The Stein campaign is exceptionally happy to publicly announce the hire of Tia Nowack as our new Operations Director, as well as Michael Martez Johnson as Social Media Director, Cheri Honkala as Pennsylvania Field Director, and Alex Shantz and June Brashares as California Field Organizer.

Nowack, Martez Johnson, Honkala, Shantz, and Brashares join the Stein campaign after intensive hire and interview processes. Said Stein campaign manager Ben Manski, "One sign of the growing excitement around this campaign is the experience and character of the people joining our team. Each time we post a job notice, the strength of the applicant pool gets even better, and the choice gets harder. I feel very lucky to have them with us."

Jill Stein, the prospective Green Party presidential nominee, hailed yesterday's agreement regarding solitary confinement, family visitation rights, and more by Israeli prison authorities as a significant victory for non-violent resistance and human rights. The agreement was the result of a hunger strike by over 1600 Palestinian prisoners that lasted in some cases as long as 77 days.

Dr. Stein said that this victory represented a positive step, but that the United States remains complicit in the ongoing systematic violation of human rights by the Israeli government in particular. She issued the following statement:

United States policy regarding Israel and Palestine must be revised to make international law, peace and human rights for all people, no matter their religion or nationality, the central priorities. While the U.S. government sometimes voices support for this principle in name, in practice U.S policy towards Palestine and Israel has violated this principle more often than not. 

After winning Green Party primaries in Maryland and Delaware, Dr. Jill Stein announced this weekend that she crossed the 50% threshold to winning the Green Party's 2012 presidential nomination.  With 200.5 delegates required to win the nomination, and 105.5 delegates in hand, Dr. Stein has moved from frontrunner to prospective nominee. She has won over 75% of all delegates allocated, with the next nearest candidate, Roseanne Barr, at 14%. 

“I am thrilled to be well on my way to representing the Green Party in this year’s presidential race,” said Dr. Stein, who is beginning her search for a vice presidential running mate.  “We’re the only national party that isn’t corporately owned, and I am proud to stand for those who are committed to putting their votes where their values are.”

"As I celebrate my birthday today with supporters in the Bay Area, my campaign has launched the first step in our search for a vice presidential running mate. We ask for people's guidance at our website at jillstein.org/vice_president," said Dr. Stein.

Put a mom in the White House! In this video, Dr. Stein talks about how children's health and women's rights issues brought her to political advocacy. She is the mother of two sons, Noah and Ben. She is by training a physician specializing in environmental health. Her first publication was In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development, published in 2000. Click here to see the video.