ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY
March 20, 2008
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Green Party General Membership Meeting is held every Third Wednesday of the
Month
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets)
http://www.sfgreenparty.org
REGISTER FOR GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION
The convention is scheduled for July 10-13, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. Please visit the following link to register for
the convention and to get the information about how to reserve your room at the 2008 headquarter hotel, the
Palmer House Hilton. http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/index.shtml
Email: office@gp.org
Mailing Address: PO Box 57065, Washington, D.C. 20037
Office Phone: 202-319-7191
Toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN
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EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted)
* Demonstration in Memory of Ruby Ordenana: Friday, March 21, 6 p.m.
24th Street BART Station
Commemorate Ruby Ordenana, a Nicaraguan transgender immigrant of color, who was murdered last year; demonstrate against the lack of official investigation and action (and press coverage) into the murder of transwomen of color in general. For more information, please contact Tina at tina@cuav.org.
* WOMEN'S POWER ON
FILM: Saturday, March 22, 7 p.m.
Redwood Gardens Community Room, 2951
Derby St., Berkeley
Suppressed Histories Archives presents the premiere screening of "Women's Power," a panoramic view of female leadership, creativity, wisdom and courage around the world and over thousands of years. http://www.suppressedhistories.net
* JIM HIGHTOWER
LIFTS YOU UP: Wednesday, March 26, 7:30
p.m.; $12 in advance/$15 at the door
Horace Mann Middle School, 3351 23 St.
Populist writer and humorist Jim Hightower discusses "Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow," a look at people in business, politics, health care, farming, religion, etc., who are taking charge, living their values and doing good. Tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/28445 and at independent bookstores. For more information, please call 255-7296.
* Citywide Bicycle Plan Update: Wednesday, March 26, 6 p.m.
101 Grove Street
Learn about San Francisco's plans for better bicycling at a Citywide Bicycle Plan Update Open House, presented by the SF Municipal Transportation Agency, which is planning the next generation of improvements to the Citywide Bike Route Network -- a total of 60 proposed bicycle improvement projects in neighborhoods Citywide. Come hear from City officials and share your ideas on the City's vision to make bicycling an integral part of San Francisco’s daily life. The City's existing network includes 44 miles of bicycle lanes, and when the Bicycle Plan is fully implemented, approximately 34 additional miles of lanes will be added to the bicycle route network, almost doubling the bicycle-lane mileage. For detailed project descriptions and drawings, please visit the MTA Bike Program website.
* "Stone Soup" Luncheon Lecture Featuring Daniel Ellsberg: Sunday, March 30, Noon - 2 p.m.
First Unitarian Church of San Francisco, 1187 Franklin St. (at Geary)
Doors open at noon, lunch is served at 12:15 for a charge of $4.00 for light vegetarian lunch, but attendees may bring their own food or abstain from eating. Lecture starts at 12:45. Event is co-sponsored by the World Community Advocates of San Francisco Unitarians and the War and Law League (warandlaw.org), featuring Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg speaking on matters of war and peace to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war. For more information contact Jeannette Hassberg, coordinator of WALL, at 415-738-8298, or Paul W. Lovinger, WALL founder and secretary) at 415-564-2083 or via e-mail, warandlaw@yahoo.com.
* Animal Advocacy Working Group Meeting: Thursday, April 3, 7 p.m. (meeting starts at 7:30)
Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant (http://www.goldeneravegetarian.com), 572 O'Farrell St.
The Animal Advocacy Working Group of the San Francisco Green Party (AWG) is involved in animal issues in San Francisco, enables animal activists to make the legislature at City Hall aware of these issues and influences them to pass laws that protect animals. All activists are welcome. Arrive at 7 p.m. to order dinner, or 7:30 p.m. for the official meeting. To find us, look for the table with the greeting card or picture showing three wolf pups.
* Sanchez for
Supervisor Campaign Kickoff Party:
Sunday, April 20, 4-7 p.m.
Medjool (rooftop),
2524 Mission St, between 21st and 22nd streets.
Come take part in launching
the campaign to elect a second Green to the Board of Supervisors! Green Party member Mark Sanchez, a long-time
San Francisco teacher, founded Teachers for Change and Teachers for Social
Justice before being elected to the Board of Education in 2000. He is off to a good start, as the first
candidate to qualify for public-financing, matching funds, and he can win if we
all do our part to support the campaign!
http://www.marksanchez.org/
* Second Global Greens Congress in São Paulo Brazil:
May 1-4
http://www.globalgreens.org/index.php
* Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention: July 10-13
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601
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NEWS
Retroactive Immunity
Should Be Off the Table (Bush Administration is Pressuring Lawmakers to Protect
Telecoms Spies)
http://www.progressive.org/mag_wxld030708
Top Progressive
Leaders in San Francisco are Attempting to Control the Influential DCCC: Mayor
Newsom/Allies Caught Flat-Footed
What's Good for the
Goose is Good for the Gander
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1660
Chinese Authorities Parade
“Repentant Lhasa Rioters” on TV – Welfare of Tibet protesters uncertain given
torture history of political activists by China's security forces
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/20/tibet.china2
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/mar/19/tibet.china1?picture=333185569
Hillary's Nasty
Pastorate – Why she has remained relatively silent over intemperate remarks by
Obama's former pastor
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080331/ehrenreich
Appalling Spread of
False Information Requires Stronger Media Accountability
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/79465/
Soft Shoe in Hard
Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/opinion/16dowd.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
It's Time to Kick
Jesus Out of Politics
http://www.alternet.org/rights/79771
AK-47 Toting, 9/11
Mastermind Bin Laden Weighs in on EU Cartoon Image of Muslim Prophet Muhammad Published
Three Years Ago
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/20/muhammadcartoons.osamabinladen
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