Contact: Campaign Manager, Citizens for Jessica Davis, 618-319-1462, [email protected]

CARBONDALE, Illinois, Sept. 5 /Standard Newswire/ -- Reporters, photographers and camera crews are welcome to cover the press conference. Citizens for Jessica Davis committee will host a press conference for Dr. Jessica Davis to announce her candidacy for Mayor of Carbondale, Illinois in the 2007 election on Monday, September 11, 2006 at the Carbondale Civic Center at 12:30 PM.

Press Conference Details ---

When: Monday, September 11, 12:30 PM

Where: Carbondale Civic Center

The following will be the agenda for the press conference:

12:30 PM-Welcome

12:32 PM-Moment of Silence for the Victims of September 11

12:33 PM-Prayer for the City of Carbondale

12:35 PM-Mayoral Candidate Announcement

12:45 PM-Official Website Launch

Dr. Jessica Davis is the Director of Law Student Development at Southern Illinois University School of Law and she also teaches in the College of Liberal Arts. Dr. Davis earned her B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. She earned her M.Div. from Boston University School of Theology and J.D. from Boston University School of Law. She earned her D.Min. from United Theological Seminary. She is a candidate for the Ph.D. in Educational Administration from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Dr. Davis is the youngest daughter of seven children of Benjamin Davis, Sr and late Ida Davis.

For media information, credentials, and photos, visit www.jessicaformayor.com. Password protected viewings of the website are now available to the media. The username is "mayor" and the password is "year2007."