San Francisco Green Party Weekly Newsletter September 26 - October 3 Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly. Send items to news@sfgreens.org. EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. 1028 A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) The General Meeting is every third Wednesday of the month. Agenda to be announced. * Green Party Sustainability Working Group Meeting: Thursday, Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m. 1028 A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) Three action items will be considered, including: - Stopping another polluting power plant in Bayview Hunters Point. - Supporting SF School Board efforts for a toxic moratorium. - Lennar construction projects in Bayview Hunters Point. - Convincing SFGP to take a strong stand against biofuels. * Global Exchange Open House and Book Launch: Thursday, Sept. 27, 6-10 p.m. 2017 Mission Street, 2nd Floor (near corner of 16th & Mission Street BART) Get your tickets at the event or online at: https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=2312 "Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grass Roots," by Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs and Jason Mark Food, Prizes, Live Music; Win prizes, including the grand prize of A Reality Tour in Nicaragua, or $1,000 toward a Reality Tour of choice! * Friday, Sept. 28, 12-2 p.m., 1121 Oakdale The Minister Christopher Mohammed, active in the Bayview, and Alicia from POWER, a Bayview resident active in displacement and environmental racism, will meet with Mission activists to talk about how to build an alliance for mutual defense of our communities. * The Peaceniks in Concert: Friday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m., Free Martin de Porres, 225 Potrero (at 16th Street) Fun songs of peace and social justice with Tommi Avicolli Mecca and Diana Hartman. All of your favorites: "Yuppie Yuppie stole my pad," "Don't get sick in America," "do wopping WOPs", “Redistribute the wealth." * The People's Reception: Sunday Sept. 30, 1:30 p.m. Lyon and Vallejo streets (location subject to change) Join CODEPINK outside of Senator Dianne Feinstein's mansion in Pacific Heights for the People's Reception during Senator Hillary Clinton's high-roller 2008 Presidential election reception. Bring food and drinks, music and songs. Let's tell Dianne to Stop Funding the War, and Hillary to Quit Blaming Iraqis for the US Occupation! People want funding for health care, education, housing, social and environmental justice. Fund the People! End the Occupation! No Attack on Iran! Endorsed by the SF Green Party, California Nurses Association, SF_Village_Voice Community Radio, Education Not Incarceration, and the Idriss Stelley Foundation. * Animal Advocacy Working Group meeting: Thursday, Oct. 4 Golden Era Chinese Restaurant (vegan) 572 O'Farrell Street (between Jones and Leavenworth - off the 38 Geary MUNI bus line) Arrive at 7pm if you want to order food, meeting begins at 7:30pm Look for the table displaying a greeting card with three wolf pups on it. Agenda includes adopting a proposal to prevent the shooting of coyotes and other wildlife when they come into conflict with humans, and discussion of next steps to get vegan lunches in San Francisco schools. For more information call 415-756-8844. * Castro Street Fair: Sunday, Oct. 7. If you want to help table, call Sue at (415) 601-9297 -- or just show up. Look for us under the big SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY banner. NEWS An article by Green Party member Bruce Mirken, on the failed War on Drugs: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/24/4056/ A profile of Diane Feinstein as the quintessential Bush-enabling Democrat: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/23/4035/ Former Green Party candidate for Oakland City Council Aimee Allison has taken the reins as co-host of the Morning Show on KPFA-FM 94.1. Aimee is an acclaimed activist and author who came close to winning a seat on the Oakland City Council in 2006. Listen for her on the KPFA Morning Show, a two-hour mix of news, current affairs, analysis, and cultural programming that can be heard from 7 to 9 AM on 94.1 FM in the Bay Area and 88.1 FM on KFCF in Fresno. Greens Label Senator Clinton's Health Care Mandate a "Fraudulent, Cynical, Cruel" Affront to Americans Who Need Coverage http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0924-01.htm Take the SFPD online survey to evaluate foot patrols and how the police could be more effective. http://www.sfpolicereview.org/ Audio Interview - Meet Mayoral Candidates: Ahimsa Sumchai http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2007/09/meet_the_candidates_ahimsa_sum.ht... Josh Wolf http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2007/09/meet_the_candidates_josh_wolf.htm... Lonnie Holmes http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2007/09/meet_the_candidates_lonnie_hol.ht... Quintin Mecke http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2007/09/meet_the_candidates_quintin_me.ht... Democratic Fundraiser Hsu Charged in $60 Million Fraud Scheme http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/bcn_hsu_charged_070920.shtml Democratic Party Budget Sell-Out http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1600 S.F. Public Housing Cameras No Help in Homicide Arrests http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/14/MNIPRHRPE.DTL PAC Raises Money for the Benefit of Fundraisers http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/12/AR2007081201... 1.html?hpid= The Guardian Calls a Plan by Marc Salomon “Brilliant.” http://www.sfbg.com/printable_entry.php?entry_id=4567 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 And LAFCo: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=36743 Thank you for your on-going support! ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com