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Announcement List For The San Francisco Green Party - FINAL
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 Send Announcement items to news(a)sfgreens.org Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meetings are scheduled 7-9 p.m. every Fourth Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ _________________________________________________________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Voter Outreach Tabling: Saturday, Jan. 31, Noon-3 p.m. Safeway at Church and Market Streets Join us for a renewed effort to reach out to the community to try to rebuild our ranks by registering Greens. RSVP to: Razzu <razzumitos(a)gmail.com> or Rich <zentropical(a)gmail.com> -- or just show up. http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events.gem * Animal Advocacy Working Group Meeting: Monday, Feb. 2nd, 7:30 p.m. (7 p.m. to order a meal) Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant, 572 O'Farrell St. (http://www.goldeneravegetarian.com) To find the group, look for the table with the wolf-photo display. The group works for animal liberation and welfare in San Francisco, and helps influence City Hall and the public to support human/animal equality. For more information, call 415-756-8844. * Racism, Repression and Rebellion: The Lessons of Labor Defense: Saturday, Feb. 14, Noon ILWU Local 10 Hall, 400 North Point (at Mason) Keynote Speaker: Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz Professor and former Black Panther For more information: 510-501-7080 * SF Green Party General Membership Meeting: Feb. 25, 7-9 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org _______________________ NEWS Green City: San Francisco's Bicycle Community Finds Itself In An Awfully Strange Position http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7940&catid=4 June Election Needed, But Can it Work? http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6527 'Global Gag Rule' Lifted http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090209/crossette UHW Threatened With Takeover By SEIU http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7946&catid=4 Winning and Losing in Gaza http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090209/falk?rel=hp_currently DC Statehood Greens Urge Congressional Democrats and the White House to Grant DC Statehood http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org//press/press.php?annc_id=293&section_id=2 Green Party of Pennsylvania Calls on Obama to Send USAID to Gaza http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=202… Obama Dumps Dybul at AIDS Office http://washingtonblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=23619

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Announcement list for SF Green Party - final
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 Send Announcement items to news(a)sfgreens.org Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meetings are scheduled 7-9 p.m. every Fourth Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ _____________________________________________________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Art At The Dump: Friday, Jan. 23, 59 p.m. & Saturday, Jan. 24, 1-5 p.m., Free SF Recycling & Disposal Center, 501 Tunnel Ave. The Artist-in-Residence Program presents an exhibition by local artists Christine Lee and David King. The exhibit features work created using materials from San Francisco's city dump. Food and beverages will be provided. For more information, call 330-1415. www.sfrecycling.com/AIR/nextshow.php?t=d * SF Green Party General Membership Meeting: Jan. 28, 7-9 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ * Voter Outreach Tabling: Saturday, Jan. 31, Noon-3 p.m. Safeway at Church and Market Streets Join us for a renewed effort to reach out to the community to try to rebuild our ranks by registering Greens. RSVP to: Razzu <razzumitos(a)gmail.com> or Rich <zentropical(a)gmail.com> -- or just show up. http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events.gem _______________________ NEWS Green Party Response To The State Of The State Address http://www.cagreens.org/press/pr090115.shtml Inauguration Issue: New Stimulus Plan Falls Short On Housing Money =7892&Catid=4 http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7897&catid=4 Obamas Inaugural Address: Much to Admire, Bits to Quarrel With http://www.progressive.org/mag/mr0120b09.html Under Obama, Feds May Still Snoop Library Files http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/17/MNH515C1KK.DTL Holding Bush Accountable http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090202/holtzman?rel=hp_currently Olbermann: Bush Guilty Of Torture http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/28740622#28740622 Petition To Ditch Mark Dybul, Bush's Abstinence-Only AIDS Coordinator That Obama has Reappointed http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ditch-dybul-the-abstinence-only-aids-coord…

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Announcement List For The San Francisco Green Party
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 Send Announcement items to news(a)sfgreens.org Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meetings are scheduled 7-9 p.m. every Fourth Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) PLEASE NOTE: Our website is down due to technical issues with our hosting. If you can provide SFGP with free hosting or can contribute to pay for a new host, it would be greatly appreciated. Please email cc(a)sfgreens.org. Please bear with us as we resolve the situation. Thank you. _____________________________________________________ EVENTS * Joint Meeting: Transportation & Sustainability Working Groups: Monday, Jan. 19, 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. SFGP Office, 1028A Howard St. Agenda Items: Transportation - New York City proposal for free mass transit, how to apply it to SF - Leveraging Obama stimulus dollars for mass transit - Stopping likely fare increase and Muni's disrespect for riders (especially disabled riders) - MTA increasing fare inspectors instead of revenues - need to act to get big revenue boost to Muni - BART police shooting of passengers and morphing of local transit into Homeland Security police state Sustainability - Mayor's corporate privatization of San Francisco biofuels - Board of Supervisors Clean Energy Act for 100% clean electricity in SF! - SFPUC's hiring of former PG&E employee to run Community Choice clean energy project - Keeping Community Choice on track - SFPUC staff's move to defund nonprofit/low-income - Mirkarimi solar program to increase Mayor's private subsidies * SF Green Party General Membership Meeting: Jan. 28, 7-9 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) _______________________ NEWS * San Francisco Judges Nullify Tenants Rights http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6477#more * Is This The City We All Want To Live In? http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7855&catid=4 * City Insider, Experienced Prosecutor Wanted (Last Article On The Page) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/14/BALM159GA1.DTL * The Ethical Inquisition of Tony Hall http://sfciviccenter.blogspot.com/2009/01/ethical-inquisition-of-tony-hall.… * Board Of Supervisors' New Progressive Majority Won Its First Big Vote http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7853&catid=4 * Democrats Blocked Legislation Holding Police Accountable For Misconduct http://www.cagreens.org/press/pr090109.shtml * Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090126/klein?rel=hp_currently * Barack Obama & Rick Warren -- KPFA Evening News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEgElC6OEpw&feature=channel_page

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Announcement List For The San Francisco Green Party - FINAL
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 09 Jan '09

09 Jan '09

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Friday, Jan. 9, 2009 Send Announcement items to news(a)sfgreens.org Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meetings are scheduled 7-9 p.m. every Fourth Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) Minutes Archive: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/minutes.gem PLEASE NOTE: Our website is down due to technical issues with our hosting. If you can provide SFGP with free hosting or can contribute to pay for a new host, it would be greatly appreciated. Please email cc(a)sfgreens.org. Please bear with us as we resolve the situation. Thank you. _____________________________________________________ Events * James Madison Awards: Deadline for nominations is Friday, Jan. 9. Winners honoring/shielding freedom-of-information and First Amendment rights will be recognized at SPJ's annual dinner in mid-March; date, time and place TBA. Categories include professional journalist, citizen, legal counsel, nonprofit organization, public official, student journalist, source/whistle blower, educator, librarian, electronic access, cartoonist, career achievement and news media. http://www.spjchapters.org/norcal/ * National Day of Action Against Israel's Invasion of Gaza: Saturday, Jan. 10. 11 a.m. Civic Center Plaza, Polk and Grove Streets Groups across the nation will protest Israel's most recent assault in Gaza, including Washington DC, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco. More then 700 people have died, including 215 children, and more than 4000 have been wounded in Israel's reckless attack on Gaza. Information, contact info(a)answercoalition.org or visit www.AnswerCoalition.org. * SF Green Party General Membership Meeting: Jan. 28, 7-9 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) Minutes Archive: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/minutes.gem _______________________ NEWS Green Party Condemns Israel's Massive Air Attack On Gaza http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=162 http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090112/al_arian?rel=emailNation Is Anybody Listening? Californians Speak Out for a Single Payer Plan http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/december/is_anybody_listening.php Gay Rights Supporters Should Protest Obama's Choice Of Antigay Minister Rick Warren, Say Greens http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=159 Board members leave legacy of �social justice� http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Board_members_leave_legacy_of_social_justic… Greens Blast EPA Lack Of Preparedness In Handling TVA Plant's Coal Ash Spill http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=163 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/us/30sludge.html?_r=1 Look Back At The Bush Administration, by Tom Tomorrow http://action.credomobile.com/comics/2008/12/a_look_back_at_the_bush_admini…

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Announcement List For The San Francisco Green Party
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Friday, Jan. 2, 2009 Send Announcement items to news(a)sfgreens.org Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meetings are scheduled 7-9 p.m. every Fourth Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) Minutes Archive: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/minutes.gem _____________________________________________________ Events * James Madison Awards: Deadline for nominations is Friday, Jan. 9. Winners honoring/shielding freedom-of-information and First Amendment rights will be recognized at SPJ's annual dinner in mid-March; date, time and place TBA. Categories include professional journalist, citizen, legal counsel, nonprofit organization, public official, student journalist, source/whistle blower, educator, librarian, electronic access, cartoonist, career achievement and news media. http://www.spjchapters.org/norcal/ _______________________ NEWS Green Presidential Candidate & Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney Survives Israeli Gunboat Attack http://www.cagreens.org/press/pr081230.shtml PG&E Refuses to Release Safety Manual to Public in the Wake of Gas Blast that Kills Elderly Resident http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1510405.html?pageNum=2&mi_pluck_acti… Pipe Dreams and PG&E http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/pipe_dreams_and_pg_amp_e/Content?oid=894… Easy Being Green http://politicsinarkansas.com/tag/richard-carroll Brown Asks State High Court To Overturn Prop. 8 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/19/MN6514RNVU.DTL Unsteady Ground http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7770&catid=4 Drillers Eye Oil Reserves Off California Coast http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/28/MN4G14QMVE.DTL&…

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