Dear Greens, We're entering the last week of the signature drive in the campaign to label GMOs. We REALLY as many people as we can get for the Earth Day event at Civic Center on Sunday, the 22nd. It is expected to be very well-attended, and we anticipate getting a few thousand signatures if we can get it fully staffed. PLEASE let us know if you can help at any point between 8am and 6pm. There are several other events happening in the next week as well, and if you can't make it to the main Earth Day event, then please considering helping out at one of these: April 19 - 9am-2pm: BART Blue Sky Earth Day Event (Justin Herman Plaza) April 19 - 11:30am-1:30pm: Earth Day at USF April 21 - 10am-6pm: Cesar Chavez Parade & Festival (24th St between Bryant and Treat) We have tons of other mini-events in the next 10 days as well - Sunday Streets, various farmers markets, grocery stores, Off The Grid, etc. If you have any time free, email LabelGMOsSF@gmail.com to help. For more info, see: http://sfgreenparty.org/10-campaigns/35-help-needed-to-label-gmos *===========================* We'll be making our endorsements on propositions in the June Primary during our regular monthly meeting this April. The meeting will be held from 7-9 PM on Wed, 4/25, at El Cafetazo (16th St near Valencia). Everybody is welcome to come participate in the discussion. If you've volunteered with the SF Green Party in the last year, you're eligible to participate in our consensus process for decision making. *===========================* Our presidential primary is heating up, just as the corporate parties campaigns are wrapping up. More news on leading Green presidential candidates, and plans for a forum in SF, are on our website: http://sfgreenparty.org/10-campaigns/36-2012-presidential-campaign-update *===========================* Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's family finally gets to tell their side of the story: Eliana Lopez describes Mayor Lee's and DA Gascon's actions as a 'Coup': http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/05/EDOA1NVGJQ.DTL Sheriff Mirkarimi also gave his perspective: http://www.baycitizen.org/ross-mirkarimi-3/story/mirkarimi-speaks-out/ *===========================* Several major Occupy events are coming up in the next weeks--visit http://occupysf.org/ or our events page for details: http://sfgreenparty.org/events2 *===========================* Donate online! We recently switched to a new payment processor, which makes it easier to donate securely online, while keeping more of our donations going to help our cause rather than ending up in the hands of Wall Street. More info is on our website: http://sfgreenparty.org/9-donations/34-donate-online *===========================* Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/volunteer coordinator Part time independent contractor (1099) position We recently updated our job ad: http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted *=========================== Join our updated Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_62534706497&ap=1 *=========================== To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.