SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 2/4/06-2/10/06 NEWS: - 1/31: Cindy Sheehan Arrested at Capitol - 1/31: Cindy Sheehan and Lesser-Evil Politics (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1445) - 1/31: Green Party Candidates to Speak at UC Davis (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1446) - 1/31: Clean Money Act Includes Input from Susan King and Other Greens (http://www.berkeleydaily.org/article.cfm?issue=01-06-06&storyID=23139) - 2/1: Public Financing for Mayoral Election Approved by Committee (http://www.sfexaminer.com/articles/2006/02/02/news/ 20060202_ne07_public.txt) - 2/1: VIDEOS: Greens' Rebuttals to Bush and Dems on State of the Union Address (http://gp.org/video/2006stateofunion/) EVENTS: - 2/4: Senator Feinstein Must Go! Todd Chretien Discusses - 2/6: Campaigns and Candidates Working Group - 2/8: SFGP County Council - 2/9: FIG Open House-Pot Luck, All Green Women Invited - 2/9: FILM: Waging a Living - 2/13: Media Committee Meeting - 2/15: SFGP General Membership Meeting - 2/16: Animal Advocacy Working Group ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - Filing Period for County Council Candidates 2/13-3/10 (for details, see http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1435) - 2006 General Membership Survey - Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Become a Green Party Sustainer! JOKE OF THE WEEK: - State of the Union Address Quicktime: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/presaddress2.shtml Windows Media Player: http://jaypenguin150.podomatic.com/entry/2006-01-31T21_15_08-08_00 ************************************************************ NEWS: 1/31: Cindy Sheehan Arrested at Capitol Cindy Sheehan went to the Capitol to see the State of the Union Address. She was arrested just after she took her seat, by the same officer who helped her there after she showed her ticket. His name was Mike Weight. He yelled "Protestor," then hauled her out of Congress and handcuffed her after he saw her T-shirt when she was taking off her jacket, which said: 2245 Dead. How many more? Cindy spent the next four hours in two jails, then was released. She said that she was never told she couldn't wear that T-shirt in Congress. ============================== EVENTS: 2/4: Senator Feinstein Must Go! Todd Chretien Discusses WHEN: Saturday, February 4 5:00PM-7:30PM WHERE: Women's Building 3543 18th Street, San Francisco DETAILS: As many know, Cindy Sheehan spoke about running against Diane Feinstein at the World Social Forum in Venezuela. Unlike Sheehan, Feinstein supports the Patriot Act, the death penalty, and the Iraq war; and is against gay marriage, silently condones the attack on women's rights, and blames immigrant workers for California's problem. Come hear Todd Chretien, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, explain how he will represent us and join the Million Votes for Peace campaign. This will bring enormous attention to the Senate Campaign in California. Speakers include: - Peter Camejo, Green Party - Vice Presidential Candidate 2004 - Barbara Becnel, Save Tookie Coalition, Co-author with Stanley Tookie Williams - Nativo Lopez, President - Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) --------- 2/6: Campaigns and Candidates Working Group WHEN: Monday, February 6 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: This meeting will focus on developing candidate questionnaires for Green candidates on the June 6, 2006 ballot: Governor, Lt. Governor, Treasurer, Controller, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Insurance Commissioner, US Senate, US Congress District 8, Assembly District 12. --------- 2/8: SFGP County Council WHEN: Wednesday, February 8 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: We will discuss business items, finalize the active membership roster for 2006 and set the agenda for the Feb. General Membership. Please email agenda items to : cc@sfgreens.org --------- 2/9: FIG Open House-Pot Luck, All Green Women Invited WHEN: Thursday, February 9 Starts 7:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: Bring your favorite munchie to share and join with the Women of the Green Party to set our goals, speak our minds, and work together. This year is critical for us to have a strong, cohesive working group. Whether you have worked in the Feminist Interest Group (FIG) before or not, take this opportunity to meet other Green Women and set the agenda for what promises to be a challenging time ahead. --------- 2/9: Waging a Living WHEN: Thursday, February 9 7:00PM-9:30PM WHERE: Bayanihan House 1010 Mission Street (at 6th Street), San Francisco COST: FREE FOR SOMA RESIDENTS! $5-20 sliding scale proceeds to benefit SOMCAN. www.somcan.org CONTACT: call SOMCAN: 415/348-1945 Or see: http://www.pppdocs.com/walsynopsis.html DETAILS: Please join SOMCAN at this special community screening and discussion of the documentay "Waging a Living." This film exposes the truth about America’s working poor and their daily struggle to wage a living. Jerry Longoria, a graduate of somcan's organzing internship, is featured in this film and will lead a discussion following the screening. --------- 2/13: Media Committee Meeting WHEN: Monday, February 13 Starts 7PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: All Green Party members are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Erika McDonald at erikasf@aol.com. --------- 2/15: SFGP General Membership Meeting WHEN: Wednesday, February 15 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: So far, agenda items inlcude a decision about SFGP chartered Neighborhood Groups making their own endorsements in elections. Please email agenda item suggestions to: cc@sfgreens.org --------- 2/16: Animal Advocacy Working Group WHEN: Thursday, February 16 7:00PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: Monthly meeting of the Animal Working Group. We will discuss animal issues in San Francisco. For more information, email Rosalind Lord at rclord@seaserpent.com ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: 2006 General Membership Survey The County Council is conducting a survey of San Francisco Green Party members to get your opinion on several issues to help us plan and set goals for the party in 2006. Results will be discussed at a future General Meeting. You can get a copy of the survey online at the following link, and respond to us by email: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1464 --------- Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help! On Tuesday October 25, Green Party Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, representing a broad-based coalition, introduced legislation that could forever change the way politics is done in San Francisco: With public financing, the public helps fund the campaigns of candidates who can demonstrate a wide base of community support by collecting a large number of small donations. In exchange candidates agree to a strict spending cap, and to limit their private fundraising. The idea is to make politicians accountable only to the public, rather than private campaign donors, and to ensure that all serious candidates, regardless of access to money, have enough resources to get their message out to the voters. To make this legislation happen, please do two things: 1. Write or call the Supervisors to encourage their support (they need hear this from as many people as possible); and 2. Ask your friends to do the same. Sample letters and contact information for the Supervisors can be found at http://www.voterownedelections.org/contact_supervisors.html To learn more about the campaign visit www.voterownedelections.org or call 415-596-5808. --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Two years ago, former organizers for the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign decided it was time to stop getting 'close but not close enough' to progressive victories like public power and Matt as Mayor, and to begin a city wide, year round, grassroots campaign that would start helping us win such victories! So in January 2004, the organization Our City was born. Since then we have helped to: - Pass the ban on old polluting diesel buses - Pass Matt Gonzalez's anti chain store law - Get the downtown hotel workers back on the job, and - Get the Police and Planning Commissions put back on SF Government TV after the City tried to pull them off. Now we are campaigning to get rid of PG&E's monopoly on our electricity service, and start running the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power instead! We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots campaigners to help us win this fight. No experience necessary. Earn $280 to $400 each four day work week learning to be a strong progressive organizer. To apply, call Eric at 415-756-8844 from noon to 2pm any weekday, or send an email to jobs@our-city.org For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org --------- Become a Green Party Sustainer! As you may know, the SFGP is supported by our wonderful sustaining donors -- 175 and growing. In the next 12 months we hope to double that figure, and you can help us achieve our goal by signing up to make a regular contribution to the Green Party. 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