Feb 25 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Several important events are coming up this week. Activists will meet tomorrow (Sunday) to plan for the SF Women's Strike. We will also testify at the Board of Supervisors meeting this Tues in favor of divesting in the banks that fund the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Finally, there is a statewide Green Party meeting coming up in two weeks, in Bakersfield. We welcome your participation! Details on all three of these events are below. *===========================* What: Women's Strike SF Bay Area 2nd Huddle Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th St, Rm 301 When: Sunday, February 26, 11a-1p Help plan participation in the March 8th International Women's Strike & "A Day Without A Woman." Meet at Crossroads Women's Center Redstone Building, 2940 16th St, 3rd Floor, Rm 301 (same location as the Green Party office, near BART @ 16th & Mission) The call for this International Women's Strike (IWS) follows mass protest in 2016 against men's violence in Argentina and the criminalization of abortion in Poland, and the women's marches against Trump which mobilized millions in the US and 15 other countries, including 750,000 in LA. The Women's March is calling for "A Day Without A Woman" on March 8th. Women in over 40 countries are taking part so far. Let's pin down what M8 in SF Bay Area will look like: gather downtown, take time off from waged and unwaged work - the whole day, hours or minutes - to protest, speak out, march, do a 1 minute "Stand Up", put a broom outside our door, hang a banner from the window. More info: sf@allwomencount.net 415 626-4114 *===========================* What: Defund DAPL When: Tues, Feb 28, starting at 2 pm Where: Board of Supervisors Meeting, City Hall On November 4, 2016, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed Resolution No. 465-16, proclaiming the City and County of San Francisco's "solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in opposition to construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline across the Tribe's ancestral lands, waters, resources, and sites of cultural, historical and religious significance." However, this statement is meaningless while SF continues to entrust its more than $10 billion cash flow to the Bank of America, and over $800 million in pooled investments to other financial institutions that have provided credit to companies building and operating the Dakota Access Pipeline. The San Francisco Defund DAPL Coalition, which the SF Green Party endorses, asked 3 Supervisors to work with them on a draft of a "Defund DAPL" ordinance prohibiting the city from entering into cash management contracts with banks financing DAPL. They (respectfully) declined. This Tuesday, people will speak at the Board of Supervisors meeting to try to get at least one Supervisor on board with us to pass this ordinance. That's where you come in! We will prioritize indigenous voices, but all are welcome to speak at public comment! If you want to sign up in advance to speak, you can do so here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1njAOzD9MzCjBbjsxo69AJrYiFwu7VAWrHlOEX0WYclI... More info on the coalition is here: https://www.facebook.com/sfdefunddapl/ *===========================* What: State Green Party Meeting Where: Central Labor Council, 200 West Jeffrey Street, Bakersfield, CA When: Saturday/Sunday, March 11 & 12, 2017 Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/general-assembly-green-party-of-california-tick... The General Assembly <http://www.cagreens.org/bylaws/2013-06-23#Article_7._General_Assembly> is the primary decision-making body of the Green Party of California (GPCA) and consists of delegates from each active county organization recognized by the GPCA. Join us, along with 2016 Green Presidential Candidate Jill Stein, and many other National and California Green Party leaders, in getting together to implement the Green Party's Ten Key Values <http://www.cagreens.org/ten-key-values> toward a better world! Registration is open now. Please make sure to register early as prices will increase on February 26th. The SF Green Party has 3 more delegate slots open. If you're interested in representing us, please email 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.