October 21 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Jill Stein is back in the Bay Area this weekend, so if you missed her last time you can see her in Berkeley on Saturday. Also, our monthly meeting is next Wednesday. Details for both events (and many others) are below. Early voting has started! We've printed out thousands of bookmark-sized Green Voter Guides listing our endorsed candidates and propositions, and we need help distributing them to voters. If you can help, please email cc@sfgreens.org. You can take some for your friends or to give out at transit stops and other locations with foot traffic. A complete Green Voter Guide with the reasons behind our endorsements, and an image of our bookmark, are now posted on our website: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/75-november-2016-endorsements We will mailing our voter guide to all Green voters in SF; if you can help with that effort, please donate on our website! *===========================* What: #NoWarWithRussia Rally SF Where: Civic Center Plaza, SF When: Sat, 10/22, noon Ali Salaam is a grassroots organizer for the global No War With Russia rallies. He has organized a rally in SF this Saturday at noon at Civic Center Plaza. Greens will be there with Jill Stein fliers and window signs, so stop by to pick some up! RSVP on Facebook and spread the word: https://www.facebook.com/events/202892376812023/ *===========================* What: Jill Stein Rally Where: The Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Ave, Berkeley, California When: Sat, 10/22, 6 pm Please join us for Jill's last Bay Area Rally for 2016! Come dressed in your favorite Stein/Baraka gear & get ready to celebrate! SPEAKERS: Dr. Jill Stein, Ramy Khalil, David Cobb, Kor Element, YahNe Ndgo, A.J. Hill, and Erik Rydberg BART: We encourage everyone to take BART if possible. Downtown Berkeley Station is 10 short minutes away from the venue by foot. CAR: Limited street parking & fee lots are available in the area. VENUE: Only 1 block from campus, Berkeley City Club serves UC Berkeley for events and hotel. It has a buzzer at the door - proceed to the Second Floor, turn left for the event room, ballroom door on right hand side. This building has a downstairs theater and there will be a play in progress during our rally, so we ask attendees to be respectful with noise while entering and exiting the building. No outside food permitted at the venue. Berkeley City Club (BCC) was built in 1929 and served as a Women's Club for 36 years.ADA compliant entrance available. Elevator on premises. We recommend people start arriving around 5:30 pm-5:45 pm. Event starts at 6 pm. https://greennewworldevent.com/ *===========================* What: District 11 Candidate Forum Where: Church of the Epiphany, 827 Vienna St (near Geneva), SF When: Sat, 10/22, 6:30 pm Francisco Herrera, our Green Candidate for D11 Supervisor, and other candidates will participate in two candidate forums / meet and greet events at Catholic churches. The first one will take place at Church of the Epiphany on October 22nd at 6:30 pm; the other one will take place on Sunday, October 30th at 12:30 pm at the Church of Corpus Christi. *===========================* What: Green Party monthly meeting Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street #301 (near South Van Ness) When: Wed, 10/26, 7-9 pm Agenda for this month: * We finally have handouts, bumper stickers, and house signs for Jill Stein! We also have thousands of our printed Green Voter Guides (bookmark sized) for San Francisco. Please come by and pick some up for yourself or to distribute. * Francisco Herrera (our candidate for D11 Supervisor) has some precincts that need walking. He will be there with literature and precinct maps. Stop by and take a precinct. Experienced precinct walkers will be available to walk with and help out new volunteers. * Help plan our election night celebration and other post-election events. 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. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc@sfgreens.org *===========================* What: First They Came For Our Homes... Together We Fight Back! Where: 24th BART Station, SF When: Thurs, 10/27, 6-7:30 pm First They Came For Our Homes... Together We Fight Back! Art, Music, Creative Action for Housing Justice Join the San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition, Coalition on Homelessness, housed and unhoused residents, friends and neighbors in saying YES to Homes for All and NO to realtor-backed and hate-filled propositions that degrade our right to housing and the city. NO on Prop P, U, Q and R!!! *===========================* What: District 11 Candidate Forum Where: Church of Corpus Christi, 62 Santa Rosa Ave (Near Mission), SF When: Sun, 10/30, 12:30 pm Francisco Herrera, our Green Candidate for D11 Supervisor, and other candidates will participate in two candidate forums / meet and greet events at Catholic churches. The first one will take place at Church of the Epiphany on October 22nd at 6:30 pm; the other one will take place on Sunday, October 30th at 12:30 pm at the Church of Corpus Christi. *===========================* What: Tabling for Jill Stein Where: CCSF and SF State When: Wednesdays at CCSF; Fridays at SF State Volunteers for Jill Stein are doing voter outreach every Wednesday at CCSF, at the traffic light on Phelan Ave closest to Ocean Ave between 2:30-4:30pm, and every other Friday at SF State on the corner of 19th and Holloway from 2-4 pm. Please email Mario at mmeresbang@gmail.com to confirm times and locations. *===========================* What: Francisco Herrera campaigning Where: District 11, various locations When: Every day, 4-8 pm, and Thursdays 10 am-noon Francisco Herrera's campaign for District 11 Supervisor is having daily events, for which he needs volunteers. From 4-6 pm every day, Francisco and his volunteers are holding "office hours" in order to be more visible in the district. From 6-8 pm every day (and Thursday mornings from 10 am-noon), they'll be walking precincts in the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Ingleside, Oceanview, and Outer Mission neighborhoods. Francisco writes: I would like to thank everyone who came and supported our rally on 10/6 with Jill Stein. It was a complete success and opened the door for what is coming for district elections. As the only Green Party candidate for miles, I humbly request the support of all Greens to join our people-powered effort to do door-knocking, phone calling, and having a presence at BART and Muni bus stops. Or simply by sending a donation of $11 for D11 (or multiples of $11). Please call Francisco's campaign at 415-240-1697, or visit his website to make a donation: http://www.francisco4supe.org/ *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.