May 17 GREENZINE SF Green Party Weekly News and Events www.sfgreenparty.org twitter.com/sfgreenparty www.facebook.com/groups/SFGreenParty/ Dear Greens, Please join us next week at our monthly meeting on May 24, where we'll discuss banning fake taxis such as Uber and Lyft from SF. We'll also organize volunteers to recruit new Greens at the Haight St Fair and Pride next month. And see below for details on a protest against offshore oil drilling this Saturday at Ocean Beach. *===========================* What: Green Party Monthly Meeting Where: Redstone Bldg (2940 16th Street, near South Van Ness) #301, SF When: Wed, May 24, 7-9 pm Agenda: 7:00 - introductions 7:10 - new Green Party flyers - John-Marc 7:20 - state health care bill update - Barry 7:30 - organizing volunteers for Haight St Fair and Pride 7:45 - update and discussion of HomeSF - Mike 8:00 - Edward Escobar will lead a conversation about fake taxi companies such as Uber and Lyft, and we'll discuss our political options for how to deal with them. 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 *===========================* What: Offshore oil drilling protest Where: Sloat Blvd access at Ocean Beach When: Sat, May 20, 11:10 am Greens will join Surfrider to highlight the erosion threat to our beaches that comes from climate change and sea level rise. Please let us know (cc@sfgreens.org) if you would like to hand out campaign postcards and/or collect signatures for Surfrider's new petition. *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Haight St Fair Where: South Side of Haight St between Ashbury & Clayton, SF When: Sunday, June 11, 10:30 am - 6 pm We'll need volunteers to help staff our table, talk about our local and national campaigns, and register new Greens! Our booth location is B19S, on the south side of Haight btw Ashbury & Clayton. The fair runs from 11-6, and we also need volunteers to set up at 10:30 am and break down between 6 and 6:30 pm. Please email cc@sfgreens.org if you can help! *===========================* What: Voter outreach at Pride Celebration Where: Civic Center, SF When: Sat-Sun, June 24-25 We will need volunteers for both Saturday and Sunday at the Pride celebration in the Civic Center! Help staff our table, talk about Green Party campaigns, and register new Greens! We will need volunteers all day on both days, including setting up and taking down our booth. The booth location is C-002, which is right next to where we were last year: on Grove near Larkin, across from the main Library. Please email cc@sfgreens.org if you can help! *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.