Greetings, Here are the major upcoming events: 1. Walk for Aimee Allison this Sunday with Ross Mirkarimi! 2. House Party of Aimme Allison Thursday, April 14 with Medea Benjamin, Ross Mirkarimi, Lisa Feldstein, Renee Saucedo and Susan King 3. SF Green Party County Council meeting Wed, 4/13 7:30 (agenda setting for General Meeting) 4. SF Green Party General Membership meeting Wed, 4/20 7:30-9:30 5. Earth Day Open House with the SF Green party 4/22 6-9 pm 6. CA Green Party state meeting, May 20-22 in LA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Hello Volunteers and Supporters of Aimee Allison for Oakland City Council: As we head into the final weeks of the campaign, now's when your help is most critical. The campaign has built great momentum over the last few weeks--a huge headquarters in a great location, a dedicated campaign staff putting in long hours and an amazing group of volunteers and supporters. This weekend we have two special guests helping us out, as well as a lot of returning volunteers and a bunch of new faces from the neighborhoods and from around the Bay Area! **Saturday the 9th: Walk with Aimee Allison, Gayle McLaughlin, and some of her supporters from the Richmond Progressive Alliance! Gayle is the Green who just won a decisive victory and is the first Green on the Richmond City Council. We're meeting at campaign HQ at 10:30am for coffee, bagels, and some words from our special guests from the northern East Bay before heading out precinct walking! **Sunday the 10th: Walk with Aimee Allison, Ross Mirkarimi, and the SF Greens! Ross is the Green who took over Matt Gonzalez' seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. We're meeting at campaign HQ at 10:30am for coffee, bagels, and some words from our special guests from San Francisco before heading out precinct walking! Both days we'll have breakfast--including coffee and tea--ready for you at 10:30, and we'll provide a bag lunch as well. Don't forget to let us know if you want a meat or a vegetarian sandwich. These events are happening RAIN OR SHINE- if it's raining there's a lot of other exciting things to do indoors which will keep Aimee's momentum going! Let us know ASAP if you can do both Saturday and Sunday or just one of the days. Please sign-up today by replying to this e-mail or calling our campaign office at 510-594-7772. Please leave a message if no one answers with your pick of days and any questions. Thanks in advance for all your help! Sincerely, Jen Freitas & Jesse Townley Volunteer Coordinators Aimee Allison for Oakland City Council SATURDAY & SUNDAY: 10:30 am ~ Precinct Walking and Literature Drops 10am ~ phone bank @ campaign HQ 9am ~ tabling at Lakeshore Farmer's Market (Sat) and Laney Flea Market (Sun) We also have exciting shifts every day doing early morning outreach, mid-day office and outreach work, and evening precinct walking and phone bank fun! Call 510-594-7772 or e-mail us at volunteer4aimee@earthlink.net to sign up. Or, just stop by Campaign HQ at 3242 Grand Avenue, Oakland. We're just 4 doors up from the Grand Lake Theater on the 12 bus line from 19th Street BART. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The San Francisco Green Party invites you to a house party on Thursday, April 14, for an exceptional candidate for the Oakland City Council--Aimee Allison! Co-hosts include Medea Benjamin, Ross Mirkarimi, Lisa Feldstein, Susan King, June Brashares, Renee Saucedo, and the Feminist Issues Group of the SFGP. The fundraiser will be held at the home of Lisa Feldstein at 793 Cole (at Frederick) in San Francisco, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Her home is near the Muni lines N-Judah, 43, 37 and 6. Our apologies that the location is not wheelchair accessible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SF Green Party County Council meeting, Wed April 13, 7:30-9:30 This is our regular County Council meeting where we set the agenda for the General Membership meeting and make business decisions. All policy and endorsement decisions are made by our active membership at the General Meetings. An agenda will be posted on the SFGP website, www.sfgreenparty.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. SF Green Party General Membership meeting., Wed April 20, 7:30-9:30 We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month for our regular activist meeting. Major issues include discussion of College Not Combat campaign and selecting delegates to the May State Party meeting in Los Angeles. An agenda will be posted on the website after the County Council meeting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. SF Green Party Earth Day Open House Join Green Party activists, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and School Board member Sarah Lipson on Friday, April 22nd to celebrate Earth Day at the Green Party's open house from 6:00-9:00 pm. The event also celebrates the second year anniversary of the SF Green Party's office space at 1028 A Howard. If you have not had a chance to visit the Green Party's local office, this is an opportunity to see what the Party is doing to make SF a better place. Come on by to meet Greens, progressive activists, and elected leaders, enjoy light refreshments and beverages and a meeting-free evening with us. The event is free and open to the public. 1028 A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th St). For more info, please call 701-7090 or go to http://www.sfgreenparty.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. The CA Green Party meets 3-4 times per year around the state to plan, make party policy, and work on our platform. The next meeting is in LA on May 20-22. For more information, see http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/ If you are interested in being a delegate, please come to the April 20 General membership meeting, where we will choose delegates. JMC -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc@sfgreens.org) http://www.dolorespark.org/