September 1, 2023 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty instagram.com/sfgreenparty mastodon.sfgreens.org/@sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Although there's no election in SF this November, we're still actively doing outreach and recruiting new members! We have new handouts printed in Spanish and English. Join us this Sunday in Dolores Park for the Mime Troupe's closing weekend, and in two weeks at the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair. Details on both events are below. And although it's not a government election, KPFA voting is underway, and listener subscribers to the radio station are eligible to vote. If you are a KPFA member, please see below for our endorsements. In case you missed Alameda County's recent "Green Sunday" discussion of Cornel West's candidacy for the Green Party Presidential nomination, it's online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr6r2WN0WyM *===========================* What: Voter outreach at the SF Mime Troupe's closing weekend Where: Dolores Park, meet by entrance at Church and 18th St When: Sun, Sep 3, 1 pm - 4 pm We'll be doing voter outreach at the Mime Troupe's show in Dolores Park on Sun, Sep 3. Their play this year is called "Breakdown." https://www.sfmt.org/ Note that there will also be a performance on Labor Day, Sep 4, but we are only doing outreach at this Sunday's show. The play will start at 2 pm, with music at 1:30. Volunteers are needed to help us set up our table and do voter outreach starting at 1 pm. Help us register new Greens and find people willing to help win Medicare for All; email if you can help out: cc@sfgreens.org. *===========================* What: Voter Outreach at Haight-Ashbury Street Fair Where: South side of Haight St, near Clayton/Cole When: Sun, Sep 17, 10:30 am - 5:30 pm We'll be doing voter outreach and registering new Greens at this year's Haight St Fair, which has been rescheduled from its usual June time slot this year. We'll need volunteers to help staff our table, sign up volunteers, and register new Greens! Our booth location will be the south side of Haight St near Clayton and Cole. The fair runs from 11 am - 5:30 pm, and we also need volunteers to set up at 10:30 am and break down between 5:30 and 6 pm. Please email cc@sfgreens.org if you can help! *===========================* What: KPFA voting Where: online When: now through September 30 A candidate forum was posted online, and is available from the KPFA archives: https://kpfa.org/episode/lsb-candidate-on-air-forum-august-18-2023/ We strongly recommend voting for the "Rescue Pacifica" ticket. To make maximum use of your "single transferable vote," please vote for all eight candidates (in any order). The Rescue-Pacifica ticket is: * Rich Stone (a SF Green Party County Council member) * Cheryl Davila * Stan Woods * Edward Escobar * Pathma Venasithamby * Dr. Nayvin Gordon * Steve Zeltzer * Elizabeth Milos Read more about the candidates, platform, and endorsements at https://RescuePacifica.net/ *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.