SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 10/11/06-10/17/06 NEWS: - Aimee Allison Gets Support in Council Race (http:// www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_4469161) - Ross for Mayor? (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/ 2006/10/09/BAGVOLLB4J1.DTL) - Guardian Endorses 7 Greens! 86% of Greens in Local Races Win Endorsement! (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem? idx=1537) - American Prison Camps Are on the Way (http://www.alternet.org/ rights/42458/) EVENTS: This week: - 10/11: County Council meeting - 10/11: Art and Education Discussion with Kim Knox and Jake McGoldrick - 10/15: Anti-Columbus Cultural Event for Krissy Keefer (Hugo Chavez Is Not a Thug!) Next week: - 10/16: Haunted Haight Tour-a Benefit for Kim Knox for SF School Board - 10/18: General Membership Meeting - 10/19: Matt Gonzalez and Nirvana's Krist Novoselic -- Support Measure O/IRV in Oakland - 10/19: Commercial Alert Event with Matt Gonzalez, Etc - 10/20: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening Featuring the Photography of Amy Auerbach and Ethel Mays - 10/20: Good Old Fashioned Square Dance with Krissy Keefer! Save the date: - 10/23: The Show of Shows: Musical Cabaret Benefit for Jane Kim & Kim-Shree Maufas - 10/24: Fundraiser for Malachy McCourt, Green Party nominee for Governor of New York - 10/26: “Dress to Impress” with the NWPC-SF’s Masquerade - 11/14: Energy Working Group Meeting ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Energy Working Group Meeting on October 10th Cancelled, Will Meet 11/14 - Volunteer for Krissy Keefer's Campaign! - Help The John Rizzo Visibility Campaign: Display A House Sign - 10/03: Green Party Congressional Candidate Krissy Keefer Appears on Channel 29 7:00PM-8:00PM - FILM: IRAQ FOR SALE in Bay Area September & October! For screenings, see http://iraqforsale.org/screenings.php - Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://www.dailykos.com/user/jim%20d) - Take Action! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Saturday Night Live with Foley, Gibson, & alcoholism... (http:// www.alternet.org/blogs/video/42725/) ************************************************************ EVENTS: 10/11: County Council meeting WHEN: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: The CC will meet to make business decisions and plan the GM agenda for the following week. --------- 10/11: Art and Education Discussion with Kim Knox and Jake McGoldrick WHEN: Wednesday October 11th, 2006 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: Bazaar Cafe, 5927 California Street (22nd Avenue), San Francisco, CA CONTACT: Call 290-2708 DETAILS: SF School Board Candidate Kim Knox and Supervisor Jake McGoldrick will have a discussion on art and education. --------- 10/15: Anti-Columbus Cultural Event for Krissy (Hugo Chavez Is Not a Thug!) WHEN: Sunday October 15th, 2006 Doors Open at 4pm / Show Starts at 5pm! WHERE: Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th Street, off Mission), San Francisco, CA CONTACT: krissyforcongress@yahoo.com Call us and help: 415-835-4748 CHECK US OUT: www.keeferforcongress.com DETAILS: Free performance event! --------- 10/16: Haunted Haight Tour-a Benefit for Kim Knox for SF School Board WHEN: Monday October 16th, 2006 7:00PM WHERE: Coffee to the People!, 1206 Masonic, San Francisco, CA DONATION: $20 towards Kim Knox for SF School Board. RSVP: hauntedtour@kimknox.com or call 290-2708 DETAILS: Take an award-winning tour of the haunted spots in the Haight. --------- 10/18: General Membership Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: This is the regular monthly meeting of the SFGP. The agenda for this meeting will be planned at the CC meeting the week before. Watch this space for updates. --------- 10/19: Matt Gonzalez and Nirvana's Krist Novoselic -- Support Measure O/IRV in Oakland WHEN: Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:30PM-8:00PM WHERE: Law office of Gonzalez & Leigh, Two Shaw Alley, San Francisco, CA CONTACT: 415.512.2000 DETAILS: This November, Oakland voters will vote on Measure O, which will follow San Francisco's lead and establish instant runoff voting for Oakland's local elections. This is a really important campaign. Not only is Oakland important in and of itself, but also as part of the overall effort to spread IRV to all of California. Another city joining San Francisco, Burlington, VT, as well as the states of North Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas that are using IRV for certain races, helps spread the word. In addition to Oakland, Instant Runoff Voting is also on the ballot in Davis, CA, Minneapolis, and Pierce County/Tacoma, WA. So Oakland is a MUST WIN situation. The Measure O campaign has won the endorsement of progressive Oakland, including elected officials like Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, Board of Supervisors President Keith Carson, City Attorney John Russo, Alameda County Central Labor Council, Sierra Club, Democratic Party, Green Party, Peace and Freedom Party, Common Cause, League of Women Voters, Oakland Tribune and many more. See the full list at http://www.oaklandirv.org/endorsers.html. But it takes a lot of money to reach all the voters in a city the size of Oakland. So please come to this important fundraising event with Matt Gonzalez and Nirvana’s bassist Krist Novoselic, kick back and enjoy the vibe, and help us spread to Oakland what San Francisco already knows -- that IRV is one of the keys to saving American democracy! --------- 10/19: Commercial Alert Event with Matt Gonzalez, Etc WHEN: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:30PM-8:30PM WHERE: Catharine Clark Gallery, 49 Geary Street, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA CONTACT: Marnie Glickman at marnie@commercialalert.org or 503-313-7919 INFORMATION: http://www.commercialalert.org SUGGESTED CONTRIBUTION: $30, $50, $100 or whatever you can afford DETAILS: Join us for vegetarian sushi, sake and conversation with: - Peggy O'Mara, editor and publisher of Mothering Magazine and chair of Commercial Alert's board of directors - Matt Gonzalez - John Stauber, executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy and co-author of many fabulous books including "The Best War Ever" - Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert Commercial Alert's mission is to keep the commercial culture within its proper sphere, and to prevent it from exploiting children and subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental integrity and democracy. --------- 10/20: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening Featuring the Photography of Amy Auerbach and Ethel Mays WHEN: Friday, October 20th, 2006 5:00PM-8:00PM Exhibit runs through November 15, 2006 WHERE: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 282, San Francisco, CA ADMISSION: Free DETAILS: Amy Auerbach is showing photographs from the series Vanishing Waterfront and Other Destinations, a collection of dreamlike-toned gelatin silver prints. The series features dilapidated areas of San Francisco’s China Basin and Hunters Point which, when seen through the veil of water and light, become fading souvenirs—landscapes upon which the shutter silently tells time like the tick of a clock. Amy’s photographs have been exhibited locally at SF Camerawork, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, and nationally in commercial and non-profit venues such as the Society for Contemporary Photography in Kansas City where she received a Fellowship award, Seattle’s Photographic Center Northwest and at Galerie bmg in Woodstock, NY Ethel Mays will exhibit Waterwork, a series of photographic images which address the idea of public water compositions as abstract art. Her images have been shown by the San Francisco Public Library, the San Francisco Photography Center, and are privately owned by residents of the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Ethel Mays is a California native from Eastern Tulare County. She currently resides in San Francisco. --------- 10/20: Good Old Fashioned Square Dance with Krissy Keefer! WHEN: Friday, October 20th, 2006 7:30PM-10:30PM WHERE: Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th Street, off Mission), San Francisco, CA CONTACT: krissyforcongress@yahoo.com Call us and help: 415-835-4748 CHECK US OUT: www.keeferforcongress.com DETAILS: Grab your partner and do se do - it's a Good Old Fashioned Square Dance! All dances taught, live bluegrass music and dance caller. --------- 10/23: The Show of Shows: Musical Cabaret Benefit for Jane Kim & Kim- Shree Maufas WHEN: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:00PM-10:00PM WHERE: OctaviaLounge, 1772 Market Street, San Francisco, CA CONTACT: (415) 863-3516 INFORMATION: www.octavialounge.com ADMISSION/COLABORACION: $15.00 donation requested DETAILS: The Show of Shows, a night of Musical Cabaret to benefit the candidacies of Jane Kim & Kim-Shree Maufas for S.F.U.S.D. School Board, featuring: Maddaline Edstrom-Piano, David Seeman-Saxophone, and the hottest and coolest singers in the Bay Area. --------- 10/24: Fundraiser for Malachy McCourt, Green Party nominee for Governor of New York WHEN: Tuesday, October 24 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM WHERE: Washington Square Bar & Grill in San Francisco INFORMATION: votemalachymccourt.org DONATION: $25 and up, no one turned away for lack of funds DETAILS: This is a cocktail party and fundraiser for Malachy McCourt, Green Party nominee for Governor of New York. This election is critical to the NY Green Party - Malachy needs a minmum of 50,000 votes to regain automatic ballot status for the party in future elections. Malachy is a well-known actor and best-selling author. --------- 10/26: “Dress to Impress” with the NWPC-SF’s Masquerade WHEN: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:00PM-10:00PM WHERE: The Cellar, 685 Sutter Street at Taylor, San Francisco, CA CONTACT: Melissa Dodd, Communications Director National Women’s Political Caucus - San Francisco Tel: 415-286-3777 nwpcsf@yahoo.com INFORMATION: http://www.nwpc-sf.org/ ADMISSION/COLABORACION: $20 advance, $25 at the door, $35 without a mask DETAILS: The National Women’s Political Caucus, San Francisco, presents “Masquerade,” a Fall Fundraising event for its Women’s Leadership Fund. "Masquerade" features a mask contest judged by prominent local politicos. It promises to be a unique and fun political event with a serious mission – to raise money for the NWPC-SF’s Women’s Leadership Fund. “Our primary goal is to elect more women to public office,” states NWPC-SF President Alix Rosenthal, “but in order to do this we must first get more women in the pipeline, by involving them in politics at all levels: through grassroots organizing, through contacting elected officials, and through an ongoing series of training sessions from City Hall to Noe Valley to the Bayview. The Women’s Leadership Fund makes these free and low-cost community events possible. Masquerade is a fun way to show support for getting more women plugged into local politics." Open to political and party animals of all stripes, genders, and generations, Masquerade will feature top local DJ talent, politically minded drink specials, and gourmet eats courtesy of Faz Restaurant. Local artists such famed spray-can master Vulcan will be on hand with original art representing Masquerade themes. Dress up or dress down, but dress to impress and don’t forget your mask! Tickets are limited in quantity, and available for purchase at www.nwpc-sf.org. Discounted party masks are available at: www.maskitalia.com. The National Women's Political Caucus is a multicultural, intergenerational, and multi-issue grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women’s participation in the political process. The San Francisco NWPC caucus has been in existence since 1973, working hard locally in support of the NWPC mission: to recruit, train and support pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed offices at all levels of government. --------- 11/14: Energy Working Group Meeting WHEN: Tuesday, November 11, 2006 7:30PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: The Energy Working Group has canceled our Oct meeting so people can focus on campaigns. The next meeting will be Tue, Nov 14, and we will discuss broadening the name and scope of the group beyond simple energy issues, potentially into the whole panorama of social ecology; i.e. looking at the environment, energy use, social systems and social justice in a more comprehensive holistic way that views the city as a full social/environmental ecosystem. Any who are interested in this new direction, please make plans show up on Nov 14 to help us bring forward good proposal to the County Council and GM. ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: Volunteer for Krissy Keefer's Campaign! Contact Julia to sign up: 415-835-4748 or krissyforcongress@yahoo.com Phone banking: Every Tuesday and Thursday, 6-9pm, 1028 A Howard Street (SF Green Party office), snacks and beverages provided --------- Help The John Rizzo Visibility Campaign: Display A House Sign We are placing house signs in windows all over the city. Help us with visibility by placing a sign in your window. Contact us at 572-8497 and we'll have one delivered to you. --------- 10/03: Green Party Congressional Candidate Krissy Keefer Appears on Channel 29 7:00PM-8:00PM Call in from 7:30 to 8:00 -- phone number determined later --------- Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan Keep an eye out for "Car-Free Talk" on San Francisco's public access tv station, Channel 29. In the next show, David Fridley, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley and member of San Francisco Oil Awareness, discusses the myth of biofuels. Date and time to be announced. ============================== IN EVERY ISSUE: Take Action! Find out about opportunities to help our elected Greens (writing letters, attending hearings, etc) -- subscribe to the SF Green Party Action list! The Action list is a low-traffic list (approximately one message per week in addition to our newsletter) telling you what you can do to help: https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ action --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Two years ago, former organizers for the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign decided it was time to stop getting 'close but not close enough' to progressive victories like public power and Matt as Mayor, and to begin a city wide, year round, grassroots campaign that would start helping us win such victories! So in January 2004, the organization Our City was born. Since then we have helped to: - Pass the ban on old polluting diesel buses - Pass Matt Gonzalez's anti chain store law - Get the downtown hotel workers back on the job, and - Get the Police and Planning Commissions put back on SF Government TV after the City tried to pull them off. Now we are campaigning to get rid of PG&E's monopoly on our electricity service, and start running the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power instead! We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots campaigners to help us win this fight. No experience necessary. Earn $280 to $400 each four day work week learning to be a strong progressive organizer. To apply, call Eric at 415-756-8844 from noon to 2pm any weekday, or send an email to jobs@our-city.org For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org --------- Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer The San Francisco Green Party needs donations for rent on the office, mailings, signs, and many other expenditures in order to wage effective political campaigns. We are especially interested in building up our base of "sustaining members," those who agree to contribute a certain amount each month by credit card. 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