San Francisco Green Party Weekly Newsletter Announcement List for SF Green Party: October 31, 2007 Send items to news@sfgreens.org. _______________ Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 21, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) The General Meeting is held every third Wednesday of the month. _______________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Step It Up! San Francisco Rally Against Climate Change: Saturday, Nov. 3, Noon-3 p.m. Event starts at Delores Park, 18th & Dolores streets, at noon; bikes, electric cars and biofuel cars will lead the march to the United Nations Plaza, Hyde & Fulton streets, which will be transformed into a carnival-like atmosphere. Speakers include State Sen. Carol Migden; City Supervisors Aaron Peskin, Chris Daly and Ross Mirkarimi; mayoral candidates Quintin Mecke, Josh Wolf and Chicken John Rinaldi. For more information, contact Jerry Stone, jerry@greensix.com. http://events.stepitup2007.org/november/events/show/2041 * Dr. Ahimsa Porter-Sumchai for Mayor of San Francisco: Saturday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-Noon. 4919B Third St., at Palou. Join the growing number of Progressives of all genders, ethnicities, economic status, political persuasions, who are voting for this long-time fighter for Justice and Equality for all the People of this City and Planet. RSVP: patnlisa@sbcglobal.net. http://www.ahimsa4mayor.com * Defend Public Campaign Financing from Raid by Mayor: Monday, Nov. 5, early evening Ethics Commission; contact Rob Arnow for time and location at 415-596-5808 or info@voterownedelections.org. The public financing program implemented for the mayoral race in San Francisco is currently under threat from a proposal coming out of the mayor's office, which would move half of the money to another program. We need all supports to show the Ethics Commission that San Francisco wants to protect campaign-reform financing! http://www.voterownedelections.org/ * SFGP Election Newspaper Distribution, Now until Election Day Help us distribute our first-ever San Francisco Green Party Election Newspaper at transit stops and elsewhere throughout the city. Call Sue at 415-601-9297 or 415-668-3119 to arrange a pick-up time from our office, 1028-A Howard St., between 6th and 7th streets ****************************** Election Day ****************************** Tuesday, Nov. 6, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Early voting continues at City Hall, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., during the last weekend before election day. + Department of Elections: http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp + Find Your Polling Place: http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace/ + Ranked-Choice Voting: http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp?id=60440 * The Board Match, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Free Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, 701 Mission St. Over 70 diverse Bay Area nonprofits will be available to give information about serving on a nonprofit board of directors. You may also join a free information session before The Board Match to learn more about its services. http://www.thevolunteercenter.net * Green Festival, Nov. 9-11, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th St, at Brannan Street (between 7th and 8th streets) Enjoy more than 200 visionary speakers and 400 green businesses in the Bay Area, great how-to workshops, green films, yoga and movement classes, green-career sessions, organic beer and wine, delicious organic cuisine and live music. + Join SFGP tabling Saturday & Sunday, Nov 10-11. Contact Sue Vaughan at 415-668-3119, 415-601-9297, info@sfgreenparty.org -- or just show up. * Public Talk on Humboldt County's Measure T: Wednesday, Nov 14, 7.30 p.m. Counter Pulse, 1310 Mission St. (near 9th Street); free; donations welcomed. A pro-democracy success, Democracy Unlimited (DUHC), based in Humboldt County, Calif., helped pass Measure T that limited the power of corporations, such as WalMart and Pacific Lumber. Hear DUHC's story and discuss campaign possibilities to limit corporate power in the Bay Area. For more information, contact Jess Bell at jessicambell@gmail.com or 415-425-8837. * Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 _______________ NEWS Green Party’s 2007 Endorsements & Campaigns http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem Don’t Confirm Mukasey The Progressive, by Matthew Rothschild http://www.progressive.org/mag_wx101907 Are High-Rises Green? http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=4867&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=3... The fate of 82,000 uninsured San Franciscans lies in the verdict http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=4875&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=3... Hear the Green Party's Christina Olague on KALW-FM's Your Call Radio, which aired Oct. 31. http://www.yourcallradio.org. FEMA Meets the Press, Which Happens to Be . . . FEMA Even its handling of the media has improved dramatically. For example, as the California wildfires raged Tuesday, Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, the deputy administrator, called a 1 p.m. news briefing, 15 minutes before the start, which gave reporters little time to respond. Not a problem for FEMA, which trained its employees to play the role of reporters, to mislead the public; the FEMA scam was exposed by the Washington Post after the press briefing was aired on Fox "News" and MSNBC. http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/26/4839 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102502... The Green-Collar Solution A black social activist in Oakland and as green an environmentalist as they come. He really gets passionate, and funny, when he talks about what it’s like to be black and green. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/opinion/17friedman.html Action Alert: Sign to Free Jailed Journalist Moussa Kaka of Niger http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=23978 _______________ BECOME A SUSTAINER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY! The San Francisco Green Party has been hard at work interviewing candidates, poring over ballot initiatives, deliberating over endorsements and drafting statements regarding the November 2007 election. All of this work is being done exclusively by volunteers. Also this year, for the first time, the SFGP is drafting a newspaper with statements explaining the positions and endorsements we are taking for the November election. Our hope is to mail this newspaper to every registered Green in San Francisco. Reaching every Green with this newspaper will help guarantee a high voter turnout among Green Party members for this important election. Mailing and printing this newspaper will cost thousands of dollars. Please help us out in this effort by becoming a Green Party sustainer, or making a one time donation! Your generous contribution now will help us finish the year on strong financial footing and get a jump-start on the 2008 elections. There will be several SF Green Party candidates to support in November 2008. Ross Mirkarimi, for example, will be up for re-election as District 5 Supervisor. Please help us remain solvent by donating now! http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html Volunteers Needed - Contact cc@sfgreens.org or susan_e_vaughan@yahoo.com City Hall is seeking members for: Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force, http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=64788 LAFCo: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=36743 Thank you for your on-going support!