SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 2/11/06-2/17/06 - 2/3: Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan Launches "Car-Free Talk" (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1447) - 2/6: Public financing Measure Designed to Level Playing Field (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/ 2006/02/06/MNGVOH3G821.DTL) - 2/8: Sue Vaughan Profiled in BeyondChron! (http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=2922) - 2/8: SF Supervisors Approve Public Financing for Mayoral Races (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/ BAG3SH4R6R1.DTL, http://sfexaminer.com/articles/2006/02/08/news/20060208_ne03_board.txt) - 2/8: SF Chronicle's Police Brutality Stories (http://www.sfusualsuspects.com/, scroll to Wednesday's Headlines: Chron Police Series) - 2/9: Mark Crispin Miller Connects the Dots on Election Problems (http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/06/02/int06005.html) - 2/9: Cindy Sheehan Decides Not to Run Against Diane Feinstein (http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020906Y.shtml) EVENTS: - 2/10: Celebrate the 55th birthday of Barry Hermanson - 2/13: Media Committee Meeting - 2/15: SFGP General Membership Meeting - 2/16: Animal Advocacy Working Group - 3/4: 21st Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Thank SF Chronicle for Good Coverage of SF Police Brutality! - 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: - Expose Exxon (http://www.exxposeexxon.com/movie/) ************************************************************ EVENTS: 2/10: Celebrate the 55th birthday of Barry Hermanson WHEN: Friday, February 10 6:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: 2467 28th Avenue, (south of Taraval), San Francisco DETAILS: Barry was a leader in the successful local minimum wage campaign of 2003, and now he is spearheading the drive for a statewide raise in the minimum wage plus COLA. Barry is also running for the 12th Assembly District. --------- 2/13: Media Committee Meeting WHEN: Monday, February 13 Starts 7PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: All Green Party members are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Erika McDonald at erikasf@aol.com. --------- 2/15: SFGP General Membership Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, February 15 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: So far, agenda items inlcude a decision about SFGP chartered Neighborhood Groups making their own endorsements in elections. Please email agenda item suggestions to: cc@sfgreens.org --------- 2/16: Animal Advocacy Working Group WHEN: Thursday, February 16 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: Monthly meeting of the Animal Working Group. We will discuss animal issues in San Francisco. For more information, email Rosalind Lord at rclord@seaserpent.com --------- 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. ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Thank SF Chronicle for Good Coverage of SF Police Brutality! The police misconduct detailed in the Chronicle stories were no surprise to local activists, who have heard about many of these incidents before. The SF stories (see "SF Chronicle's Police Brutality Stories") show how in a "liberal" and "progressive" San Francisco, many residents, particularly people-of-color, have endured abuse at the hands of local officials without ever getting justice. Send letters thanking the Chronicle to letters@sfchronicle.com. --------- 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 ************************************************************ 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. 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