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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">San
Francisco Green Party Weekly Newsletter <br>
Announcement List for SF Green Party: October 17-24, 2007</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br>
Send items to news@sfgreens.org. <br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">EVENTS</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> (San Francisco, unless otherwise
noted)<br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">* Green Party General Membership
Meeting & Phone Banking: Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 1028 A Howard
Street (between 6th and 7th Streets)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The General Meeting is held every
third Wednesday of the month. This month, most of the meeting will be devoted
to phone banking to raise money to pay for our first-ever San Francisco Green
Party Election Newspaper. Please join us for a evening of phone banking
and food (BRING YOUR CELL PHONE). Call Sue at 415-668-3119 or 415-601-9297, for
more information.<br>
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* Anti-Corporate Film Festival, Oct. 18-20, various times <br>
Victoria Theatre, 2961 16 St. Tickets are $10 and a festival pass is $50.<br>
This year's Festival includes documentaries on the disturbing hike in corporate
control of art, creativity, ideas; abuse of banks˘ credit terms to trap people
in revolving debt servitude; worker-run collectives as alternatives to
corporate business models, and much more. <a href="http://www.countercorp.org/countercorp-festival.htm">www.countercorp.org/countercorp-festival.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">* Iraq
Moratorium Day #2, Friday, Oct. 19, Various Locations and Times<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style=""> </span>Wear Black Armband or Antiwar Button. <span style=""> </span>Click on Events for details at <a href="http://www.iraqmoratorium.org/">www.iraqmoratorium.org</a>.<span style=""> </span>Times & Locations: <br>
- Noon, Federal Building <br>
- 5 p.m., Market & Montgomery, with Jack Hirschman & Poets<br>
- 6-8 p.m., Haight Panhandle<br>
- 6 p.m. (3 locations), 30th & Virginia; Cortland & Andover; 24th &
Mission (BART Station)<br>
- 7 p.m., 16th & Mission (BART Station)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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* Mass Mobilization and Critical Mass to Protest the IMF: Friday, Oct. 19, 4
p.m.<br><span>
Meet at Market & 2nd streets for march through the Financial District.
Bring your signs, drums, noisemakers, lungs and passion! No arrests are
planned. Another World Is Possible! <a target="_blank" href="http://www.globalizethissf.org">www.globalizethissf.org</a></span><br>
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* Bioneers Conference, Friday, Oct. 19-21, Marin Center, San Rafael <br>
The Bioneers Conference is a dynamic, leading-edge forum, focused on practical
and visionary solutions for restoring the Earth's imperiled ecosystems and
healing our human communities. We offer great speakers, exciting workshops, and
fun-filled events. To register and see the event schedule, go to: <a href="http://www.bioneers.org/conference">www.bioneers.org/conference</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">* West Side Green Club, Sunday, Oct.
21, 3-5 p.m. <br>
At the home of Barry Hermanson, 2467 <span style=""> </span>28th Ave, near Ulloa. For more information,
call Barry at 664-7754, or Nancy Lewis at 661-5713.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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* Community Planning Workshop - Treasure Island, Monday, Oct. 22, 5:30-7:30
p.m. <span style=""> </span>SMWM Architects, 989 Market St. (at
6th), Third Floor<br>
Help build San Francisco's first sustainable community! Treasure Island is
being redeveloped and could be a model of sustainable transportation. Separate
bike lanes? Car-free zones? Great public spaces? Bicycle libraries? What is
your vision for a bike- and pedestrian-centered Treasure Island? Come and be a
part of this interactive workshop. Contact Neal at 415/431-2453 x312 or
neal@sfbike.org for more information. <br>
<br>
* Last Day to Register to Vote: Monday, Oct. 22, until 5 p.m.<br>
City Hall, 1 Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk & Grove streets)<br><span>
Are you registered? Have you moved since you last voted? The
Department of Elections needs to receive your voter-registration form by 5 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 22. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgov.org/elections">www.sfgov.org/elections</a></span><br>
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* Veggie Car Conversion Workshop: Tuesday, Oct. 22, 10 a.m. until ?<br>
705 Hampshire St., between 19th and 20th streets.<br>
Come learn how to turn your diesel-guzzler into a veggie-eater! Want to learn
how to convert your car to run on waste vegetable oil without buying an
expensive conversion kit? We˘re not talking biodiesel here - this is the real
thing -- 100% used grease straight outta your local restaurant˘s
fryolator. Please come to this day-long workshop with visiting East Coast
vegetable-oil master Patrick Keaney (greengreasemonkeys.com); convert an ˇ83
Mercedes named Esmerelda with an entirely D.I.Y kit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">* Sustainability Working Group, Thursday,
Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.<br>
SF Green Party Office, 1028-A Howard, between 6th and 7th streets, near Civic
Center BART/Muni. <span style=""> </span>Likely topics of discussion:<br>
- Important update on the campaign to stop the Williams˘ natural-gas turbines
from <br>
being installed in the Bayview;<br>
- Update on the newly formed Peak Oil Taskforce; <br>
- Update on the Community Choice renewable-energy project.<br>
<br>
* Defend Public Campaign Financing from Raid by Mayor: Monday, Nov. 5, early
evening Ethics Commission; contact Rob Arnow for time and location at
415-596-5808 or info@voterownedelections.org.<br><span>
The public financing program implemented for the mayoral race in San Francisco
is currently under threat from a proposal coming out of the mayor's office,
which would move half of the money to another program. We need all
supports to show the Ethics Commission that San Francisco wants to protect
campaign-reform financing! <a target="_blank" href="http://www.voterownedelections.org/">http://www.voterownedelections.org/</a></span><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">* SFGP
Election Newspaper Distribution, Now until Election Day</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Help us distribute our first ever
San Francisco Green Party Election Newspaper at transit stops and elsewhere
throughout the city. Call Sue at 415-601-9297 or 415-668-3119 to arrange
to get papers from our office at 1028a Howard St., between 6th and 7th streets.<br>
<br>
**** Election Day ****<br>
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 7 a.m.-8 p.m.<br><span>
- Department of Elections: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp">http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp</a></span><br><span>
- Find Your Polling Place:
<a target="_blank" href="http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace/">http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace/</a></span><br><span>
- Ranked-Choice Voting: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp?id=60440">http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp?id=60440</a>.
</span><br>
Early voting continues at City Hall, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday
and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., during the last two weekends before election day.<br>
<br>
* The Board Match, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Free <br>
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, 701 Mission St.<br><span>
Over 70 diverse Bay Area nonprofits will be available to give information about
serving on a nonprofit board of directors. You may also join a free information
session before The Board Match to learn more about its services.
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.thevolunteercenter.net">http://www.thevolunteercenter.net</a></span><br>
<br>
* Green Festival, Friday, Nov. 9-11, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.<br>
San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th St, at Brannan Street.<br>
Enjoy more than 200 visionary speakers and 400 green businesses in the Bay
Area, great how-to workshops, green films, yoga and movement classes,
green-career sessions, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine and
live music. <span style=""> </span>For SFGP activities, contact
info@sfgreenparty.org<br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">NEWS</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Green Party˘s 2007 Endorsements
& Campaigns<br>
<a href="http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem">http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span class="subhead"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Former
congresswoman </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">McKinney
<span class="subhead">on ballot for Green Party presidential nomination: from the
Atlanta Journal Constitution<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2007/10/16/McKinney_1017.html">http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/dekalb/stories/2007/10/16/McKinney_1017.html</a></span><br>
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Halloween in the Castro this Year?<br><span>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/City_Presents_Plan_for_Halloween_in_the_Castro_5000.html">http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/City_Presents_Plan_for_Halloween_in_the_Castro_5000.html</a>
</span><br>
<br>
What Did Pelosi Know About NSA, and When Did She Know It?<br><span>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/16/4561/">http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/16/4561/</a></span><br>
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BECOME A SUSTAINER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY! <br>
The San Francisco Green Party has been hard at work interviewing candidates,
poring over ballot initiatives, deliberating over endorsements and drafting
statements regarding the November 2007 election. All of this work is
being done exclusively by volunteers.<br>
<br>
Also this year, for the first time, the SFGP is drafting a newspaper with
statements explaining the positions and endorsements we are taking for the
November election. Our hope is to mail this newspaper to every registered Green
in San Francisco. Reaching every Green with this newspaper will help <br>
guarantee a high voter turnout among Green Party members for this important
election. <br>
Mailing and printing this newspaper will cost thousands of dollars. Please help
us out in this effort by becoming a Green Party sustainer, or making a one time
donation!<br>
<br><span>
Your generous contribution now will help us finish the year on strong financial
footing and get a jump-start on the 2008 elections. There will be several SF
Green Party candidates to support in November 2008. Ross Mirkarimi, for
example, will be up for re-election as District 5 Supervisor. Please help us
remain solvent by donating now!
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html">http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html</a></span><br>
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Volunteers Needed - Contact cc@sfgreens.org or susan_e_vaughan@yahoo.com<br>
<br>
City Hall is seeking members for:<br><span>
Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force,
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=64788">http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=64788</a></span><br><span>
LAFCo: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=36743">http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=36743</a></span><br>
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Thank you for your on-going support!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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