The 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein will be speaking at Humboldt State University on March 8 in the Kate Buchanan Room. According to the Dana Silvernale, chair of the Humboldt County Council for the Green Party, the event is free but Center Arts, which is only providing the tickets but not holding the event, is concerned that it will fill up fast. She recommended reserving tickets through their website as soon as possible.

Jordan Bauman, a representative for Center Arts said the event is being put on through the Clubs and Activities office and that there will be a limited amount based on the capacity of the venue.

“(The KBR) can hold about 450 tickets, but we will be holding some for staff and security so that means there’s about 425 that will be available,” Bauman said. “We haven’t gotten the go ahead to start distributing them yet because we’re waiting to finalize the exact time, but we should have them available by the end of this week.”

Silvernale said Stein will be speaking about local issues as well as election exclusion and the Green New Deal which focuses on clean and renewable energy.

“It’s similar to the original New Deal that happened in the Great Depression, but instead it’s about developing green alternatives like public transportation, solar panels and restoration of our rivers, fisheries and forests,” Silvernale said.

The event is set to begin at 6 p.m. and Stein will speak at 7 p.m. followed by a question and answer portion. Silvernale said it is sponsored by the Humboldt Climate Crisis and put on by the HSU club called HSU Greens.

“We’re set to have the room until 10 p.m. but it could go longer than that,” Silvernale said.