{"id":203,"date":"2020-03-15T22:09:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T02:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=203"},"modified":"2020-03-15T22:36:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T02:36:42","slug":"presidential-candidate-mark-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/03\/15\/presidential-candidate-mark-charles\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Candidate Mark Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/2019\/10\/07\/markcharles.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Charles\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Charles, a citizen of the Navajo Nation and an Independent candidate for president in 2020, addresses the Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, on August 20, 2019. Photo: Ho-Chunk Inc<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A statement from Independent presidential Candidate Mark Charles, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, on March 14, 2020:<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201c&#8230;I encourage everyone to not overlook the danger this virus presents to our more vulnerable populations; especially elders, people who are house-less and those with compromised immune and respiratory systems. And while I encourage you to practice safe and appropriate social distancing, please remember that does not mean treating those around us (including strangers) with indifference. It is easy in times like this, where much is unknown and fear levels are heightened, to treat others as threats. I hope that as a nation, we can resist that temptation and remember our interdependence upon each other&#8230; In response to this virus our campaign has indefinitely postponed all campaign-related travel and public meetings. However, we will continue to host (and expand) our online campaign events via Zoom, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>News Release: Native American Independent Presidential Candidate Mark Charles live stream schedule for the week of<br \/>\nMarch 16th &#8211; 20th, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C\u200b (March 16th) &#8211; Native American Independent Presidential Candidate Mark Charles is hosting live streams for the week of March 16th in an effort to continue his campaign for #AllThePeople during the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Ya&#8217;at&#8217;eeh Friends,<\/p>\n<p>The Committee to Elect Mark Charles for President is dealing with the current crisis regarding COVID-19. Our team is preparing and committed to do our part in social and moral responsibility and thus are taking the campaign online for the next 4 to 6 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>During the coming week of the 16th, Mark will be hosting several live streams addressing issues and policies, please see schedule below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Monday (March 16th): \u200bDebt, Pluralism and the U.S. Constitution<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday (March 17th):\u200b \u200b\u200bEducation and the Environment<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday (March 18th):\u200b Bernie Sanders and Progressive Democrats<\/p>\n<p>Thursday (March 19th):\u200b Moderate Black and Native Voters<\/p>\n<p>Friday (March 20th):\u200b Joe Biden, President Obama and the Democratic Party<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Upcoming events:\u200b \u200bMark will begin to host town hall style meetings bringing in voices for a dialogue that will be accessible to those with internet access &#8211; please stay tuned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markcharles2020.com\">MarkCharles2020.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A statement from Independent presidential Candidate Mark Charles, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, on March 14, 2020: \u201c&#8230;I encourage everyone to not overlook the danger this virus presents to our more vulnerable populations; especially elders, people who are house-less and those with compromised immune and respiratory systems. And while I encourage you to practice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}