September 22 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, If you're in the South Bay, please join the Santa Clara Greens tonight at their Meet and Greet social; our congressional candidate Barry Hermanson will be there! Our own monthly meeting will be next Wednesday. The agenda is below; come get involved with us! Since Senate Democrats just joined Republicans in boosting the military budget by $80 Billion, we will be campaigning to show the public that Greens represent the only viable Peace party. And for those interesting in joining a larger Green gathering, the olo County Green Party would like to invite you to attend a Regional Gathering in Davis, CA (Yolo County) on Saturday, September 23rd. See below for details. Finally, thanks to all who are fighting back against giving SF Police Tasers: http://sfbayview.com/2017/09/san-franciscans-push-back-on-tasers/ *===========================* What: Santa Clara Greens Meet and Greet Where: Congregational Church of Sunnyvale, 1112 S. Bernardo Avenue, Shepherd Room When: Fri, Sep 22, 6:30-8:30 pm * Meet your Santa Clara County Green Party County Council and other active members. * Hear from Barry Hermanson, Green Party Candidate running against Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco's 12th Congressional District. * Learn what we are doing to organize, grow, and expand the Green Party in our county. * Hear about our campaigns, issues and policies we fight for. * Make your voice heard about the needs in our community. * Share your ideas and perspective on our Party. * Enjoy a delicious variety of nutritious, organic and vegetarian dishes *===========================* What: Yolo County Green Party Regional Gathering Where: 2222 Muir Woods Place [Muir Commons], Davis CA 95616 When: Sat, Sep 23, all day The Yolo County Green Party would like to invite you to attend a Regional Gathering in Davis, CA (Yolo County) on Saturday, September 23rd, 2017. At this informal gathering, we hope all Central Region Greens (and other interested CA Greens) can come together to meet, share ideas, and work toward rebuilding the Green Party in the Central Region. We hope this Gathering will facilitate a serious discussion about how to circumvent and break through the many obstacles the current GPCA party structure places in front of real grassroots party-building and organizing. We would like to explore radical, grassroots, small-d democratic alternatives that focus on strategies for organizing and building the Green Party in its rural context. This will include an assessment of internal obstacles to effective organization and an exploration of alternative structural models. SCHEDULE Central Regional Gathering 23 September 2017 2222 Muir Woods Place [Muir Commons]* Davis CA 95616 Parking at Patwin Elementary across the street: 2222 Shasta Drive Please RSVP to yolocogp@gmail.com Volunteers for helping feed attendees welcome! Contact Deatra Cohen [artaed@gmail.com] 8:30 Registration, coffee, etc. 9:00 Welcome 9:15 Plenary 10:00 The State of the Central Region 10:30 Discussion509 11:00 Breakout Sessions Planning 11:45 Working Lunch 12:30 Breakout Sessions 2:00 Reconvene - Recap - Review 3:00 Resolutions 4:00 Closing Plenary 4:30 Adjournment 5:00 - 9:00 Social This is an informal gathering; there are no delegates or registration fees. All CA Greens are welcome. Those of you who serve on your county councils, please share this invitation with registered Greens in your counties. However, if you do plan to attend, please RSVP so we can coordinate seating, food, accommodation recommendations, etc. *===========================* What: SF Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, Sep 27, 7-9 pm Agenda: Guest update on "Save Midtown" campaign Report-backs from: Bayview Hunters Point/Southeast San Francisco Environmental Justice Response Task Force. Regional Green Party Meeting in Sacramento Santa Clara Green Party Meeting Sunday Streets on Oct 1 New anti-war Green Party cards 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 whelchair 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: Voter outreach at Sunday Streets Where: Excelsior When: Sunday, Oct 1, from 12-4 pm Greens will be walking around Sunday Streets as a group, handing out literature. Our contact person will be Barry Hermanson; call him at 415-255-9494 if you are meeting up with us, or email cc@sfgreens.org. *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.