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Green Party’s Stein to Attend Local Forum

Environmental justice event at Jacob Woll Pavilion includes local, state candidates for office

By Staff Reports
The Tube City Almanac
October 30, 2024
Posted in: Announcements, Politics & Elections

Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for president, speaks during a 2016 campaign stop in Omaha, Neb. (Matt A.J. photo via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY 2.0)

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will attend a candidate forum in Renziehausen Park tonight (Wednesday) sponsored by Mon Valley-based Take Action Advocacy Group and Pittsburgh’s 412 Justice.

The Environmental Justice Candidate Forum begins at 5 p.m. at Jacob Woll Pavilion in McKeesport. The event is free, but online registration is requested.

In addition to Stein, other candidates who are scheduled to attend include Leila Hazou, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate; U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, Democrat of Swissvale, who is seeking her second term in Congress, and challenger James Hayes (Republican Party); state attorney general candidates Eugene DePasquale (Democratic Party) and Richard L. Weiss (Green Party); Malcolm Kenyatta, Democratic candidate for state auditor general; Erin McClelland, Democratic candidate for state treasurer; State Sen. Jay Costa, Forest Hills Democrat, seeking re-election in the 43rd District; and John Ritter, Republican candidate for state General Assembly in the 25th District.

Free bus transportation is being provided from four locations in the Mon Valley, including:

• Clairton, 734 Miller Ave. (AIU Family Center): 4:30 p.m.
• Braddock, 526 Braddock Ave. (Carnegie Library of Braddock): 4:30 p.m.
• McKeesport, 1507 Library Ave. (Carnegie Library of McKeesport): 4:45 p.m.
• McKeesport, 749 Lysle Blvd. (Dollar General): 5 p.m.

A spokesperson said the event is a chance to speak face-to-face with candidates about what they will do to protect the environment, why environmental justice matters to them, and how they might make decisions in Washington and Harrisburg to support our communities.

Dinner, childcare and interpreters will be provided, a spokesperson said.

Originally published October 30, 2024.

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