October 1, 2020 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, We're grateful for the surge in interest in the Green Party following the first "Presidential debate" this week. Our candidate for President, Howie Hawkins, called it a train wreck, and responded on video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnXMVGda9mg Although most US news outlets refuse to cover the Green Party, other than to write hit pieces, some international reporters have written about Democrats' attempts to suppress the Green vote: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/united-states-democrats-move-suppress-g... SF Greens have finished making our endorsements, and we're in the process of writing up our voter guide with detailed explanations. Here's a quick summary of the people and ballot measures we support: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/95-november-2020-endorsements Early voting starts next Monday in a tent in front of the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove Street, near City Hall. If you're voting early, please take a look at our recommendations. We're mailing our slate cards early next week to coincide with ballots, so please donate to help with this effort: http://sfgreenparty.org/donate Also, please support your local Bay Area Green Party candidates! Jake Tonkel (https://jake4d6.com/, running for Supervisor in San Jose) and Aidan Hill (https://hill.nationbuilder.com/, running for Mayor of Berkeley) are both great candidates who have been endorsed by their local Green Parties. *===========================* What: Day of Action - AFRICOM When: Thurs, Oct 1 Where: Online Greens from the Black Alliance for Peace, including our former Vice Presidential candidate Ajamu Baraka, are trying to educate the public on AFRICOM and extensive US military bases in Africa. October 1, 2020 is the 12th anniversary of the launch of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), a command structure with bases that are now in dozens of African nations. Yet, the existence of AFRICOM has escaped the awareness of not only the general public in the United States and the world. When four US soldiers were killed in the small African nation of Niger, even members of the US Congress were unaware of the US military's presence in the country and the extent of the US military presence throughout Africa. More info: https://blackallianceforpeace.com/dayofactiononafricom *===========================* What: Literature drops for Aliya Chisti for College Board When: Sat, Oct 3, and Sun, Oct 4 Where: Aptos Park and Holly Park, see below Greens have endorsed Aliya Chisti for College Board, along with Anita Martinez and Geramye Teeter. Some literature drop events for the Chisti campaign are below: - *Saturday, 10/3, 10am-2pm at Aptos Park* (147 Aptos Ave, San Francisco, CA 94127) - *Sunday, 10/4, 10am-2pm at Holly Park *(625 Holly Park Circle, San Francisco, CA 94110) Greens can sign up to volunteer at https://bit.ly/aliya2020volunteer *===========================* What: SF Green Party Organizing When: All the time Where: Online Until the pandemic is under control, we will not be holding in-person meetings. Government will need to implement a widespread testing and contact tracing program in order to safely open things up. Unfortunately, a number of our active members do not have reliable internet access (especially with our public libraries closed), so holding general monthly meetings over Zoom is not an option. Instead, we have an email list for discussions between active members, and our county council (CC) meets by Zoom on the 3rd Wednesdays of every month. If you'd like to join our conversation online, or our CC meetings, please email cc@sfgreens.org with your name and contact info, and also please remind us if you've been to a meeting before. If you are unable to join us but still want to follow what's going on, you can call Barry Hermanson at 415-255-9494. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.