September 15 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, At our meeting last month, we finished making endorsements on all ballot measures, and we endorsed Joel Ventresca for Mayor! All details of our endorsements to date, and the official argument we submitted to the Department of Elections in opposition to Prop D, are here on our website: http://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/90-november-2019-endorsements We will finish making our endorsements for other contests this Wednesday. Please read the candidates' questionnaires linked below, so we don't ask questions we've already asked. Other events, including an important "close the camps" rally happening tomorrow, are detailed below. *===========================* What: SF Green Party Endorsement Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) SF When: Wed, Sep 18, 6:30-9 pm We will interview all remaining candidates at this meeting, and will finish making all our endorsement decisions (including D5 Supe, which we postponed from our August meeting). Please read the questionnaires below before the meeting: * D5 Supervisor: http://sfgreens.org/questionnaires/2019/brown_d5.html http://sfgreens.org/questionnaires/2019/preston_d5.html * Board of Education: http://sfgreens.org/questionnaires/2019/coleman_boe.html http://sfgreens.org/questionnaires/2019/lam_boe.html http://sfgreens.org/questionnaires/2019/strobel_boe.html * District Attorney: http://sfgreens.org/questionnaires/2019/boudin_da.html http://sfgreens.org/questionnaires/2019/dautch_da.html http://sfgreens.org/questionnaires/2019/tung_da.html * Public Defender: http://sfgreens.org/questionnaires/2019/raju_pd.html *===========================* What: Close the Camps - Free our Children Where: SF; See detailed schedule below When: Mon, Sep 16, 11 am - evening Close the Camps - Free Our Children is a Bay Area grassroots coalition drawn together by outrage at the horrific mistreatment of immigrants at our borders, particularly children. We are people of color, faith-based groups, community members, artists, citizens and non-citizens, attorneys, labor, activist, students, parents, allied organizations and concerned community members that are committed to closing the camps and freeing innocent children. Contact number - 415-206-0577 SCHEDULE OF ACTIONS: 11:00 AM RALLY at 24th & Mission Street 12:00 Noon MARCH to City Hall 1:00 PM RALLY at City Hall 3:00 PM Protest at ICE 3:00 PM Delegation to present DEMANDS to Congresswoman Pelosi 3:00 PM Delegation to present DEMANDS to Senator Feinstein 6:00 PM Mexican Independence Day Celebration & Rally at 24th & Mission St *===========================* What: SF Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, Sep 25, 7-9 pm The detailed agenda will be set later. However, at this time, we have: * Visit and Discussion with Howie Hawkins, who is campaigning for the Green Party's Presidential nomination in 2020. Howie Hawkins is from NY, and is the original author of the Green New Deal. * Various California Green Pary decisions: http://int-cagreens.nationbuilder.com/sga_vote_id_184_to_189 http://int-cagreens.nationbuilder.com/sga_vote_id_190 * Finalize our Green Voter Guide and plan campaign outreach and events through the November election. 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. All meetings are wheelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc@sfgreens.org *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.