August 6 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, See below for some very interesting events coming up this week, including a visit from a couple of UK Greens at Barry Hermanson's mailing party this Monday. We look forward to seeing you there! *===========================* What: Single Payer Now! Mailing Party Where: Barry Hermanson's house, 2467 28th Ave in SF, 1/2 block from L-Taraval Muni When: Mon, Aug 7, noon to 6 pm (with dinner afterwards) Dear Healthcare Activist, We need your help on Monday, August 7, sorting a few thousand Senate Bill 562, the Healthy California Act. We will sort the cards according to their Assembly Districts and then mail them with a note encouraging the Assembly Members to support single payer healthcare. The most important time is between noon and 2pm when we do the sorting. Then we write the letters, address the envelopes, and mail them. We have a special treat at 4pm as 2 Green Party members visiting from the UK, Catherine and Eamonn O'Nolan, will stop by after 4 p.m. for an informal conversation about healthcare in the UK. Eamonn is a Green Councillor in the UK and a Green Party leader in Suffolk County. At 6pm, Barry Hermanson will prepare a vegetarian meal for everyone. Please let us know if you will be coming for dinner so Barry knows how much food to prepare. Please RSVP for dinner at barry@hermansons.com or 415-255-9494. *===========================* What: Screening - The Bail Trap: American Ransom Where: SF Main LIbrary, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin St, SF When: Tues, Aug 8, 6-7:30 pm Event is Free – RSVP to attend: https://go.peoplepower.org/event/action/8008 The money bail system is one of the main feeders of mass incarceration. Yet, few people know what the money bail system is, let alone how it all works or why we need to do away with it. Come watch The Bail Trap: American Ransom from Brave New Films <https://www.facebook.com/bravenewfilms/> to learn about this issue and how to support current bail reform legislation (California Senate Bill SB 10). Discussion to follow. Sponsor: ACLU – local SF Chapter *===========================* What: March for Nuclear Abolition & Global Survival Where: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore CA When: Wed, Aug 9, 8-11 am Meet at Corner of Vasco & Patterson Pass Roads for Rally Shuttle from Dublin-Pleasanton BART station - Must make reservations in advance call: (925) 443-7148 8:00am – Rally (Corner of Vasco & Patterson Pass Roads) 9:00am – march to gates of Livermore Lab Rally, March & Nonviolent Direct Action Commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the place where new US nuclear weapons are still being developed today; Change the future! where those who choose will peaceably risk arrest. RSVP for Peace Camp the night before at Lake Del Valle. All ages are welcome! *===========================* What: Win Fossil Fuel Divestment for San Francisco Where: 1145 Market St., 6th Floor, SF When: Wed, Aug 9, 2:30-5:30 pm This is it! A vote on full divestment from fossil fuels has arrived! We have confirmation that the item is calendared for August 9th. San Francisco's $20 billion pension fund could go fossil-free. ***If you CANNOT attend (or want to send a letter in addition to attending), please send a comment by email to norm.nickens@sfgov.org <mailto:norm.nickens@sfgov.org> Address your comments to the Retirement Board, identify if you are a member of the pension system, and make clear you are in favor of full divestment from fossil fuels!*** Host: San Francisco Defund DAPL Coalition & Fossil Free SF *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.