ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Friday, May 23, 2008 Send Announcement items to news@sfgreens.org. Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meeting is held 7:30 p.m. every Third Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ ****************************************************** SF GREEN PARTY ENDORSEMENTS -- 2008 PRIMARY ELECTION http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem ****************************************************** EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * California Primary Election: Tuesday, June 3, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. SF Green Party Endorsements: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem SF Department of Elections: http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp Find Your Polling Place: http://gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace * Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, June 18, 7:30 p.m. 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1833 * Rally for Single-Payer Universal Healthcare: Thursday, June 19, Noon-1 p.m. Moscone Center West, Mission & 4th Streets Rally for Single-Payer Universal Healthcare (http://singlepayernow.net) at the trade organization America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Conference at the Moscone West. Show your support for single-payer universal healthcare by supporting Sheila Kuehl's SB 840 and John Conyers' HR 676 at the AHIP Convention, which runs from June 18-20. http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events.gem * National Green Party Convention: July 10-13, Chicago, IL Palmer House Hilton, 7 East Monroe St. Chicago Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave. Most Workshops will be conducted at the Palmer House for a couple of days of give-and-take learning. The National Nominating Convention will select the Green Party candidate for the 2008 Presidential Election on Sunday, July 13. Follow link for more information: http://www.greenparty2008.org * Open Government Assembly: Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17-18 UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism The event brings current First Amendment and freedom-of-information issues into focus and includes presentation of CFAC's Beacon Awards recognizing First Amendment and FOI champions. Program details TBA. http://www.cfac.org _____________________ NEWS Vote on Landmark Global Warming Bill in the Hopper Tell Congress to Pass It: http://www.nrdc.org/naturesvoice/feature1.asp Greens Have Won 60% of Races This Year http://www.gp.org/ebulletin/2008/2008-may.html Senate Rejects Offshore Drilling Bill http://www.nrdc.org/news/newsDetails.asp?nID=2855 Amnesty Unveils Shock Waterboarding Film http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amnesty-unveils-shock-water... http://www.counterpunch.org/rosen05132008.html Senate Votes to Reverse FCC Decision Allowing Media Consolidation http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/senate-votes-to-reverse-f_b_102066... http://www.stopbigmedia.com U.S. Sergeant Refuses to Go to Iraq: Portrait of a Real American Hero http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/85612/