April 20 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Please join us this weekend at the confluence of the Earth Day and March for Science events (details below). We will have several interesting guest speakers at our monthly meeting next Wednesday, April 26, from 7-9 at our office in the Redstone Building. We are also preparing for a big event on May Day! Details for all of these events are below. *===========================* What: March for Science Where: Justin Herman Plaza (near Embarcadero), SF When: Sat, April 22, 11 am (Greens meet at 2 pm at Civic Center) The March for Science - San Francisco celebrates public discovery, understanding, and distribution of scientific knowledge as crucial to the freedom, success, health, and safety of life on this planet. We are a nonpartisan group, marching in support of the following goals: Communication, Funding, Policy, Literacy, and Diversity. 11 am - Speeches From Bay Area Members 12:30 pm - March down Market St to Civic Center Plaza 3-6 pm - Science Fair at Civic Center Plaza Join Greens after the march at 2 pm, at the corner of Larkin and Grove streets next to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. We will have "Green Party" flags and do voter outreach to participants in both the March for Science and Earth Day events. Call Barry at 415-255-9494 if you arrive after 2 and can't find us; we'll be moving around the crowd. More info: https://marchforsciencesf.com/ *===========================* What: Earth Day Where: Civic Center Plaza When: Sat, April 22, 10 am - 7 pm (Greens meet up at 2 pm) Join Greens at 2 pm at the confluence of the Earth Day and March for Science events, at the corner of Larkin and Grove streets next to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. We will have "Green Party" flags and do voter outreach to participants in both the March for Science and Earth Day events. Call Barry at 415-255-9494 if you arrive after 2 and can't find us; we'll be moving around the crowd. More info: http://www.earthdaystreetfest.org/ *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, April 26, 7-9 pm We have confirmed two interesting speakers for our meeting: Chris Jerdonek, SF Elections Commission President will update us on the move to Open Source Voting in SF and take questions on that project and on Elections related matters. He's tentatively scheduled to speak 7:30 pm. Ben Grieff, Campaign Director of Evolve, will fill us in on Evolve's grassroots efforts focusing on Prop 13 reform. He'll arrive toward the end of the first half of the meeting, and is tentatively scheduled to speak at 8 pm. We will also discuss organizing and voter outreach at other upcoming marches and events taking place through May. 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: People's Climate Movement Bay Area Where: Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Oakland When: Sat, April 29, 11 am - 5 pm Join us on April 29 as we come together to resist and take action for our families, our communities and our planet today and for generations to come. Greens will join the People's Climate March around Lake Merritt; look for Green Party flags. Call Barry at 415-255-9494 if you're there and can't find us. More info: https://peoplesclimatebayarea.org/ *===========================* What: May Day Where: Various Locations in SF (see below) When: Mon, May 1, all day May 1, also known as "May Day" or "International Workers Day," is historically a day of global mass action and major immigrant rights protests in the U.S. The time has never been more relevant to return to May Day's roots, and to launch a summer of resistance against this dangerous right wing administration. Organizers are planning for a Monday May 1 rally from 9 am to 10 am at the ILWU Local 10 Hall 400 North Point, and then a march to Justin Herman Plaza to join the 11am startup Rally for the main San Francisco May Day march to Civic Center. More info: http://occupysf.net/index.php/event/trump-may-1st/ *===========================* What: Save the Date - Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, May 24, 7-9 pm Save the Date! We're planning to invite outside speakers to talk about fake Taxi companies such as Uber and Lyft, and a possible movement towards banning them from operating in SF. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.