August 2017 - announce

Greenzine: direct action vs Nazis and other upcoming events
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

August 25 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Due to tomorrow's Nazi rally at Chrissy Field, we're sending out a second newsletter this week with advice on a direct action. Due to the nature of the event, we will only do direct action and not try to do voter outreach - we urge all our members to use caution and be safe! Some other opportunities for voter outreach are listed below. *===========================* What: March Against Hate Where: Marina Green, Marina Blvd & Scott St, SF When: Sat, Aug 26, 10 am - 6 pm The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 10 (ILWU), who has a long history of fighting against racism, along with many other SF community groups and individuals who stand against white supremacy, misogyny and homophobia, will be marching from Marina Green to Crissy Field to protest the fascists, white supremacists and Nazis gathering there. https://occupysf.net/index.php/event/march-hate-crissy-field/ This is a list of items that are prohibited (on both sides) in Crissy Field this Saturday. However, remember that the Nazis may be armed anyway, so be safe! http://www.sfexaminer.com/banned-items-free-speech-rally-crissy-field-inclu… *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Mime Troupe SF Labor Day Show Where: 20th Street and Church St When: Mon, Sep 4 from 12:30-4 pm Help us register new Greens, find people willing to help win Medicare for All, and inform voters about SF's new "luxury condos everywhere" rezoning law. We'll be at the Mime Troupe's Labor Day show in Dolores Park, Sep 4; email if you can help out cc(a)sfgreens.org. *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Sunday Streets Where: Western Addition (details TBA) When: Sunday, Sep 10, from 12-4 pm Save the date to help us do voter outreach at Sunday Streets in the Western Addition! Email us if you can help out cc(a)sfgreens.org. *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Sunday Streets Where: Excelsior (details TBA) When: Sunday, Oct 1, from 12-4 pm Save the date for voter outreach at Sunday Streets in the Excelsior! Email us if you can help out cc(a)sfgreens.org. *===========================* 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: monthly meeting this Wednesday
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 21 Aug '17

21 Aug '17

August 21 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Our monthly meeting is this week; the agenda is below. Please come to hear updates on current campaigns, and help us plan for events and other outreach this Fall! *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, Aug 23, 7-9 pm Agenda: Introductions - 5 min Update on Single-Payer Health Care - 20 min New Strategies/Slogans to help us win Promote Presidential Recall? - 10 min Update on Gentrification/Density Bonus City Plan - 20 min Response to Nazi rally on Aug 26 - 20 min Planning Fall Outreach - 45 min Tabling at Mime Troupe performances Tabling at Street Festivals / Sunday Streets Other Tabling? Mailings Outreach / Literature 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. All meetings are whelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc(a)sfgreens.org *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news(a)sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected. _______________________________________________ San Francisco Green Party Announcement List To unsubscribe, go here: http://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Greenzine: mailing party for healthcare and other events this week
by Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly 07 Aug '17

07 Aug '17

August 6 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, See below for some very interesting events coming up this week, including a visit from a couple of UK Greens at Barry Hermanson's mailing party this Monday. We look forward to seeing you there! *===========================* What: Single Payer Now! Mailing Party Where: Barry Hermanson's house, 2467 28th Ave in SF, 1/2 block from L-Taraval Muni When: Mon, Aug 7, noon to 6 pm (with dinner afterwards) Dear Healthcare Activist, We need your help on Monday, August 7, sorting a few thousand Senate Bill 562, the Healthy California Act. We will sort the cards according to their Assembly Districts and then mail them with a note encouraging the Assembly Members to support single payer healthcare. The most important time is between noon and 2pm when we do the sorting. Then we write the letters, address the envelopes, and mail them. We have a special treat at 4pm as 2 Green Party members visiting from the UK, Catherine and Eamonn O'Nolan, will stop by after 4 p.m. for an informal conversation about healthcare in the UK. Eamonn is a Green Councillor in the UK and a Green Party leader in Suffolk County. At 6pm, Barry Hermanson will prepare a vegetarian meal for everyone. Please let us know if you will be coming for dinner so Barry knows how much food to prepare. Please RSVP for dinner at barry(a)hermansons.com or 415-255-9494. *===========================* What: Screening - The Bail Trap: American Ransom Where: SF Main LIbrary, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin St, SF When: Tues, Aug 8, 6-7:30 pm Event is Free – RSVP to attend: https://go.peoplepower.org/event/action/8008 The money bail system is one of the main feeders of mass incarceration. Yet, few people know what the money bail system is, let alone how it all works or why we need to do away with it. Come watch The Bail Trap: American Ransom from Brave New Films <https://www.facebook.com/bravenewfilms/> to learn about this issue and how to support current bail reform legislation (California Senate Bill SB 10). Discussion to follow. Sponsor: ACLU – local SF Chapter *===========================* What: March for Nuclear Abolition & Global Survival Where: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore CA When: Wed, Aug 9, 8-11 am Meet at Corner of Vasco & Patterson Pass Roads for Rally Shuttle from Dublin-Pleasanton BART station - Must make reservations in advance call: (925) 443-7148 8:00am – Rally (Corner of Vasco & Patterson Pass Roads) 9:00am – march to gates of Livermore Lab Rally, March & Nonviolent Direct Action Commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the place where new US nuclear weapons are still being developed today; Change the future! where those who choose will peaceably risk arrest. RSVP for Peace Camp the night before at Lake Del Valle. All ages are welcome! *===========================* What: Win Fossil Fuel Divestment for San Francisco Where: 1145 Market St., 6th Floor, SF When: Wed, Aug 9, 2:30-5:30 pm This is it! A vote on full divestment from fossil fuels has arrived! We have confirmation that the item is calendared for August 9th. San Francisco's $20 billion pension fund could go fossil-free. ***If you CANNOT attend (or want to send a letter in addition to attending), please send a comment by email to norm.nickens(a)sfgov.org <mailto:norm.nickens@sfgov.org> Address your comments to the Retirement Board, identify if you are a member of the pension system, and make clear you are in favor of full divestment from fossil fuels!*** Host: San Francisco Defund DAPL Coalition & Fossil Free SF *===========================* 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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