New Brunswick, NJ - The Green Party of New Jersey will hold its annual convention at the Douglass Student Center on the Rutgers New Brunswick campus this Sunday, April 17.

The keynote speaker will be Green Party presidential hopeful Dr. Jill Stein. The convention is free and open to the public, and will go from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Workshops will be hosted by 15 NowNJ, and the Committee to Decarcerate the Garden State, among others.

The Green Party of New Jersey will also be announcing its slate of candidates for Congress, as well as for local offices. Two other Green Party presidential hopefuls, Darryl Cherney and William Kreml will be participating via Skype.