--- title: Election 2016: Jill Stein Announces Ajamu Baraka as VP Pick description: Ajamu Baraka is a prominent human-rights advocate and death-penalty opponent canonical: https://time.com/4434544/jill-stein-ajamu-baraka-vice-president-green-party/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-02T03:31:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:55:17.335Z article:section: Politics og:title: Green Party's Jill Stein Picks Ajamu Baraka as Running Mate og:description: Baraka is a prominent human-rights activist and intellectual og:url: https://time.com/4434544/jill-stein-ajamu-baraka-vice-president-green-party/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75047c663cc1f489/6988a0c1cf40a8133dc444f3/ap_16208669308620.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: DEM 2016 Philadelphia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Green Party's Jill Stein Picks Ajamu Baraka as Running Mate twitter:description: Baraka is a prominent human-rights activist and intellectual twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75047c663cc1f489/6988a0c1cf40a8133dc444f3/ap_16208669308620.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Green Party's Jill Stein Selects Human-Rights Activist Ajamu Baraka as Running Mate ## Video: Can Jill Stein Win Over Bernie Supporters? [Watch (HLS stream): Can Jill Stein Win Over Bernie Supporters?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/hJ0lQWk0.m3u8) (3:03)  _Published 2016-07-26. The Green Party candidate, who is running for office for the second time, is hoping to appeal to alienated Bernie supporters this year._ by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Aug 2, 2016 3:31 AM UTC  Jill Stein, presumptive Green Party presidential nominee, speaks at a rally in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention Jill Stein, presumptive Green Party presidential nominee, speaks at a rally in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National ConventionAlex Brandon—AP by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Aug 2, 2016 3:31 AM UTC Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate running for President against Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, [announced](http://www.jill2016.com/jill%5Fstein%5Fselects%5Fajamu%5Fbaraka%5Fas%5Fvp) Monday that she has selected Ajamu Baraka, a human-rights activist and intellectual, as her prospective Vice President. Stein, a doctor turned politician who also ran for the country’s highest office in 2012, described Baraka as an “activist, writer, intellectual and organizer with a powerful voice, vision, and lifelong commitment to building true political revolution” in a statement. Baraka, the founding executive director of the U.S. Human Rights Network, is known for his decades-long [social-justice efforts](http://www.ajamubaraka.com/about/) and his opposition to the death penalty. **Read More:** [_Meet Jill Stein, the Green Party Foe of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump_](http://time.com/4425748/jill-stein-green-party-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/) “Ajamu Baraka is a powerful, eloquent spokesperson for the transformative, radical agenda whose time has come,” Stein added. The 66-year-old presumptive nominee, who has [presented](http://time.com/4425748/jill-stein-green-party-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/) herself as a [third-party alternative](http://time.com/4353249/third-party-gary-johnson-david-french-jill-stein/) to both the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, is set to officially be nominated at her party’s convention in Houston on Saturday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4434544/jill-stein-ajamu-baraka-vice-president-green-party/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4434544/jill-stein-ajamu-baraka-vice-president-green-party/"},"headline":"Green Party's Jill Stein Selects Human-Rights Activist Ajamu Baraka as Running Mate","datePublished":"2016-08-02T03:31:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:55:17.335Z","description":"Baraka has been a vocal opponent of the death penalty","url":"https://time.com/4434544/jill-stein-ajamu-baraka-vice-president-green-party/","keywords":["Election 2016","Hillary Clinton","Human Rights","Houston","Donald Trump","convention","activist"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75047c663cc1f489/6988a0c1cf40a8133dc444f3/ap_16208669308620.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75047c663cc1f489/6988a0c1cf40a8133dc444f3/ap_16208669308620.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"DEM 2016 Philadelphia","caption":"DEM 2016 Philadelphia","creditText":"Alex Brandon—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/election-2016/","name":"Election 2016"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4434544/jill-stein-ajamu-baraka-vice-president-green-party/","name":"Green Party's Jill Stein Selects Human-Rights Activist Ajamu Baraka as Running Mate"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Can Jill Stein Win Over Bernie Supporters?","description":"The Green Party candidate, who is running for office for the second time, is hoping to appeal to alienated Bernie supporters this year.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/hJ0lQWk0/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-07-26T17:08:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/hJ0lQWk0.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4434544/jill-stein-ajamu-baraka-vice-president-green-party/","duration":"PT3M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4434544/jill-stein-ajamu-baraka-vice-president-green-party/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```