January 2006 - announce

SF Green Party Weekly 1/28-2/3
by announce＠sfgreens.org 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/28/06 - 2/3/06 NEWS: - 1/16: Greens Urge Americans to Speak Out Against 'Ideologue' Alito's Confirmation - 1/24: Green Pages Winter 2005 (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1439) - 1/24: Iceland the First Country to Try Abandoning Gasoline (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1440) - 1/26: Green Party Member & Activist Charlene Smythe Heads to the World Social Forum - 1/26: US Greens to Attend the World Social Forum in Caracas (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1438) - 1/26: Ralph Nader's Mother passes away at 99 (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1442) - 1/26: Voter-Owned Mayoral Elections Looks Like Sure Thing (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1441) EVENTS: - 1/28: Bird-Dog Hillary Clinton! - 2/2: Aimee Allison's Campaign Kick-off Party - 2/6: Campaigns and Candidates Working Group - 2/8: SFGP County Council - 2/9: FIG Open House-Pot Luck, All Green Women Invited - 2/9: FILM: Waging a Living - 2/15: SFGP General Membership Meeting ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Filing Period for County Council Candidates 2/13-3/10 (for details, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1435) - 2006 General Membership Survey - Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Big Box Mart (http://www.jibjab.com, click Big Box Mart under JibJab Classics) ************************************************************ NEWS: 1/16: Greens Urge Americans to Speak Out Against 'Ideologue' Alito's Confirmation Greens listed the following reasons Alito should not be confirmed: - His intention to "increase the power of the executive to shape the law" (his words). In the past, he advised the Reagan Administration on strategies for evading Congress's oversight and ignoring laws it doesn't agree with, and favoring a license for the Justice Department to install wiretaps without obtaining a warrant. - His apparent hostility towards African Americans and favoritism for corporations, as evidenced by his judicial record. - His narrow interpretation of the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause, which might threaten numerous environmental laws, especially those protecting wetlands and waterways that affect the ecology of several states. - He favors restrictive ballot access laws hostile to political parties outside of the Democratic-Republican mainstream; namely us Greens, among others. --------- 1/26: Green Party Member & Activist Charlene Smythe Heads to the World Social Forum Green Party County Council member and Bayview resident Charlene Smythe is excited to be joining thousands of people from around the world attending this year's World Social Forum in Venezuela. This is her first trip abroad. Having seen poverty in the United States, Charlene is eager to see what it's like in another country, and how Venezuela is using its oil-rich resources to help all its people, unlike the United States where only greedy executives benefit. She also intends to share organizing skills and tools with other activists at the Forum, and is curious what impact the Green Party has on other countries. ============================== EVENTS: 1/28: Bird-Dog Hillary Clinton! WHEN: Saturday January 28 Starts 6:00PM WHERE: Nob Hill Masonic Center 1111 California Street (between Jones and Taylor Streets), immediately opposite Grace Cathedral, San Francisco CONTACT: codepinkbayarea(a)riseup.net DETAILS: Fed up with Hillary Clinton's support of the war in Iraq, even though she's supposed to a a "liberal" Democrat conservatives love to hate? Here's your chance to protest! Join Code Pink, who will be wearing wear large theatrical ears and pink gear, and say: HILLARY YOU'RE NOT LISTENING; STOP SUPPORTING THE WAR! Hillary Clinton once said: "Part of my job is being a good listener." At the Masonic Center, she will be discussing "political image makeover" with Jane Pauley at The Bar Association of San Francisco Special Benefit Event. There will be a reception at 7:00 PM, then Hillary and Jane will talk. --------- 2/2: Aimee Allison's Campaign Kick-off Party WHEN: Thursday, February 2 Starts 6:30PM WHERE: La Estrellita Café 446 E. 12th Street (between 4th and 5th Ave), Oakland CA 94606 COST: $10 and up at the door – this is a fundraising event. Please bring your checkbook and contribute generously. INFO: http://www.aimeeallison.org/ DETAILS: Join Aimee Allison, community members, activists, artists, and friends as we kick-off a campaign for change in the city of Oakland. Aimee Allison is launching her bid to be Oakland's next City Councilwoman from District 2, and she would like you to come celebrate and organize with her. --------- 2/6: Campaigns and Candidates Working Group WHEN: Monday, February 6 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: This meeting will focus on developing candidate questionnaires for Green candidates on the June 6, 2006 ballot: Governor, Lt. Governor, Treasurer, Controller, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Insurance Commissioner, US Senate, US Congress District 8, Assembly District 12. --------- 2/8: SFGP County Council WHEN: Wednesday, February 8 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: We will discuss business items, finalize the active membership roster for 2006 and set the agenda for the Feb. General Membership. Please email agenda items to : cc(a)sfgreens.org --------- 2/9: FIG Open House-Pot Luck, All Green Women Invited WHEN: Thursday, February 9 Starts 7:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: Bring your favorite munchie to share and join with the Women of the Green Party to set our goals, speak our minds, and work together. This year is critical for us to have a strong, cohesive working group. Whether you have worked in the Feminist Interest Group (FIG) before or not, take this opportunity to meet other Green Women and set the agenda for what promises to be a challenging time ahead. --------- 2/9: Waging a Living WHEN: Thursday, February 9 7:00PM-9:30PM WHERE: Bayanihan House 1010 Mission Street (at 6th Street), San Francisco COST: FREE FOR SOMA RESIDENTS! $5-20 sliding scale proceeds to benefit SOMCAN. www.somcan.org CONTACT: call SOMCAN: 415/348-1945 Or see: http://www.pppdocs.com/walsynopsis.html DETAILS: Please join SOMCAN at this special community screening and discussion of the documentay "Waging a Living." This film exposes the truth about America’s working poor and their daily struggle to wage a living. Jerry Longoria, a graduate of somcan's organzing internship, is featured in this film and will lead a discussion following the screening. --------- 2/15: SFGP General Membership Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, February 15 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: So far, agenda items inlcude a decision about SFGP chartered Neighborhood Groups making their own endorsements in elections. Please email agenda item suggestions to: cc(a)sfgreens.org ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: 2006 General Membership Survey The County Council is conducting a survey of San Francisco Green Party members to get your opinion on several issues to help us plan and set goals for the party in 2006. Results will be discussed at a future General Meeting. You can get a copy of the survey online at the following link, and respond to us by email: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1464 --------- Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help! On Tuesday October 25, Green Party Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, representing a broad-based coalition, introduced legislation that could forever change the way politics is done in San Francisco: With public financing, the public helps fund the campaigns of candidates who can demonstrate a wide base of community support by collecting a large number of small donations. In exchange candidates agree to a strict spending cap, and to limit their private fundraising. The idea is to make politicians accountable only to the public, rather than private campaign donors, and to ensure that all serious candidates, regardless of access to money, have enough resources to get their message out to the voters. To make this legislation happen, please do two things: 1. Write or call the Supervisors to encourage their support (they need hear this from as many people as possible); and 2. Ask your friends to do the same. Sample letters and contact information for the Supervisors can be found at http://www.voterownedelections.org/contact_supervisors.html To learn more about the campaign visit www.voterownedelections.org or call 415-596-5808. --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Two years ago, former organizers for the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign decided it was time to stop getting 'close but not close enough' to progressive victories like public power and Matt as Mayor, and to begin a city wide, year round, grassroots campaign that would start helping us win such victories! So in January 2004, the organization Our City was born. Since then we have helped to: - Pass the ban on old polluting diesel buses - Pass Matt Gonzalez's anti chain store law - Get the downtown hotel workers back on the job, and - Get the Police and Planning Commissions put back on SF Government TV after the City tried to pull them off. Now we are campaigning to get rid of PG&E's monopoly on our electricity service, and start running the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power instead! We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots campaigners to help us win this fight. No experience necessary. Earn $280 to $400 each four day work week learning to be a strong progressive organizer. To apply, call Eric at 415-756-8844 from noon to 2pm any weekday, or send an email to jobs(a)our-city.org For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org --------- Become a Green Party Sustainer! As you may know, the SFGP is supported by our wonderful sustaining donors -- 175 and growing. In the next 12 months we hope to double that figure, and you can help us achieve our goal by signing up to make a regular contribution to the Green Party. Our sustainer program nearly pays all of our basic monthly operating expenses, including rent and utilities on the office, and drastically reduces the amount of work needed to raise money. Our sustainers free us up to do what we're really here for - to pursue Green values through the democratic system. Sustainers also ensure that we are able to keep our office, which has hosted numerous campaigns' headquarters including the successful Prop A, Instant Runoff Voting initiative. Becoming a Green Party sustainer is easy, fun, and secure! For more information, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html ************************************************************ For more info on our activities, please see our website, http://www.sfgreenparty.org. You can also email us questions at info(a)sfgreens.org. To send us news items (short blurb please, plain text only) for possible inclusion in the newsletter, email news(a)sfgreens.org. Please don't put these addresses on mailing lists; messages not specifically addressed to us won't go through.

1 0

Party tonight with Jello Biafra, Ross Mirkarimi...
by announce＠sfgreens.org 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Special newsletter update! Tonight is the night, after two months of preparation, "A Green Party for Peace" is going to be a fantastic event! Start the Year to End The War with Green Party activists and friends as we celebrate 2006 in style, a fundraising party to support our efforts on behalf of social justice, the environment, animal welfare, and peace. This will be the festive, energizing blast we need to make this the year we Bring The Troops Home and End The War! Enjoy live music, spoken word, theater, dance, film and inspirational speakers including: Ross Mirkarimi, Green Party Supervisor Jello Biafra, owner, Alternative Tentacles, former head of the Dead Kennedys Aimee Allison, Oakland City Council candidate, Conscientious Objector Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange Jane Kim, Youth Ed. Dir. @ Chinatown Community Development Center, former School Board candidate John Rizzo, Chair, SF Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club Mark Sanchez, School Board Commissioner Ahimsa Sumchai, Bayview Community Advocate Performers: Garrin Benfield (Zacksongs Music) DJ Andres Octavio (Tafatafa Sound, SF) DJ Space Invader (mk2 / futuretrybe, SF/Brooklyn) DJ Daneekah (Ruff Enuff, SF/Melbourne) Dance Brigade, socio-political issue-oriented dance theater Leopold and His Fiction, indierock pop duo Terry Baum, Playwright, actor, former Congressional candidate Tommi Avicolli Mecca, writer, performer & queer activist La Vache Enragee, live trio/film Meghan Baker, folk singer/songwriter Rose Eger, acoustic blues guitarist Don Eichelberger, singer/guitarist, Co-Chair, GPCA Energy Working Group http://sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437 Studio Z 314 11th St @ Folsom Thursday, Jan. 26! 8PM-2AM Price: $5 to $500, No one turned away for lack of funds.

1 0

SF Green Party Weekly 1/22- 1/28
by announce＠sfgreens.org 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/22/06 - 1/28/06 NEWS: - 1/13-19: Schools Are Not Out After All, Thanks to Ross - 1/14: Pelosi 'Town Hall' Meeting Disappoints; House Minority Leader Refuses to Halt War Funding or Support Impeachment - 1/17: Austrian Green Parliament Members Demand that Schwarzenegger's Citizenship be Revoked, California Greens Back Action EVENTS: - 1/21: Join the Green Party in Standing Up for Reproductive Rights! - 1/24: Transportation Working Group - 1/24: Housing and Land Use Working Group Brainstorming Session - 1/25: Public Financing Hearing - 1/25: A Citizens Assembly for Political Reform - 1/26: A Green Party for Peace - 2/2: Aimee Allison's Campaign Kick-off Party ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - 2006 General Membership Survey - Volunteers Needed for A Green Party for Peace (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437) - Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - How to Run For the SF Green Party County Council - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Kickback Mountain (http://blogs.citypages.com/canderson/2005/12/post_1.asp#comments) ************************************************************ NEWS: 1/13-19: Schools Are Not Out After All, Thanks to Ross Ross Mirkarimi delays planned closing of schools... http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=2839 http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=2843 http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/ school_closures_060116.shtml --------- 1/14: Pelosi 'Town Hall' Meeting Disappoints; House Minority Leader Refuses to Halt War Funding or Support Impeachment SAN FRANCISCO—Members of the San Francisco Green Party who attended today's 'town hall' meeting with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi at Marina Middle School were extremely dissatisfied with her support for funding the war in Iraq and her unwillingness to impeach President Bush. Some Greens, including well-known peace activist Medea Benjamin, held up signs urging Pelosi to stop voting to fund the war during the 'town hall'. Pelosi stressed that she voted for war funding because of the troops, but acknowledged that the soldiers still do not have sufficient protective armor. The Green Party will continue to challenge Pelosi to represent the views of her district, and are expecting to run a candidate against her in November. Pioneer lesbian playwright Terry Baum was the Green Party's candidate against Pelosi in 2004. --------- 1/17: Austrian Green Parliament Members Demand that Schwarzenegger's Citizenship be Revoked, California Greens Back Action SACRAMENTO (January 17, 2006) – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian citizenship should be revoked for permitting death penalty executions in California, said a formal request made by Green Party members of the Austrian Parliament and supported by the International Protocol Committee of the Green Party of California late Monday. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to stop executions of Donald Beardslee, Stanley Tookie Williams – and now Clarence Allen. Greens all over the world are against the death penalty. And in Austria, the death penalty is illegal. "No Austrian citizen is legally permitted to participate in or order the execution of another human being," said the Green Party committee. The committee added that it also supports "other pertinent and appropriate sanctions which the Austrian Parliament may enact in this regard." ============================== EVENTS: 1/21: Join the Green Party in Standing Up for Reproductive Rights! WHEN: Saturday, January 21 11:00 AM WHERE: Assemble at Pier #1, Embarcadero and Market Streets, San Francisco WHAT: Demonstration to support reproductive rights. This effort is a response to the second annual anti-choice march organized and sponsored by the San Francisco and Oakland Archdiocese. WHO: Green Party, BACORR (Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights), Code Pink, Raging Grannies WHY: The Green Party proudly supports a position of "no interference" in a woman's right to control her own body! The Green Party is working to expand women's basic reproductive rights! --------- 1/24: Transportation Working Group WHEN: Tuesday, January 24 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: The transportation working group is focusing on transportation justice - increasing public transit service to underserved communities. Please contact either co-chair, John-Marc Chandonia ( jmc(a)sfgreens.org ) or Sue Vaughan (susan_e_vaughan(a)yahoo.com) for more info. --------- 1/24: Housing and Land Use Working Group Brainstorming Session WHEN: Tuesday, January 24 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: La Solea Cafe, 376 19th Street between Mission and Capp, San Francisco DETAILS: The Housing and Land Use Working Group is holding a brainstorming session towards the development of a housing and land use platform. --------- 1/25: A Citizens Assembly for Political Reform WHEN: Wednesday, January 25 12:00-1:30 PM WHERE: The Commonwealth Club of California, 595 Market Street, Second Floor, San Francisco CONTACT: RSVP to Lily Ho at (916) 448-5189 or to ho(a)newamerica.net. New America Foundation is also sponsoring this event on January 24th in Los Angeles and January 26th in Sacramento. Please specify which event you are RSVPing for in your email. If you have questions about the panels, please contact Steven Hill at (415) 665-5044 or hill(a)newamerica.net. DETAILS: Election reform is badly needed. A model solution? A Citizens Assembly. Its strength lies in restoring power to the people. Speakers will include Joseph Canciamilla, Democratic Assemblyman of Pittsburg, and Green Party member Steven Hill, the director of the New America Foundation, which is sponsoring this event. To find out more, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1462 --------- 1/25: Public Financing Hearing WHEN: Wednesday, January 25 1:30 PM WHERE: Room 263 of City Hall (McAllister & Polk), San Francisco CONTACT: Please sign up onto the Evite so we can keep track of whose coming: http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp? inviteId=NXJJRDMXIURAGFTJREBH&li=iq&src="#FFFFFF"> If you can't make it, please take the time to contact the Board of Supervisors to let them know this reform is important to you: http://voterownedelections.org/contact_supervisors.html For more information on Voter-Owned Elections, visit www.voterownedelections.org or call 415-596-5808. DETAILS: On December 19th, over 100 young activists, community members, and social justice advocates ensured that the San Francisco Ethics Commission unanimously approved legislation that could bring public campaign financing to the San Francisco Mayor’s race. In order to ensure that this grassroots-powered legislation is passed into law, we need to come together once again. --------- 1/26: A Green Party for Peace WHEN: Thursday, January 26 8:00PM until closing WHERE: Studio Z, 314 11th Street at Folsom, San Francisco DETAILS: Join Ross Mirkarimi, Jello Biafra, Aimee Allison, Jane Kim, Mark Sanchez, Ahimsa Sumchai, Kevin Danaher, Terry Baum and many others as we start the year to end the war in Iraq! There will also be some great music and DJS Andres Octavio, Space Invader, and Daneekah. For more details, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437 --------- 2/2: Aimee Allison's Campaign Kick-off Party WHEN: Thursday, February 2 Starts 6:30PM WHERE: La Estrellita Café 446 E. 12th Street (between 4th and 5th Ave), Oakland CA 94606 COST: $10 and up at the door – this is a fundraising event. Please bring your checkbook and contribute generously. INFO: http://www.aimeeallison.org/ DETAILS: Join Aimee Allison, community members, activists, artists, and friends as we kick-off a campaign for change in the city of Oakland. Aimee Allison is launching her bid to be Oakland's next City Councilwoman from District 2, and she would like you to come celebrate and organize with her. ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: 2006 General Membership Survey The County Council is conducting a survey of San Francisco Green Party members to get your opinion on several issues to help us plan and set goals for the party in 2006. Results will be discussed at a future General Meeting. You can get a copy of the survey online at the following link, and respond to us by email: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1464 --------- Volunteers Needed for A Green Party for Peace (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437) We're seeking people to help out during any part of the day or evening at the San Francisco Green Party fundraising event at Studio Z (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437) If interested, please contact Sue Vaughan at (415) 668-3119 or susan_e_vaughan(a)juno.com. --------- Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help! On Tuesday October 25, Green Party Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, representing a broad-based coalition, introduced legislation that could forever change the way politics is done in San Francisco: With public financing, the public helps fund the campaigns of candidates who can demonstrate a wide base of community support by collecting a large number of small donations. In exchange candidates agree to a strict spending cap, and to limit their private fundraising. The idea is to make politicians accountable only to the public, rather than private campaign donors, and to ensure that all serious candidates, regardless of access to money, have enough resources to get their message out to the voters. To make this legislation happen, please do two things: 1. Write or call the Supervisors to encourage their support (they need hear this from as many people as possible); and 2. Ask your friends to do the same. Sample letters and contact information for the Supervisors can be found at http://www.voterownedelections.org/contact_supervisors.html To learn more about the campaign visit www.voterownedelections.org or call 415-596-5808. --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Two years ago, former organizers for the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign decided it was time to stop getting 'close but not close enough' to progressive victories like public power and Matt as Mayor, and to begin a city wide, year round, grassroots campaign that would start helping us win such victories! So in January 2004, the organization Our City was born. Since then we have helped to: - Pass the ban on old polluting diesel buses - Pass Matt Gonzalez's anti chain store law - Get the downtown hotel workers back on the job, and - Get the Police and Planning Commissions put back on SF Government TV after the City tried to pull them off. Now we are campaigning to get rid of PG&E's monopoly on our electricity service, and start running the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power instead! We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots campaigners to help us win this fight. No experience necessary. Earn $280 to $400 each four day work week learning to be a strong progressive organizer. To apply, call Eric at 415-756-8844 from noon to 2pm any weekday, or send an email to jobs(a)our-city.org For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org --------- How to Run For the SF Green Party County Council County Council Candidates will be elected in June of 2006. For details on how to run, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1435 --------- Become a Green Party Sustainer! As you may know, the SFGP is supported by our wonderful sustaining donors -- 175 and growing. In the next 12 months we hope to double that figure, and you can help us achieve our goal by signing up to make a regular contribution to the Green Party. Our sustainer program nearly pays all of our basic monthly operating expenses, including rent and utilities on the office, and drastically reduces the amount of work needed to raise money. Our sustainers free us up to do what we're really here for - to pursue Green values through the democratic system. Sustainers also ensure that we are able to keep our office, which has hosted numerous campaigns' headquarters including the successful Prop A, Instant Runoff Voting initiative. Becoming a Green Party sustainer is easy, fun, and secure! For more information, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html ************************************************************ For more info on our activities, please see our website, http://www.sfgreenparty.org. You can also email us questions at info(a)sfgreens.org. To send us news items (short blurb please, plain text only) for possible inclusion in the newsletter, email news(a)sfgreens.org. Please don't put these addresses on mailing lists; messages not specifically addressed to us won't go through.

1 0

Fwd: Ross Mirkarimi's Third Firday's Art Opening January 20th
by announce＠sfgreens.org 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

Hi all: Sorry this wasn't in the SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/15/05 - 1/21/05 newsletter...I didn't get this until after I sent the newsletter out. This will be a good event to attend before Matt's benefit: --------- 1/20: Ross Mirkarimi's Third Firday's Art Opening WHEN: Friday, January 20 5:00PM-8:00PM WHERE: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 282, San Francisco DETAILS: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi hosts the monthly Third Friday’s Art Reception in his City Hall office. This month's featured artist is Andy Diaz Hope. Andy Diaz Hope, a Bay Area native, questions the stereotypes and cliches circulated by popular media. By refabricating the form in which we sustain our self-image and protect ourselves from our image as an enemy, Diaz Hope wants to draw our attention to the threads with which our very social fabric is bound and fashioned. Often funny and always telling, his work permits candid interactions to deconstruct our stereotypes, prejudices and preconceived notions, be they conscious or not. Diaz Hope has shown his work in the MoMA permanent collection, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia, and the London Crafts Counsil, as well as in numerous shows throughout the United States, England, Australia and Japan. You can view his work online at www.andydiazhope.com. --------- 1/20: HEAR THIS! A Spoken Word Event WHEN: Friday, January 20 Starts 8:00PM WHERE: SLIMS, 333 11th St. @ Folsom, San Francisco DETAILS: This special evening of spoken word features the talents of Matt Gonzalez, Jello Biafra, Barbara Becnel, Todd Chretien, Jack Hirschman, Sarah Lipson, Jonathan Richman, Daisy Zamora, Kevin Zeese, plus special musical guest Tom Heyman & DJ Superchill. Tickets are $12. To purchase them, go to http://www.slims-sf.com/, click the Show Sched. button (which will take you to the calendar of events at Slims), click information by HEAR THIS!, and choose either virtuous.com or tickets.com. Or you can just go to these sites directly.

1 0

SF Green Party Weekly 1/15/05 - 1/21/05
by announce＠sfgreens.org 14 Jan '06

14 Jan '06

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/15/05 - 1/21/05 NEWS: - 1/03: Congress Must Impeach Bush and Cheney - 1/05: Response to Schwarzenegger State-of-the-State - 1/06: Mirkarimi Joins Community in Calling on Board of Ed, SFUSD to Halt Further - 1/06: Greens Respond to Clean Money - 1/09: Green Party Supports Chris Daly's C-3 Legislation - 1/10: Greens say "No Interference" with Reproductive Rights; Abortion Is NOT Murder! - 1/13: Green Party Elected Officials are Making a Valiant Effort to Keep Local Schools Open EVENTS: - 1/13: Feminist Issues Working Group - 1/13-15: Ocean Film Festival - 1/15: West Side Greens - 1/16: Protest the Execution of Clarence Ray Allen! - 1/16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Observance - 1/18: Green Party General Membership Meeting - 1/19: Animal Advocacy Working Group - 1/19: The SF Bay Area Premiere Of After Innocence - 1/20: HEAR THIS! A Spoken Word Event - 1/21: Join the Green Party in Standing Up for Reproductive Rights! - 1/24: Transportation Working Group - 1/26: A Green Party for Peace (see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437 for details) ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Volunteers Needed for A Green Party for Peace (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437) - Volunteer for the Ocean Film Festival - Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - How to Run For the SF Green Party County Council - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - It's a Less Wonderful Life (http://www.savethecourt.org/joe) ************************************************************ NEWS: 1/03: Congress Must Impeach Bush and Cheney http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1431 Green Party leaders urged Congress to initiate impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney as soon as possible... --------- 1/05: Response to Schwarzenegger State-of-the-State http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1433 In response to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger third State of the State speech, The Green Party of California on Thursday charged that not only Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, but also Democratic Party leaders, are not offering the "real reform" that is needed to help all Californians... --------- 1/06: Mirkarimi Joins Community in Calling on Board of Ed, SFUSD to Halt Further http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1432 Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi demanded that officials and board members of the San Francisco Unified School District reconsider plans that would close or merge six schools in San Francisco's District 5... --------- 1/06: Greens Respond to Clean Money http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1434 A publicly-financed election reform concept introduced two years ago to Berkeley voters has been reintroduced in the state Legislature... --------- 1/09: Green Party Supports Chris Daly's C-3 Legislation http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1435 The San Francisco Green Party (SFGP) strongly supports the C-3 legislation introduced by Supervisor Chris Daly that will eliminate minimum parking requirements for downtown housing... --------- 1/10: Greens say "No Interference" with Reproductive Rights; Abortion Is NOT Murder! http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1436 The San Francisco Green Party announced today that it is advocating a policy of "no interference" with a woman's right to choose... --------- 1/13: Green Party Elected Officials are Making a Valiant Effort to Keep Local Schools Open http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/13/MNG7CGMV5A1.DTL Parents, teachers fight S.F. education board for schools to stay open. Send a letter to the editor supporting their efforts, letters(a)sfchronicle.com ============================== EVENTS: 1/13: Feminist Issues Working Group WHEN: Friday, January 13 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: Monthly meeting of the Feminist Issues Group, which strives to define why feminism is important to Greens and to promote Green feminism in all realms of Green Party activities and in our lives. --------- 1/13 to 1/15: Ocean Film Festival WHEN: Friday, January 13: 6:00 to 8:00 PM for opening reception (http://www.oceanfilmfest.org/reception.html) Saturday, January 14 starting 10:00 AM for films (see program at http://www.oceanfilmfest.org/filmprograms.html) Sunday, January 15 starting 10:00 AM for films (see program at http://www.oceanfilmfest.org/filmprograms.html) WHERE: Cowell Theatre at Fort Mason Center (see http://www.oceanfilmfest.org/directions.html for directions), San Francisco DETAILS: The Ocean Film Festival "celebrates the joy, power, and mystery of the sea," and focuses on ocean-related sports and cultures, and "the importance of the oceans' vital ecosystems." For more information, see http://www.oceanfilmfest.org/history.html WHY: The Green Party strongly supports making our planet a clean, non-toxic place to live in, and the oceans are no exception! --------- 1/15: West Side Greens WHEN: Sunday, January 15 3:00PM-5:00PM WHERE: 2467 28th Avenue (cross street is Taraval), San Francisco WHO TO CONTACT: Call Barry at 415-664-7754 for more information. DETAILS: Agenda will include: - Nomination of officers - Endorsements by working groups - Campaign updates - Current efforts to pass Clean Money legislation --------- 1/16: Protest the Execution of Clarence Ray Allen! WHEN: Monday, January 16 8:00PM WHERE: San Quentin State Prison. How to get there: You can park on Francisco Blvd. E. but expect to walk 1-2 Miles to get to the East Gate of San Quentin. DETAILS: Join Greens and anti-death penalty activists as we continue our struggle against the racist death penalty. Sadly, this execution has been scheduled on the birthday of Martin Luther King. This vigil honors Dr. King's memory as we protest yet another state sponsored execution. The Green Party opposes the Death Penalty under all circumstances. Dress warmly and bring a flashlight. Contact: stefanie(a)deathpenalty.org or 415-243-0143 --------- 1/16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Observance WHEN: Monday, January 16 9:00PM - 5:00PM WHERE: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove Street, San Francisco WHO TO CONTACT: Mark Barnes mwbsf(a)riseup.net DETAILS: Join the Green Party in honoring the birthday and life of Dr. King. We will be at our Green Party booth registering voters, distributing literature and educating the public about our commitment to social and economic justice. Highlights of this observance: - Teach-in - Special guests - Live entertainment - Arts & crafts vendors - Health services vendors faire - Food vendors --------- 1/18: Green Party General Membership Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, January 18 7:30PM - 9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: These meetings are where policy and endorsement decisions are made. This month's topic will include the 2006 County Council elections, endorsement proceedures and an update on the fundraiser planned for Jan 26 at Z gallery. --------- 1/19: Animal Advocacy Working Group WHEN: Thursday, January 19 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: Monthly meeting of the Animal Working Group. We will discuss animal issues in San Francisco. For more information, email Rosalind Lord at rclord(a)seaserpent.com --------- 1/19: The SF Bay Area Premiere Of After Innocence DATE: Thursday, January 19 1) Pre-Screening Reception: TIME: 5:00 to 7:20PM WHERE: Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk Street (at Clay) DETAILS: A benefit for the life after exoneration program and death penalty focus. Special guests: filmmaker Jessica Sanders, author Dave Eggers, actor and activist Mike Farrell, assemblyman Mark Leno 2) Screening and Post-Screening Talkback TIME: Starts 7:30PM WHERE: Lumiere Theatre, 1572 California Street (at Polk) DETAILS: Screening of the Sundance award-winning documentary After Innocence, about the lives of seven men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA proved their innocence. The film focuses on the gripping story of these men and their emotional journeys back into society and efforts to rebuild their lives. Talkback Participants: Filmmaker Jessica Sanders and exoneree Herman Atkins, who was released from prison after serving thirteen years for a crime he did not commit. To purchase tickets, go to http://www.deathpenalty.org/index.php?pid=AfterInnocence --------- 1/20: HEAR THIS! A Spoken Word Event WHEN: Friday, January 20 Starts 8:00PM WHERE: SLIMS, 333 11th St. @ Folsom, San Francisco DETAILS: This special evening of spoken word features the talents of Matt Gonzalez, Jello Biafra, Barbara Becnel, Todd Chretien, Jack Hirschman, Sarah Lipson, Jonathan Richman, Daisy Zamora, Kevin Zeese, plus special musical guest Tom Heyman & DJ Superchill. Tickets are $12. To purchase them, go to http://www.slims-sf.com/, click the Show Sched. button (which will take you to the calendar of events at Slims), click information by HEAR THIS!, and choose either virtuous.com or tickets.com. Or you can just go to these sites directly. --------- 1/21: Join the Green Party in Standing Up for Reproductive Rights! WHEN: Saturday, January 21 11:00 AM WHERE: Assemble at Pier #1, Embarcadero and Market Streets, San Francisco WHAT: Demonstration to support reproductive rights. This effort is a response to the second annual anti-choice march organized and sponsored by the San Francisco and Oakland Archdiocese. WHO: Green Party, BACORR (Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights), Code Pink, Raging Grannies WHY: The Green Party proudly supports a position of "no interference" in a woman's right to control her own body! The Green Party is working to expand women's basic reproductive rights! --------- 1/24: Transportation Working Group WHEN: Tuesday, January 24 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: The transportation working group is focusing on transportation justice - increasing public transit service to underserved communities. Please contact either co-chair, John-Marc Chandonia ( jmc(a)sfgreens.org ) or Sue Vaughan (susan_e_vaughan(a)yahoo.com) for more info. --------- 1/26: SAVE THE DATE: A Green Party for Peace WHEN: Thursday, January 26 8:00PM until closing WHERE: Studio Z, 314 11th Street at Folsom, San Francisco DETAILS: - http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437 ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Volunteers Needed for A Green Party for Peace (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437) We're seeking people to help out during any part of the day or evening at the San Francisco Green Party fundraising event at Studio Z (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437) If interested, please contact Sue Vaughan at (415) 668-3119 or susan_e_vaughan(a)juno.com. --------- Volunteer for the Ocean Film Festival Interested in exploring the ocean, the "earth's final frontier?" The San Francisco Ocean Film Festival is seeking helping hands for its reception on January 13 and ushers, etc. for its shows on January 14 & 15. For more information, see http://www.oceanfilmfest.org/volunteer.html --------- Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help! On Tuesday October 25, Green Party Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, representing a broad-based coalition, introduced legislation that could forever change the way politics is done in San Francisco: With public financing, the public helps fund the campaigns of candidates who can demonstrate a wide base of community support by collecting a large number of small donations. In exchange candidates agree to a strict spending cap, and to limit their private fundraising. The idea is to make politicians accountable only to the public, rather than private campaign donors, and to ensure that all serious candidates, regardless of access to money, have enough resources to get their message out to the voters. To make this legislation happen, please do two things: 1. Write or call the Supervisors to encourage their support (they need hear this from as many people as possible); and 2. Ask your friends to do the same. Sample letters and contact information for the Supervisors can be found at http://www.voterownedelections.org/contact_supervisors.html To learn more about the campaign visit www.voterownedelections.org or call 415-596-5808. --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Two years ago, former organizers for the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign decided it was time to stop getting 'close but not close enough' to progressive victories like public power and Matt as Mayor, and to begin a city wide, year round, grassroots campaign that would start helping us win such victories! So in January 2004, the organization Our City was born. Since then we have helped to: - Pass the ban on old polluting diesel buses - Pass Matt Gonzalez's anti chain store law - Get the downtown hotel workers back on the job, and - Get the Police and Planning Commissions put back on SF Government TV after the City tried to pull them off. Now we are campaigning to get rid of PG&E's monopoly on our electricity service, and start running the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power instead! We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots campaigners to help us win this fight. No experience necessary. Earn $280 to $400 each four day work week learning to be a strong progressive organizer. To apply, call Eric at 415-756-8844 from noon to 2pm any weekday, or send an email to jobs(a)our-city.org For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org --------- How to Run For the SF Green Party County Council County Council Candidates will be elected in June of 2006. For details on how to run, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1435 --------- Become a Green Party Sustainer! As you may know, the SFGP is supported by our wonderful sustaining donors -- 175 and growing. In the next 12 months we hope to double that figure, and you can help us achieve our goal by signing up to make a regular contribution to the Green Party. Our sustainer program nearly pays all of our basic monthly operating expenses, including rent and utilities on the office, and drastically reduces the amount of work needed to raise money. Our sustainers free us up to do what we're really here for - to pursue Green values through the democratic system. Sustainers also ensure that we are able to keep our office, which has hosted numerous campaigns' headquarters including the successful Prop A, Instant Runoff Voting initiative. Becoming a Green Party sustainer is easy, fun, and secure! For more information, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html ************************************************************ For more info on our activities, please see our website, http://www.sfgreenparty.org. You can also email us questions at info(a)sfgreens.org. To send us news items (short blurb please, plain text only) for possible inclusion in the newsletter, email news(a)sfgreens.org. Please don't put these addresses on mailing lists; messages not specifically addressed to us won't go through.

1 0

SF Green Party Weekly
by announce＠sfgreens.org 07 Jan '06

07 Jan '06

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/8/05 - 1/15/05 NEWS: - 12/27: Austria's Green Party Denounces Schwarzenegger's Actions in Tookie Williams Case - 12/28: Willie Brown the "Payola Kingpin" on Progressive Radio: Matt Smith Discusses - 12/28: Pro-Public Financing Editorial in San Francisco Bay Guardian - 12/30: Ten Good Things about Another Bad Year: Medea Benjamin Elaborates - 01/06: Mirkarimi Joins Community in Calling on Board of Ed, SFUSD to Halt Further EVENTS: - 1/09: Campaigns and Issues Working Group - 1/10: Housing and Land Use Working Group - 1/10: Meeting with San Francisco Board of Education to Consider Proposed Sunshine Package - 1/11: County Council Meeting - 1/13: Feminist Issues Working Group (changed from Jan 5) - 1/16: Protest the Execution of Clarence Ray Allen! - 1/19: Animal Advocacy Working Group (changed from Jan 5) - 1/21: Join the Green Party in Standing Up for Reproductive Rights! - 1/26: SAVE THE DATE: A Green Party for Peace (see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437 for details) ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - How to Run For the SF Green Party County Council - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Justin's Father's Job ************************************************************ NEWS: 12/27: Austria's Green Party Denounces Schwarzenegger's Actions in Tookie Williams Case - http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/12/27/ MNGISGDLRF1.DTL The Austrian Green Party called for Schwarzenegger to be stripped of his Austrian citizenship... --------- 12/28: Willie Brown the "Payola Kingpin" on Progressive Radio: Matt Smith Discusses - http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1427 Matt Smith thinks Willie Brown, who is co-hosting KQKE talk show "Keeping It Real" with comedian Will Durst, should be the show's Bill O'Reilly. --------- 12/28: Pro-Public Financing Editorial in San Francisco Bay Guardian - http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1430 --------- 12/30: 12/30: Ten Good Things about Another Bad Year: Medea Benjamin Elaborates - http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1428 --------- 01/06: Mirkarimi Joins Community in Calling on Board of Ed, SFUSD to Halt Further - http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1432 ============================== EVENTS: 1/9: Campaigns and Issues Working Group WHEN: Monday, January 9 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: Monthly meeting of the Candidates and Campaigns Working Group, a forum for reviewing candidates, ballot initiatives and measures and generating recommendations for endorsement to the General Membership; identifyng and recommending "key" campaigns and how to allocate SFGP resources accordingly; and recruiting Green candidates to run for local elected office. --------- 1/10: Housing and Land Use Working Group WHEN: Tuesday, January 10 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: This month's agenda includes a presentation by Sarah Dennis of the SF Planning Department about a current project to determine the nexus impact of high-end housing in San Francisco and proposed developer mitigation fees. She'll also discuss Supervisors Daly's and McGoldrick's proposals to make changes to the currrent inclusionary housing ordinace. We'll also talk about the 2006 agenda to become more active in legislation issues, and we'll revisit proposed seminars for the upcoming year. --------- 1/10: Meeting with San Francisco Board of Education to Consider Proposed Sunshine Package WHEN: Tuesday, January 10 Meeting is scheduled to start at 7:00PM WHERE: School District headquarters, 555 Franklin, San Francisco DETAILS: The San Francisco Board of Education is due at this meeting to consider a series of Recommendations for an Open Government Policy. As fellow Green Kim Knox pointed out in her excellent article in the Bay Guardian, adoption of the package (Resolution No. 511-15A1) would be a step forward but it has some major shortcomings, including lack of a provision to penalize those who violate sunshine laws, and a period of 30 SCHOOL days (which could mean up to three calendar months, depending on the time of year) for the school district to respond to appeals by citizens denied access to district records. --------- 1/11: County Council Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, January 11 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: This is the regularly scheduled meeting of the Green Party's County Council. We discuss business items and draft the agenda for the following week's General Membership meeting. This month we will discuss the lease for our office, which is up in March of 2006, revising our Active Membership list and General Membership agenda items including: - County Council elections - Working group protocol regarding endorsements - Upcoming fundraiser on Jan 26 at Z Gallery - Working Group reports and activities --------- 1/13: Feminist Issues Working Group WHEN: Friday, January 13 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: Monthly meeting of the Feminist Issues Group, which strives to define why feminism is important to Greens and to promote Green feminism in all realms of Green Party activities and in our lives. --------- 1/16: Protest the Execution of Clarence Ray Allen! WHEN: Monday, January 16 8:00PM WHERE: San Quentin State Prison. How to get there: You can park on Francisco Blvd. E. but expect to walk 1-2 Miles to get to the East Gate of San Quentin. DETAILS: Join Greens and anti-death penalty activists as we continue our struggle against the racist death penalty. Sadly, this execution has been scheduled on the birthday of Martin Luther King. This vigil honors Dr. King's memory as we protest yet another state sponsored execution. The Green Party opposes the Death Penalty under all circumstances. Dress warmly and bring a flashlight. Contact: stefanie(a)deathpenalty.org or 415-243-0143 --------- 1/19: Animal Advocacy Working Group WHEN: Thursday, January 19 (changed from Jan 5) 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: Monthly meeting of the Animal Working Group. We will discuss animal issues in San Francisco. For more information, email Rosalind Lord at rclord(a)seaserpent.com --------- 1/21: Join the Green Party in Standing Up for Reproductive Rights! WHEN: Saturday, January 21 11:00 AM WHERE: Assemble at Pier #1, Embarcadero and Market Streets, San Francisco WHAT: Demonstration to support reproductive rights. This effort is a response to the second annual anti-choice march organized and sponsored by the San Francisco and Oakland Archdiocese. WHO: Green Party, BACORR (Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights), Code Pink, Raging Grannies WHY: The Green Party proudly supports a position of "no interference" in a woman's right to control her own body! The Green Party is working to expand women's basic reproductive rights! --------- 1/26: SAVE THE DATE: A Green Party for Peace WHEN: Thursday, January 26 8:00PM until closing WHERE: Studio Z, 314 11th Street at Folsom, San Francisco DETAILS: - http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437 ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help! On Tuesday October 25, Green Party Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, representing a broad-based coalition, introduced legislation that could forever change the way politics is done in San Francisco: With public financing, the public helps fund the campaigns of candidates who can demonstrate a wide base of community support by collecting a large number of small donations. In exchange candidates agree to a strict spending cap, and to limit their private fundraising. The idea is to make politicians accountable only to the public, rather than private campaign donors, and to ensure that all serious candidates, regardless of access to money, have enough resources to get their message out to the voters. To make this legislation happen, please do two things: 1. Write or call the Supervisors to encourage their support (they need hear this from as many people as possible); and 2. Ask your friends to do the same. Sample letters and contact information for the Supervisors can be found at http://www.voterownedelections.org/contact_supervisors.html To learn more about the campaign visit www.voterownedelections.org or call 415-596-5808. --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Two years ago, former organizers for the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign decided it was time to stop getting 'close but not close enough' to progressive victories like public power and Matt as Mayor, and to begin a city wide, year round, grassroots campaign that would start helping us win such victories! So in January 2004, the organization Our City was born. Since then we have helped to: - Pass the ban on old polluting diesel buses - Pass Matt Gonzalez's anti chain store law - Get the downtown hotel workers back on the job, and - Get the Police and Planning Commissions put back on SF Government TV after the City tried to pull them off. Now we are campaigning to get rid of PG&E's monopoly on our electricity service, and start running the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power instead! We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots campaigners to help us win this fight. No experience necessary. Earn $280 to $400 each four day work week learning to be a strong progressive organizer. To apply, call Eric at 415-756-8844 from noon to 2pm any weekday, or send an email to jobs(a)our-city.org For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org --------- How to Run For the SF Green Party County Council County Council Candidates will be elected in June of 2006. For details on how to run, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1435 --------- Become a Green Party Sustainer! As you may know, the SFGP is supported by our wonderful sustaining donors -- 175 and growing. In the next 12 months we hope to double that figure, and you can help us achieve our goal by signing up to make a regular contribution to the Green Party. Our sustainer program nearly pays all of our basic monthly operating expenses, including rent and utilities on the office, and drastically reduces the amount of work needed to raise money. Our sustainers free us up to do what we're really here for - to pursue Green values through the democratic system. Sustainers also ensure that we are able to keep our office, which has hosted numerous campaigns' headquarters including the successful Prop A, Instant Runoff Voting initiative. Becoming a Green Party sustainer is easy, fun, and secure! For more information, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html ============================== JOKE OF THE WEEK: Justin's Father's Job One day a fourth-grade teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up: fireman, mechanic, businessman, salesman, doctor, lawyer, and so forth. But little Justin was being uncharacteristically quiet, so when the teacher prodded him about his father, he replied, "My father's an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes in front of other men and they put money in his underwear. Sometimes, if the offer is really good, he will go home with some guy and make love with him for money." The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some exercises and then took little Justin aside to ask him, "Is that really true about your father?" "No," the boy said, "He works for the Republican National Committee and helped re-elect George Bush, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids." ************************************************************ For more info on our activities, please see our website, http://www.sfgreenparty.org. You can also email us questions at info(a)sfgreens.org. To send us news items (short blurb please, plain text only) for possible inclusion in the newsletter, email news(a)sfgreens.org. Please don't put these addresses on mailing lists; messages not specifically addressed to us won't go through.

1 0