March 2006 - announce

SF Green Party Weekly 3/31-4/6
by announce＠sfgreens.org 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 3/31/06-4/6/06 NEWS: - 3/26: Election Whistle-Blower Stymied by Vendors (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1465) - 3/27: Green Party Mourns Loss of Member Tom Fox (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1469) - 3/27: Green Congressional Candidate Berg Launches Peace Org (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1468) - 3/27: Bernie Sanders' Independent Revolution (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1467) - 3/27: Third Parties Shake Off "Spoiler" Image (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1466) - 3/28: Green Party US Senate Hopefuls Charge Senate Changes In Immigrant Legislation Don't Go Far Enough (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1470) EVENTS: - 3/30: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest - 3/31: ACORN Action for Money Mart - 4/1: Stand Up! Stand Out! Free Leadership Training Session for Women - 4/3: Campaigns and Issues Working Group - 4/4: Housing and Land Use Working Group - 4/5: Expand the First Source Hiring Program - 4/6: Feminist Issues Group - 4/8: Auctioning Off Downtown! San Francisco People's Organization Art Auction & Party - 4/10, 4/23: Reception for Barry Hermanson for Assembly - 4/12: SF Green Party County Council meeting - 4/13: FILM: INDEPENDENT AMERICA: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop - 5/24: SAVE THE DATE!!! Something Fun at the Green Party Forum!!! Join the medley of politics and performance ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Bay Area Reporter and Fairmont boycott - Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://www.dailykos.com/user/jim%20d) - Take Action! - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Funny Scam Email from a man who says he's Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Brother ************************************************************ NEWS: 3/30: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest WHEN: Thursday, March 30th 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Cafe Royale, 800 Post Street, San Francisco DETAILS: Come to the fun-filled, laughter-filled 3rd annual SF Political Trivia Contest! Celebrity emcees include Public Defender Jeff Adachi, School Board Commissioner Mark Sanchez, Supervisor Chris Daly, School Board Commissioner Eric Mar and many others. (Ross had a conflict on his calendar). The categories include "Streets of San Francisco," "Look for the Union Label," "Housing" and "You Thought that You Knew San Francisco." This is a fundraiser for the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club, who almost got their charter revoked for endorsing Matt Gonzalez for Mayor and Mark Sanchez, Sarah Lipson & Whit Leigh for School Board. Admission is $5 per person or $20 for a team of four or more. --------- 3/31: Action for Money Mart WHEN: Friday, March 31st 6:00PM WHERE: 7th and Market CONTACT: David Sharples San Francisco ACORN 415-587-9080 DETAILS: ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) is doing a campaign against Money Mart to get them to stop ripping off poor people with their 300% interest rate payday loans and high check cashing fees. On March 2nd we hit them in 30 cities across the country and in Canada, including a 35 person action on the Money Mart store at 7th and Market. We gave Money Mart the Loan Shark of the Year Award. Now we're doing another action on Money Mart to get them to reduce their fees. --------- 4/1: Stand Up! Stand Out! Free Leadership Training Session for Women WHEN: Saturday, April 1st 10:00AM-2:00PM WHERE: Bayview Hunters Point YMCA, 1601 Lane Street, San Francisco, CA 94124 Bayview Hunters Point YMCA is wheelchair accessible COST: Free of charge, lunch & childcare provided LUNCH AND CHILDCARE: Will be provided to registered participants. RSVP: Open to Public via RSVP to nwpcsf(a)yahoo.com or 415-931-4364 CONTACT: Alix Rosenthal, President National Women°Øs Political Caucus - San Francisco Tel: 415-377-6722 nwpcsf(a)yahoo.com DETAILS: °∞Stand Up! Stand Out!°± is a free leadership training program aimed at empowering women from Bayview Hunters Point by helping them effect change in their neighborhood and in their city. This one-day skill-building workshop is intended to begin teaching women how to organize around community issues and best approach local officials. As NWPC-SF President Alix Rosenthal said: °∞Our core mission is to get more women involved in politics. We can work towards this goal by helping to demystify the processes by which local governments make the decisions that most directly affect women and their communities.°± The program will kick off with an introductory greeting from S.F. Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, followed by a panel of guest speakers including local commissioners Angelo King (Bayview Hunters Point Project Area Committee, Environmental Commission), and Willie Kennedy (Southeast Community Facilities Commission). The session will finish with smaller, interactive group discussions facilitated by grass roots organizers, which will focus on strategies and skill building. The National Women's Political Caucus is a multicultural, intergenerational, and multi-issue grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women°Øs participation in the political process. The San Francisco NWPC caucus has been in existence since 1973, working hard locally in support of the NWPC mission: to recruit, train and support pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed offices at all levels of government. For more information about the San Francisco NWPC caucus, see http://www.nwpc-sf.org/ --------- 4/3: Campaigns and Issues Working Group WHEN: Monday, April 3rd 7:30PM-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 Campaigns and Issues working group. We will discuss the four issues on the SF ballot, plus any other pending election related topics, including the timeline for our slate card production. --------- 4/4: Housing and Land Use Working Group WHEN: Tuesday, April 4th 7:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: The local Green Party is drafting a housing platform to help guide its future. This is a great time to get involved to shape the vision you have for what San Francisco will look like 30 years from now, and what income groups will be inhabitting the city. Non-Greens are welcomed to all HLU meetings. --------- 4/5: Expand the First Source Hiring Program WHEN: Wednesday, April 5th 1:00PM WHERE: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Budget and Finance Committee Hearing, Board chambers DETAILS: This hearing was previously scheduled for March 29. The city currently has a 1st Source Hiring Program that is supposed to connect low-income and historically disadvantaged peoples with job opportunities. Companies list job openings for entry level positions with the program and the program distributes this information to public assistance programs, community organizations and other centers that serve the disadvantaged. Low-income people then have an advantage of applying for the jobs early. Unfortunately this program has not be given the resources to be effective. Support Supervisor Mirkarimi's legislation to improve the program and bring more jobs to the poor. Supervisor Mirkarimi's legislation will do the following: 1. Expand the types of jobs available to low-income and disadvantaged people to go beyond construction into other industries with more growth in SF. 2. Ensure that the program gets enough resources to be successful via fines that will be strictly enforced on companies that don't comply with offering jobs to low-income and disadvantaged people first. 3. Reduce poverty in SF by increasing creating more avenues for low-income people to get access to jobs with the opportunity for advancement. Take Action! Attend the Budget and Finance Committee Hearing and tell the Board you support expanding the First Source Hiring program. Also, please show your support for this important legislation by calling and emailing the Mayor, your Supervisor, and the other members of the Board. --------- 4/6: Feminist Issues Group WHEN: Thursday, April 6th 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Wild Awakenings Cafe, 142 McAllister, San Francisco DETAILS: The topic will be "What are the feminist issues today?" The 4th wave is here. --------- 4/8: Auctioning Off Downtown! San Francisco People's Organization Art Auction & Party WHEN: Saturday, April 8th Doors open at 7:30 pm Silent Auction 7:30 ®C 10:00 pm Live Auction with Auctioneer Matt Gonzalez at 9:30 pm WHERE: 111 Minna, San Francisco TICKETS: $10-$20, or pay what you can Advance Tickets available at Ticketweb.com DETAILS: Music by Goh Nakamura, Dan Johnson, DJ VNA, Olga Salamanca, & judy b. Poetry reading by SF Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman Work-in-Progress Film screening of °∞For Real Bayview°± by Markus Darkraven Artists: Chris Corales, Ben Baumgartner, Monique Deschaines, Mark Erlinger, Lawrence Ferlenghetti, Ana Fernandez, Pam Pam Gaddies, Albert Herter, Blake Herod, Jack Hirschman, Martha Hubert, Jamie Knight, Luna Media, Robin Margerin, Siri Margerin, Valerie Mih, Theresa Morris, Keady Phelan, Lucho Pozo, Michael Rauner, Jane Reed, Albert Reyes, Steve Richards, Janet Rosen, Augusta Talbot, Amy Trachtenberg, Debra Walker, Kelly Yount, Arngunnur Yr, & MORE°≠ Curators: Bruno Mauro, Siri Margerin and Catherine Rauschuber Honorary Hosts: Chris Daly, Matt Gonzalez, Jack Hirschman, Mesha Irazarry, Krissy Keefer, Ross Mirkarimi, & Debra Walker --------- 4/10: Reception for Barry Hermanson for Assembly WHEN and WHERE: Monday, April 10 7:00PM-8:30PM 1045 Santiago, San Francisco Sunday, April 23 3:00PM-5:00PM 1339 27th Avenue, San Francisco DETAILS: Join the Westside Green Club in support of Green candidates: Barry Hermanson (State Assembly, District 12) and Nancy Lewis (Green Party County Council) Refreshments served. Bring family, friends and all interested voters. Children are most welcome. These events are sponsored by the Westside Green Club. --------- 4/12: SF Green Party County Council meeting WHEN: Wednesday, April 12 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: This is the Green Party's monthly meeting of the County Council. We will be setting the agenda for the General Membership meeting, reviewing our finances, and other business related discussion and decisions. --------- 4/13: FILM: INDEPENDENT AMERICA: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop WHEN: Thursday, April 13 Starts 7:30PM WHERE: Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th Street (@ York St.), San Francisco TICKETS: $5-$10, and go on sale 30 minutes before the show. Proceeds benefit the 2006 CounterCorp Film Festival in October. INFORMATION: http://www.countercorp.org DETAILS: In their new 80-minute documentary, "INDEPENDENT AMERICA," award-winning journalists Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes took a 32-state road trip to uncover the growing opposition to corporate franchises and Å0Ç9big boxÅ0É0 retailers across the U.S., and the David vs. Goliath struggle that local small businesses, many of them local "mom and pop" stores, are being forced towage to stay alive. The former reports have only two self-imposed rules: 1) no interstate highways, and 2) no corporate chains -- including gas stations, restaurants, hotels, and grocery stores. In other words, they can only shop with mom and pop. What they discover during their trip is growing discontent with corporate America, and a growing movement away from globalization and toward localization,Å0É0 as individuals and small businesses across the country band together to preserve not only their livelihoods, but their local communities as well. In Colorado, a Starbucks is repeatedly vandalized. In Texas, a rebellious city forces Borders Books into retreat. Residents of AmericaÅ0Ç8s Å0Ç9Fourth of JulyÅ0É0 capital in Nebraska turn against their new Wal-Mart. And an entire Wyoming town goes into business for itself after it is abandoned by its one chain department store. Along the way, their conversations with corporate executives, economists, entrepreneurs, political leaders, union members, and ordinary Americans from all walks of life lead Hosein and Hughes to conclude that a healthy democracy needs local small businesses if it is to control ever-growing corporate power. The film will be followed by a panel discussion. ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Bay Area Reporter and Fairmont boycott The Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club just found out that the Bay Area Reporter is planning on holding their 35th Anniversary at the Fairmont Hotel this Friday. Local 2 members were locked out by the Fairmont for 53 days and currently are engaged in a long-standing, nearly 2-year boycot of the Hotel--the boycott is still on. It's tough to move an event at the last minute, but it's critical that queer community groups hold the line on the boycott. Please support Local 2 workers and call Tom Horn or Mike Yamashito at 861 5019 of the BAR and encourage them to move their event. --------- Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group Micheas Herman of the GROW Working Group (tabling and voter registration) is seeking a new co-chair. Contact Micheas Herman at ... or the County Council at cc(a)sfgreens.org for more information. --------- 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 ============================== IN EVERY ISSUE: Take Action! Find out about opportunities to help our elected Greens (writing letters, attending hearings, etc) -- subscribe to the SF Green Party Action list! The Action list is a low-traffic list (approximately one message per week in addition to our newsletter) telling you what you can do to help: https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/action --------- 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: Funny Scam Email from a man who says he's Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Brother Editor's Note: I got an email the other day that I thought was the funniest spam/scam email I ever received. Of course, I did not respond to this person, but thought I'd share it: Hello, My name is Col(Rtd) Jon Aristide,brother to the exiled President of Haiti,(Dr.Jean Betrand Aristide).Due to the evolution against the government of my brother caused by his political opponents in Haiti,we managed to enter a red cross airplane that was evacuating foreigners and we are presently on political assylum in Central African Repubilc(CAR) I wish to invest in Real Estate and commercial Properties and equally start a new life in your country with your assistance and cooperation.If you are in a good position to help my family,please send an e-mail to my personal address below indicating your desire to help meinvest this funds in your country and beyond. I urgently await your e-mail letter. Best Regards and hope to meet you soon. God bless, Col Jon(Rtd). ************************************************************ 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.

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SF Green Party Weekly 3/24-3/40
by announce＠sfgreens.org 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 3/24/06-3/30/06 NEWS: - 3/10: Green Party Of California Backs Measure To Reform ‘3 Strikes' Law (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1461) - 3/20: Green Party candidates call for change (http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060320/ NEWS/603200330/1033/NEWS01) - 3/21: Is Nancy Pelosi Wrong Leader for Dems? by Randy Shaw (http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=3065#more) - 3/21: Resolution Condemning Upcoming "Battlecry for a Generation" Rally by Tom Ammiano, co-sponsored by Supervisor Chris Daly - 3/22: Why spending taxpayer dollars on fancy dinners and hotel rooms is "volunteering" (http://www.sfbg.com/40/25/x_oped.html) EVENTS: - 3/24: Protest Christian Right Wing Organization "Battlecry for a Generation" - 3/26: Matt Gonzalez Hosts Green Party US Senate Candidate Todd Chretien Fundraiser - 3/27-28: FILM: Venezuela from Below! - 3/29: Green Party Bash at Studio Z - 3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest - 4/1: Stand Up! Stand Out! Free Leadership Training Session for Women - 4/8: Auctioning Off Downtown! San Francisco People's Organization Art Auction & Party ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://www.dailykos.com/user/jim%20d) - Take Action! - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Daily Show: Hackett Gets a DLC Makeover (file:///private/tmp/501/TemporaryItems/AOLTemp.html) ************************************************************ NEWS: 3/21: Resolution Condemning Upcoming "Battlecry for a Generation" Rally by Tom Ammiano, co-sponsored by Supervisor Chris Daly: WHEREAS, It is an act of provocation when a right-wing Christian fundamentalist group brings their anti-gay and anti-choice agenda of intolerance to the steps of San Francisco’s City Hall; and WHEREAS, It is unfortunate and alarming that those who are against reproductive and homosexual rights, and who are anti-gay as well as anti-choice, aim to negatively influence the politics of America’s most tolerant and progressive city; and, WHEREAS, The fact that the fringe group “Battlecry for a Generation” will rally on the front steps of City Hall should be taken by no one as an official or semi-official sanctioning of their rally nor of their message by the elected officials of San Francisco; and WHEREAS, We hope, nevertheless, that the out of town protesters will leave our fair city filled with slightly less hatred; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Board of Supervisors condemns the upcoming rally to be held by anti-abortion groups in front of City Hall on Friday, March 24, 2006. ============================== EVENTS: 3/24: Protest Christian Right Wing Organization "Battlecry for a Generation" WHEN: Friday, March 24 2:30PM-5:00PM WHERE: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, next to Civic Center DETAILS: "Battlecry for a Generation," a Christian right-wing organization, will hold a rally at City Hall to show the religious right's stern disapproval of gay rights on the very steps where gay marriage was made legal in San Francisco from 2:30PM to 4:00PM. Then they will have a weekend of fun including speakers and music at AT&T Park from March 24, 2006 06:55PM to March 25, 2006 10:45PM (address:24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94107) Stop theocratic fascism, and the right-wing agenda to encourage homophobia, misogyny, blatant disregard for scientific knowledge, and dumbing minds down in teenagers! For more information, see www.battlecry.com/sanfrancisco.php --------- 3/26: Matt Gonzalez Hosts Green Party US Senate Candidate Todd Chretien Fundraiser WHEN: Sunday, March 26 6:00PM-8:00PM WHERE: The office of Gonzalez & Leigh LLP, 2 Shaw Alley, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 PHONE: 415.512.2000 DETAILS: Matt Gonzalez cordially invites you to attend a fundraiser for Todd Chretien, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, who is challenging pro-war democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein. "Feinstein is not part of the movement against the war, she makes President Bush’s war possible. The Republican Party is so happy with Sen. Feinstein’s support of President Bush that they do not intend to run a serious candidate against her in November 2006. But if the pro-war Republican Party will not challenge Sen. Feinstein, then the anti-war Green Party will, and I will appeal to all people to turn this Senate election into a referendum on the war. If you want to stop the deaths of more young American soldiers, stop the killing of tens of thousands of Iraqis and transfer the $250 billion a year we are spending to occupy Iraq into a fund to rebuild New Orleans, refurbish our school system, and provide health insurance for every American, then you have no reason to vote for Sen. Feinstein and every reason to vote for me." - 15 December 2005, Campaign launch statement by Todd Chretien For more information about Tood Chretien, see http://www.todd4senate.org/ Editor's note: The SF Green Party has not made an endorsement in the US Senate Primary race. There are three candidates running for the Green Party's nomination: Tian Harter (http://tianharter.org) Todd Chretien (www.todd4senate.org) and Kent Mesplay. We will include outreach for all three candidates events in our newsletter. --------- 3/27: FILM: Venezuela from Below! WHEN and WHERE: Monday, March 27 Starts 7:00PM New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street, near 19th Ave, San Francisco Panelists will be available in San Francisco only Tuesday, March 28 Starts 7:00PM Fellowship of Humanity, 390 27th Street at Broadway, Oakland DONATION: $5.00 requested No one turned away due to a lack of funds INFORMATION: 510-642-0808 or www.bampfa.berkeley.edu UC Berkeley and Pacific Film Archive, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA DETAILS: The Labor Video Project and LaborFest will be screening " Venezuela from Below!" a film by Oliver Ressler and Dario Azzellini. People from Venezuelan grassroots organizations speak about building a new Venezuela, and their ideas and expectations in the search for a social and economic model beyond neo-liberalism. After movie, there will be a discussion of it and Azzellini and Ressler's new video project about the ongoing movement towards worker-controlled enterprises in Venezuela by these filmmakers and MATRIX Curator Chris Gilbert. --------- 3/29: Green Party Bash at Studio Z WHEN: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:00PM-2:00AM WHERE: Studio Z, 314 11th Street at Folsom, San Francisco DETAILS: Rock/Pop event. For more information see http://www.studioz.tv/events/green032906 --------- 4/1: Stand Up! Stand Out! Free Leadership Training Session for Women WHEN: Saturday, April 1st 10:00AM-2:00PM WHERE: Bayview Hunters Point YMCA, 1601 Lane Street, San Francisco, CA 94124 Bayview Hunters Point YMCA is wheelchair accessible COST: Free of charge, lunch & childcare provided LUNCH AND CHILDCARE: Will be provided to registered participants. RSVP: Open to Public via RSVP to nwpcsf(a)yahoo.com or 415-931-4364 CONTACT: Alix Rosenthal, President National Women’s Political Caucus - San Francisco Tel: 415-377-6722 nwpcsf(a)yahoo.com DETAILS: “Stand Up! Stand Out!” is a free leadership training program aimed at empowering women from Bayview Hunters Point by helping them effect change in their neighborhood and in their city. This one-day skill-building workshop is intended to begin teaching women how to organize around community issues and best approach local officials. As NWPC-SF President Alix Rosenthal said: “Our core mission is to get more women involved in politics. We can work towards this goal by helping to demystify the processes by which local governments make the decisions that most directly affect women and their communities.” The program will kick off with an introductory greeting from S.F. Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, followed by a panel of guest speakers including local commissioners Angelo King (Bayview Hunters Point Project Area Committee, Environmental Commission), and Willie Kennedy (Southeast Community Facilities Commission). The session will finish with smaller, interactive group discussions facilitated by grass roots organizers, which will focus on strategies and skill building. The National Women's Political Caucus is a multicultural, intergenerational, and multi-issue grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women’s participation in the political process. The San Francisco NWPC caucus has been in existence since 1973, working hard locally in support of the NWPC mission: to recruit, train and support pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed offices at all levels of government. For more information about the San Francisco NWPC caucus, see http://www.nwpc-sf.org/ --------- 4/8: Auctioning Off Downtown! San Francisco People's Organization Art Auction & Party WHEN: Saturday, April 8th Doors open at 7:30 pm Silent Auction 7:30 – 10:00 pm Live Auction with Auctioneer Matt Gonzalez at 9:30 pm WHERE: 111 Minna, San Francisco TICKETS: $10-$20, or pay what you can Advance Tickets available at Ticketweb.com DETAILS: Music by Goh Nakamura, Dan Johnson, DJ VNA, Olga Salamanca, & judy b. Poetry reading by SF Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman Work-in-Progress Film screening of “For Real Bayview” by Markus Darkraven Artists: Chris Corales, Ben Baumgartner, Monique Deschaines, Mark Erlinger, Lawrence Ferlenghetti, Ana Fernandez, Pam Pam Gaddies, Albert Herter, Blake Herod, Jack Hirschman, Martha Hubert, Jamie Knight, Luna Media, Robin Margerin, Siri Margerin, Valerie Mih, Theresa Morris, Keady Phelan, Lucho Pozo, Michael Rauner, Jane Reed, Albert Reyes, Steve Richards, Janet Rosen, Augusta Talbot, Amy Trachtenberg, Debra Walker, Kelly Yount, Arngunnur Yr, & MORE… Curators: Bruno Mauro, Siri Margerin and Catherine Rauschuber Honorary Hosts: Chris Daly, Matt Gonzalez, Jack Hirschman, Mesha Irazarry, Krissy Keefer, Ross Mirkarimi, & Debra Walker ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group Micheas Herman of the GROW Working Group (tabling and voter registration) is seeking a new co-chair. Contact Micheas Herman at ... or the County Council at cc(a)sfgreens.org for more information. --------- 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 ============================== IN EVERY ISSUE: Take Action! Find out about opportunities to help our elected Greens (writing letters, attending hearings, etc) -- subscribe to the SF Green Party Action list! The Action list is a low-traffic list (approximately one message per week in addition to our newsletter) telling you what you can do to help: https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/action --------- 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.

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SF Green Party Weekly 3/16-3/23
by announce＠sfgreens.org 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 3/16/06-3/23/06 NEWS: - 3/1: Enough of the D.C. Dems, By Molly Ivins (http://progressive.org/mag_ivins0306) - 3/2: Katrina Survivors Have a Right to Return Home (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1459) - 3/9: Green Party says it will stand in solidarity with South Central community farmers (http://www.cagreens.org/press/pr060309.htm) - 3/6: VIDEO: Cindy Sheehan and Medea Benjamin Arrested in Front of the UN (http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm) - 3/10: Green Party of California backs measure to reform ‘3 Strikes' law (http://www.cagreens.org/press/pr060310.htm) - 3/13: Green senate candidate shuts down Democratic gubenatorial fundraiser (http://www.nysun.com/article/29002) - 3/13: George Clooney Faults Democrats on Iraq War (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/13/ entertainment/e094757S51.DTL&hw=George+Clooney&sn=001&sc=1000) EVENTS: - 3/17: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening of Shiva Pakdel’s Work - 3/17: Episode Two of Car-Free Talk, on Channel 29 - 3/17: Party for Aimee Allison’s Campaign Oakland City Council District 2 - 3/18: Rally Against War in Iraq: Join the Million Votes for Peace Contingent! - 3/19: Green Party Candidate Training - 3/21: Platform Discussion of Housing and Land Use Policies - 3/22: Special General Meeting - Endorsements - 3/26: Matt Gonzalez Hosts Green Party US Senate Candidate Todd Chretien Fundraiser - 3/29: SAVE THE DATE: Green Party Bash at Studio Z. No details yet, but stay tuned for them! - 3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest - 4/1: Stand Up! Stand Out! Free Leadership Training Session for Women - 4/8: Auctioning Off Downtown! San Francisco People's Organization Art Auction & Party ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - 2006 General Membership Survey IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://www.dailykos.com/user/jim%20d) - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Dick Cheney School of Quailhunting (http://www.quailhuntingschool.com/flash.php) ************************************************************ EVENTS: 3/17: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening of Shiva Pakdel’s Work WHEN: Friday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) 5:00PM-8:00PM WHERE: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 282 DETAILS: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi hosts the monthly Third Friday’s Art Reception in his City Hall office, Room 282. In honor of International Women’s Day and the Norouz (Persian New Year) celebration taking place on March 20, this month’s featured artist is Shiva Pakdel. For Shiva Pakdel, her upbringing in Abadan Iran combined the modern, Western lifestyle of one of Iran’s most liberal cities along with the rich history and traditions of her land. Her continued enthusiasm and interest in art over the past 25 years has combined her love of art, culture, and history from both the East and West. Shiva Pakdel combines a broad range of mediums including oils, acrylics, paper, beads, collage, and prints. Some of her works include collages of mid 19th and 20th century antique stamps from Iran, a personal series of images, poetry, photographs and portraits entitled “Iran On My Mind”, and a series of oil and acrylic faces painted on wood. By combining historical elements and placing them in a contemporary format, her work is a beautiful blend of modern pieces with traditional influences. Her works can be viewed online at www.shivapakdel.com --------- 3/17: Episode Two of Car-Free Talk, on Channel 29 WHEN: Friday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) Wear your Green! Starts 7:30PM WHERE: In front of your TV Channel 29, San Francisco's public access station DETAILS: The second episode of Car-Free Talk with host Sue Vaughan and guest Tom Radulovich, will air on Friday, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. Radulovich, executive director of Transportation for a Livable City and BART director, discusses parking reform legislation for downtown San Francisco. --------- 3/17: Party for Aimee Allison’s Campaign Oakland City Council District 2 WHEN: Friday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) Wear your Green! 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: The home of Vicki Leidner and John Radogno 770 Shotwell St/22nd St San Francisco, CA 94110 CONTRIBUTIONS: Minimum gift of $25 per person requested Maximum gift: $600 per person (Personal checks only, no corporate contributions accepted) Please make checks payable to: Neighbors for Aimee Allison DETAILS: We hope you will bring your friends and family to join us! Hosted by: - Mark Sanchez, San Francisco School Board Commissioner* - Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK San Francisco Coordinator* - Vicki Leidner, counter-recruitment activist with CODEPINK*, committee for College Not Combat*, FIG Co-hosts include: - Tom Ammiano, San Francisco Supervisor* - Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder CODEPINK* - June Brashares, Global Exchange* - Carol Brouillet, Deception Dollars, 9-11 Truth activist* - David Campos, San Francisco Police Commissioner* - Elizabeth Creely, BACORR* - Chris Daly, San Francisco Supervisor* - Michael Goldstein, SFPO Board*, former president Milk Club* - Marie Harrison, Greenaction* - Krissy Keefer, Mission Dance - Jane Kim, CCDC* - Whitney Leigh, Gonzalez and Leigh LLP - Sarah Lipson, San Francisco School Board Commissioner* - Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Supervisor* - Christina Olague, San Francisco Planning Commission* Photography Exhibit Courtesy Happy/L.A. Hyder evite and more details to follow very soon *for identification purposes only --------- 3/18: Rally Against War in Iraq: Join the Million Votes for Peace Contingent! WHEN: Saturday, March 18th 11:00AM WHERE: Civic Center, corner of Polk and Grove, near City Hall CONTACT: 415-412-4540 for more info or go to www.Todd4Senate.org DETAILS: March with Peter Camejo, Aimee Allison, Todd Chretien, Forrest Hill, Mike Wyman, Mehul Thakker, and more! Let San Francisco see that the Green Party is a force in the anti-war movement and we want all the US troops home now! The march is sponsored by the Million Votes for Peace slate (which does not include all Green candidates), but we are encouraging folks to join the march as Greens, regardless of endorsement. You could put this disclaimer on the bottom of the notice. --------- 3/19: Green Party Candidate Training WHEN: Sunday, March 19th Starts 11:00AM WHERE: 215 Water Street, Petaluma, California RSVP: Advance RSVP is strongly encouraged as space is limited. For more information about the program, contact Warner Bloomberg (408) 295-9353 wsb3attyca(a)aol.com or Bill Patterson (707) 838-3079 billpatterson(a)earthlink.net. For information about the news conference, contact Cres Velluci (916) 996-9170 civillib(a)cwnet.com. DETAILS: The Green Party of California Campaigns and Candidates Working Group, Media Committee and Sonoma County Greens present a series of discussions about being a candidate for elected office. This program is intended to benefit persons who are thinking about being a candidate for local office or helping in an election campaign but who have not had previous experience. The focus will be “campaign basics”. Presentations will be led by Green Party activists, including present or former elected officials. A noontime news conference for current Green Party candidates also is planned. --------- 3/21: Platform Discussion of Housing and Land Use Policies WHEN: Tuesday, March 21 7:30PM-12:00AM WHERE: Muddy Waters Cafe, Valencia St snd 16th St, San Francisco DETAILS: Join an informal meeting at Muddy Waters cafe (Valencia St snd 16th St) to discuss topics to include in the SF Green Party housing and land use platform, propose draft submisisons, and debate the relative merits of SFGP Housing and Land Use policy positions. Proposed topics for tonight's discussion groups include: - Increasing public resources for construction and financing of new housing development; and - Designing housing developments that meet the needs of entire range of household types and income levels. - Show up and get your ideas into the Green Party's housing and land use platfrom, and help start a dialogue with others intersted in these issues. --------- 3/22: Special General Meeting - Endorsements WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 7:30 - 7:45: Check in, introductions, explanation of consensus process. 7:45PM-9:20PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: This is the second meeting we will hold to consider candidate endorsements for the June 6 primary election (ballot initiatives will be endorsed at our April General Meeting). Some endorsement decisions may have been made at the forum on the previous week, March 15, but any decision we did not have time to consider at that meeting will be made this week. Agenda: Emmie and Sue Vaughan (?) facilitating Announcements will be written on the board if time is short. --------- 3/26: Matt Gonzalez Hosts Green Party US Senate Candidate Todd Chretien Fundraiser WHEN: Sunday, March 26 6:00PM-8:00PM WHERE: The office of Gonzalez & Leigh LLP, 2 Shaw Alley, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105 PHONE: 415.512.2000 DETAILS: Matt Gonzalez cordially invites you to attend a fundraiser for Todd Chretien, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, who is challenging pro-war democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein. "Feinstein is not part of the movement against the war, she makes President Bush’s war possible. The Republican Party is so happy with Sen. Feinstein’s support of President Bush that they do not intend to run a serious candidate against her in November 2006. But if the pro-war Republican Party will not challenge Sen. Feinstein, then the anti-war Green Party will, and I will appeal to all people to turn this Senate election into a referendum on the war. If you want to stop the deaths of more young American soldiers, stop the killing of tens of thousands of Iraqis and transfer the $250 billion a year we are spending to occupy Iraq into a fund to rebuild New Orleans, refurbish our school system, and provide health insurance for every American, then you have no reason to vote for Sen. Feinstein and every reason to vote for me." - 15 December 2005, Campaign launch statement by Todd Chretien For more information about Tood Chretien, see http://www.todd4senate.org/ --------- 3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest WHEN: Thursday, March 30th 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Cafe Royale, 800 Post Street, San Francisco DETAILS: With invited guests Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi Jake McGoldrick, Tom Ammiano and Chris Daly as well as School Board Commissioners Mark Sanchez and Eric Mar. This is a fundraiser for the Harvey Milk LBGT Democratic Club, one of only two Democratic clubs who will endorse Greens in nonpartisan races and who recently had its charter threatened for endorsing Matt Gonzalez for Mayor and other elected Greens. $5 per person or $20 for a team of four or more. --------- 4/1: Stand Up! Stand Out! Free Leadership Training Session for Women WHEN: Saturday, April 1st 10:00AM-2:00PM WHERE: Bayview Hunters Point YMCA, 1601 Lane Street, San Francisco, CA 94124 Bayview Hunters Point YMCA is wheelchair accessible COST: Free of charge, lunch & childcare provided LUNCH AND CHILDCARE: Will be provided to registered participants. RSVP: Open to Public via RSVP to nwpcsf(a)yahoo.com or 415-931-4364 CONTACT: Alix Rosenthal, President National Women’s Political Caucus - San Francisco Tel: 415-377-6722 nwpcsf(a)yahoo.com DETAILS: “Stand Up! Stand Out!” is a free leadership training program aimed at empowering women from Bayview Hunters Point by helping them effect change in their neighborhood and in their city. This one-day skill-building workshop is intended to begin teaching women how to organize around community issues and best approach local officials. As NWPC-SF President Alix Rosenthal said: “Our core mission is to get more women involved in politics. We can work towards this goal by helping to demystify the processes by which local governments make the decisions that most directly affect women and their communities.” The program will kick off with an introductory greeting from S.F. Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, followed by a panel of guest speakers including local commissioners Angelo King (Bayview Hunters Point Project Area Committee, Environmental Commission), and Willie Kennedy (Southeast Community Facilities Commission). The session will finish with smaller, interactive group discussions facilitated by grass roots organizers, which will focus on strategies and skill building. The National Women's Political Caucus is a multicultural, intergenerational, and multi-issue grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women’s participation in the political process. The San Francisco NWPC caucus has been in existence since 1973, working hard locally in support of the NWPC mission: to recruit, train and support pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed offices at all levels of government. For more information about the San Francisco NWPC caucus, see http://www.nwpc-sf.org/ --------- 4/8: Auctioning Off Downtown! San Francisco People's Organization Art Auction & Party WHEN: Saturday, April 8th Doors open at 7:30 pm Silent Auction 7:30 – 10:00 pm Live Auction with Auctioneer Matt Gonzalez at 9:30 pm WHERE: 111 Minna, San Francisco TICKETS: $10-$20, or pay what you can Advance Tickets available at Ticketweb.com DETAILS: Music by Goh Nakamura, Dan Johnson, DJ VNA, Olga Salamanca, & judy b. Poetry reading by SF Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman Work-in-Progress Film screening of “For Real Bayview” by Markus Darkraven Artists: Chris Corales, Ben Baumgartner, Monique Deschaines, Mark Erlinger, Lawrence Ferlenghetti, Ana Fernandez, Pam Pam Gaddies, Albert Herter, Blake Herod, Jack Hirschman, Martha Hubert, Jamie Knight, Luna Media, Robin Margerin, Siri Margerin, Valerie Mih, Theresa Morris, Keady Phelan, Lucho Pozo, Michael Rauner, Jane Reed, Albert Reyes, Steve Richards, Janet Rosen, Augusta Talbot, Amy Trachtenberg, Debra Walker, Kelly Yount, Arngunnur Yr, & MORE… Curators: Bruno Mauro, Siri Margerin and Catherine Rauschuber Honorary Hosts: Chris Daly, Matt Gonzalez, Jack Hirschman, Mesha Irazarry, Krissy Keefer, Ross Mirkarimi, & Debra Walker ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group Micheas Herman of the GROW Working Group (tabling and voter registration) is seeking a new co-chair. Contact Micheas Herman at ... or the County Council at cc(a)sfgreens.org for more information. --------- 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 ============================== IN EVERY ISSUE: 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.

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SF Green Party Weekly 3/9-3/15
by announce＠sfgreens.org 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 3/9/06-3/15/06 NEWS: - 3/1: Battle for School Board Taking Shape (http://sfexaminer.com/articles/2006/03/02/news/ 20060302_ne05_school.txt) - 3/1: Most Troops Want Swift US Pull-Out from Iraq (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1454) - 3/2: Newsom Approval Rating Plummets in New Poll (http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=2995) - 3/3: Campus military recruiters assailed in Marin (http://marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_3566661) - 3/4: Vermont City Electing Mayor Via Instant Runoff (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/03/04/politics/ p095831S61.DTL) - 3/5: Will We Ever Vote For Who We Want? Democrats Block IRV in Maryland (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/5/163227/4518) - 3/7: Greens Vow to Defend Reproductive Rights After SD Bill (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1458) - 3/8: Bayview-Hunters Point Fights Redevelopment EVENTS: - 3/15: SF Green Party Primary Endorsement Forum - 3/17: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening of Shiva Pakdel’s Work - 3/17: SAVE THE DATE: Party for Aimee Allison’s Campaign Oakland City Council District 2 - 3/18: Stop the War in Iraq: Global Day of Action - 3/19: Green Party Candidate Training - 3/22: Animal Advocacy Working Group - 3/29: SAVE THE DATE: Green Party Bash at Studio Z. No details yet, but stay tuned for them! - 3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - 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 IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://www.dailykos.com/user/jim%20d) - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Democrats Vow Not To Give Up Hopelessness (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45793) ************************************************************ NEWS: 3/8: Bayview-Hunters Point Fights Redevelopment: - How to Challenge the BVHP Redevelopment Project EIR, by Green Party Activist Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D. (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1455) - Bayview-Hunters Point Turns Out in Force Against Redevelopmen (http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=3017#more) - Where is the movement when you need it? by Ebony Colbert (http://www.sfbayview.com/021506/themovement021506.shtml) - Eviction notice served on Bayview Hunters Point by Willie Ratcliff (http://www.sfbayview.com/020806/evictionnotice020806.shtml) - Stop Evictions in Bayview-Hunters' Point by Tommi Avicolli Mecca(http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1802227.php) ============================== EVENTS: 3/15: SF Green Party Primary Endorsement Forum WHEN: Wednesday, March 15th 7:30PM-10:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: This is your chance to meet the candidates running for office in the Green Party Primary election (June 6, 2006). Candidates filed for office this June include: Statewide Constitutional Offices: - Peter Camejo Governor - Donna Warren, Lt. Governor - Forrest Hill, Secretary of State - Michael Wyman, Attorney General - Laura Wells, Controller - Mehul Thakker, Treasurer - Sarah Knoop, Superintendent of Public Instruction - Larry Cafiero, Insurance Commissioner Regional Races: - Kristine Keefer, Congress, District 8 - Robert Barry Hermanson, Assembly, District 12 and a contested primary for US Senate: - Todd Chretien - Tian Harter - Kent Mesplay --------- 3/17: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening of Shiva Pakdel’s Work WHEN: Friday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) 5:00PM-8:00PM WHERE: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 282 DETAILS: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi hosts the monthly Third Friday’s Art Reception in his City Hall office, Room 282. In honor of International Women’s Day and the Norouz (Persian New Year) celebration taking place on March 20, this month’s featured artist is Shiva Pakdel. For Shiva Pakdel, her upbringing in Abadan Iran combined the modern, Western lifestyle of one of Iran’s most liberal cities along with the rich history and traditions of her land. Her continued enthusiasm and interest in art over the past 25 years has combined her love of art, culture, and history from both the East and West. Shiva Pakdel combines a broad range of mediums including oils, acrylics, paper, beads, collage, and prints. Some of her works include collages of mid 19th and 20th century antique stamps from Iran, a personal series of images, poetry, photographs and portraits entitled “Iran On My Mind”, and a series of oil and acrylic faces painted on wood. By combining historical elements and placing them in a contemporary format, her work is a beautiful blend of modern pieces with traditional influences. Her works can be viewed online at www.shivapakdel.com --------- 3/17: SAVE THE DATE: Party for Aimee Allison’s Campaign Oakland City Council District 2 WHEN: Friday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) Wear your Green! 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: The home of Vicki Leidner and John Radogno 770 Shotwell St/22nd St San Francisco, CA 94110 CONTRIBUTIONS: Minimum gift of $25 per person requested Maximum gift: $600 per person (Personal checks only, no corporate contributions accepted) Please make checks payable to: Neighbors for Aimee Allison DETAILS: We hope you will bring your friends and family to join us! Hosted by: - Mark Sanchez, San Francisco School Board Commissioner* - Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK San Francisco Coordinator* - Vicki Leidner, counter-recruitment activist with CODEPINK*, committee for College Not Combat*, FIG Co-hosts include: - Tom Ammiano, San Francisco Supervisor* - Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder CODEPINK* - June Brashares, Global Exchange* - Carol Brouillet, Deception Dollars, 9-11 Truth activist* - David Campos, San Francisco Police Commissioner* - Elizabeth Creely, BACORR* - Chris Daly, San Francisco Supervisor* - Michael Goldstein, SFPO Board*, former president Milk Club* - Marie Harrison, Greenaction* - Krissy Keefer, Mission Dance - Jane Kim, CCDC* - Whitney Leigh, Gonzalez and Leigh LLP - Sarah Lipson, San Francisco School Board Commissioner* - Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Supervisor* - Christina Olague, San Francisco Planning Commission* Photography Exhibit Courtesy Happy/L.A. Hyder evite and more details to follow very soon *for identification purposes only --------- 3/18: Stop the War in Iraq: Global Day of Action WHEN: Saturday, March 18th Starts 11:00AM WHERE: Civic Center, at Grove and Larkin Streets (near Civic Center BART), next to City Hall DETAILS: From Iraq to New Orleans, Fund People’s Needs Not the War Machine! This is the third anniversary of the United States' invasion of Iraq, and hence this rally. Thousands will gather to protest the United States' occupation of Iraq, and other countries such as Haiti, Palestine, Afghanistan, and the Phillipines. They will also protest threats against Iran, Syria, Venezuela, and North Korea, military recruiters in schools and communities, neglect of Katrina survivors, and defend civil rights for labor, immigrants, and everyone else. --------- 3/19: Green Party Candidate Training WHEN: Sunrday, March 19th Starts 11:00AM WHERE: 215 Water Street, Petaluma, California RSVP: Advance RSVP is strongly encouraged as space is limited. For more information about the program, contact Warner Bloomberg (408) 295-9353 wsb3attyca(a)aol.com or Bill Patterson (707) 838-3079 billpatterson(a)earthlink.net. For information about the news conference, contact Cres Velluci (916) 996-9170 civillib(a)cwnet.com. DETAILS: The Green Party of California Campaigns and Candidates Working Group, Media Committee and Sonoma County Greens present a series of discussions about being a candidate for elected office. This program is intended to benefit persons who are thinking about being a candidate for local office or helping in an election campaign but who have not had previous experience. The focus will be “campaign basics”. Presentations will be led by Green Party activists, including present or former elected officials. A noontime news conference for current Green Party candidates also is planned. --------- 3/22: Animal Advocacy Working Group WHEN: Thursday, March 22 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: Monthly meeting of the Animal Advocacy Working Group. We will discuss animal issues in San Francisco. For more information, email Rosalind Lord at rclord(a)seaserpent.com --------- 3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest WHEN: Thursday, March 30th 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Cafe Royale, 800 Post Street, San Francisco DETAILS: With invited guests Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi Jake McGoldrick, Tom Ammiano and Chris Daly as well as School Board Commissioners Mark Sanchez and Eric Mar. This is a fundraiser for the Harvey Milk LBGT Democratic Club, one of only two Democratic clubs who will endorse Greens in nonpartisan races and who recently had its charter threatened for endorsing Matt Gonzalez for Mayor and other elected Greens. $5 per person or $20 for a team of four or more. ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Thanks to All Who Made A Green Party for Peace @Studio Z a Success! Dear Fellow Greens and Green-Identifiers: We had a very enjoyable and successful event on January 26 at Studio Z. We look forward to doing more events there and elsewhere and hope that you continue to participate in our efforts to spread the Green message. Thanks for your support! --------- Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group Micheas Herman of the GROW Working Group (tabling and voter registration) is seeking a new co-chair. Contact Micheas Herman at ... or the County Council at cc(a)sfgreens.org for more information. --------- 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 --------- 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 ============================== IN EVERY ISSUE: 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.

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Call to action: STOP EVICTIONS IN BAYVIEW-HUNTERS POINT
by announce＠sfgreens.org 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

3/7: Stop Evictions in Bayview-Hunters' Point WHEN and WHERE: Tuesday, March 7 at San Fransisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Grove and Van Ness Rally: 3:00PM on the steps of City Hall Redevelopment Hearing: 4:00 PM at Room 416 DETAILS: From http://www.sfbayview.com/021506/themovement021506.shtml: The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Commission is scheduled to vote on Tuesday, March 7, whether to subject nearly all of Bayview Hunters Point, land that over 30,000 people live on, to eminent domain. If the commissioners vote yes, 1,361 acres of our land – our homes, our businesses, our churches – can be taken away from us and given to big developers. To stop them, we must start right away. We need to flood these meetings and demand the right to decide our own fate. For more information, see: Where is the movement when you need it? by Ebony Colbert (http://www.sfbayview.com/021506/themovement021506.shtml) Eviction notice served on Bayview Hunters Point by Willie Ratcliff (http://www.sfbayview.com/020806/evictionnotice020806.shtml) Stop Evictions in Bayview-Hunters' Point by Tommi Avicolli Mecca(http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1802227.php)

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SF Green Party Weekly 3/2-3/8
by announce＠sfgreens.org 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 3/2/06-3/8/06 NEWS: - 2/22: Peter Camejo to Run for California Governor - 2/24: Bay Area seeks half Federal funds available for disaster preparedness(http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/ bay_area_seeks_disaster_funds_060224.shtml) - 2/25: Mirkarimi: National landlord may have pulled wool over Planning Commission eyes (http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/ bad_faith_landlord_060225.shtml) EVENTS: - 3/2: NEW TIME: Feminist Issues Group - 3/4: 21st Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference - 3/4: Aimee Allison for Oakland City Council, Office Warming Party - 3/7: Housing and Land Use Working Group - 3/17: SAVE THE DATE: Party for Aimee Allison’s Campaign Oakland City Council District 2 - 3/29: SAVE THE DATE: Green Party Bash at Studio Z. No details yet, but stay tuned for them! - 3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Thanks to All Who Made A Green Party for Peace @Studio Z a Success! - Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group - 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 - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - President Bush's Office to be Outsourced to India ************************************************************ NEWS: 2/22: Peter Camejo to Run for California Governor http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/22/politics/ p185004S04.DTL http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=3138 http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14221846p-15047437c.html ============================== EVENTS: 3/2: NEW TIME: Feminist Issues Group WHEN: Thursday, March 2 6:00PM-8:00PM WHERE: SF Green Party Headquarters, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: The Feminist Issues Group of the San Francisco Green Party 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. The goals of FIG are to: - Create linkages with other Green women and progressive women; - Build progressive coalitions; - Promote the need for, and develop, female leadership and candidates; - Educate Party members and the community about feminist values - Expand the notion of women's rights/women's issues to include social justice, economic justice and environmental justice issues; - Work to broaden the debate and understanding of the wholesale attack taking place against women's rights and sexual politics in the world today; including attacks on womes health and reproductive rights, gay and lesbian rights, Title IX, public assistance and other issues. FIG advocates for stronger local, state and national policy initiatives affecting women's rights; increasing the visibility and leadership of progressive women; and helping to secure electoral victories and political appointments for progressive women. FIG also endorses and actively participates in local organizing efforts, public mobilizations and coalition-building efforts to improve the status of women. And finally, FIG produces educational and awareness raising events designed to build bridges among political women and encourage their active participation in local politics. For more information, please contact: Vicki Leidner, Co-Chair, vleidner(a)rcn.com --------- 3/4: 21st Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference WHEN: Saturday, March 4 Registration 8:30-9:30AM Conference starts 9:30 AM WHERE: UC Berkeley campus in Barrows Hall. Barrows Hall is accessible from Bancroft Way between Telegraph Ave and Bowditch St, northeast from Sproul Hall. Wheelchair accessible. INFORMATION, HOW TO REGISTER: Pre-register online at http://ewocc.berkeley.edu starting February 5th or in-person on the day of the event beginning at 8 a.m in Barrows Hall. DETAILS: This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC), which is acknowledged to be the longest running women of color conference in the country. Past speakers have included Nikki Giovanni, bell hooks, Angela Davis, Alice Walker, and Sonia Sanchez, among many others. This year's theme will be Nourishing Mother E.A.R.T.H, or environmental justice. Featured will be Dr. Beverly Wright, Founder and Director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Xavier University located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and a panel of five amazing environmental justice women of color activists: - Enei Begaye, Diné (Navajo) with the Black Mesa Water Coalition, Native Movement Collective, and Indigenous Environmental Network - Dr. Jenice View, Education and Train! ing Director of Just Transition Alliance - Sarah James, Board Member of the Gwich’in Institute - Dr. Ann Aurelia López, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management - Carla M. Perez, Community Organizer for Contra Costa Communities for a Better Environment. There will also be workshops, cultural performances, and much, much more. --------- 3/4: Aimee Allison for Oakland City Council, Office Warming Party WHEN: Saturday, March 4 11:00 AM WHERE: Aimee Allison's new Campaign Office: 3208 Grand Ave, Oakland, California CONTACT: Snehal Shingavi, Campaign Manager 510-277-0182 DETAILS: The Aimee Allison campaign is getting ready for an exciting Oakland City Council election in June. We are opening our District 2 campaign office on Saturday, March 4, and invite you all to be there. Come celebrate a candidate who will be a voice for real change in Oakland! Our campaign office is opening right next door to a District 2 and City of Oakland institution, the Grand Lake Theater, and is just a half a block from the Splash Pad and Saturday Farmer's Market. Please come through, buy some fresh produce, get your Saturday-night-at-the-movies tickets, and spend some time getting to know your neighbors, strategizing and working to elect Aimee as the next City Councilmember from District Two. Food will be provided, but like any grassroots effort, please bring what you can to eat, drink and share. After the celebration, we will be hitting the streets to take our message -- that a better world begins in Oakland -- to the District 2 community. So bring your party hats and your walking shoes! Also feel free to check out what's been happening with the campaign on the web at www.aimeeallison.org. Let's starting making progressive change in Oakland. Onward towards victory in June! Donate online: http://www.aimeeallison.org/?q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=1 --------- 3/7: Housing and Land Use Working Group WHEN: Tuesday, March 7 7:30 PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: The local Green Party is drafting a housing platform to help guide its future. This is a great time to get involved to shape the vision you have for what San Francisco will look like 30 years from now, and what income groups will be inhabitting the city. Non-Greens are welcomed to all HLU meetings. --------- 3/17: SAVE THE DATE: Party for Aimee Allison’s Campaign Oakland City Council District 2 WHEN: Friday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) Wear your Green! 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: The home of Vicki Leidner and John Radogno 770 Shotwell St/22nd St San Francisco, CA 94110 CONTRIBUTIONS: Minimum gift of $25 per person requested Maximum gift: $600 per person (Personal checks only, no corporate contributions accepted) Please make checks payable to: Neighbors for Aimee Allison DETAILS: We hope you will bring your friends and family to join us! Hosted by: - Mark Sanchez, San Francisco School Board Commissioner* - Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK San Francisco Coordinator* - Vicki Leidner, counter-recruitment activist with CODEPINK*, committee for College Not Combat*, FIG Co-hosts include: - Tom Ammiano, San Francisco Supervisor* - Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder CODEPINK* - June Brashares, Global Exchange* - Carol Brouillet, Deception Dollars, 9-11 Truth activist* - David Campos, San Francisco Police Commissioner* - Elizabeth Creely, BACORR* - Chris Daly, San Francisco Supervisor* - Michael Goldstein, SFPO Board*, former president Milk Club* - Marie Harrison, Greenaction* - Krissy Keefer, Mission Dance - Jane Kim, CCDC* - Whitney Leigh, Gonzalez and Leigh LLP - Sarah Lipson, San Francisco School Board Commissioner* - Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Supervisor* - Christina Olague, San Francisco Planning Commission* Photography Exhibit Courtesy Happy/L.A. Hyder evite and more details to follow very soon *for identification purposes only --------- 3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest WHEN: Thursday, March 30th 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Cafe Royale, 800 Post Street, San Francisco DETAILS: With invited guests Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi Jake McGoldrick, Tom Ammiano and Chris Daly as well as School Board Commissioners Mark Sanchez and Eric Mar. This is a fundraiser for the Harvey Milk LBGT Democratic Club, one of only two Democratic clubs who will endorse Greens in nonpartisan races and who recently had its charter threatened for endorsing Matt Gonzalez for Mayor and other elected Greens. $5 per person or $20 for a team of four or more. ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Thanks to All Who Made A Green Party for Peace @Studio Z a Success! Dear Fellow Greens and Green-Identifiers: We had a very enjoyable and successful event on January 26 at Studio Z. We look forward to doing more events there and elsewhere and hope that you continue to participate in our efforts to spread the Green message. Thanks for your support! --------- Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group Micheas Hermn of the GROW Working Group (tabling and voter registration) is seeking a new co-chair. Contact Micheas Herman at ... or the County Council at cc(a)sfgreens.org for more information. --------- 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 --------- 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 ============================== JOKE OF THE WEEK: President Bush's Office to be Outsourced to India Congress today announced that the office of President of the United States of America will be outsourced to India as of February 12, 2006. Gurvinder Singh of Indus Teleservices, Mumbai, India, will be assuming the office of President as of February 12, 2006. Mr. Singh was born in the United States while his Indian parents were vacationing at Niagara Falls, thus making him eligible for the position. A Congressional spokesperson noted that, while Mr. Singh may not be fully aware of all the issues involved in the office of President, this should not be a problem because Bush was not familiar with the issues either. Mr. Singh will rely upon a script tree that will enable him to respond effectively to most topics of concern. Using these canned responses, he can address common concerns without having to understand the underlying issues at all. "We know these scripting tools work," stated the spokesperson. "President Bush has used them successfully for years." Mr. Singh may have problems with the Texas drawl, but lately Bush has abandoned the "down home" persona in his effort to appear intelligent and on top of the Katrina situation. Bush will receive health coverage, expenses, and salary until his final day of employment. Following a 2-week waiting period, he will be eligible for $240 a week unemployment for 13 weeks. Unfortunately, he will not be eligible for Medicaid, as his unemployment benefits will exceed the allowed limit. Mr. Bush has been provided the outplacement services of Manpower, Inc. to help him write a resume and prepare for his upcoming job transition. According to Manpower, Mr. Bush may have difficulties in securing a new position due to limited practical work experience. A greeter position at Wal-Mart was suggested due to Bush's extensive experience shaking hands and phony smile. Another possibility is Bush's reenlistment in the Texas Air National Guard. His prior records are conspicuously vague but, should he choose this option, he would likely be stationed in Waco, TX, for a month, before being sent to Iraq, a country he has visited. "I've been there, I know all about Iraq," stated Mr. Bush, who gained invaluable knowledge of the country in a visit to the Baghdad Airport's terminal and gift shop. Sources in Baghdad and Falluja say Mr. Bush would receive a warm reception from local Iraqis. They have asked to be provided with details of his arrival so that they might arrange an appropriate welcome. ************************************************************ 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.

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