April 2016 - announce

Greenzine: monthly meeting this Wednesday, many upcoming events
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

April 26 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, We hope to see you at our monthly meeting this Wednesday! Details and agenda are below. In previous newsletters, we announced our June endorsements, and also that we've made an early endorsement of Francisco Herrera for D11 Supervisor in the November election: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/74-june-2016-endorsements This is a race that Francisco can win, provided he can get enough donations to receive public financing! Please donate today: https://squareup.com/store/francisco4supe/ (When donating, please put your occupation, employer, and address where you're registered to vote in the "note" field.) More info is on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FranciscoHerreraforsupervisor/ *===========================* What: Justice for Luis Gongora - Mission Police Station Meeting Where: Mission Police Station, Valencia St near 17th Street When: Tuesday, April 26th from 6 - 9 pm This is a monthly meeting that the Mission Police Station has with the community. Support the hunger strikers, and come ask the SFPD questions about why they're killing SF residents! Info: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/04/11/18785159.php *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street #301, San Francisco, CA When: Wed, April 27, from 7 - 9 pm Agenda: 1) Election voter guide--finalize slate card and endorsement language, and discuss fundraising. 2) Plan pre-election voter outreach. 3) Select delegates and discuss agenda for Green Party of California plenary next month (see announcement below for May 14-15). Every 4th Wednesday the SF Green Party meets to discuss issues of concern, listen to interesting speakers, endorse events, plan outreach and more! Everyone welcome. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc(a)sfgreens.org Meetings are now held in our new office space in the Redstone Building! 2940 16th Street #301, San Francisco, CA *===========================* What: May Day march and Rally Where: ILWU Local 10 Union Hall, 400 North Point Street, SF When: Sunday, May 1, 11 am For Economic and Social Justice for all Working People, join ILWU for a May Day rally! *===========================* What: Sunday Streets in Bay View/Dogpatch Where: at Sunday Streets, call for details When: Sunday, May 1, 11 am - 4 pm Barry Hermanson and others will set up a table for the SFGP at Sunday Streets, to distribute slate cards and do voter outreach. Call Barry at 415-255-9494 for details on the location if you are planning on stopping by. *===========================* What: OccupyForum on Waging Non-Violent Revolution through Constitutional Amendment, with David Cobb Where: Local 2, 215 Golden Gate near Leavenworth, Civic Center BART station When: Monday, May 2nd from 6 - 9 pm Corporations do not merely exercise power, they rule over us. The wealthy elite have stolen our sacred right to self-government, and the illegitimate, court-created legal doctrines of "corporate constitutional rights" and "money is political speech" legalize the theft. All across the country ordinary folks are crying ENOUGH!!!! Come hear how you can get involved in a concrete campaign to abolish these doctrines via a constitutional amendment. *Move To Amend's* strategy incorporates art and culture, grassroots organizing and educating, resolutions and initiatives, and we are beginning to explore direct action strategies. The session will be facilitated by *David Cobb*, a people's lawyer and an engaged citizen. Cobb has sued corporate polluters, lobbied elected officials, run for office himself, and been arrested for non-violent civil disobedience. He ran for Attorney General of Texas pledging to use the office to revoke the charters of corporations that violate health, safety and environmental protection laws. In 2004 he was the Green Party nominee for President of the US, and filed for the Ohio Recount that helped to launch a movement for election integrity and against the use of electronic voting machines. *===========================* What: SF Living Wage Coalition Spring art and literature gala Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street, San Francisco, CA When: Thursday, May 5, from 6 - 9 pm The theme is rescuing Cinco de Mayo from its corporate commercialization as "Drinko de Mayo." On May 5, 1862, a people's militia fought invading French troops in the town of Puebla, Mexico, defeating an army twice its size. Napoleon was planning to intervene in the U.S. Civil War on the side of the slavocracy. The intervention of the French could have been a decisive factor leading to a Confederate victory in the Civil War. After the battle of Gettysburg, Union forces joined Mexicans in their efforts to drive out the French monarchy and reinstall the democratically elected President Benito Juarez. Today, more than ever, we need unity in a renewed struggle for greater democracy, especially economic democracy. * Art by Ronnie Goodman, Rene Yanez, Calixto Robles, Carina Lomeli, Doug Minkler, Art Hazelwood, Michael Roman, Romeo Osorio, Txutxo Perez, Ana Colomo, Ramon Deanda, Charles Blackwell, David Duckworth, Talleres Populares 28J, Sara Thustra, Rodger Scott, Nancy Reese, Debra Walker, Richard Bermack Music by Francisco Herrera, Mario, Elizabeth and Nancy Esteva, Marvin Flores, Diego Sardaneta * Poetry by Tony Robles $5 admission, complimentary food and drinks a benefit for the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition and Las Hormigas in Ciudad Juarez For more info, contact the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition, (415) 863-1225, www.livingwage-sf.org *===========================* What: Green Party of California General Assembly Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street, San Francisco, CA When: May 14-15, all day The next General Assembly and Gathering of the Green Party of California will take place on Saturday/Sunday, May 14-15 in San Francisco! The draft agenda is here: http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-05/agenda-draft-to-counties The event will be held at the historic site of the San Francisco Labor Temple, now known as the Redstone Building, 2926-2948 16th Street between Mission and South Van Ness, San Francisco. Registration is here: https://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/reg_ga_may2016 and is $40 through April 27, $50 afterwards. San Francisco can send 7 official delegates, as well as an unlimited number of observers. If you want to be a delegate, email us! We'll choose delegates at our monthly meeting on April 27. You don't have to be a delegate to register for the meeting. There will be a special 'Green Gathering' session from 2:30pm to 6pm on Saturday, with workshops/breakout sessions on issues and organizing. The content for that session is still being firmed up. If there are special themes you want to see included, please let us know at gpca(a)cagreens.org. Please share this with other Greens in your county. We hope to see you in San Francisco! *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: Francisco Herrera for Supervisor, upcoming events
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

April 15 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, In our last newsletter, we announced our June endorsements, and also that we've made an early endorsement for the November election: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/74-june-2016-endorsements Francisco Herrera, who finished with 1/3 of the votes in last year's Mayoral election, is running for Supervisor of District 11, the district currently represented by John Avalos! Francisco will make a great representative for D11 residents as well as all people throughout the City who share Green values. This is a race that Francisco can win, provided he can get enough donations to receive public financing! Please help him out by donating to his campaign, and by coming to the election teach-in this Saturday (see below) Donate to Francisco's campaign here: https://squareup.com/store/francisco4supe/ (When donating, please put your occupation, employer, and address where you're registered to vote in the "note" field.) More info is on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FranciscoHerreraforsupervisor/ *===========================* What: Election Teach-in! Democracy is for everyone...all ages and ethnicities welcome. When: Saturday April 16th, 10 am to 11 am. Where: Excelsior Library, 4400 Mission Av., SF in Meeting Room. Understand why Ranked Choice Voting is a much better and more ethical ballot system than the previous winner-take-all system. Why vote for more than one candidate? It actually represents YOU better. Learn how to become a poll worker and earn $95-$195 for working the June 7 Primary Election. Applications will be available. Excellent training at SF City Hall. FREE handouts in English, Spanish, Chinese and Tagalog. Register to Vote (deadline for June election is May 23rd) or update your registration/change address/ political parties. Also learn how you can help to register other voters. The free event is offered by the Peoples' Campaign. call 650-303-1176 for more information. English & Spanish speakers present. *===========================* What: Unitarian Universalist Breakfast Forum on CleanPowerSF Where: Martin Luther King Room, First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco, 1187 Franklin Street at Geary When: Sunday, April 17, 2016, 9 am - 10:45 am Green Party member Eric Brooks speaks on CleanPowerSF Eric Brooks began his grassroots campaigning in 1985 working for Ralph Nader's PIRGs in California and Oregon, and has worked as a field organizer, campaign manager, and coalition builder for several organizations. He has been a coordinator for San Francisco Clean Energy Advocates for 12 years and is the preeminent source of knowledge on the long and arduous effort to make CleanPowerSF a reality. 9:00: Coffee/socializing. Breakfast is available for nominal fee. 9:30: CleanPowerSF presentation 10:30: Questions, Comments, Discussion 10:45: Adjourn *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street #301, San Francisco, CA When: Wed, April 27, 7-9 pm Every 4th Wednesday the SF Green Party meets to discuss issues of concern, listen to interesting speakers, endorse events, plan outreach and more! Everyone welcome. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc(a)sfgreens.org Meetings are now held in our new office space in the Redstone Building! 2940 16th Street #301, San Francisco, CA *===========================* What: OccupyForum on Waging Non-Violent Revolution through Constitutional Amendment, with David Cobb Where: Local 2, 215 Golden Gate near Leavenworth, Civic Center BART station When: Monday, May 2nd from 6 - 9 pm Corporations do not merely exercise power, they rule over us. The wealthy elite have stolen our sacred right to self-government, and the illegitimate, court-created legal doctrines of "corporate constitutional rights" and "money is political speech" legalize the theft. All across the country ordinary folks are crying ENOUGH!!!! Come hear how you can get involved in a concrete campaign to abolish these doctrines via a constitutional amendment. *Move To Amend's* strategy incorporates art and culture, grassroots organizing and educating, resolutions and initiatives, and we are beginning to explore direct action strategies. The session will be facilitated by *David Cobb*, a people's lawyer and an engaged citizen. Cobb has sued corporate polluters, lobbied elected officials, run for office himself, and been arrested for non-violent civil disobedience. He ran for Attorney General of Texas pledging to use the office to revoke the charters of corporations that violate health, safety and environmental protection laws. In 2004 he was the Green Party nominee for President of the US, and filed for the Ohio Recount that helped to launch a movement for election integrity and against the use of electronic voting machines. *===========================* What: Green Party of California General Assembly Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street, San Francisco, CA When: May 14-15, all day The next General Assembly and Gathering of the Green Party of California will take place on Saturday/Sunday, May 14-15 in San Francisco! The draft agenda is here: http://www.cagreens.org/ga/2016-05/agenda-draft-to-counties The event will be held at the historic site of the San Francisco Labor Temple, now known as the Redstone Building, 2926-2948 16th Street between Mission and South Van Ness, San Francisco. Registration is here: https://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/reg_ga_may2016 and is $40 through April 27, $50 afterwards. San Francisco can send 7 official delegates, as well as an unlimited number of observers. If you want to be a delegate, email us! We'll choose delegates at our monthly meeting on April 27. You don't have to be a delegate to register for the meeting. There will be a special 'Green Gathering' session from 2:30pm to 6pm on Saturday, with workshops/breakout sessions on issues and organizing. The content for that session is still being firmed up. If there are special themes you want to see included, please let us know at gpca(a)cagreens.org. Please share this with other Greens in your county. We hope to see you in San Francisco! *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: June endorsements and Peoples Campaign forum
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

April 11 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Our full endorsements for June are now posted: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/74-june-2016-endorsements A complete Green Voter Guide will be posted closer to the election, giving all the reasons behind our endorsements. Local candidates: * Barry Hermanson for Congress, CD12 * Victor Hwang and Sigrid Irias for Judge (dual endorsement) Local propositions: * YES on A: bond for SF General Hospital * NO on B: Set-asides for corrupt Rec & Park department * YES on C: Charter Amendment for Affordable Housing * YES on D: Office of Citizen Complaints * YES on E: Paid Sick Leave Other propositions: * No position on AA: Parcel tax for Bay restoration (wetlands restoration is necessary, but this fund appears to be especially ripe for corruption) * No position on 50: Legislative suspension process (well-motivated by Leeland Yee case, but process could be abused to apply to legislators who have not committed crimes) Early endorsements for November: * Francisco Herrera for Supervisor, District 11 *===========================* How Green is your Supervisor? Our report card for the SF Board of Supervisors in 2015 is now posted. It shows the most important votes in 2015, from a Green Party perspective, and whether each supervisor supported or opposed our position. http://sfgreenparty.org/issues/73-sf-supervisors-report-card-2015 *===========================* The Peoples Campaign will meet this Tuesday to respond to the SFPD murder of Jose Luis Gongora and Mayor Lee's callous response to the events. What: Peoples Campaign Meeting Where: 2940 16th St @ Capp, Room 301 When: Dinner 6:30pm, Meeting 7pm - 9pm This Tuesday, the People's Campaign will host a forum to discuss how to respond to these recent events. Please join us for a community dinner at 6:30 p.m. followed by a meeting at 7 p.m. in room 301 at the Redstone Building on 16th Street @ Capp. http://www.peoplescampaign.net/april_12th_forum *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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Greenzine: more endorsements at Sunday Streets, April 10
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 08 Apr '16

08 Apr '16

April 8 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, We are outraged by the SFPD's casual killing of yet another person this week. This will continue as long as nobody in SF leadership is ever held responsible for their actions. As is often the case, eyewitnesses disputed police accounts of the killing: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/07/homeless-man-fatal-shooting-… As more protests are being planned, follow us or @FHerreraSFMayor on Twitter to find out when and where. *===========================* At our last monthly meeting, we started to make endorsements for the June election. We will finish making endorsements this weekend at Sunday Streets. Please stop by to join the discussion and help us decide on endorsements: What: Green Party Endorsements at Sunday Streets When: April 10, 11 am - noon Where: Sunday Streets, at our table on Valencia St between 16th and 17th St. We have already endorsed: NO on Prop B - Set-asides for corrupt Rec & Park department YES on Prop C - Charter Amendment for Affordable Housing YES on Prop D - Office of Citizen Complaints YES on Prop E - Paid Sick Leave Barry Hermanson for Congress, CD12 We also made an early endorsement of Francisco Herrera for Supervisor in D11 (this is on the November ballot). We will consider making endorsements on Prop A, Prop 50, and a judicial contest, as well as anything else on the June ballot. Several candidates for judge will stop by our table between 11 am and noon to speak with activists. We will also continue to do voter outreach at Sunday Streets until the event ends at 4 pm--please stop by and join us! *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.

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