HelloFriends, TheSan Francisco Green Party mourns the loss of the man, the author, the legend:Howard Zinn. His contributions to our society were immeasurable. See just ashort list of tributes to this great dissident in NEWS. Itwas a busy week for the local Greens! Thanks to all who came out for our PeakOil Forum last Wednesday. It was engaging and informative. Additionally, localGreens Bruce Wolfe and Rich Stone had the honor of meeting with Internationalvisitors from Chile on Friday in a discussion hosted by the Institute forInternational Education (IIE). Somegreat events are coming up this week, including the Laura Wells campaignkick-off and the Green Party of California’s 20-Year Anniversary event inBerkeley. Please join us! NEWS: Democracy Now! on Howard Zinn http://www.democracynow.org/tags/howard_zinn Long Live “Zinn” http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/23744 HowardZinn: How I Want to Be Remembered... http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/01/29-2 EVENTS: LauraWells for Governor Campaign Kickoff! Monday, February 1 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. LaEstrellita, 446 E 12th Street, (between 4th Ave & 5th Ave), Oakland, CA94606 (Lake Merritt BART station is the closest station.) Laura would be honored by your presence. Appetizers will be provided. No-hostbar. http://www.laurawells.org/ http://twitter.com/Wells4Gov http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Laura-Wells-for-Governor-of-California/23278... Forum and Speakout on the Future ofKPFA:Whose station, whose news, whose stories and voices, produced by whom, to whatend? Wednesday,February 3 7p.m. 522Valencia Street near 16th Street SanFrancisco, CA InitialSpeakers: JackHeyman, ILWU Local 10 RivaEnteen, Past Chair KPFA Local Station Board AnnGarrison, Independent Journalist, Green Party activist DennisBernstein, Producer, KPFA Flashpoints For Information call (415)867-0628 Board of SupervisorsHaiti Event Friday, February 5 5 to 7 p.m. Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell Street near Van Ness Avenue Suggested donation: $20.00 200,000 dead. 3 million homeless.Thousands dying for lack of medical care and supplies. Here's how you can help.Join Supervisors John Avalos, Sophie Maxwell, David Campos, Bevan Dufty, SeanElsbernd, Chris Daly, Ross Mirkarimi, Carmen Chu, David Chiu, MichelaAlioto-Pier, and Eric Mar and open up your wallets in support of the people ofHaiti. Enjoy live music, fabulous drinks, and hear from the Haiti Action Committeeabout what is happening on the ground. We will have a raffle with some excitingprizes! All proceeds will benefit the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund, which hasbeen supporting grassroots, community-based organizations in Haiti for the pastsix years. Green Party of California 20thAnniversary Celebration http://www.cagreens.org/action/Anniversary.2010.php Green Party of California: 1990 to the present Celebrate Green History • Look Ahead • Green Politics • Fun Saturday, February 6 12to 9 p.m. Location: Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists 1924 Cedar Street, at Bonita Avenue, Berkeley(nearest BART station is Downtown Berkeley, about a 15 minute walk from theBerkeley Fellowship) Sliding scale donation $8-$25; space is limited Vegetarian dinner included w/$17 donation or more All Day: Make a video, tell your story of when and why you joined the Green Party Daytime: Workshop/Strategy/Press Conference • Noon: Socializing, bring your Green Party signs, banners, literature for display • 1:00 pm: Greening California 2010 Election Strategy/Media Open Session, featuring - present & past GPCA candidates for Statewide Constitutional Office - 2010 GPCA candidates for State Legislative Office - present & past California Green Officeholders - media training - ballot measures • 3:30pm: Press Conference Nightime: History/Party/Dinner/Story Telling/See old friends, make new ones • 4:30pm: Panels/discussions/recollections/videos of GPCA History,including - the pre-party years, 1985-1990 - founding and qualification ballot drive of the Green Party ofCalifornia - early statewide candidacies - Green city council majorities in Arcata and Sebastopol - Charlene Spretnak video interview, call-in - share your own stories Confirmed participants from the party's early days currently include Sara Amir, Barbara Blong, Hank Chapot, Regina Endrizzi, Mike Feinstein, Margaret Garcia, Dan Hamburg, Joe Louis Hoffman, Greg Jan, Mitra andothers SPACE LIMITED, RESERVATIONS ENCOURAGED PLEASE RSVP to strategyretreat@cagreens.org and please let us know if you'll be there for dinner, so we know how much food to order Join our Facebook group and invite your friends: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62534706497 http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ http://twitter.com/gpca Peace!