An Open Letter Regarding Cynthia Mckinney To Our Politically Conscious Family

[Jacuma]

AN OPEN LETTER RE CYNTHIA MCKINNEY
TO OUR POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS
SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF BLACK AMERICA

For far too long Black America has been at the mercy of political pimps
and usurpers, particularly of the Democratic Party. It is now the year
2008, and we in Black America, in conjunction with our Brown, Red,
Yellow, and White sisters and brothers have a genuine and serious choice
in order to build a true people's movement for real systemic change
through the "Power to the People" campaign inspired by former U.S.
Congresswoman Sister Cynthia McKinney.

Cynthia Mckinney has demonstrated that she wants, and is fighting for,
real, systemic change; which is the only change that will address the
health care, employment, judicial, and environmental needs of all
people.

STEP UP TO THE PLATE NOW

Sister Cynthia is not a corporately sponsored clone like John McCain,
Barack, or Hillary Clinton. She is The Real People's Candidate. Cynthia
knows that her campaign is about building the opportunity for a
different America; an America that supports and believes in itself and
the peoples of the world in a very real sense.

For Sister Cynthia's campaign to be able to lay the serious
organizational foundation that is sorely needed by us all takes money --
your money. The nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars that allow this
beautiful and powerful sister to go around this nation with her/OUR
message -- that we do not have to be, and refuse to be, hostages to what
Brother Malcolm X correctly referred to as the "foxes and the wolves" of
the Democratic and Republican Parties [i.e. the Republicrats].

Every bit of physical and mental energy as well as every single cent
from all of us is needed in this struggle. Cynthia, unlike the
candidates of the Democratic and Republican Parties is NOT corporately
backed. This means that WE THE PEOPLE must step up to the plate and
support her campaign and in so doing -- support ourselves!

Sister Cynthia McKinney is the ONLY one who seriously and fundamentally
addresses our issues -- the concerns of Black America:
self-determination, reparations, judicial equality, police brutality,
COINTELPRO, political prisoners, employment, decent housing,
environmental justice, educational parity, and the absolute end to
unjust U.S. wars at home and abroad.

Sister Cynthia McKinney must be Supported NOW! At stake is literally
EVERYTHING. Time to give our dollars to Cynthia's 'Power To The People'
Campaign; for it is we the people's -- OUR CAMPAIGN! Do it now my
brothers and sisters. Do it Now!

To make a financial contribution, please go to the campaign website at
Elect Cynthia McKinney, President of the United States | Power to the People: Help make Cynthia McKinney the Green Party Nominee for President of the United States! and make your donation via PayPal by
clicking "Donate" and following the instructions. You can also send your
check or money order to Power to the People, P.O. Box 311759, Atlanta,
GA 31131-1759.

Sister Cynthia McKinney speaks truth to power! She is one of US. She
does not pretend that the legacy of slavery is in the past. She makes it
clear that jobs, justice, and equality are more important than ever
before. She is bold about the fact that Black Liberation is a very
important and serious ongoing struggle in the United States of America.

By supporting Cynthia, we support ourselves and our own humanity. We
must do this and we must urge our sisters and brother to send every
dollar, dime, nickel, and penny to support ourselves -- to support the
Cynthia McKinney campaign for President. Remember that "the journey of
thousand miles begins with the first step"!

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

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Open Letter Initiated by:

Larry Pinkney
Editorial Board Member & Columnist
The Black Commentator &
Founder / Director
Black Activist Writers Guild
Email: Lecconsult@aol.com

Colia L. Clark
Reconstruction Party Organizing Committee
Richard Wright Centennial 2008-2010
Email: ColiaClark@aol.com

Kali Akuno
Reconstruction Party Activist
Former Executive Director, Peoples' Hurricane Relief Fund
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Email: kaliakuno@gmail.com

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Initial List of Signatories

[Note: This is a first list of endorsers. A second list is being
assembled. Please send in your endorsement of this Open Letter to its
three initiators at the email addresses listed above. Please send in
your endorsements for the second list, including how you would like to
be identified publicly, by May 27, 2008.]

(*) denotes organization/title listed for id. purposes only

Monica Moorehead (*)
Millions for Mumia/International Action Center
New York City, New York

Yuri Kochiyama
Veteran social justice activist, comrade of Malcolm X
Oakland, California

Wilson Riles, Jr.
Former Oakland City Council member
Oakland, California

Jahahara Amen-RA Alkebulan-Ma'at
Former National Co-Chair,
National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA)
Oakland, California

Jared Ball
Mixtape Journalist with FreeMix Radio (voxunion.com)
Asst. Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Green Party and Reconstruction Party Supporter
Host of Jazz and Justice on WPFW 89.3 FM
Washington, DC

Howard Williamson
Member, Teamsters National Black Caucus,
Past Chairman, Portland, Oregon NAACP Labor and Industry Committee
Portland, Oregon

Pam Africa
Coordinator,
International Concerned Family and Friends
of Mumia Abu Jamal
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lenore Jean Daniels, Ph.D
Editorial Board Member and Columnist Black Commentator
and Columnist, City Capital Hues
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Netfa Freeman
DC Pan-African and Internationalist Activists
Washington, DC

Sundiata Sadiq
Past President, Ossining NAACP
Life member NAACP
Ossining, New York

Gwendolyn Debrow
Co-Chair, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coaltion
New York City, New York

Betty Davis
Co-founder
New Abolitionist Movement

Eddie Perez
Chicano Community Activist, Educator,
and former Brown Beret
San Diego, California

Leona Heitsch
Bourbon, Missouri

Donald H. Smith, Ph.D. (*)
Founder, Center for Inner City Studies, Chicago
Founder, New York Alliance of Black School Educators

Dr. Nancy J. Dawson
Independent Researcher and Scholar
Russelleville, Kentucky

Wallace Nixon
writer, Black political activist, free-lance English teacher
Mexico City, Mexico

Connie White
Political Analyst &
Organizer of the 2000 African Tribunal
in Compton, California
Long Beach, California

Patricia Hill (*)
Executive Director
African American Police League,
Chicago, Illinois

Rick Tingling-Clemmons
Rick, Ward 7 representative to DC Statehood Green Party, Washington, DC;
National Representative, Black Caucus,
Advisory Neighborhood Commission representative (elected official)
Washington, DC

Michele Tingling-Clemmons
member, DC Statehood Green Party,
Washington, DC

Terence Courtney
Organizer/Activist
Atlanta, Georgia

Rip Mason
Homeless youth counselor and street organizer
Seattle, Washington

Joan Berniard
Co-Founder and Treasurer
Lagniappe Caravan - Common Ground
Seattle, Washington

Ralph Poynter
New Abolitionist Movement
Brooklyn, New York

Akinyele Sadiq
Musician, teacher, activist
Founder-Director of Troublemakers Union (band)
San Francisco, California

Richard Brown
Defendant, San Francisco 8; Elder
San Francisco, California

Dedon Kamathi
Broadcast journalist, activist
Long Beach, California

Mesha Monge-Irizarry
Director, Idriss Stelley Foundation
Education Not Incarceration, SF Chapter
San Francisco, California

Amber Garlan
Secretary of the St. Paul Green Party
Minnesotans for Cynthia McKinney

Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor
Pan-African News Wire

The Talking Drum Collective