August 20 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka, the Green Party candidates for President and Vice President, were on a prime-time Town Hall forum on CNN last week. You can watch it online, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPu31PHIHo For people who get up really early on Sunday morning, ABC News will have a live Q&A with Jill Stein on Facebook, at 7 AM on Sunday the 21st, at facebook.com/ThisWeekABC We've received a number of requests for Stein signs and buttons. We don't have official signs yet, but will announce it here when we do. We have Stein buttons that we made at all our events (below). If you want to help the Green Party build locally, Francisco Herrera is running for Supervisor in District 11. Find out more about his campaign, here: http://www.francisco4supe.org/ We are planning a large rally to support all our candidates, to be held in mid-September. Francisco is also looking for more people to walk precincts and to phone bank. If you can help organize, walk, or call people, email us at cc@sfgreens.org. We've also sent out endorsement questionnaires to all candidates for Supervisor, School Board, College Board, and BART Board. If you support a candidate for those offices and want them to receive the Green endorsement, please contact them to ask them to return their questionnaire by Aug 31. We will post questionnaires on our website and continue making enorsements next week and at a candidate forum on September 6 (see below). All our meetings are open to the public, and new members are welcome! *===========================* What: Voter Outreach at Sunday Streets Where: On Valencia Street between 16th and 17th (call for details) When: Sunday, Aug 21, 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: Green Party Monthly meeting, endorsements Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street #301 (near South Van Ness) When: Wed, August 24, 7-9 pm Agenda for this month, so far: 1) Discussion and endorsements of propositions and candidates for the November election 2) Campaign updates and volunteer opportunities 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@sfgreens.org *===========================* What: Green Party Candidate Forum and Endorsements Where: Mojo Theater, in Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street, 2nd floor When: Tues, September 6, 6-9 pm We've sent out endorsement questionnaires to candidates for Supervisor, School Board, College Board, and BART Board. We invite all candidates who return completed questionnaires on time to speak and answer questions at our candidate forum and endorsement meeting (scheduled for Tues, September 6 from 6-9 pm). Our forum and endorsement meeting will take place in the Mojo Theater, on the 2nd floor of the Redstone Building, located at 2940 16th Street (between Mission and South Van Ness, 1 block from 16th St BART). Completed questionnaires will be posted on our website, http://sfgreenparty.org. All our meetings are open to the public, and new members are welcome! *===========================* 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@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.