San Francisco Green Party Weekly Newsletter Announcement List for SF Green Party: October 10-17, 2007 Send items to news@sfgreens.org. EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 1028 A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) The General Meeting is held every third Wednesday of the month. Agenda to be announced. * League of Women Voters SF Candidate Forum for Mayor, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 6-8 p.m., SF Public Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin St. Mayor Newsom participating. Moderated by Scott Shafer, KQEDs California Report Magazine. In partnership with KQED radio, SFGOV TV and San Francisco Public Library, the league forums -- including candidates for Sheriff, District Attorney and Mayor -- will be recorded for television, radio and the League’s website at http://www.sfvotes.org. * Activist Lives: An Interview with former mayoral candidate Matt Gonzalez, who almost defeated our current San Francisco mayor. New College, 766 Valencia St., Free, Monday, Oct. 15, 7:30 - 09:30 p.m. http://www.newcollege.edu/events/#1112-id * Anti-Corporate Film Festival, Oct. 18 – 20; Victoria Theatre, 2961 16 St. Tickets are $10 and a festival pass is $50. This year's Festival includes documentaries on the huge increase in corporate control of art, creativity, and ideas; banks’ abuse of credit terms to trap people in revolving debt servitude, and more. www.countercorp.org/countercorp-festival.htm * End the War Now National Protest, Oct. 27, 11 a.m. SF Civic Center, Grove & Polk Streets Gather at the Civic Center for a march to Dolores Park. Momentum is building toward a nationwide protests from Orlando to Seattle, San Francisco to Boston, New Orleans to Salt Lake City, Los Angeles to New York. People from all walks of life will gather in 11 cities around the country to voice their antiwar opposition to the Iraqi occupation. http://unitedforpeace.org/ NEWS SF Bay Guardian exclusive updates, profiles and candid talk with local candidates running for office this year. Visit www.sfbg.com/elections/fall2007. Oakland: Possible Green Presidential Candidate to Speak http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2007/10/04/n/HeadlineNews/GREEN-CA... Run Cynthia Run http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/03/18451520.php Will Cynthia McKinney Announce Her Presidential Bid? www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/overheard_071005.shtml McKinney was interviewed from the beginning of FlashPoints on KPFA, w/Dennis Bernstein. http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=22604 Hear Cynthia McKinney interviewed by DaveyD on KPFA, approximately 48 minutes from the top of the show. http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=22603 Former Congresswoman Considers Run for President on Green Party http://newsblaze.com/story/20071004042616tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stor... Greens Court McKinney http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2007/10/greens_court_mckinney.html#more San Francisco Voting Options In San Francisco the official election day is Nov. 6, but voters may start submitting ballots as early as Oct. 9 at City Hall. So it’s a great option if you're planning to volunteer on Election Day, prefer to bypass lines, or have a busy schedule election day. For more information about early voting, visit the San Francisco election website at www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp BECOME A SUSTAINER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY! The San Francisco Green Party has been hard at work interviewing candidates, poring over ballot initiatives, deliberating over endorsements and drafting statements regarding the November 2007 election. All of this work is being done exclusively by volunteers. Also this year, for the first time, the SFGP is drafting a newspaper with statements explaining the positions and endorsements we are taking for the November election. Our hope is to mail this newspaper to every registered Green in San Francisco. Reaching every Green with this newspaper will help guarantee a high voter turnout among Green Party members for this important election. Mailing and printing this newspaper will cost thousands of dollars. Please help us out in this effort by becoming a Green Party sustainer, or making a one time donation! Your generous contribution now will help us finish the year on strong financial footing and get a jump-start on the 2008 elections. There will be several SF Green Party candidates to support in November 2008. Ross Mirkarimi, for example, will be up for re-election as District 5 Supervisor. Please help us remain solvent by donating now! http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html Volunteers Needed - Contact cc@sfgreens.org or susan_e_vaughan@yahoo.com City Hall is seeking members for: Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force, http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=64788 LAFCo: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=36743 Thank you for your on-going support!