporting, McKinney now has 167 delegates out
of the 377 that have been awarded for the Green Party National
Convention in Chicago, July 12. We still have nearly two
months until the Chicago Convention, with many states yet to
hold 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.

-- What's New on the Website --

David Cobb: Peace Candidate Mckinney Visits Humboldt
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/351

Exclusive Interview With Green Party
Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/352

Local Green Party Picks Nominee For President
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/353

Cynthia Speaks At Anna's Jazz Club In Berkeley, California
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/356

-- Campaign Visibility --

Your help sharing these links with family and friends, helps
build our campaign's visibility and capacity.

May 11 -- Cynthia McKinney appeared at Anna's Jazz Club in
Berkeley, California. During her interview, she praised the
diligent work of individual writers and candidate's who have
been standing up for what is right. To see a video of the event,
click here: http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/348

May 16 -- Cynthia McKinney spoke at a 60th anniversary memorial
ceremony for the Al-Nakbah. Held in New York City and featuring
several influential speakers including McKinney, participants
in the event remembered the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,
when the state of Israel was created by settling Palestine
with the military removal of her former residents in 1948.
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/Speeches/al-Nakbah2008
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/node/336

The campaign is now sorting through scheduling requests
for June. If Cynthia has not been to your state yet, and
you'd like to host her for a campaign fundraiser, now is the
time to make your request known. Please use the Scheduling
Request option at:
http://www.runcynthiarun.org/TalkBack

-- Help Wanted --

* Make our campaign visible in your community

Please use the campaign materials linked from the right
sidebar of our campaign website, to make your candidate and
her campaign visible in your community. We can't build this
campaign in your community without your help.

* Make Sure We Are Communicating with Your Local Media

Help us identify important media contacts in your
community. Please make it known to your local media outlets
that you support the McKinney campaign. Direct them to the
campaign web site, where interested parties can fill out a
Media Request form to arrange for interviews, radio call-ins
and subscriptions to our VNR feed. Also, please share your
local media list with our press secretary by sending it to
him at press-s...@runcynthiarun.org.

* Sunday Evening 10k Club

Our Sunday Evening 10k Club continues! The goal is for
supporters around the country to hold 10 house parties every
Sunday, raising $1,000 in campaign contributions from each
location.

Hosting a house party is easy; it requires no prior experience
and the campaign will work closely with hosts. If you are
interested in hosting a house party, please let us know at:

http://supporters.runcynthiarun.org/supporters.cgi?function=volunteer&process=1

And join one of our Monday evening conference calls.

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Until next week,

-- The Campaign Team

Paid for by the
Power to the People Committee,
Cynthia McKinney for President
http://www.RunCynthiaRun.org/