San Francisco Green Party Weekly Newsletter Announcement List for SF Green Party: October 24, 2007 Send items to news@sfgreens.org. _______________ Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 21, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) The General Meeting is held every third Wednesday of the month. _______________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * SFGP Phone Banking for the Green Party Election Newspaper, Wednesday, October 24, 6-9 p.m. Green Party Office, 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) Help raise money to send our election newspaper to registered Greens. We will get take-out Vietnamese food from Tu Lan midway through the evening. For more information, please call Micheas at 424-5881. + SFGP newspaper distribution: Whether you can phone bank or not, drop by the office for a stack of newspapers to distribute at transit stops and/or other high-pedestrian traffic areas. * Sustainability Working Group, Thursday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. SF Green Party Office, 1028-A Howard, between 6th and 7th streets, near Civic Center BART/Muni. Likely topics of discussion: + Important update on the campaign to stop the Williams’ natural-gas turbines from being installed in the Bayview; + Update on the newly formed Peak Oil Taskforce; + Update on the Community Choice renewable-energy project. * Mass March & Rally to End the War, Saturday, Oct. 27, 11 a.m. San Francisco Civic Center, Larkin & Grove streets -- March to Dolores Park, 18th & Dolores streets. People around the globe have shouted for an end to the U.S. assault on Iraq, but Washington refuses to listen. With each passing month, the McCarthyite leader of the "Free World" recklessly sacrifices nearly 100 service-people and countless Iraqi lives each month, spending some 12-billion of our tax dollars on death, destruction and meyhem to establish political hegemony over the Middle East and control of the oil-rich region. Help make our voices heard. http://www.actionsf.org + If you can volunteer to help with the myriad tasks involved in organizing a successful march and rally, please take a moment to complete the form at http://www.oct27sf.org/dotnetnuke/Volunteer/tabid/58/Default.aspx. Or just show up by 9 a.m. at the Civic Center and come to the coalition table near the main stage. + Before the demonstration, the WestSide Green Club is hosting a peace breakfast 9-10:30 a.m. at the home of Nancy Lewis, 1339 27th Ave., between Irving and Judah. Eat while making signs to carry in the march; then together take the N-Judah down to the Civic Center. Bring family and friends. RSVPs appreciated, but not necessary: 415-661-5713. Or join them at the Civic Center - look for the SFGP banner - or at Dolores Park, where the Greens will be tabling. Call Sue for details at 415-601-9297. * Halloween Happy Hour with Green School Board Commissioner Jane Kim, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 6-8 p.m., 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna St. On the night before Halloween and one week before another election, come and hang out with Asian-Pacific-American community activists. http://www.janekim.org * National Day of Climate Action/Step It Up, Saturday, Nov 3, Noon-3 p.m. United Nations Plaza, Hyde & Fulton streets; for more information, contact Jerry Stone, jerry@greensix.com http://events.stepitup2007.org/november/events/show/2041 * Defend Public Campaign Financing from Raid by Mayor: Monday, Nov. 5, early evening Ethics Commission; contact Rob Arnow for time and location at 415-596-5808 or info@voterownedelections.org. The public financing program implemented for the mayoral race in San Francisco is currently under threat from a proposal coming out of the mayor's office, which would move half of the money to another program. We need all supports to show the Ethics Commission that San Francisco wants to protect campaign-reform financing! http://www.voterownedelections.org/ * SFGP Election Newspaper Distribution, Now until Election Day Help us distribute our first-ever San Francisco Green Party Election Newspaper at transit stops and elsewhere throughout the city. Call Sue at 415-601-9297 or 415-668-3119 to arrange a pick-up time from our office, 1028-A Howard St., between 6th and 7th streets **** Election Day **** Tuesday, Nov. 6, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. + Department of Elections: http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp + Find Your Polling Place: http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace/ + Ranked-Choice Voting: http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp?id=60440. Early voting continues at City Hall, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., during the last two weekends before election day. * The Board Match, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Free Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, 701 Mission St. Over 70 diverse Bay Area nonprofits will be available to give information about serving on a nonprofit board of directors. You may also join a free information session before The Board Match to learn more about its services. http://www.thevolunteercenter.net * Green Festival, Friday, Nov. 9-11, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th St, at Brannan Street (between 7th and 8th streets) Enjoy more than 200 visionary speakers and 400 green businesses in the Bay Area, great how-to workshops, green films, yoga and movement classes, green-career sessions, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine and live music. + Join SFGP tabling Saturday & Sunday, Nov 10-11. Contact Sue Vaughan at 415-668-3119, 415-601-9297, info@sfgreenparty.org -- or just show up. _______________ NEWS Tell Senator Feinstein: Stop Bush's Wiretapping Program http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/fisa_feinstein/ixe36egrrd3333... Green Party’s 2007 Endorsements & Campaigns http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem Clinton Bucks The Trend and Rakes in Cash From The US Weapons Industry http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3075691.ece Our own Nancy Lewis, who is very active in single-payer healthcare, had two pieces printed on-line. + Guest editorial printed today in "Beyond Chron," Why We Strike Sutter, http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5031#more + Letter to the editor in the "Fog City Journal," Nurses strike, http://www.fogcityjournal.com/letterstotheeditor/letters_to_the_editor.shtml Green Party Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Casts Lone Vote Against Clear Channel http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2007/10/clear_channel_loses_a_big_one.htm... _______________ BECOME A SUSTAINER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY! The San Francisco Green Party has been hard at work interviewing candidates, poring over ballot initiatives, deliberating over endorsements and drafting statements regarding the November 2007 election. All of this work is being done exclusively by volunteers. Also this year, for the first time, the SFGP is drafting a newspaper with statements explaining the positions and endorsements we are taking for the November election. Our hope is to mail this newspaper to every registered Green in San Francisco. Reaching every Green with this newspaper will help guarantee a high voter turnout among Green Party members for this important election. Mailing and printing this newspaper will cost thousands of dollars. Please help us out in this effort by becoming a Green Party sustainer, or making a one time donation! Your generous contribution now will help us finish the year on strong financial footing and get a jump-start on the 2008 elections. There will be several SF Green Party candidates to support in November 2008. Ross Mirkarimi, for example, will be up for re-election as District 5 Supervisor. Please help us remain solvent by donating now! http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html Volunteers Needed - Contact cc@sfgreens.org or susan_e_vaughan@yahoo.com City Hall is seeking members for: Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force, http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=64788 LAFCo: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=36743 Thank you for your on-going support!