August 13 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Jill Stein was officially nominated as the Green Party candidate for President, along with her running mate, human rights activist Ajamu Baraka, at the Green Party national convention last weekend! For those who want to help the Green Party build locally, Francisco Herrera is running for Supervisor in District 11. Find out more about his campaign, here: http://www.francisco4supe.org/ We are planning a large rally to support both candidates, to be held in mid-September. Francisco is also looking for more people to walk precincts and to phone bank. If you can help organize, walk, or call people, email us at cc@sfgreens.org. We'll continue making endorsements over the next two weeks, and are planning a candidate forum / endorsement meeting in early September. Candidate questionnaires are being sent out this weekend. All our endorsement meetings are open to the public. *===========================* What: Voter Outreach at the SF Mime Troupe show Where: Glen Park, Bosworth & O'Shaughnessy, SF When: Saturday, August 13, 1 pm The SF Mime Troupe (sfmt.org) is performing today in Glen Park. The show will start at 2 (with music at 1:30), but we'll get there early to do voter outreach. Greens will talk to voters about our Fall campaigns, including Francisco Herrera's campaign for Supervisor in D11! If you can volunteer, please look for Francisco and campaign volunteers there. *===========================* What: Voter Outreach at Jerry Day Where: Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, McLaren Park When: Sunday, August 14, 11 am - 4 pm Join us in McLaren Park in San Francisco on August 14 for the free Jerry Day festival, honoring the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia in the Excelsior District where he was raised. Greens will register voters and talk to people about our Fall campaigns, including Francisco Herrera's campaign for Supervisor in D11! If you can volunteer, please email cc@sfgreens.org or look for our Green Party table at the event. *===========================* What: Green Party special endorsement meeting Where: El CafeTazo, 3087 16th St, near Valencia When: Wed, August 17, 7-9 pm We've made the majority of our endorsements on propositions for November, but we still have many more to go! New members and non-Greens are welcome to discuss and ask questions about the propositions, and we'll decide on as many endorsements as we can. *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly meeting, endorsements Where: Redstone Building, 2940 16th Street #301 (near South Van Ness) When: Wed, August 24, 7-9 pm Agenda for this month, so far: 1) Discussion and endorsements of propositions and candidates for the November election 2) Campaign updates and volunteer opportunities 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. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc@sfgreens.org *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator (a part time independent contractor (1099) position): http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.