January 2007 - announce

SF Green Party Weekly 1/31-2/7
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 31 Jan '07

31 Jan '07

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/31/07-2/7/07 NEWS: - VIDEO: Beach Impeach! With Green Party Activist Katherine Roberts http://tinyurl.com/277k75 - More Beach Impeach videos: http://tinyurl.com/2ah3uz - Has Kucinich Betrayed the Peace Movement? by Rahul Mahajan, 2002 Green Party candidate for Governor of Texas http://tinyurl.com/35zz4w - Green Party Response to Bush State of the Union Address and Democrat Rebuttal http://tinyurl.com/2p9svh - Ross Mirkarimi pushes Farmer's Market legislation http://tinyurl.com/3exxhe EVENTS: This week: - 2/5: Campaigns and Issues Working Group meeting - 2/6: Housing and Land Use Working Group meeting Next week: - 2/8: Animal Advocacy Working Group - 2/10: Schwarzenegger's Health Insurance Plan for California vs Single Payer Plan for California Upcoming: - 2/13: County Council Meeting - 2/21: SF Green Party General Membership Meeting - 2/24: Workshop on Designing Leaflets SAVE THE DATE: - 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - URGENT: Help Get Conscientious Objector Agustin Aguayo Out of Jail! See www.aguayodefense.org for details. For details on how to write to Agustin, and donate to his legal defense fund, see Helga Aguayo's letter below - Nancy Pelosi Watch (www.keeferforcongress.com, www.pelosiwatch.us) - Gavin Newsom Watch (http://tinyurl.com/23v3gp) - Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://tinyurl.com/y2j2gs) - Take Action! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Never Relent! Sez Henry Rollins (http://tinyurl.com/2zlozt) ************************************************************ EVENTS: 2/5: Campaigns and Issues Working Group meeting WHEN: Monday, February 5, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Regular monthly meeting of the Campaigns and Issues Working Group. If you have an issue that you think the SFGP should be working on, please come to this meeting to share your thoughts. --------- 2/6: Housing and Land Use Working Group meeting WHEN: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 7:30PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Regular monthly meeting of the Housing and Land Use Working Group. We'll be discussing the latest draft of the Community Development platform, along with any other items you want added to the evening's agenda. --------- 2/8: Animal Advocacy Working Group WHEN: Thursday, February 8, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant, 832 Clement Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues, San Francisco DETAILS: The Animal Advocacy Working Group is involved in animal issues in San Francisco. The Ten Key Values apply to protecting the welfare of non- human animals. Of course, all are welcome. For more information, email Rosalind Lord at rclord(a)seaserpent.com --------- 2/10: Schwarzenegger's Health Insurance Plan for California vs Single Payer Plan for California WHEN: Saturday, February 10, 2007 3:00PM WHERE: 531 Grove Street (Cross- Octavia). Take #21 Hayes Bus and 5 blocks west of Muni/BART, San Francisco CONTACT, INFORMATION: Call Don Bechler at 695-7891 or e-mail dbechler(a)value.net DETAILS: Discussion on Schwarzenegger's Health Insurance Plan for California vs. Single Payer Plan for California (Kuehl's SB840). Sponsored by CAPA (California Physicians Alliance for Single-Payer). If you care about your health care, please come! --------- 2/13: County Council Meeting WHEN: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Join us to plan the agenda for the following Wednesday's General Meeting. --------- 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration WHEN: Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:00PM-10:00PM WHERE: Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco (across from 24th St BART) DETAILS: Please join us as we celebrate the victories of 2006, with an evening of food, fun, and politics! Speakers will include Jane Kim, John Rizzo, Ross Mirkarimi, Chris Daly, Kim-Shree Maufas, Sarah Lipson, and Board of Education President Mark Sanchez! --------- 2/21: SF Green Party General Membership Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: The General Membership meeting is on the third Wednesday of each month. This is where all policy decisions, endorsements and ideas for the party are discussed and decided upon. We will be ratifying our active membership list for 2007 at this meeting. --------- 2/24: Workshop on Designing Leaflets WHEN: Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:00PM-6:00PM WHERE: 2940 – 16th St. Room 204 (between Mission and South Van Ness), San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition at 513-5393 or email sflivingwage(a)riseup.net DETAILS: Workshop on Designing Leaflets with Russell Kilday-Hicks Russell is editor-in-chief of a statewide union paper for staff working on the 23 campuses of the California State University system, and production editor for “Green Focus,” the California Green Party newspaper. He has taught newspaper production at Laney and is a teaching assistant in Workplace Ethics and Environmental Ethics courses. He is statewide chair of the communication committee of CSEA Local 1000, SEIU, and chair of the City of Berkeley’s Commission on Labor. ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: URGENT: Help Get Conscientious Objector Agustin Aguayo Out of Jail! See letter from Helga Aguayo: Dear Friends, Some important dates for us: January 13th, 2007 was Augie’s, original ETS (end term of service) date. But instead he was stop-lossed ( "STOP LOSS" means preventing a soldier leaving the military, even though the required term of service is completed). December 17th was Augie's 35th birthday, spent of course in military prison. THANK YOU to everyone who sent him a card. On December 12th, Augie had his Article 32 hearing (a formal military hearing that determines if there is enough evidence to conduct a court martial, similar to a grand jury investigation). His arraignment is currently scheduled for January 22nd; according to Dave Court, our new lawyer in Germany, this is "merely to establish dates for trial, motions, exchange of witness lists, etc." Nothing substantive will occur. Augie will be formally charged with desertion and missing movement in a General Court Martial set to occur in late February or March. A General Court-Martial is the most serious criminal proceeding that can be brought against a member of the military. A conviction by this Court is considered a federal felony and creates a criminal record for life. FOR WHAT?! Not wanting to kill, not wanting to contribute to the missions that kill, for being against war! I feel SO SAD! Meanwhile our case in civilian court is still pending. On November 21st, 2006 the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard Augie’s petition. The ruling can take between 6 weeks to 6 months. There is still hope that he might get exonerated! Please keep Augie in your prayers. Should the court martial go ahead, I wish to testify. I want the court to realize that his family mourns Augie's absence every second of every day. I hope the courtroom will be filled with supporters so the Army will know the world is watching. For those of you based in Europe, please consider attending if you can! Whatever happens, I will carry your strength, support, and solidarity with me in my heart. Our voices will unite. WE WILL BE HEARD! Here in L.A., our twin daughters, Raquel and Rebecca have seen better days. They are struggling in school and may not pass 6th grade. Last year at the U.S. base school in Germany, the girls were on the honor role! The turmoil has been hard on them. I tell them every day, “this will pass”. Money issues -- I just sent our German-based lawyer, David Court, the next installment on his fees: 1000 €. I had to borrow some of it. The next installment of 2000€ is due two weeks before the court- martial. Tax deductible donations to the Legal Defense Fund can be made via <www.couragetoresist.org>. More direct donations (without a tax deduction) can be made via <www.aguayodefense.org>. I need funds to travel to Germany for the court martial too. Right now I am fund-raising with Courage to Resist and Iraq Veteran's Against the War. I hope to see results soon. I continue to do interviews with various news organizations, including one today for National Public Radio. I think it went well. Next week I start speaking at California high schools about the OTHER SIDE of enlisting in the military. It's called "counter- recruitment". As far as I understand, California is the only state that MANDATES high school seniors hear both sides of military recruitment. This is a project that is dear to my heart! Los Angeles is the Number ONE recruitment city of high school seniors. I want to work to change that. Meanwhile I attend rallies to publicize Augie's situation. Many of Augie's family members take part. Some good news: I have struggled to keep up the website: <www.aguayodefense.org>. Now a PROFESSIONAL web designer has volunteered to take over. Hurrah! Improvements should be visible soon. I THANK YOU all for working so hard and diligently to support Augie and the family! With all my love, Helga P. Aguayo 36838 57th Street East Palmdale, CA 93552 USA To write to Agustin: SPC Agustín Aguayo Unit 29723 Box LL APO, AE 09028-3810 USA --------- Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan Keep an eye out for "Car-Free Talk" on San Francisco's public access tv station, Channel 29. In the next show, David Fridley, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley and member of San Francisco Oil Awareness, discusses the myth of biofuels. Date and time to be announced. ============================== 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 --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Three 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 end PG&E's monopoly and run the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power, and to stop corporations from taking private monopoly control of the new public internet and cable system being built for San Francisco. We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots organizers to help us win these campaigns. 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 --------- Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer The San Francisco Green Party needs donations for rent on the office, mailings, signs, and many other expenditures in order to wage effective political campaigns. We are especially interested in building up our base of "sustaining members," those who agree to contribute a certain amount each month by credit card. By becoming a sustaining member you save us money and time that we can then devote to our political work. It is a method of donation that is perfect for a grassroots organization like the Green Party as it allows us to thrive off of many, many small and medium size donations instead of depending on a few large donors. For more information, please visit the MAKE A DONATION page on the website at http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html For questions about the sustaining member program contact treasurer(a)sfgreens.org To make a one-time donation by mail please send a check made out to The San Francisco Green Party to: San Francisco Green Party 1028A Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 ************************************************************ 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 1/24-1/30
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/24/07-1/30/07 NEWS: - Ross Mirkarimi pushes Farmer's Market legislation http://tinyurl.com/3exxhe - John Rizzo’s Speech at the Swearing in Ceremony http://tinyurl.com/2rty8d - Green Party Congratulates New School Board President Mark Sanchez http://tinyurl.com/2uhztg - Greens Take Part in Rally to Support Reproductive Rights http://tinyurl.com/3depoy - The Green Party's own Sue Vaughan launches Car Free Talk blog http://carfreetalk.blogspot.com/ - Will Matt Run for Mayor? http://tinyurl.com/3ygss4 EVENTS: This week: - 1/27: Rally and March To End The War On Iraq - 1/27-28: FILM: Little Birds Next week: - 2/5: Campaigns and Issues Working Group meeting - 2/8: Animal Advocacy Working Group Save the date: - 2/13: County Council Meeting - 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration - 2/21: SF Green Party General Membership Meeting - 2/24: Workshop on Designing Leaflets ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - URGENT: Help Get Conscientious Objector Agustin Aguayo Out of Jail! See www.aguayodefense.org for details. For details on how to write to Agustin, and donate to his legal defense fund, see Helga Aguayo's letter below - Check out Nancy Pelosi Watch site (www.pelosiwatch.us) - Check out Gavin Newsom Watch site (http://gavinwatch.blogspot.com/ 2007/01/wheres-gavin.html) - Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://tinyurl.com/y2j2gs) - Take Action! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer JOKE OF THE WEEK: - State of the Union Address (http://tinyurl.com/2ak349) ************************************************************ EVENTS: 1/27: Rally and March To End The War On Iraq WHEN: Saturday, January 37, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Powell and Market Streets, San Francisco, CA Meeting location for SF Green Party: 12:00 Noon, in front of Old Navy (LOVE the irony!) DETAILS: Over 3,000 dead American soldiers, hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis. It's time to put a stop to the war machine. Millions of people voted to get the Republicans out and end the war, but we can't leave it up to the Democrats to do the only reasonable thing: Bring All The Troops Home Now From Iraq! President Bush just announced his intent to escalate the number of troops in Iraq by over 20,000 more troops. It's time to get the anti- war movement back in the streets! On January 27, hundreds of thousands of people will march in Washington, DC to demand an end to the war. --------- 1/27-28: FILM: Little Birds WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, January 37, 2007 7:00PM Humanist Hall 390 27th Street Oakland, CA Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:00PM Women's Building 3543 18th Street San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call (415) 822-4732 www.littlebirds.net Arab Film Festival: www.aff.org DETAILS: Come to the screening of "Little Birds" and talk with Carolyn Ho, mother of Lieutenant Ehren Watada. A prize-winning Japanese independent journalist, Takeharu Watai, has produced a film depicting the daily lives of Iraqi people following the launch of the U.S.-led war on the country in March 2003. In Baghdad, Samawa, Falluja, and at Abu Ghraib, Watai listened to the voices of the Iraqi people and succeeded in catching glimpses of the truth about the Iraq war that mainstream media have failed to capture. To capture the true essence of the situation in Iraq, the filmmaker purposely left out narration and background music. He simply allowed the daily sounds of air bombardments, helicopters, and approaching armored vehicles to tell the story. Watai has published various articles on Iraq and made frequent live news reports on Japanese mainstream television during the Baghdad air raids. After the screening, we will have a panel discussion with the filmmaker and Carolyn Ho (Mother of Lt. Ehren Watada*). Endorsed by Lt.Watada Support Committee & APIs Resist: www.thankyoult.org --------- 2/5: Campaigns and Issues Working Group meeting WHEN: Monday, February 5, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Regular monthly meeting of the Campaigns and Issues Working Group. If you have an issue that you think the SFGP should be working on, please come to this meeting to share your thoughts. --------- 2/8: Animal Advocacy Working Group WHEN: Thursday, February 8, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant, 832 Clement Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues, San Francisco DETAILS: The Animal Advocacy Working Group is involved in animal issues in San Francisco. The Ten Key Values apply to protecting the welfare of non- human animals. Of course, all are welcome. For more information, email Rosalind Lord at rclord(a)seaserpent.com --------- 2/13: County Council Meeting WHEN: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Join us to plan the agenda for the following Wednesday's General Meeting. --------- 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration WHEN: Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:00PM-10:00PM WHERE: Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco (across from 24th St BART) DETAILS: Join host Krissy Keefer as we welcome our elected Green and progressive representatives in our annual bash featuring music, guest speakers, performances and more! --------- 2/21: SF Green Party General Membership Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: The General Membership meeting is on the third Wednesday of each month. This is where all policy decisions, endorsements and ideas for the party are discussed and decided upon. We will be ratifying our active membership list for 2007 at this meeting. --------- 2/24: Workshop on Designing Leaflets WHEN: Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:00PM-6:00PM WHERE: 2940 – 16th St. Room 204 (between Mission and South Van Ness), San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition at 513-5393 or email sflivingwage(a)riseup.net DETAILS: Workshop on Designing Leaflets with Russell Kilday-Hicks Russell is editor-in-chief of a statewide union paper for staff working on the 23 campuses of the California State University system, and production editor for “Green Focus,” the California Green Party newspaper. He has taught newspaper production at Laney and is a teaching assistant in Workplace Ethics and Environmental Ethics courses. He is statewide chair of the communication committee of CSEA Local 1000, SEIU, and chair of the City of Berkeley’s Commission on Labor. ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: URGENT: Help Get Conscientious Objector Agustin Aguayo Out of Jail! See letter from Helga Aguayo: Dear Friends, Some important dates for us: January 13th, 2007 was Augie’s, original ETS (end term of service) date. But instead he was stop-lossed ( "STOP LOSS" means preventing a soldier leaving the military, even though the required term of service is completed). December 17th was Augie's 35th birthday, spent of course in military prison. THANK YOU to everyone who sent him a card. On December 12th, Augie had his Article 32 hearing (a formal military hearing that determines if there is enough evidence to conduct a court martial, similar to a grand jury investigation). His arraignment is currently scheduled for January 22nd; according to Dave Court, our new lawyer in Germany, this is "merely to establish dates for trial, motions, exchange of witness lists, etc." Nothing substantive will occur. Augie will be formally charged with desertion and missing movement in a General Court Martial set to occur in late February or March. A General Court-Martial is the most serious criminal proceeding that can be brought against a member of the military. A conviction by this Court is considered a federal felony and creates a criminal record for life. FOR WHAT?! Not wanting to kill, not wanting to contribute to the missions that kill, for being against war! I feel SO SAD! Meanwhile our case in civilian court is still pending. On November 21st, 2006 the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard Augie’s petition. The ruling can take between 6 weeks to 6 months. There is still hope that he might get exonerated! Please keep Augie in your prayers. Should the court martial go ahead, I wish to testify. I want the court to realize that his family mourns Augie's absence every second of every day. I hope the courtroom will be filled with supporters so the Army will know the world is watching. For those of you based in Europe, please consider attending if you can! Whatever happens, I will carry your strength, support, and solidarity with me in my heart. Our voices will unite. WE WILL BE HEARD! Here in L.A., our twin daughters, Raquel and Rebecca have seen better days. They are struggling in school and may not pass 6th grade. Last year at the U.S. base school in Germany, the girls were on the honor role! The turmoil has been hard on them. I tell them every day, “this will pass”. Money issues -- I just sent our German-based lawyer, David Court, the next installment on his fees: 1000 €. I had to borrow some of it. The next installment of 2000€ is due two weeks before the court- martial. Tax deductible donations to the Legal Defense Fund can be made via <www.couragetoresist.org>. More direct donations (without a tax deduction) can be made via <www.aguayodefense.org>. I need funds to travel to Germany for the court martial too. Right now I am fund-raising with Courage to Resist and Iraq Veteran's Against the War. I hope to see results soon. I continue to do interviews with various news organizations, including one today for National Public Radio. I think it went well. Next week I start speaking at California high schools about the OTHER SIDE of enlisting in the military. It's called "counter- recruitment". As far as I understand, California is the only state that MANDATES high school seniors hear both sides of military recruitment. This is a project that is dear to my heart! Los Angeles is the Number ONE recruitment city of high school seniors. I want to work to change that. Meanwhile I attend rallies to publicize Augie's situation. Many of Augie's family members take part. Some good news: I have struggled to keep up the website: <www.aguayodefense.org>. Now a PROFESSIONAL web designer has volunteered to take over. Hurrah! Improvements should be visible soon. I THANK YOU all for working so hard and diligently to support Augie and the family! With all my love, Helga P. Aguayo 36838 57th Street East Palmdale, CA 93552 USA To write to Agustin: SPC Agustín Aguayo Unit 29723 Box LL APO, AE 09028-3810 USA --------- Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan Keep an eye out for "Car-Free Talk" on San Francisco's public access tv station, Channel 29. In the next show, David Fridley, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley and member of San Francisco Oil Awareness, discusses the myth of biofuels. Date and time to be announced. ============================== 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 --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Three 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 end PG&E's monopoly and run the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power, and to stop corporations from taking private monopoly control of the new public internet and cable system being built for San Francisco. We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots organizers to help us win these campaigns. 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 --------- Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer The San Francisco Green Party needs donations for rent on the office, mailings, signs, and many other expenditures in order to wage effective political campaigns. We are especially interested in building up our base of "sustaining members," those who agree to contribute a certain amount each month by credit card. By becoming a sustaining member you save us money and time that we can then devote to our political work. It is a method of donation that is perfect for a grassroots organization like the Green Party as it allows us to thrive off of many, many small and medium size donations instead of depending on a few large donors. For more information, please visit the MAKE A DONATION page on the website at http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html For questions about the sustaining member program contact treasurer(a)sfgreens.org To make a one-time donation by mail please send a check made out to The San Francisco Green Party to: San Francisco Green Party 1028A Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 ************************************************************ 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 1/17-1/23
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/17/07-1/23/07 NEWS: - Green Party Activist Marc Salomon in "We Rented A Chicken Suit?" http://tinyurl.com/y3atct - Citizen Susan (King) Feedback on Gavin Newsom event http://tinyurl.com/y6bgc6 EVENTS: This week: - 1/17: SFGP General Membership Meeting - 1/20: Forward, Not Back – Reproductive Justice for All! - 1/21: WestSide Green Club - 1/23: Transportation Working Group Next week: - 1/27-28: FILM: Little Birds Save the date: - 2/10: Workshop on Designing Leaflets - 2/13: County Council Meeting - 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://tinyurl.com/y2j2gs) - Take Action! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Jon Stewart & Co. show montage inspired by President Bush's 20,000- troop speech (http://tinyurl.com/y6rtwl) ************************************************************ EVENTS: 1/17: SFGP General Membership Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: This is the monthly meeting of the SF Green Party. The agenda is set by the CC the previous week, but can be modified at the beginning of the meeting. Agenda: Facil Sue and Marc, Notes Susan, Timekeeper Jim. 5 minutes - Intro and accreditation. 15 minutes - Decision, Compassionate Use endorsement. Shona will email text to post here. 2 minutes - Presentation, Progressive Pledge of Allegiance (Jim Adams) 5-10 minutes - John Rizzo Update, and potential announcement of longer discussion with him later at a CIWG meeting 1st Monday in February. 15 minutes - Bylaws: First reading of proposed bylaws change (below) dealing with selection of GPCA delegates 5 minutes - Bylaws discussion: get more feedback on what the GM/WG quorums should be. 30 minutes - Discussion of our endorsement policy 2 minutes - Transgender Training 20 minutes - Working Group Reports: People of Color Caucus, Transportation, Animal Advocacy, HLU, CIWG, GROW, Westside, FIG, Sustainability, Electoral Reform 5 minutes - Announcement of wanting to form a WG: Compassionate Use and 10 minutes - GPCA report, Bruce Announcements --------- 1/20: Forward, Not Back – Reproductive Justice for All! WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:30AM: Pier 5 (on Embarcadero Street near Market Street) San Francisco, CA 11:30AM: Multi-issue counter-demonstration to the “Walk for Life” route along the Embarcadero waterfront, ending in a community rally at Aquatic Park with more speakers, music and art. 4:00PM: BACORR will also host a post-rally gathering at New Valencia Hall at 1908 Mission St (at 15th Street), San Francisco INFORMATION: Call 415-730-2917, email bacorrinfo(a)riseup.net, or visit www.bacorr.org. DETAILS: Come celebrate Roe Vs. Wade and stand up for reproductive rights at the “Forward, Not Back – Reproductive Justice for All!” pro-choice events. --------- 1/21: WestSide Green Club WHEN: Sunday, January 21, 2007 3:00PM-5:00PM WHERE: Home of Barry Hermanson, 2467 - 28th Ave, between Taraval and Ulloa, San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call Barry at 664-7754 or Nancy Lewis at 661-5713 DETAILS: Bring your calendar, because we will be scheduling the rest of 2007 meetings and planning 2007 activities. --------- 1/23: Transportation Working Group WHEN: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Topics for discussion: MUNI riders union, free MUNI, and others suggested by participants. We will also submit our active membership list for 2007 (based on participation in the group in 2006) and elect new co-chairs --------- 1/27-28: FILM: Little Birds WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, January 37, 2007 7:00PM Humanist Hall 390 27th Street Oakland, CA Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:00PM Women's Building 3543 18th Street San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call (415) 822-4732 www.littlebirds.net Arab Film Festival: www.aff.org DETAILS: Come to the screening of "Little Birds" and talk with Carolyn Ho, mother of Lieutenant Ehren Watada. A prize-winning Japanese independent journalist, Takeharu Watai, has produced a film depicting the daily lives of Iraqi people following the launch of the U.S.-led war on the country in March 2003. In Baghdad, Samawa, Falluja, and at Abu Ghraib, Watai listened to the voices of the Iraqi people and succeeded in catching glimpses of the truth about the Iraq war that mainstream media have failed to capture. To capture the true essence of the situation in Iraq, the filmmaker purposely left out narration and background music. He simply allowed the daily sounds of air bombardments, helicopters, and approaching armored vehicles to tell the story. Watai has published various articles on Iraq and made frequent live news reports on Japanese mainstream television during the Baghdad air raids. After the screening, we will have a panel discussion with the filmmaker and Carolyn Ho (Mother of Lt. Ehren Watada*). Endorsed by Lt.Watada Support Committee & APIs Resist: www.thankyoult.org --------- 2/10: Workshop on Designing Leaflets WHEN: Saturday, February 10, 2007 2:00PM-6:00PM WHERE: 2940 – 16th St. Room 204 (between Mission and South Van Ness), San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition at 513-5393 or email sflivingwage(a)riseup.net DETAILS: Workshop on Designing Leaflets with Russell Kilday-Hicks Russell is editor-in-chief of a statewide union paper for staff working on the 23 campuses of the California State University system, and production editor for “Green Focus,” the California Green Party newspaper. He has taught newspaper production at Laney and is a teaching assistant in Workplace Ethics and Environmental Ethics courses. He is statewide chair of the communication committee of CSEA Local 1000, SEIU, and chair of the City of Berkeley’s Commission on Labor. --------- 2/13: County Council Meeting WHEN: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Join us to plan the agenda for the following Wednesday's General Meeting. --------- 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration WHEN: Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:00PM-10:00PM WHERE: Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco (across from 24th St BART) DETAILS: Join host Krissy Keefer as we welcome our elected Green and progressive representatives in our annual bash featuring music, guest speakers, performances and more! ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan Keep an eye out for "Car-Free Talk" on San Francisco's public access tv station, Channel 29. In the next show, David Fridley, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley and member of San Francisco Oil Awareness, discusses the myth of biofuels. Date and time to be announced. ============================== 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 --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Three 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 end PG&E's monopoly and run the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power, and to stop corporations from taking private monopoly control of the new public internet and cable system being built for San Francisco. We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots organizers to help us win these campaigns. 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 --------- Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer The San Francisco Green Party needs donations for rent on the office, mailings, signs, and many other expenditures in order to wage effective political campaigns. We are especially interested in building up our base of "sustaining members," those who agree to contribute a certain amount each month by credit card. By becoming a sustaining member you save us money and time that we can then devote to our political work. It is a method of donation that is perfect for a grassroots organization like the Green Party as it allows us to thrive off of many, many small and medium size donations instead of depending on a few large donors. For more information, please visit the MAKE A DONATION page on the website at http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html For questions about the sustaining member program contact treasurer(a)sfgreens.org To make a one-time donation by mail please send a check made out to The San Francisco Green Party to: San Francisco Green Party 1028A Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 ************************************************************ 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 1/10-1/16
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/10/07-1/16/07 NEWS: - School Board President Mark Sanchez, Board of Education Vice- President Norman Yee, Progressives Gaining Power http://tinyurl.com/y6okfz - Editorial: Green Era Begins http://tinyurl.com/y2kp22 - Matt Gonzalez for Mayor? http://tinyurl.com/y265kz http://tinyurl.com/yykur5 EVENTS: This week: - 1/11: Feminist Issues Group Meeting, Postponed to January 11, 2007 Next week: - 1/13: Demand Living Wage Jobs, Picket Gavin Newsom's Town Hall Meeting - 1/17: SFGP General Membership Meeting Save the date: - 1/23: Transportation Working Group - 2/10: Workshop on Designing Leaflets - 2/13: County Council Meeting - 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://tinyurl.com/y2j2gs) - Take Action! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Neologisms ************************************************************ EVENTS: 1/11: Feminist Issues Group Meeting, Postponed to January 11, 2007 WHEN: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:30PM WHERE: Wild Awakenings, 142 McAllister, San Francisco, CA DETAILS: Due to the number of inaugural activities this week, the FIG meeting, which normally meets every first Thursday of the month, will be postponed one week later. Agenda for this meeting: - Time to elect new chair(s) - Prioritize our objectives for the new year - Plan and prepare for future electoral opportunities and challenges. --------- 1/13: Demand Living Wage Jobs, Picket Gavin Newsom's Town Hall Meeting WHEN: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:00AM WHERE: Richmond Recreation Center, 251 – 18th Avenue (between Clement and California), San Francisco, CA DIRECTIONS: Public transit: – Near 1 California and 2 Clement, one-and-a-half blocks from 38 Geary. Carpool leaves at 8:30 a.m. from Redstone Building, 2940-16th Street, between Mission and South Van Ness, near 16th Street BART. INFORMATION, RSVP: Call 415-863-1225 DETAILS: Newsom, You Can Run but You Can’t Hide: Low-wage Workers Take Message to Mayor as He Dodges Question Time Session with Board of Supervisors The City’s social infrastructure is in a state of crisis. City-funded non-profit agencies cannot retain experienced workers as they are pushed out of San Francisco by the rising cost-of-living. High turn- over is threatening the quality of services that San Franciscans expect and need. The wage required under the Minimum Compensation Ordinance for non-profit workers working on a city service contract has fallen below the city-wide minimum wage. Homecare workers only received a 1.6 percent wage increase last year and the inflation rate was 2.8 percent. Join us for an informational picket and leafleting of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s town-hall meeting We demand that the Mayor: * Meet with low-wage non-profit workers who are providing valuable services to residents of the City * Support the Ammiano/McGoldrick amendments to the living wage law * Budget wage increases for non-profit workers, homecare workers and parents working for a CalWORKs grant --------- 1/17: SFGP General Membership Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: This is the monthly meeting of the SF Green Party. The agenda is set by the CC the previous week, but can be modified at the beginning of the meeting. Agenda: Facil Sue and Marc, Notes Susan, Timekeeper Jim. 5 minutes - Intro and accreditation. 15 minutes - Decision, Compassionate Use endorsement. Shona will email text to post here. 2 minutes - Presentation, Progressive Pledge of Allegiance (Jim Adams) 5-10 minutes - John Rizzo Update, and potential announcement of longer discussion with him later at a CIWG meeting 1st Monday in February. 15 minutes - Bylaws: First reading of proposed bylaws change (below) dealing with selection of GPCA delegates 5 minutes - Bylaws discussion: get more feedback on what the GM/WG quorums should be. 30 minutes - Discussion of our endorsement policy 2 minutes - Transgender Training 20 minutes - Working Group Reports: People of Color Caucus, Transportation, Animal Advocacy, HLU, CIWG, GROW, Westside, FIG, Sustainability, Electoral Reform 5 minutes - Announcement of wanting to form a WG: Compassionate Use and 10 minutes - GPCA report, Bruce Announcements --------- 1/23: Transportation Working Group WHEN: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Topics for discussion: MUNI riders union, free MUNI, and others suggested by participants. We will also submit our active membership list for 2007 (based on participation in the group in 2006) and elect new co-chairs --------- 2/10: Workshop on Designing Leaflets WHEN: Saturday, February 10, 2007 2:00PM-6:00PM WHERE: 2940 – 16th St. Room 204 (between Mission and South Van Ness), San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition at 513-5393 or email sflivingwage(a)riseup.net DETAILS: Workshop on Designing Leaflets with Russell Kilday-Hicks Russell is editor-in-chief of a statewide union paper for staff working on the 23 campuses of the California State University system, and production editor for “Green Focus,” the California Green Party newspaper. He has taught newspaper production at Laney and is a teaching assistant in Workplace Ethics and Environmental Ethics courses. He is statewide chair of the communication committee of CSEA Local 1000, SEIU, and chair of the City of Berkeley’s Commission on Labor. --------- 2/13: County Council Meeting WHEN: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Join us to plan the agenda for the following Wednesday's General Meeting. --------- 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration WHEN: Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:00PM-10:00PM WHERE: Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco (across from 24th St BART) DETAILS: Join host Krissy Keefer as we welcome our elected Green and progressive representatives in our annual bash featuring music, guest speakers, performances and more! ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan Keep an eye out for "Car-Free Talk" on San Francisco's public access tv station, Channel 29. In the next show, David Fridley, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley and member of San Francisco Oil Awareness, discusses the myth of biofuels. Date and time to be announced. ============================== 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 --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Three 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 end PG&E's monopoly and run the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power, and to stop corporations from taking private monopoly control of the new public internet and cable system being built for San Francisco. We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots organizers to help us win these campaigns. 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 --------- Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer The San Francisco Green Party needs donations for rent on the office, mailings, signs, and many other expenditures in order to wage effective political campaigns. We are especially interested in building up our base of "sustaining members," those who agree to contribute a certain amount each month by credit card. By becoming a sustaining member you save us money and time that we can then devote to our political work. It is a method of donation that is perfect for a grassroots organization like the Green Party as it allows us to thrive off of many, many small and medium size donations instead of depending on a few large donors. For more information, please visit the MAKE A DONATION page on the website at http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html For questions about the sustaining member program contact treasurer(a)sfgreens.org To make a one-time donation by mail please send a check made out to The San Francisco Green Party to: San Francisco Green Party 1028A Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 ============================== JOKE OF THE WEEK: Neologisms Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. The winners are: 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown. 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. 8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash. 9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller. 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners: 1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period. 4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very,very high. 5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. 6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness. 8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) 9. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer. 10 Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. 11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action. 12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web. 14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out. 15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating. And the pick of the literature: 16. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole. ************************************************************ 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 1/3-1/9
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/3/07-1/9/07 HAPPY NEW YEAR! NEWS: - CODEPINK Arrested and In Jail, Cameraman Assaulted and Injured http://tinyurl.com/y45p98 - New College of California Hosts Green Party Panel Discussion http://tinyurl.com/yff6kr - Local Green Party Wraps-Up a Successful Year in 2006 http://tinyurl.com/yag2e9 EVENTS: This week: - 1/4: Voters for Peace Rally - 1/4: Banner Drops with World Can't Wait - 1/4: Tell Nancy Pelosi to Support Impeachment! - 1/4: Support Lieutenant Watada, Refuse Illegal War! - 1/4: Swearing-In Ceremony of John Rizzo - 1/4: Animal Advocacy Working Group - 1/5: Swearing-In Ceremony of Jane Kim - 1/6: Beach Impeach Flashmob at Ocean Beach - 1/8: Campaigns and Issues Working Group Next week: - 1/11: Feminist Issues Group Meeting, Postponed to January 11, 2007 - 1/13: Demand Living Wage Jobs, Picket Gavin Newsom's Town Hall Meeting Save the date: - 1/27: Workshop on Designing Leaflets - 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://tinyurl.com/y2j2gs) - Take Action! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Germans Not Amused (http://tinyurl.com/yflr53) Editor's Note: This article is not political, but hey, it's the New Year. I thought this was hysterically funny. ************************************************************ EVENTS: 1/4: Voters for Peace Rally WHEN: Thursday, January 4, 2007 12:00 noon WHERE: Federal Building, 455 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco DETAILS: In just one week, Congress begins the 2007 session with new leadership ready to take the reigns. The problem is, the new Congress doesn't look very different than the old Congress that we supposedly voted out of office. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is promoting a troop increase, Nancy Pelosi said that she won't defund the war, and now President Bush is asking for at least $127 billion more to waste on our failed venture in Iraq. Although voters expressed a clear mandate to end the war in Iraq, Democratic Congressional leaders are already on record promising to continue the violence in our name and with our tax dollars. We think this is an unacceptable betrayal of American voters, so on January 4th, VotersForPeace is working with several peace organizations to remind the new Congress that we will no longer tolerate destroying lives and wasting money for war. We will congratulate them for their win and then demand that they defund Bush's war effort. --------- 1/4: Banner Drops with World Can't Wait WHEN: Thursday, January 4, 2007 Morning and evening rush hour WHERE: Highways 101 & 280, near San Francisco CONTACT: Call Don at 415-724-1479 Call World Can't Wait SF Office at 415-864-5153, or email sfwcwmedia(a)gmail.com INFORMATION: www.worldcantwait.org DETAILS: World Can’t Wait will also be doing “banner drops” aimed at AM & PM rush hour traffic on Highways 101 & 280. They will focus on a demand for impeachment based on War Crimes, Torture, and Crimes Against Humanity. Nationally, The World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime will be ushering in 2007 with mass demonstrations at the opening of Congress in Washington, DC. Featured speakers include Cindy Sheehan, Cynthia McKinney, Gore Vidal, and others. --------- 1/4: Tell Nancy Pelosi to Support Impeachment! WHEN: Thursday, January 4, 2007 2:00PM-5:00PM WHERE: Nancy Pelosi’s Office, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco CONTACT: Call Don at 415-724-1479 Call World Can't Wait SF Office at 415-864-5153, or email sfwcwmedia(a)gmail.com INFORMATION: www.worldcantwait.org DETAILS: On January 4th, as the new congress opens, World Cant Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regime! will be rallying in front of the Nancy Pelosis office to demand impeachment for War Crimes, Torture, and Crimes Against Humanity. We will be putting large block letters to spell IMPEACH on a table in front of her office. Reasons, and demands for impeachment in order to repudiate the policies of the Bush Administration will be read. Participants are also encouraged to bring other items to be put on the table. Nancy Pelosi has continually said impeachment is off the table. The Democrats have pledged to work with the Bush Administration. We will voice our opposition to endless war, torture, crimes against humanity, and a possible bi-partisan war escalation. --------- 1/4: Support Lieutenant Watada, Refuse Illegal War! WHEN & WHERE: Thursday, January 4, 2007 11:15 gather at J-town Peace Plaza (Post & Buchanan) 11:45 procession to meet up with Unitarian Universalist contingent @ Franklin & Geary 12:15 joint procession to peace vigil at Federal Building 12:30 vigil 01:00 die-in program--MC David Hartsough, Declaration for Peace; speakers include Unitarian Universalist, WSC/APIsR!, & IVAW [not confirmed] 01:30 die-in commences--those who wish not to risk arrest can stand and bear witness/lend their solidarity. There is a nonviolent cd training scheduled for Tues, 2 Jan @ UUC, 1187 Franklin @ Geary, SF, from 7-9 pm, for anyone interested. INFORMATION: Email watadasupport(a)mac.com DETAILS: Please join the Watada Support Committee and APIs Resist! in a show of solidarity with this brave, young man refusing to obey orders to fight this illegal war... I-sho-ni Na-re-ba Ke-sh'-te ma-ke-nai [The People, united, will never be defeated] --------- 1/4: Swearing-In Ceremony of John Rizzo WHEN: Thursday, January 4, 2007 5:00PM WHERE: State Building, Milton Marks Auditorium, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco DETAILS: Come support John Rizzo, first Green elected to the SF Community College, as he is officially sworn into the College Board! --------- 1/4: Animal Advocacy Working Group WHEN: Thursday, January 4, 2007 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant, 832 Clement Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues, San Francisco DETAILS: The Animal Advocacy Working Group is involved in animal issues in San Francisco. The Ten Key Values apply to protecting the welfare of non- human animals. Of course, all are welcome. For more information, email Rosalind Lord at rclord(a)seaserpent.com --------- 1/5: Swearing-In Ceremony of Jane Kim WHEN: Friday, January 5, 2007 6:00PM WHERE: Tenderloin Community School, 627 Turk Street, San Francisco DETAILS: Come support Jane Kim, first-place finisher in the SF School Board race, as she is officially sworn into the School Board! --------- 1/6: Beach Impeach Flashmob at Ocean Beach WHEN: Saturday, January 6, 2007 10:30AM - noon WHERE: Ocean Beach, San Francisco Near 48th Avenue and Lincoln Way, next to Golden Gate Park, directly across the Great Highway from the Beach Chalet DETAILS: See http://www.beachimpeach.org, also register at this site to help out. --------- 1/8: Campaigns and Issues Working Group WHEN: Monday, January 8, 2007 7:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party, 1028A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: Please note the date is moved from the first Monday to the second, to accommodate the New Year's Day holiday. Feb meeting is on the first Monday, Feb 5. --------- 1/11: Feminist Issues Group Meeting, Postponed to January 11, 2007 WHEN: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:30PM WHERE: Wild Awakenings, 142 McAllister, San Francisco, CA DETAILS: Due to the number of inaugural activities this week, the FIG meeting, which normally meets every first Thursday of the month, will be postponed one week later. Agenda for this meeting: - Time to elect new chair(s) - Prioritize our objectives for the new year - Plan and prepare for future electoral opportunities and challenges. --------- 1/13: Demand Living Wage Jobs, Picket Gavin Newsom's Town Hall Meeting WHEN: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:00AM WHERE: Richmond Recreation Center, 251 – 18th Avenue (between Clement and California), San Francisco, CA DIRECTIONS: Public transit: – Near 1 California and 2 Clement, one-and-a-half blocks from 38 Geary. Carpool leaves at 8:30 a.m. from Redstone Building, 2940-16th Street, between Mission and South Van Ness, near 16th Street BART. INFORMATION, RSVP: Call 415-863-1225 DETAILS: Newsom, You Can Run but You Can’t Hide: Low-wage Workers Take Message to Mayor as He Dodges Question Time Session with Board of Supervisors The City’s social infrastructure is in a state of crisis. City-funded non-profit agencies cannot retain experienced workers as they are pushed out of San Francisco by the rising cost-of-living. High turn- over is threatening the quality of services that San Franciscans expect and need. The wage required under the Minimum Compensation Ordinance for non-profit workers working on a city service contract has fallen below the city-wide minimum wage. Homecare workers only received a 1.6 percent wage increase last year and the inflation rate was 2.8 percent. Join us for an informational picket and leafleting of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s town-hall meeting We demand that the Mayor: * Meet with low-wage non-profit workers who are providing valuable services to residents of the City * Support the Ammiano/McGoldrick amendments to the living wage law * Budget wage increases for non-profit workers, homecare workers and parents working for a CalWORKs grant --------- 1/27: Workshop on Designing Leaflets WHEN: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:00PM-6:00PM WHERE: 2940 – 16th St. Room 204 (between Mission and South Van Ness), San Francisco, CA INFORMATION: Call the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition at 513-5393 or email sflivingwage(a)riseup.net DETAILS: Workshop on Designing Leaflets with Russell Kilday-Hicks Russell is editor-in-chief of a statewide union paper for staff working on the 23 campuses of the California State University system, and production editor for “Green Focus,” the California Green Party newspaper. He has taught newspaper production at Laney and is a teaching assistant in Workplace Ethics and Environmental Ethics courses. He is statewide chair of the communication committee of CSEA Local 1000, SEIU, and chair of the City of Berkeley’s Commission on Labor. --------- 2/17: San Francisco Green Party's Annual Celebration WHEN: Saturday, February 17, 2007 7:00PM-10:00PM WHERE: Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th Street, San Francisco (across from 24th St BART) DETAILS: Join host Krissy Keefer as we welcome our elected Green and progressive representatives in our annual bash featuring music, guest speakers, performances and more! ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan Keep an eye out for "Car-Free Talk" on San Francisco's public access tv station, Channel 29. In the next show, David Fridley, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley and member of San Francisco Oil Awareness, discusses the myth of biofuels. Date and time to be announced. ============================== 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 --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Three 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 end PG&E's monopoly and run the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power, and to stop corporations from taking private monopoly control of the new public internet and cable system being built for San Francisco. We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots organizers to help us win these campaigns. 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 --------- Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer The San Francisco Green Party needs donations for rent on the office, mailings, signs, and many other expenditures in order to wage effective political campaigns. We are especially interested in building up our base of "sustaining members," those who agree to contribute a certain amount each month by credit card. By becoming a sustaining member you save us money and time that we can then devote to our political work. It is a method of donation that is perfect for a grassroots organization like the Green Party as it allows us to thrive off of many, many small and medium size donations instead of depending on a few large donors. For more information, please visit the MAKE A DONATION page on the website at http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html For questions about the sustaining member program contact treasurer(a)sfgreens.org To make a one-time donation by mail please send a check made out to The San Francisco Green Party to: San Francisco Green Party 1028A Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103 ************************************************************ 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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