February 22 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, Join us tomorrow, Feb 23, at noon for a "No War on Venezuela" rally at Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland. See details below. Our monthly meeting is next Wed, but come early for a rally and fundraiser to save our office space, the historic Redstone building! Details on both events are below. If you are a KPFA member, see below for our endorsements for the KPFA Board elections, ongoing for the rest of this month. Finally, the New Republic has a story on Green Party presidential candidates. It's a somewhat negative, but still informative article: https://newrepublic.com/article/153127/democrats-stole-green-partys-best-ide... The SF Green Party does not plan to endorse any presidential candidates prior to our primary next year, in order to keep a level playing field. But we welcome a discussion with any of them on how they plan to use their campaign to build a stronger Green Party in the United States! *===========================* What: Bay Area No War on Venezuela Rally Where: Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th & Broadway, Oakland When: Sat, Feb 23, noon - 3 pm This Saturday is Hands off Venezuela day across the world. The US is orchestrating a coup in Venezuela that is likely to lead to bloodshed — even civil war. Join CODEPINK this Saturday as we stand with the world to say: No War on Venezuela! *===========================* What: Redstone Labor Temple fundraiser Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness), SF When: Wed, Feb 27, 6 - 9 pm The same evening and location as our monthly meeting, come early to find out about how to save our office location, the historic Redstone building! On Wed, the 104th anniversary of the opening of the Redstone, organizers are hosting a rally and community event at the building. Free admission, and food and cake will be provided. See this article in 48 Hills for more details: https://48hills.org/2019/02/save-redstone-building/https://48hills.org/2019/... *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg #301 (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness), SF When: Wed, Feb 27, 7 - 9 pm Agenda: 5 min - Intros 20 min - Green New Deal - what should it look like in SF? Mandelman asked to submit a resolution to SFBOS on climate crisis; rally on Tues to support it. 20-30 min - Green Presidential Candidates - how do they plan to use their campaign to help build the Green Party in the US? Open call for candidates to come discuss it with us. We are not endorsing before the primary, in order to have an equal playing field. 15 min - Medicare for All "lack of progress" update. There is no bill in Sacramento this year. Organizers strategy to reach out to new organizations, also do "card check" of members of existing organizations - pledge to support. Can we try this to activate more Green Party members? 5 min - Labor Council pro-Julian Assange resolution update. 5 min - Public Banking update - Board of Supervisors unanimously passed on taking any meaningful action to move forward in SF. 5 min - Public Power update 10 min - Planning outreach - mobile, not tabling - in March March 10 Sunday Streets Mission March 30 Pro-Palestine march March 31 Sunday Streets Excelsior March 31 Anti-war march in Oakland Any others? 10 min - Wiener watch - update on new bills to rezone the whole City 5 min - Announcements 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 *===========================* What: Vote for Greens in KPFA Board Elections Where: Online, for KPFA members When: Now through March 5 Three Bay Area Green Party members are running for KPFA's "Local Station Board" election which begins this week! They are: Don Macleay, James McFadden, and Daniel Borgstrom. In addition, Noni Session (who has attended a number of Oakland Greens meetings, and who served as moderator for the Green Party of Alameda County's January 13 "Green Sunday" program), is also a candidate. The SF Green Party has endorsed this entire slate, as have several other Green Party chapters. In addition, they have been endorsed by Cindy Sheehan, Michael Parenti, Peter Phillips, Laura Wells, Jack Heyman, Larry Shoup, Gar Smith, Andres Soto, Joy Moore, Mickey Huff, and many others. The local group "Rescue Pacifica" is keeping track of endorsements, and also has the candidates' statements on their website (along with other election info), here: https://rescuepacifica.net/ Look for recent email with voting instructions from the Pacifica Foundation (sent by simplyvoting.com) if you are a KPFA member. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.