Muslims For Kucinich

Justice Frank Barbaro was elected to the New York Supreme Court for the Second Judicial District in 1996. From 1973 to 1996 he served as a member of the New York State Assembly. As Chair of the Labor Committee, from 1980 through 1995, he was a driving force for workers compensation reforms, prevailing wage and protections against employer discrimination or harassment over an employee's lawful off-the-job activities. In 1989, after the murder of Yusef Hawkins in Bensonhurst, Barbaro brought representatives of the Italo-American and African-American communities together and organized a Coalition on Intergroup Harmony. Barbaro ran for mayor of New York against Edward Koch in 1981.

Frank Barbaro said: "What Kucinich says is, get rid of the WTO, get rid of NAFTA, have a very fair trade system. You don't export jobs from here."

Stephen Wangh is a playwright, author, director, and New York University professor. He has directed many political theater pieces and was Artistic Director of The New York Free Theater. In 1985, he helped organize a protest against flights to Central America at Westover Air Force base, and after many people were arrested at that protest, he acted as lawyer for the group and mounted a defense that resulted in the dismissal of charges. http://homepages.nyu.edu/~sw1/index.html

Stephen Wangh said: "Dennis Kucinich is a remarkable man. and unlike any other Democrat I've ever heard. He is a working-class kid who dared, as the child-mayor of Cleveland, to stand up to the Ohio banks in order to keep the Municipal Light and Power company a public utility. And he is a practical, progressive politician who is also a visionary, a man who actually sees the project of peacemaking, human health and planetary stewardship as a unified process ... Perhaps most significantly: Unlike the other candidates, Kucinich would face up to the military industrial complex and cut the American Defense budget which now almost equals the military spending of the whole rest of the world ... Again and again, Kucinich points out that it is not a matter of spending more money, but of where that money is spent."

Sylvia Friedman has served as President of the Gramercy Stuyvesant Independent Democrats, as District Leader, and presently as the representative of the 74th Assembly District on the New York State Democratic Committee, where she serves as Treasurer of the Reform Caucus. She represented her Congressional District as a delegate to the 2000 National Convention. Friedman is a person with a disability and a member of the Executive Committee of the 504 Democratic Club, a New York City-wide club for people with disabilities. As a member of Community Board 6, she was chairwoman of the Housing and Homeless Committee and of the Parks Recreation and Landmarks Committee.

Sylvia Freidman said: "I support Dennis Kucinich for President, because he is the only candidate with the vision of a United States that is at peace with the rest of the world, that cares for its own citizens so that all have the right to education, jobs, housing, healthcare, and economic security."

Rev. Dr. Holly Haile Davis was the first Native American woman to be ordained in the Presbyterian Church, USA (1986). She opened the Thunder Bird Coffee Shop and Trading Post on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation on the eastern end of Long Island, following in the footsteps of her grandfather Chief Thunder Bird. She composes, sings and plays guitar with the Thunder Bird Sisters.

Edith Hillman Boxill, Certified Music Therapist, is a professor of music therapy at New York University and former director of music therapy at Manhattan Developmental Services. She is founder-director of Music Therapists for Peace, Inc. (MTP), a worldwide network of music therapists dedicated to making a vital contribution to Peace on all human levels and is the originator of Students Against Violence Everywhere -- S.A.V.E. -- Through Music Therapy , a project of MTP that addresses violence rampant in schools by offering alternatives to destructive behaviors and actions through music therapy interventions.

Michael Hirsch is a former Community Board 6 member.

Michael Hirsch said: "Dennis Kucinich proved his worth to me a long time ago, as the hardworking populist mayor of Cleveland in the 1970s who stood up to his city's corporate interests and for the well-being of its working class and impoverished residents. If anything, his value as a leader in the Ohio legislature, in Congress and as a spokesperson for the real middle America has grown over the years. For those who believe that our nation's security is not advanced by saber rattling, bloody imperial adventures and a ballooning defense budget, Dennis Kucinich is the preferred candidate to win the Democratic Party nomination for president. For those who know that only a democratic foreign policy and an active and progressive domestic agenda at home can benefit the bulk of American voters, Dennis Kucinich is the obvious choice. Sadly the Kucinich campaign has been under-reported, with much of the press treating the run-up to the convention more like a sporting contest than a clash of views whose outcome matters. In this election, I tell my friends to vote as if their lives depended on it. Because they do."

Joy Robins is past President of the Staten Island Democratic Association and President of the Staten Island Welfare Advocacy Network. She's a member of the Staten Island Women's Political Caucus and the Coalition of Staten Island Women's Organizations.

Joy Robins said: "I haven't been this excited about a Presidential candidate for many years. Dennis is right on all the issues that matter to me. He is not afraid to be a champion of the people and fly the long neglected flag of Liberalism. He is a true Democrat and is helping pull the rest back to their roots.

NW Ohio Green Party Statement of Endorsement:

"Greens are Greens because we believe in the progressive platform of social, economic and environmental responsibility. We are committed to progressive causes and vote our consciences. Moreover, we are tired of being offered a choice of the 'lesser of two evils.' Dennis Kucinich is a conscientious progressive choice, a candidate who has none of the tainting of right-agenda corporate government. Many of us are former Democrats. We left the Democratic Party because they did not offer a real progressive choice of leaders, until Dennis Kucinich. Dennis shares many of the same values that we have as Greens. Therefore he was an easy choice for president: a candidate we feel has, not just the best platform, but the best chance of beating George W. Bush in 2004. Our endorsement of Dennis Kucinich is an endorsement for progressive values. Our endorsement is also a statement for coalition building across party lines."

"Farmer Dave" Blume is an internationally acclaimed Permaculture Designer, teacher, ecological biologist, alternative fuel expert, long time organic farmer, PBS television series host, and President of the International Institute for Ecological Agriculture. He has personally taught workshops to over 10,000 people since 1979 and has presented at countless conferences such as the Ecological Farming Conference, the Bioneers, International Forum on Globalization, Whole Life Expo, and a host of others. Blume joins Wendell Berry and other prominent environmentalists in backing Kucinich.

Dave Blume said: "Dennis Kucinich is the only candidate who is addressing problems of corporate farming, energy and environment at their root levels rather than trying to patch up economic or environmental symptoms. His approach goes far beyond simple sustainability, the prevention of things degrading further, and speaks to a future of restoration of healthy land, community and a permanent solar based national energy system."

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