NEW YORK - June 26 - The following Green Party candidates will march on Sunday: Alison Duncan, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, Julia Willebrand, candidate for Comptroller, Malachy McCourt, candidate for Governor, Howie Hawkins, candidate for US Senate, Peter Camejo, candidate for Governor of California, and Aaron Dixon, candidate for US Senate from Washington.

"We are marching Sunday for love and life," said Alison Duncan, Green Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York. "We are marching not only for LGBT civil rights, but also to address the need of our children to be safe in their schools and families, the needs of our elderly for safe and respectful access to care and services, and the needs of our community for universal healthcare and medical research."

"As the proud parent of a lesbian, I will work to ensure that my daughter has the same rights and privileges as everybody else," said Julia Willebrand, Green Party candidate for Comptroller of New York. "I will use the comptroller's power as sole trustee of $120 billion dollars in retirement funds to pressure publicly-traded corporations to initiate LGBT-friendly workplace policies," added Willebrand.

"It's time to legalize same-sex marriage," said Howie Hawkins, Green Party candidate for US Senate from New York. "1,138 rights and responsibilities from the federal government and another 700 rights and responsibilities from New York government are bestowed on partners in civil marriage. Marriage equality is a matter of human rights and equality under the law."

Hawkins, Camejo and Dixon are speaking along with Todd Chretien, Green Party candidate for US Senate from California, at the conference "Build the Left, Fight the Right - Socialism 2006" June 22-25 at Columbia University.

Hawkins, Camejo and Dixon are speaking along with Todd Chretien, Green Party candidate for US Senate from California, at the conference "Build the Left, Fight the Right - Socialism 2006" June 22-25 at Columbia University.

Candidate websites:

Alison Duncan, running for Lieutenant Governor of New York www.alisonduncan.org/blog

Malachy McCourt, running for Governor of New York www.malachyforgovernor.com

Howie Hawkins, running for US Senate from New York www.hawkinsforsenate.org

Peter Camejo, running for Governor of California www.votecamejo.com

Aaron Dixon, running for US Senate from Washington www.dixon4senate.com

Todd Chretien, running for US Senate from California www.todd4senate.org

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