SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 6/1/07-6/7/07 NEWS: - 5/26: Cindy Sheehan Leaves Democratic Party http://tinyurl.com/2ml9jp EVENTS: This week: - 6/1: Immigrant Rights Press Conference & Direct Action - 6/2: Progressive Convention - 6/7: FILM: Posada Carriles: Made in USA - 6/14: Animal Advocacy Working Group ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Stand Up for the Burrup! (http://standupfortheburrup.com/) - New County Council Members Needed - Stop Peabody and Save Black Mesa! (http://www.stoppeabody.org/) IN EVERY ISSUE: - Nancy Pelosi Watch, newly designed by Micheas Herman! (www.pelosiwatch.us) - Gavin Newsom Watch (http://tinyurl.com/23v3gp) - Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://tinyurl.com/y2j2gs) - Take Action! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer JOKE OF THE WEEK: - How many mainstream-media journalists does it take to change a light bulb? Two: a reporter to screw in the new bulb and an editor to turn it back halfway for "balance." ************************************************************ EVENTS: 6/1: Immigrant Rights Press Conference & Direct Action WHEN and WHERE: Friday, June 1 11:00PM - 1:00PM Direct Action at Sen. Feinstein's Office, 1 Post St. (At Montgomery BART) Saturday, June 2 7:00AM-10:00AM Rally and vigil at Sen. Feinstein's house 30 Presidio Terrace (@ Lyon and Washington) INFORMATION: Contact Renee Saucedo at (415) 553-3404 or renee@lrcl.org, or the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition (BAIRC) at (510) 839-7598. --------- 6/2: Progressive Convention WHEN: Saturday, June 2 10:00PM - 5:00PM WHERE: Tenderloin Community School 627 Turk Street (Van Ness) San Francisco INFORMATION: http://www.progressiveconvention.org DETAILS: Attention progressives: come to the most important progressive gathering of the year. To set the stage for our progressive campaigning this summer and fall, we will be convening to consolidate our platform, train in the nuts and bolts of electioneering, launch our candidate(s) for Mayor of San Francisco, and have lots of fun! --------- 6/7: FILM: Posada Carriles: Made in USA WHEN: Thursday, June 7 7:30PM WHERE: Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia Street (at 21st) San Francisco, CA 94110 INFORMATION: ata@atasite.org CONTACT: (415)824-3890 ADMISSION: $6.00 DETAILS: Luis Posada Carriles was recently judged by a U.S. court for violating immigration laws, instead of being prosecuted for the numerous terrorist acts for which he is responsible. Twenty years ago, he escaped from a Venezuelan prison where he was being tried for his involvement in the bombing of Cubana airplane killing all 73 passengers on board. The Venezuelan government has filed a petition before U.S. authorities asking for his extradition. However, the Bush adminstration has failed to respond to this demand for justice. The Venezuelan documentary film “Posada Carriles: Made in USA”, a Telesur and PanaFilms co-production. It is the result of two years of meticulous research of an investigative team that examined declassified documents and criminal files, and interviewed witnesses and survivors from several Latin American countries.90 minutes, 2007 --------- 6/14: Animal Advocacy Working Group WHEN: Thursday, June 14, 2007 7:00PM - order dinner, if you're hungry 7:30PM-9:00PM - meeting WHERE: Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant, 832 Clement Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues, San Francisco DETAILS: The Animal Advocacy Working Group is involved in animal issues in San Francisco. The Ten Key Values apply to protecting the welfare of non- human animals. Of course, all are welcome. For more information, email Rosalind Lord at rclord@seaserpent.com ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS: New County Council Members Needed The San Francisco Green Party County Council is looking to nominate new members. Individuals of all walks of life that wish to help build the Green Party should email cc@sfgreens.org to seek a nomination. Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and young adults are currently under represented and are particularly encouraged to seek a nomination. The County Council meets one Tuesday a month and is charged with overseeing the workings of the local Green Party. --------- IN EVERY ISSUE: Take Action! Find out about opportunities to help our elected Greens (writing letters, attending hearings, etc) -- subscribe to the SF Green Party Action list! The Action list is a low-traffic list (approximately one message per week in addition to our newsletter) telling you what you can do to help: https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ action --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Three years ago, former organizers for the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign decided it was time to stop getting 'close but not close enough' to progressive victories like public power and Matt as Mayor, and to begin a city wide, year round, grassroots campaign that would start helping us win such victories! So in January 2004, the organization Our City was born. Since then we have helped to: - Pass the ban on old polluting diesel buses - Pass Matt Gonzalez's anti chain store law - Get the downtown hotel workers back on the job, and - Get the Police and Planning Commissions put back on SF Government TV after the City tried to pull them off. Now we are campaigning to end PG&E's monopoly and run the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power, and to stop corporations from taking private monopoly control of the new public internet and cable system being built for San Francisco. We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots organizers to help us win these campaigns. No experience necessary. Earn $280 to $400 each four day work week learning to be a strong progressive organizer. To apply, call Eric at 415-756-8844 from noon to 2pm any weekday, or send an email to jobs@our-city.org For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org --------- Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer The San Francisco Green Party needs donations for rent on the office, mailings, signs, and many other expenditures in order to wage effective political campaigns. 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