January 14 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Please join us for our first meeting of the new year, at our regular meeting date of Jan 24. We will host a little post-holiday party, in conjunction with our regular meeting where we will begin to consider endorsements for this year's elections. See details below. Join Greens (and our Congressional Candidate Barry Hermanson) at the MLK Day Celebration tomorrow: What: Campaigning with Barry Hermanson at MLK Day Celebration Where: 4th and King, across from Caltrain Station When: Mon, Jan 15, 10:30 am - noon Join our Congressional Candidate Barry Hermanson as he gathers signatures to get on the June ballot for Congress. Barry is challenging Nancy Pelosi, who this week distinguished herself by lobbying her fellow Democrats to vote for Donald Trump's warrantless spying on all Americans. Thanks to Pelosi's support, Trump had the votes he needed to continue his illegal spy program, despite some Republican opposition. Look for Barry's sign across the street from Caltrain this Monday, and join him and other Greens on the march to Yerba Buena Gardens after the Celebration Caltrain arrives just before 11 am. If you have trouble finding Barry, you can reach him by cell at 415-255-9494. *===========================* What: Green post-Holiday Party and first Meeting of 2018 Where: TBA When: Wed, Jan 24, starting at 7 pm We will start of the new year with a post-holiday party, in addition to starting to consider endorsements. We may make some early endorsements of Green candidates, and will consider some local ballot measures, such as the one that guarantees the right to a lawyer for any tenant facing eviction. We are finalizing our venue, to be sure it is both accessible and family-friendly. Look for details in our next newsletter. We don't plan to make endorsements for Mayor or Supervisor until we have had a chance to get answers to our candidate questionnaires and hold a public forum with all candidates who answer. We hope to co-host a forum with other progressive groups from the SFPA, either in February or early March. Our agenda will be finalized at our CC meeting on Jan 17. 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 *===========================* What: Green Senate candidate looking for a volunteer to be Treasurer Where: Anywhere When: ASAP Cal Songmaker (aka as Michael Zeising), has begun his Green Party campaign for U.S. Senate, against Dianne Feinstein! His Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/ziesingforsenate/. However, he urgently needs one or more people to help out with Treasurer work, so if you might possibly be able to help, please contact Greg Jan (gregjan4@yahoo.com) right away! You don't need to have any previous experience, and if you can balance a checkbook, and are a reasonably quick learner, then you can be a huge help to the Green Party -- so we'll be able to directly challenge Feinstein and the status-quo Democrats! (Note that SF Greens have not endorsed any statewide candidates yet, but we are forwarding this message in order to help this campaign get started.) *===========================* What: Fillmore Heritage Center March to City Hall Where: 1330 Fillmore St, SF (former Yoshi's space) When: Jan 18, 1 pm start, 2 pm march to City Hall Participants will meet up at the Fillmore Heritage Center at 1 pm and march to City Hall starting at 1:30 pm to promote unity, self-determination, culture, and economic opportunity for the Black community. http://dothebay.com/events/2018/1/18/fillmore-heritage-center-march-to-city-... *===========================* What: Women's March 2018 Where: SF Civic Center When: Jan 20, 11:30 am - 3:30 pm Women’s March is a female-led movement providing intersectional education on a range of issues and creating entry points for new grassroots activists & organizers to engage with/in their local communities through trainings, outreach programs and events. The focus on voter education, voter outreach, and voter empowerment are encompassed in the actions’ theme, “Hear Our Vote!” https://womensmarchbayarea.org/updates/2017/11/8/womens-march-bay-area-plans... *===========================* What: Fossil Fuel Divestment Vote Where: SFERS office, 1145 Market Street, 6th Floor, SF When: Jan 24, 1 pm Greens have endorsed full divestment of San Francisco's funds from banks and other institutions that invest in oil pipelines. We want real divestment, not just talk! Under Mayor Lee, the SF Employees' Retirement System board kept postponing a vote on the matter. This time, it may finally happen. Please show up in support! The Retirement Board will conduct a special meeting to hear the fossil fuel divestment calendar item. The meeting will be held at 1:00 pm on January 24, 2018, at the Retirement System Office: 1145 Market Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco. https://mysfers.org/important-notice-regarding-fossil-fuel-divestment-item-o... *===========================* What: March for the Mission Where: Mission St at 20th St, SF When: Jan 25, noon - 3 pm This is an important march against evictions in the Mission. It was originally scheduled for last year, but postponed due to the passing of Mayor Lee: https://occupysf.net/index.php/event/march-save-mission-street/ *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.