March 16, 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, Join us and other Bay Area Greens at a peace rally this Saturday! It's the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, and many organizations are demanding an end to the constant state of war. Greens are leading this movement: about 1 of 4 participants at last month's SF peace rally were registered Green, and Greens from at least five Bay Area counties attended. Details and location of this Saturday's rally are below. As the Democrats work tirelessly on bank bailouts and starting World War 3, they've given up on any pretense of supporting progressive policy. Barry Hermanson wrote an article about how the CA Democratic Party won't even discuss Universal healthcare legislation in Sacramento this year: https://sfbayview.com/2023/03/universal-healthcare-legislation-introduced-in... We also hope to see you all at our membership meeting next Wednesday - details and agenda are below. *===========================* What: Anti-war rally Where: 24th and Mission BART Plaza, SF When: Saturday, March 18, noon Join CODEPINK, ANSWER Coalition and Bay Area county Green Parties in San Francisco to protest on the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. The demonstrations will make connections between the human and financial toll of US militarism at home and abroad. Key demands include: * End the $100 Billion in arms shipments to Ukraine * End NATO * Stop the permanent war economy that funnels trillions of dollars away from jobs, education and health care * Negotiations now! The people of the US are not interested in the possibility of nuclear war nor the Pentagon’s policy of "weakening Russia." * No to war with China! More info here: https://www.codepink.org/piu20iraqsf *===========================* What: Green Party monthly members' meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, March 22, 7-9 pm Agenda: * Introductions * Update on Spanish translation of our platform summary * KPFA updates * Further discussion of how to get inactive Greens to get more involved * Update on voter outreach, and plans for Earth Day. 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. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.