SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 3/2/06-3/8/06 NEWS: - 2/22: Peter Camejo to Run for California Governor - 2/24: Bay Area seeks half Federal funds available for disaster preparedness(http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/ bay_area_seeks_disaster_funds_060224.shtml) - 2/25: Mirkarimi: National landlord may have pulled wool over Planning Commission eyes (http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/ bad_faith_landlord_060225.shtml) EVENTS: - 3/2: NEW TIME: Feminist Issues Group - 3/4: 21st Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference - 3/4: Aimee Allison for Oakland City Council, Office Warming Party - 3/7: Housing and Land Use Working Group - 3/17: SAVE THE DATE: Party for Aimee Allison’s Campaign Oakland City Council District 2 - 3/29: SAVE THE DATE: Green Party Bash at Studio Z. No details yet, but stay tuned for them! - 3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Thanks to All Who Made A Green Party for Peace @Studio Z a Success! - Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group - Filing Period for County Council Candidates 2/13-3/10 (for details, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1435) - 2006 General Membership Survey - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - President Bush's Office to be Outsourced to India ************************************************************ NEWS: 2/22: Peter Camejo to Run for California Governor http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/22/politics/ p185004S04.DTL http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=3138 http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14221846p-15047437c.html ============================== EVENTS: 3/2: NEW TIME: Feminist Issues Group WHEN: Thursday, March 2 6:00PM-8:00PM WHERE: SF Green Party Headquarters, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA 94103 DETAILS: The Feminist Issues Group of the San Francisco Green Party strives to define why feminism is important to Greens and to promote Green feminism in all realms of Green Party activities and in our lives. The goals of FIG are to: - Create linkages with other Green women and progressive women; - Build progressive coalitions; - Promote the need for, and develop, female leadership and candidates; - Educate Party members and the community about feminist values - Expand the notion of women's rights/women's issues to include social justice, economic justice and environmental justice issues; - Work to broaden the debate and understanding of the wholesale attack taking place against women's rights and sexual politics in the world today; including attacks on womes health and reproductive rights, gay and lesbian rights, Title IX, public assistance and other issues. FIG advocates for stronger local, state and national policy initiatives affecting women's rights; increasing the visibility and leadership of progressive women; and helping to secure electoral victories and political appointments for progressive women. FIG also endorses and actively participates in local organizing efforts, public mobilizations and coalition-building efforts to improve the status of women. And finally, FIG produces educational and awareness raising events designed to build bridges among political women and encourage their active participation in local politics. For more information, please contact: Vicki Leidner, Co-Chair, vleidner@rcn.com --------- 3/4: 21st Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference WHEN: Saturday, March 4 Registration 8:30-9:30AM Conference starts 9:30 AM WHERE: UC Berkeley campus in Barrows Hall. Barrows Hall is accessible from Bancroft Way between Telegraph Ave and Bowditch St, northeast from Sproul Hall. Wheelchair accessible. INFORMATION, HOW TO REGISTER: Pre-register online at http://ewocc.berkeley.edu starting February 5th or in-person on the day of the event beginning at 8 a.m in Barrows Hall. DETAILS: This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC), which is acknowledged to be the longest running women of color conference in the country. Past speakers have included Nikki Giovanni, bell hooks, Angela Davis, Alice Walker, and Sonia Sanchez, among many others. This year's theme will be Nourishing Mother E.A.R.T.H, or environmental justice. Featured will be Dr. Beverly Wright, Founder and Director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Xavier University located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and a panel of five amazing environmental justice women of color activists: - Enei Begaye, Diné (Navajo) with the Black Mesa Water Coalition, Native Movement Collective, and Indigenous Environmental Network - Dr. Jenice View, Education and Train! ing Director of Just Transition Alliance - Sarah James, Board Member of the Gwich’in Institute - Dr. Ann Aurelia López, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management - Carla M. Perez, Community Organizer for Contra Costa Communities for a Better Environment. There will also be workshops, cultural performances, and much, much more. --------- 3/4: Aimee Allison for Oakland City Council, Office Warming Party WHEN: Saturday, March 4 11:00 AM WHERE: Aimee Allison's new Campaign Office: 3208 Grand Ave, Oakland, California CONTACT: Snehal Shingavi, Campaign Manager 510-277-0182 DETAILS: The Aimee Allison campaign is getting ready for an exciting Oakland City Council election in June. We are opening our District 2 campaign office on Saturday, March 4, and invite you all to be there. Come celebrate a candidate who will be a voice for real change in Oakland! Our campaign office is opening right next door to a District 2 and City of Oakland institution, the Grand Lake Theater, and is just a half a block from the Splash Pad and Saturday Farmer's Market. Please come through, buy some fresh produce, get your Saturday-night-at-the-movies tickets, and spend some time getting to know your neighbors, strategizing and working to elect Aimee as the next City Councilmember from District Two. Food will be provided, but like any grassroots effort, please bring what you can to eat, drink and share. After the celebration, we will be hitting the streets to take our message -- that a better world begins in Oakland -- to the District 2 community. So bring your party hats and your walking shoes! Also feel free to check out what's been happening with the campaign on the web at www.aimeeallison.org. Let's starting making progressive change in Oakland. Onward towards victory in June! Donate online: http://www.aimeeallison.org/?q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=1 --------- 3/7: Housing and Land Use Working Group WHEN: Tuesday, March 7 7:30 PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: The local Green Party is drafting a housing platform to help guide its future. This is a great time to get involved to shape the vision you have for what San Francisco will look like 30 years from now, and what income groups will be inhabitting the city. Non-Greens are welcomed to all HLU meetings. --------- 3/17: SAVE THE DATE: Party for Aimee Allison’s Campaign Oakland City Council District 2 WHEN: Friday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) Wear your Green! 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: The home of Vicki Leidner and John Radogno 770 Shotwell St/22nd St San Francisco, CA 94110 CONTRIBUTIONS: Minimum gift of $25 per person requested Maximum gift: $600 per person (Personal checks only, no corporate contributions accepted) Please make checks payable to: Neighbors for Aimee Allison DETAILS: We hope you will bring your friends and family to join us! Hosted by: - Mark Sanchez, San Francisco School Board Commissioner* - Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK San Francisco Coordinator* - Vicki Leidner, counter-recruitment activist with CODEPINK*, committee for College Not Combat*, FIG Co-hosts include: - Tom Ammiano, San Francisco Supervisor* - Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder CODEPINK* - June Brashares, Global Exchange* - Carol Brouillet, Deception Dollars, 9-11 Truth activist* - David Campos, San Francisco Police Commissioner* - Elizabeth Creely, BACORR* - Chris Daly, San Francisco Supervisor* - Michael Goldstein, SFPO Board*, former president Milk Club* - Marie Harrison, Greenaction* - Krissy Keefer, Mission Dance - Jane Kim, CCDC* - Whitney Leigh, Gonzalez and Leigh LLP - Sarah Lipson, San Francisco School Board Commissioner* - Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Supervisor* - Christina Olague, San Francisco Planning Commission* Photography Exhibit Courtesy Happy/L.A. Hyder evite and more details to follow very soon *for identification purposes only --------- 3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest WHEN: Thursday, March 30th 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Cafe Royale, 800 Post Street, San Francisco DETAILS: With invited guests Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi Jake McGoldrick, Tom Ammiano and Chris Daly as well as School Board Commissioners Mark Sanchez and Eric Mar. This is a fundraiser for the Harvey Milk LBGT Democratic Club, one of only two Democratic clubs who will endorse Greens in nonpartisan races and who recently had its charter threatened for endorsing Matt Gonzalez for Mayor and other elected Greens. $5 per person or $20 for a team of four or more. ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Thanks to All Who Made A Green Party for Peace @Studio Z a Success! Dear Fellow Greens and Green-Identifiers: We had a very enjoyable and successful event on January 26 at Studio Z. We look forward to doing more events there and elsewhere and hope that you continue to participate in our efforts to spread the Green message. Thanks for your support! --------- Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group Micheas Hermn of the GROW Working Group (tabling and voter registration) is seeking a new co-chair. Contact Micheas Herman at ... or the County Council at cc@sfgreens.org for more information. --------- 2006 General Membership Survey The County Council is conducting a survey of San Francisco Green Party members to get your opinion on several issues to help us plan and set goals for the party in 2006. Results will be discussed at a future General Meeting. You can get a copy of the survey online at the following link, and respond to us by email: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1464 --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Two years ago, former organizers for the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign decided it was time to stop getting 'close but not close enough' to progressive victories like public power and Matt as Mayor, and to begin a city wide, year round, grassroots campaign that would start helping us win such victories! So in January 2004, the organization Our City was born. Since then we have helped to: - Pass the ban on old polluting diesel buses - Pass Matt Gonzalez's anti chain store law - Get the downtown hotel workers back on the job, and - Get the Police and Planning Commissions put back on SF Government TV after the City tried to pull them off. Now we are campaigning to get rid of PG&E's monopoly on our electricity service, and start running the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power instead! We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots campaigners to help us win this fight. No experience necessary. Earn $280 to $400 each four day work week learning to be a strong progressive organizer. To apply, call Eric at 415-756-8844 from noon to 2pm any weekday, or send an email to jobs@our-city.org For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org --------- Become a Green Party Sustainer! As you may know, the SFGP is supported by our wonderful sustaining donors -- 175 and growing. In the next 12 months we hope to double that figure, and you can help us achieve our goal by signing up to make a regular contribution to the Green Party. Our sustainer program nearly pays all of our basic monthly operating expenses, including rent and utilities on the office, and drastically reduces the amount of work needed to raise money. Our sustainers free us up to do what we're really here for - to pursue Green values through the democratic system. Sustainers also ensure that we are able to keep our office, which has hosted numerous campaigns' headquarters including the successful Prop A, Instant Runoff Voting initiative. Becoming a Green Party sustainer is easy, fun, and secure! For more information, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html ============================== JOKE OF THE WEEK: President Bush's Office to be Outsourced to India Congress today announced that the office of President of the United States of America will be outsourced to India as of February 12, 2006. Gurvinder Singh of Indus Teleservices, Mumbai, India, will be assuming the office of President as of February 12, 2006. Mr. Singh was born in the United States while his Indian parents were vacationing at Niagara Falls, thus making him eligible for the position. A Congressional spokesperson noted that, while Mr. Singh may not be fully aware of all the issues involved in the office of President, this should not be a problem because Bush was not familiar with the issues either. Mr. Singh will rely upon a script tree that will enable him to respond effectively to most topics of concern. Using these canned responses, he can address common concerns without having to understand the underlying issues at all. "We know these scripting tools work," stated the spokesperson. "President Bush has used them successfully for years." Mr. Singh may have problems with the Texas drawl, but lately Bush has abandoned the "down home" persona in his effort to appear intelligent and on top of the Katrina situation. Bush will receive health coverage, expenses, and salary until his final day of employment. Following a 2-week waiting period, he will be eligible for $240 a week unemployment for 13 weeks. Unfortunately, he will not be eligible for Medicaid, as his unemployment benefits will exceed the allowed limit. Mr. Bush has been provided the outplacement services of Manpower, Inc. to help him write a resume and prepare for his upcoming job transition. According to Manpower, Mr. Bush may have difficulties in securing a new position due to limited practical work experience. A greeter position at Wal-Mart was suggested due to Bush's extensive experience shaking hands and phony smile. Another possibility is Bush's reenlistment in the Texas Air National Guard. His prior records are conspicuously vague but, should he choose this option, he would likely be stationed in Waco, TX, for a month, before being sent to Iraq, a country he has visited. "I've been there, I know all about Iraq," stated Mr. Bush, who gained invaluable knowledge of the country in a visit to the Baghdad Airport's terminal and gift shop. Sources in Baghdad and Falluja say Mr. Bush would receive a warm reception from local Iraqis. They have asked to be provided with details of his arrival so that they might arrange an appropriate welcome. ************************************************************ For more info on our activities, please see our website, http://www.sfgreenparty.org. You can also email us questions at info@sfgreens.org. To send us news items (short blurb please, plain text only) for possible inclusion in the newsletter, email news@sfgreens.org. Please don't put these addresses on mailing lists; messages not specifically addressed to us won't go through.