ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 Send Announcement items to news@sfgreens.org Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meetings are scheduled 7-9 p.m. every Fourth Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ _________________________________________________________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Voter Outreach Tabling: Saturday, Jan. 31, Noon-3 p.m. Safeway at Church and Market Streets Join us for a renewed effort to reach out to the community to try to rebuild our ranks by registering Greens. RSVP to: Razzu <razzumitos@gmail.com> or Rich <zentropical@gmail.com> -- or just show up. http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events.gem * Animal Advocacy Working Group Meeting: Monday, Feb. 2nd, 7:30 p.m. (7 p.m. to order a meal) Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant, 572 O'Farrell St. (http://www.goldeneravegetarian.com) To find the group, look for the table with the wolf-photo display. The group works for animal liberation and welfare in San Francisco, and helps influence City Hall and the public to support human/animal equality. For more information, call 415-756-8844. * Racism, Repression and Rebellion: The Lessons of Labor Defense: Saturday, Feb. 14, Noon ILWU Local 10 Hall, 400 North Point (at Mason) Keynote Speaker: Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz Professor and former Black Panther For more information: 510-501-7080 * SF Green Party General Membership Meeting: Feb. 25, 7-9 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org _______________________ NEWS Green City: San Francisco's Bicycle Community Finds Itself In An Awfully Strange Position http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7940&catid=4 June Election Needed, But Can it Work? http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6527 'Global Gag Rule' Lifted http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090209/crossette UHW Threatened With Takeover By SEIU http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7946&catid=4 Winning and Losing in Gaza http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090209/falk?rel=hp_currently DC Statehood Greens Urge Congressional Democrats and the White House to Grant DC Statehood http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org//press/press.php?annc_id=293§ion_id=2 Green Party of Pennsylvania Calls on Obama to Send USAID to Gaza http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=202&... Obama Dumps Dybul at AIDS Office http://washingtonblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=23619