April 2008 - announce

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY--Final
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Thursday, April 24, 2008 Send Announcement items to news(a)sfgreens.org. Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meeting is held 7:30 p.m. every Third Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ ____________________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Meet the Candidate, Matt Gonzalez: May 14, 6-7:30 p.m.; $12 members, $20 non-members, $7 students The Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St. As president of San Francisco�s Board of Supervisors, Vice Presidential Candidate Matt Gonzalez helped to install rank-choice voting and raise the San Francisco minimum wage. In 2003, he ran for San Francisco mayor in a controversial election, just barely losing to Gavin Newsom. An unorthodox politician and local lawyer, Gonzalez plans to shake up the 2008 presidential race and reframe the dialogue. Join us for another �Get to Know the Candidate� program with Ralph Nader�s running mate in a wide-ranging conversation about Gonzalez� political views, background and plans for the race in 2008. Wine and hors d�oeuvres reception. http://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/auto_choose_ga.asp?area=1 * Green Party General Membership Meeting: May 21, 7:30 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ * Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention: July 10-13 http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 _____________________ NEWS The Crackberry Chronicles: Mark Sanchez Campaign Kick-Off http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2008/04/22/the-crackberry-chronicle… San Francisco Rents Explode! http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5006 Torturers in the White House http://www.progressive.org/mag_rc041408 http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/041508a.html PG&E's Attack on CCA http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6204&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=… California's Patience Running on Empty Over Proposed U.S. Fuel Rules http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/885840.html Europeans Turning Backs on Cars http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/24/MN9O108LBQ.DTL Greenhouse Gases Growing Faster Than Ever http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/24/MNOU10AJ4N.DTL Israelis Claim Secret Agreement With U.S. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/23/AR200804230… The SEIU: A House Divided http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6103&catid=4 http://www.tnr.com/environmentenergy/story.html?id=61f4ea0d-90bb-4a38-9650-… Nader Exposes Israel Lobby and Presidential Candidates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGBeo5vrDM8&feature=related The Catholic Church: The Bear Stearns of Pedophilia http://youtube.com/watch?v=VFfbR_BWsuU&feature=related

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ANNOUNCEMENT LIST -- Final
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Thursday, April 17, 2008 Send Announcement items to news(a)sfgreens.org. Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meeting is held 7:30 p.m. every Third Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ ____________________ SAVE THE DATE THIS SUNDAY Kick-Off Party for Mark Sanchez for Supervisor: Sunday April 20, 4-7 p.m. Medjool Restaurant on the Sky Terrace, Mission Street near 22nd Street (See details below) ____________________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * GREEN JUSTICE: Friday, April 18, 9 a.m.6 p.m. UC Berkeley School of Law, Boalt Hall, Piedmont Avenue and Bancroft Way, Berkeley The 4th Annual Environmental Justice Symposium presents from Protection to Empowerment: Policy Solutions to Ensure Equal Access to The Green Economy looks at means to empower communities that have traditionally been victims of environmental injustice. For more information, please call 510-642-0457. els.boalt.org/symposium.htm * Benefit Party Like A Walk Star - Sole to Soul for WalkSF: Friday, April 18, 6-10 p.m. David Baker + Partners Office, 461 2nd St., Loft C127 This year's annual DB+P fundraiser, Sole to Soul, is putting some spring in the step of WalkSF, your local pedestrian advocates. Come Friday for fine snacks and drinks, music and friends, a silent art auction and a chance to help make walking around your town fun and safe. You can skip the line and make your door donation right now. WalkSF is offering a $250 Sports Basement gift certificate as a raffle prize to those people who sign up online before the event! If you would like to volunteer, please contact susan(a)walksf.org . * Awakening The Dreamer: Sunday, April 20, 1- 4:30 p.m. New Spirit Community Church, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley The afternoon features video presentations from Desmond Tutu, Julia Butterfly Hill, Paul Hawken, Van Jones and more, exploring what life would be like in a sustainable, spirit-filled, socially just world. For more information please call 510-665-6066. www.awakeningthedreamer.org * Green Apple Earth Day in Golden Gate Park: Sunday, April 20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Join us for tabling at the Green Apple Earth Day event in Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. We will be setting up about 10 a.m. and breaking down anywhere from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. If you can spend any time with us, that would be wonderful. Just show up (look for the big SF Green Party Banner), or contact Sue at (415) 601-9297. http://sfgreenparty.org/events/events.gem * Kick-Off Party for Mark Sanchez for Supervisor: Sunday April 20, 4-7 p.m. Medjool Restaurant on the Sky Terrace, Mission Street near 22nd Street Medjool is near 24th Street BART and on MUNI lines 14 Mission and 49 South Van Ness. Mark Sanchez, a long-time teacher in San Francisco, founded Teachers for Change and Teachers for Social Justice before becoming the first Green Party member and the second openly-gay Commissioner elected to the Board of Education in 2000. He has made us proud as President of the Board, and we look forward to seeing more great things in a role as Supervisor. He is off to a good start as the first candidate to qualify for public financing matching funds, and we are confident that he can win if we all do our part to support the campaign! Families welcome; wheelchair accessible - take the elevator to the rooftop! Join us for food, drink and entertainment as we kick-off the campaign to elect Mark Sanchez to the Board of Supervisors for District 9! http://www.marksanchez.org/ * Joint Meeting: Transportation & Sustainability Working Groups: Thursday, April 24, 6:30-9:00 p.m. SFGP Office, 1028A Howard St. This will be a very important meeting because the final committee hearing on the polluting Cumbustion Turbine power-plant proposal for Bayview Hunters Point will be considered at City Hall within 2 weeks, and we need to organize a large crowd to attend that hearing to demand a halt to the power plant project. * Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention: July 10-13 http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 _____________________ NEWS Absent Comcast In Hot Seat At FCC Hearing http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9921945-7.html?tag=blog.1 Matt Gonzalez on Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/17/naders_running_mate_matt_gonzalez_on No on Prop 98: Defend California Renters from Greedy Landlords http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2008/04/17/no-on-prop-98/ Supreme Court Brings Back the Death Penalty http://www.alternet.org/rights/82600/ http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1637219020080416 Newsom Set-Aside Resolution Headed for Showdown http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2008/04/16/newsom-set-aside-resolut… -headed-for-showdown/ Torturers in the White House http://www.progressive.org/mag_rc041408 Bush Approved Meetings on Interrogation Techniques http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR200804110… Collectors Cost IRS More Than They Raise http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR200804140… Comcast Blocking: First the Internet Now the Public http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/02/25/comcast-blocking-first-the-i… Bill Moyers Acceptance Speech for the Ridenhour Courage Prize http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/81920 Amnesty Urges Olympic Host To Come Clean On Death Penalty http://news.aol.com/story/_a/amnesty-urges-olympic-host-to-come-clean/n2008… Area C Strikes Fear Into The Heart Of Palestinians As Homes Are Destroyed http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/15/israelandthepalestinians Brokaw's Blind Spot on Vietnam http://www.alternet.org/audits/82356/ The Daily Show Takes Down Fox News http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/82151/

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Sanchez for Supervisor Campaign Kick-Off Party Sunday April 20
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

Join us for the Sanchez for District 9 Supervisor Campaign Kick-Off Party! Sunday, April 20 4 PM until 7 PM Medjool Restaurant on the Sky Terrace, located at 2524 Mission Street between 21st and 22nd Streets; near 24th Street BART and MUNI 14 Mission and 49 South Van Ness Families welcome Wheelchair accessible; take the elevator to the Sky Terrace of Medjool Restaurant Come take part in the excitement of launching the campaign to elect a second Green to the Board of Supervisors! Mark Sanchez is a long-time public school teacher in the Bay Area, co-founder of Teachers 4 Change and Teachers 4 Social Justice. He is the first Green Party member seated on the Board of Education, elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. He is queer and has lived in the Mission since 1992. Mark has made us proud and we look forward to seeing more great work in his role as District 9 Supervisor. He is off to a great start as the first candidate to qualify for the City's public financing matching funds. Join us for food, drink and fun as we launch this exciting campaign! The Kick-Off Team to Elect Mark Sanchez for District 9 Supervisor Bobbi, Erika, Sunny, Hank, Vicki 415-314-7144 http://www.marksanchez.org Matt Gonzalez, Treasurer FPPC# 1302117 2762 ½ 22nd Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Labor Donated **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850)

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ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Thursday, April 10, 2008 Send Announcement items to news(a)sfgreens.org. Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meeting is held 7:30 p.m. every Third Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ ____________________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Jim Hightower Swims Against the Current: Thursday, April 10, 7 p.m., $10 Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol Author, columnist and national radio commentator Jim Hightower will offer his unique perspective on current affairs and discuss his new book Swim Against the Current: Even Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow. All proceeds to benefit the Project Censored Media research group. For details, call 707-644-3160. * Changing Climates: Class, Culture and Politics in an Era of Global Warming: Friday, April 11, 7 p.m. Berkeley City College, 2050 Center St. (two blocks west of the Downtown Berkeley BART) United States Vice Presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez is the keynote speaker at the 18th Annual California Studies Association Conference. http://californiastudiesassociation.berkeley.edu/conference * Unions Speak Out for Single-Payer Health Care: Saturday, April 12, 3 p.m., Free ILWU Local-34 hall, 4 Berry St., near ATT ball park. You are invited to a health-care meeting featuring two of the best organizers in the country: Michael Lighty, Policy Director for the California Nurses Association; and Cindy Young, Senior Health Policy Advisor for the California School (plus others). For more information, visit www.singlepayernow.net, call 415-695-7891 or email info(a)singlepayernow.net. * WestSide Green Club: Sunday, April 13, 3-5 p.m. Home of Barry Hermanson, 2467 28th Ave., between Taraval and Ulloa. Call Barry at 664-7754 or Nancy Lewis at 661-5713 for more information. * Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, April 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 1028-A Howard St. (between 6th and 7th streets) Agenda: http://sfgreenparty.org/events/events.gem * Green Apple Earth Day in Golden Gate Park: Sunday, April 20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Join us for tabling at the Green Apple Earth Day event in Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. We will be setting up about 10 a.m. and breaking down anywhere from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. If you can spend any time with us, that would be wonderful. Just show up (look for the big SF Green Party Banner), or contact Sue at (415) 601-9297. http://sfgreenparty.org/events/events.gem * Kick-Off Party for Mark Sanchez for Supervisor: Sunday April 20, 47 p.m. Medjool Restaurant on the Sky Terrace, Mission Street near 22nd Street Medjool is near 24th Street BART and on MUNI lines 14 Mission and 49 South Van Ness. Mark Sanchez, a long-time teacher in San Francisco, founded Teachers for Change and Teachers for Social Justice before becoming the first Green Party member and the second openly-gay Commissioner elected to the Board of Education in 2000. He has made us proud as President of the Board, and we look forward to seeing more great things in a role as Supervisor. He is off to a good start as the first candidate to qualify for public financing matching funds, and we are confident that he can win if we all do our part to support the campaign! Families welcome; wheelchair accessible - take the elevator to the rooftop! Join us for food, drink and entertainment as we kick-off the campaign to elect Mark Sanchez to the Board of Supervisors for District 9! * Second Global Greens Congress in Paulo Brazil: May 1-4 http://www.globalgreens.org/index.php * Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention: July 10-13 http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 _____________________ NEWS Mayor Newsom Turned an Exercise in Free Speech Into a Propaganda Photo-op for China: Tell Hiz DisHonor to Apologize http://us.f833.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.rand=c07pe91csg3db Olympic Torch Journey Descends Into Farce http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/10/olympicgames2008.china China Uses Heavy Hand Even With Its Gadflies http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR200804080… Memo: Laws Doesn't Apply to Interrogators, Says Cal State Law Professor http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR200804010… http://www.alternet.org/rights/81905/ Administration Asserts No Fourth Amendment for Domestic Military Operations http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/administration-asserts-no-fourth-amend… Obama and Hillary Spin a 'Big Lie' About Iraq http://www.alternet.org/election08/81251/ The Mythology of Boomers Bankrupting Our Healthcare System http://www.alternet.org/stories/81142/ Green Party Nominee Rallies to Reduce Military Spending http://www.examiner.com/a-1315489~Green_Party_nominee_rallies_to_reduce_mil… Blackwater's Lethal Contract Renewed http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/#81614 Candidates Main Target: Jackie Speier http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=89943 Olympic Torch Relay Cut Short Amid Paris Protests http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/07/france.olympicgames2008 New Clashes in China on Eve of Torch's Arrival in UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/04/china.tibet More Local Churches Signing on to Community Supported Agriculture Program http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid… Stop Loss: Patriotic Bluster Dressed up As a Protest Movie http://www.alternet.org/movies/81161/ Edits to Gay Soldiers Wikipedia Entry Traced to Pentagon http://washingtonblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17515 Speier wins House seat http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_8861453 Software for Keeping ISPs Honest http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/keeping-isps-honest Jeremy Scahill Confronts BlackWater Honchos http://www.alternet.org/blogs/waroniraq/81733/

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ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY - Final
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Thursday, April 3, 2008 Send Announcement items to news(a)sfgreens.org. Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meeting is held every Third Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ ____________________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Animal Advocacy Working Group Meeting: Thursday, April 3, 7 p.m. (meeting starts at 7:30) Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant, 572 O'Farrell St. (http://www.goldeneravegetarian.com) The Animal Advocacy Working Group of the San Francisco Green Party (AWG) is involved in animal issues in San Francisco, enables animal activists to make the legislature at City Hall aware of these issues and influences them to pass laws that protect animals. All activists are welcome. Arrive at 7 p.m. to order dinner, or 7:30 p.m. for the official meeting. To find us, look for the table with the greeting card or picture showing three wolf pups. * An Activist Remembered: Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m., $15 King Middle School Auditorium, 1781 Rose Street, Berkeley KPFA Radio presents a dramatic reading of Rachel Corrie's journals by her mother and father and young-women peace activists. Rachel Corrie was the young-American college student and activist killed by a bulldozer in 2003 as she tried to block the Israeli demolition of a Palestinian physician's house in Gaza. A benefit for The Rachel Corrie Foundation. For more information, please call 510-848-6767. http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/ * Barry Hermanson For Congress Campaign Rally And Precinct Walk: Saturday, April 5, 2 p.m. Meet at Barry's house, 2467 28th Ave., then go out to do a precinct walk. The special election is Tuesday, April 8. * KPFA/Pacifica News & Views Crisis Forum: Sunday, April 6, 12-4 p.m., Free (donations welcomed) North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave. @ MLK Way, Berkeley (across from KPFA & close to downtown BART) The Fair Elections Committee presents a program on the divisive issues confronting KPFA/Pacifica. Wheelchair accessible; food available. * Olympic Torch Run Protest: April 9, Noon, Justin Herman Plaza and along the Route The Olympic torch is coming to San Francisco, giving us a chance to send a message to China and the world. We will line the torch route to demand that China end the killings and free Tibet. http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_8780496?IADID=Search-www.insidebayar… http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-torch2apr02,0,792175.story Map: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/04/02/MND6VU4JK.DT… + Free Protest Signs: In response to the killings and the violence in Tibet, we are hosting a free sign will call near Justin Herman Plaza. Provide your Mobile Phone Number and you will receive email or text message with a time and location update as to where you can pick up your signs. http://volunteerforchange.org/e/1209?refcode=o5 * Changing Climates: Class, Culture and Politics in an Era of Global Warming: Friday, April 11, 7 p.m. Berkeley City College, 2050 Center St. (two blocks west of the Downtown Berkeley BART) United States Vice Presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez is the keynote speaker at the 18th Annual California Studies Association Conference. http://californiastudiesassociation.berkeley.edu/conference * Unions Speak Out for Health Care, Minus the Insurance Industry: Saturday, April 12, 3 p.m., Free ILWU Local-34 hall, 4 Berry Street Reform supporters are invited to a forum about single-payer health reform. For more information, call (415) 695-7891, or visit www.singlepayernow.net. *WestSide Green Club: Sunday, April 13, 3-5 p.m. Home of Barry Hermanson, 2467 28th Ave., betweenTaraval and Ulloa. Call Barry at 664-7754 or Nancy Lewis at 661-5713 for more information. * Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, April 16, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 1028-A Howard St. (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ * Green Apple Earth Day Event in GGP: Sunday, April 20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Join us for tabling at the Green Apple Earth Day event in Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. We will be setting up about 10 a.m. and breaking down anywhere from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. If you can spend any time with us, that would be wonderful. Just show up (look for the big SF Green Party banner), or contact Sue at (415) 601-9297. * Kick-Off Party for Mark Sanchez for Supervisor: Sunday April 20, 47 p.m. Medjool Restaurant on the Sky Terrace, Mission Street near 22nd Street * Second Global Greens Congress in Paulo Brazil: May 1-4 http://www.globalgreens.org/index.php * Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention: July 10-13 http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 _____________________ NEWS Winter Soldiers Sound Off http://warcomeshome.org/wintersoldier2008audioarchive http://www.progressive.org/mag_jarmail0408 A Million Iraqi Dead? The U.S. Press Buries the Evidence http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3321 NPR Under Reports Iraq Deaths http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3326 Pastor Problems Afflict All Three Presidential Candidates http://action.credomobile.com/commentary/2008/03/pastor_problems_afflict_al… The Top Ten Craziest Things John McCain Has Said While You Weren't Watching http://www.alternet.org/election08/80622/

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