July 14 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Thanks to everybody who volunteered at the Mime Troupe SF opening in Dolores Park on July 4! Many voters are still unaware of SF's new "luxury condos everywhere" rezoning law, and we have only a little time left to put a referendum to overturn it on the ballot. Please join us at Sunday Streets this Sunday to help with voter outreach and gather more signatures for the referendum. *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Sunday Streets Where: Valencia St near 16th St When: Sun, July 16 from 11-4 pm We'll be walking up an down Valencia Street, giving people our new mini-Platform card and encouraging them to join the Green Party. We will also have petitions to overturn SF's new "luxury condos everywhere" rezoning law, and will sign up people to help us win Medicare for All. If you can help out, please email cc@sfgreens.org. (This is also very nearby to the peace talk, below, so you're welcome to leave before 3 pm to go to that event.) *===========================* What: Peace Talk - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Where: Eric Quesada Center, 518 Valencia St, near 16th St When: Sun, July 16 from 3-5 pm The East Bay and San Francisco branches of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) present historian, author and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz in this third of four Peace Talks presented by WILPF. She will speak on "The Historical Roots of Endless Wars and Gun Violence and Hope for Solutions and Transformation." Roxanne will be in conversation with Kate Raphael, author and producer of KPFA's Womens Magazine. All are welcome, wheelchair accessible, refreshments. *===========================* What: San Francisco Living Wage Coalition Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, July 19, from 6-8 pm. The Living Wage Coalition is building a grassroots movement of low-wage workers and their allies to win economic justice. Anyone who works full time should be able to survive on what they earn and support themselves and their children. We are engaged in a transformative rethinking of the economy that makes the goals of public policy living wage jobs for all. Come to be a part of discussing next steps in pursuing an economic justice agenda. For more information, call 863-1225 or email sflivingwage@riseup.net or visit www.livingwage-sf.org *===========================* What: Save the Date - Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, July 26, from 7-9 pm. 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 whelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc@sfgreens.org *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.