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<BR>Thanks to all of the Green candidates and activists who participated in our early endorsement forum and meeting. Despite speculation about an early endorsement, we did not yet reach consensus on endorsing any candidate, nor did we grant any candidate access to our San Francisco Green Party resources at this time. Nevertheless, we encourage Greens to get involved in the campaigns, as many are taking off already. To get contact information and/or web sites for Green candidates, go to http://www.sfusualsuspects.com/nov04.htm.
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<BR>In this update:
<BR>1. Fundraising Job Opportunity
<BR>2. News
<BR>3. Events
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<BR>FUNDRAISING JOB OPPORTUNITY:
<BR>The San Francisco Green Party is accepting applications for fundraisers!
<BR>The SF Green Party is accepting proposals from professional and volunteer fundraisers to contact its 14,000+ registered voters this summer to raise money to support candidates and issues that advance Green values.
<BR>Proposals are due by June 2. The Green Party County Council will evaluate the proposals and select the fundraising team or team(s) at its June 9 meeting. Application details are below:
<BR>The list: 3,000 registered Greens who voted in recent elections. Some have phone numbers, some do not. We can provide contact information for services that will look up the phone numbers for a fee, or you can propose to look up those numbers yourself.
<BR>The job: contact them by phone. Ask them to make a donation to the SF Green Party, preferably a "sustaining" donation charged periodically to their credit card in an ongoing manner. Communicate our values and goals to the member. Get an email address if all else fails so we can continue to contact them more easily. Conduct all mail follow-up, including sending pledge cards and thank you notes to all donors.
<BR>Provide information to in a predetermined electronic format to the Finance Working Group.
<BR>The compensation: entirely up to the fundraising teams. The Green Party's goal is to raise money both in the short term and the long term. Even if this effort breaks even in the short term, it is likely it will make money in the long term through renewing donations.
<BR>The winning proposals will be those that provide the best chance of earning net income for the SFGP while faithfully communicating Green Party values.
<BR>Submit your proposal (by June 2 -- strict deadline) to the SFGP
<BR>treasurer, Dave Snyder, electronically, at dave@livablecity.org.
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<BR>NEWS:
<BR>Our own Medea Benjamin is running for President! She is one of the candidates in being considered for a Showtime series called "American Candidate".
<BR>Right now there are several thousand people running. Before the show starts, this will be pared down to 12 candidates. Help Medea's chances to be one of the 12 by voting for her today.
<BR>Go to:
<BR>http://www.americancandidate.com/candidate_homepage.php?id=461
<BR>Click on "Support Me" on the red background, near the bottom right of her photo. And help spread the news! Medea was a Green Party candidate for the US Senate in 2000.
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<BR>Newsweek has an online article all about the Green Party. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4460850/site/newsweek/
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<BR>Matt Gonzalez spoke at Grace Cathedral on Sunday, May 16. You can find a link to the audio of the program and other news at www.sfprogressives.com.
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<BR>www.BeyondChron.org published some articles about our early endorsement process.
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<BR>Adriel Hampton's column "The Body Politic" in the San Francisco Examiner has been covering Green candidates for District 5.
<BR>http://www.sfexaminer.com/article/index.cfm/i/051404c_bodypolitic
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<BR>What Did The White House Know And When Did It Know It?
<BR>And then what did it do with what it knew?
<BR>There's a new book making its way up the sales chart at Amazon.com. Green Party member Dave Heller told me about it a few weeks ago. He said it would blow my mind. It did.
<BR>The book is "The New Pearl Harbor - Disturbing questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11".
<BR>Richard Falk, professor emeritus at Princeton, writes that this book is a "painstakingly scrupulous look at the evidence, with an accounting of the numerous discrepancies between the official account provided by the US government and the best information available. " "It does not belong in the genre of 'conspiracy theories'."
<BR>The author, David Ray Griffin, Professor of Religion at Claremont College, states that he wrote the book after a fellow professor urged him to look into several studies done on the events of 9/11. "I was surprised, even amazed, to see - even though Thompson [one of the researchers] limits himself strictly to mainline sources - how much evidence he had found that points to the conclusion that the Bush administration did indeed intentionally allow the attacks of 9/11 to happen."
<BR>The book is 150 pages. $10.
<BR>If you can't find it at your local bookstore, Rob Arnow says it's available at amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1566565529/qid=1084839301/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-3609491-8567969?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
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<BR>EVENTS:
<BR>Saturday, May 22
<BR>CAN CALIFORNIANS AFFORD UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE? CAN WE AFFORD NOT TO?
<BR>SB 921, The Health Care for All Californians Act, saves Californians money and insures everyone with better health care. A new report shows how this is possible. SB 921 has passed in the State Senate and is now in the Assembly.
<BR>Assemblymembers Leno and Yee are co-authors of SB 921. SB 921 is supported by Mayor Newsom, Supervisor Gonzalez, Senators Burton and Speier, and the City of San Francisco. Come to a presentation and discussion of the latest report on SB 921 at 3PM at 531 Grove Street (between Laguna & Octavia) in San Francisco.
<BR>Speakers include Sara Rogers, legislative assistant to State Senator Sheila Kuehl. Senator Kuehl introduced SB 921 in February 2003.
<BR>Sponsored by the San Francisco chapter of Health Care for All and the California Physicians Alliance.
<BR>For more information call 415-695-7891 or email dbechler@value.net
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<BR>Saturday, May 22
<BR>You are all invited to a KA-BAUM house party!
<BR>Join us at the home of Green Party County Council member John-Marc Chandonia to watch the KFOG KABOOM fireworks from the deck & roof, and meet the Green Party's fiery candidate for Congress!
<BR>Terry is a pioneer lesbian playwright and activist. If elected, she will fight to bring the troops home if
<BR>Kerry wins, and fight to impeach the President if Bush wins! Come and meet Terry, hear her ideas, tell her your own, and bring your checkbook to help elect Terry as San Francisco's next Congresswoman!
<BR>Party starts at 7 PM, fireworks around 9 PM. Refreshments served.
<BR>Where: 807 Shotwell St, #3 (top floor), at 22nd St. Easy walk from
<BR>Mission St. bus lines and 24th St BART.
<BR>RSVP: jmc@sfgreens.org. Call 285-5696 if you get lost.
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<BR>Sunday, May 23
<BR>Join us for the second session of the Progressive Transportation Summit, organized by the Transportation Working Group. We will get advice from experts (progressives from all political parties that want to work with us), and draft a Transportation plank for the SF Green Party platform. We will try to formulate a statement giving the SFGP consensus opinion on each issue, along with a list of specific policy objectives that we will work to implement.
<BR>The summit will be held from 11 AM to 2 PM at the SFGP office at 1028 A Howard Street between 6th & 7th Streets in San Francisco. A free pizza lunch is be included.
<BR>See www.sfgreenparty.org Events and Action section to see the full agenda for both dates.
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<BR>Monday, May 24
<BR>Critical Dissenting Views: A Spoken Word Event
<BR>Featuring: Matt Gonzalez (The American City as tool for progressive change)
<BR>Peter Keane (The death penalty)
<BR>George Evans (Perspectives on the Vietnam War)
<BR>Daisy Zamora (Reflections on the Nicaraguan Revolution)
<BR>Randy Knox (The Presidential Race, Bush/Kerry)
<BR>Whitney Leigh (San Francisco media critique)
<BR>plus The Jason Slota Trio. Show starts at 8 PM, $5 Cover/ 21+ with I.D.
<BR>Cafe Du Nord, 2170 Market Street in San Francisco. www.cafedunord.com
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<BR>Tuesday, May 25
<BR>Nicole Walter will be hosting a house party/benefit to raise money to publish her book "Go Matt, Go! Stories From the People of the Matt Gonzalez Campaign" at 547 Douglass Street (between 21st and 22nd Streets in Noe Valley) from 7 - 10 PM. Scheduled to speak are: Susan Vaughn, (confirmed), Richard Marquez, Ross Mirkarimi, and District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly (tentative).
<BR> The author will read passages from the book, and there will be a presentation by Green Congressional Candidate and playwright Terry Baum. Donations gladly accepted, but not required. Food and drink will be served. Please come out, enjoy the evening, and support a young Green author!
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<BR>Thursday, May 27
<BR>Housing and Land Use Seminar: Landlords, Tenants, and Rent Control: Is Consensus Ever Possible?
<BR>This month's workshop features two long-time participants with San Francisco rent control laws, perhaps San Francisco's thorniest land use issue of all. The topic goes to the heart of the question of who is going to live here in the decades to come. Every year tenants save hundreds of millions of dollars from rent control restrictions on landlords - yet every year there are more rent controlled apartments permanently lost to Ellis Act evictions, apartment mergers, owner-move-in evictions and developers building new housing not subject to rent control on parcels that once contained rent controlled units. Join us on and learn about the history of San Francisco rent control, how it currently operates, who benefits and who loses, and what challenges lie in the future. Presentations will be given by Janan New, Executive Director of San Francisco Apartment Association, and Ted Gullickson, Office Manager at San Francisco Tenants Union. Audience questions and involvement are encouraged. As always, the seminar is free and open to the public. The seminar is being held from 7-9 PM at New College of California, 777 Valencia Street in San Francisco.
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<BR>Saturday, June 5
<BR>Mobilization to Bring the Troops Home NOW!
<BR>Gather at 11 AM at UN Plaza.
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<BR>Saturday, June 12
<BR>Join Matt Gonzalez and the Green Party Housing and Land Use Working Group for a party at the 848 Community Space, located at 848 Divisadero Street near Fulton in San Francisco. (For MUNI riders, take either the 24 Divisadero or the 5 Fulton bus lines.)
<BR>The party will be from 8pm to 11:30 PM. There will be a $5 suggested donation at the door, with no one turned away for lack of funds.
<BR>Organizers are looking for artwork or photos to display for the party that reflect the diversity and complexity of San Francisco's residents or our unique landscapes.
<BR>As part of the night's festivities, you can also help us create your dream housing and land use seminar panel. Matt told us he'd like to participate again with a future seminar, but we need your help with the suggested topic and panelists. Send your suggestions to Dave Wilbur at drwsf@sbcglobal.net.
<BR>If you'd like to volunteer to work on the party or have any party pleasing ideas, contact Tanja Pink at tpink@gmx.net.
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<BR>Thanks to all of our members for your continued support!
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<BR>Warm Regards,
<BR>Erika McDonald
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