Dear Greens, You're invited to a House Party to get to know and talk with the exciting new Presidential Candidate for the Green Party, Dr. Jill Stein! Date: Sunday, May 27th Time: 7:30 - 9 pm (it's Memorial Day weekend so people can stay out late) Free event at Charles Kalish's house Address: 128 Lundys Lane (Lundys is off Virginia, Virginia is between 29th and 30th off Mission St) San Francisco, CA Come to a house party, mingle with other Greens, learn about and talk with Dr. Jill Stein, and get excited her candidacy. We'll watch some video clips of Jill, and Jill will Skype in to talk with you directly. Plenty of time for questions and answers. Refreshments will be served. Bring a snack or beverage to share if you'd like. *===========================* This Wednesday, we'll hold our regular monthly meeting: Date: Wednesday, May 23 Time: 7 - 9 pm Location: El Cafetazo, 3087 16th St @ Valencia At our monthly meeting this May, we will get a report back from the state party meeting, and also plan events and activities for this summer. If you have ideas about events we should be present at, or would like to volunteer to help with events, please come to this meeting! We hold regular monthly meetings on the 4th Wednesday of every month; locations vary, but are announced in our newsletter and in the "events" section on the left side of this page. New members are welcome to join us! The agendas are generally set about a week in advance; to suggest items for an upcoming meeting, email the County Council at cc@sfgreens.org. *===========================* If you're not up for a meeting, there's another event this Wednesday that will also be of interest to Greens: Bay Area Community Solar Confluence The Local Clean Energy Alliance is co-sponsoring a community solar confluence, where you can learn about community solar models nationwide and opportunities to bring community solar to communities across California. Date: Wednesday, May 23 Time: 7 - 9:30 pm Location: Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103 The San Francisco Bay Area Community Solar Confluence will bring together community-based organizations, neighborhood residents, advocates for renewable energy, solar developers, local officials, and funders of programs for low income communities and renewable energy projects. Participants will outline obstacles and brainstorm the key ingredients to bringing community solar to California-the policy and financing solutions, organizing efforts, and other initiatives. This event is part of a series of community solar "confluences," with similar events happening in Boston, New York, Omaha, and Denver. The event is FREE but donations are welcome. Presentations by: Joy Hughes, Founder of Solar Gardens Institute Erica Mackie, Co-Founder of GRID Alternatives Ted Ko, Associate Executive Director of CLEAN Coalition Eric Brooks, Campaign Coordinator at Our City (SF) Discussion and brainstorming will follow. Please RSVP to: bit.ly/sfconfluence *===========================* The SF Green Party has made the following endorsements for the June 2012 election. A longer explanation of the reasoning behind each of these endorsements is available on our website: http://sfgreenparty.org/10-campaigns/38-june-2012-endorsements Prop A (garbage contract) - No Prop B (Coit tower) - Yes Prop 28 (term limit reform) - Yes Prop 29 (cigarette tax) - Yes Congress, CD8 - Barry Hermanson (Green Party) President - we generally do not make endorsements in a contested Green Party primary; view the presidential debate and decide for yourself: http://sfgreenparty.org/10-campaigns/38-june-2012-endorsements Other offices - we generally do not endorse non-Greens in primaries, although we may make endorsements for the general election. *===========================* Donate online! We recently switched to a new payment processor, which makes it easier to donate securely online, while keeping more of our donations going to help our cause rather than ending up in the hands of Wall Street. More info is on our website: http://sfgreenparty.org/9-donations/34-donate-online *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *=========================== Join our updated Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_62534706497&ap=1 *=========================== To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.