May 21, 2023 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Please join us at this week's monthly members' meeting! We have a full agenda, including discussion and decisions regarding homelessness in SF and the upcoming statewide Green Party plenary in early June. Details on both events are below. Barry Hermanson also wrote a thoughtful article on the struggle for universal healthcare in CA: https://sfbayview.com/2023/05/making-it-impossible-to-win/ We also need volunteers for Pride on June 24-25, if we plan to do outreach at the event this year. Details below; please email cc@sfgreens.org if you can help. *===========================* What: Green Party monthly members' meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, May 24, 7-9 pm Agenda: Introductions - 5 min Homelessness updates and policy - 20 min * CART - alternatives to policing homelessness * Shower trailer update and endorsement * Wood St (Oakland) encampment update GPCA plenary decisions - 30 min * GPUS delegates * Energy, climate and community resilience platform plank * Plenary update (see announcement below) Outreach planning and Pride update - 10 min Banko Brown/District Attorney update - 20 min 2024 Mayoral campaign updates - 10 min 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 wheelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc@sfgreens.org Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc@sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* What: Green Party of California Plenary Where: online When: Sat, June 10, 2023 All California Greens are invited to the Green Party of California's General Assembly on Saturday, June 10, 2023, online. Come meet the Coordinating Committee and GPUS Candidates, learn about the GPCA and GPUS committees and how to get involved. This General Assembly will be held by video teleconference, you can find the Draft Agenda here: https://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/june_2023_agenda Find details and register here: https://cagreens.nationbuilder.com/registration_june_2023 *===========================* What: Voter outreach at SF Pride! Where: Near the main library and the Asian Art Museum When: Sat-Sun, June 24-25, all day We'll need additional volunteers for voter outreach at Pride, if we plan to do the event this year. Email cc@sfgreens.org to let us know if you can volunteer. The event officially starts at noon on Saturday and 11 am on Sunday, and goes until around 5 pm both days. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.