Aug 24, 2024 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, Please join us next Wednesday as we finalize our endorsements for this November! We've already endorsed a number of ballot props, as well as for Mayor and all Supervisorial contests. These are posted on our website: https://sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/108-november-2024-endorsements Candidates' answers to our questionnaires are now posted online. If you'd like to ask any questions not already answered, please come to the meeting. Read their answers here: https://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/109-questionnaires-posted-for-8-28-candidat... Other details on our upcoming meeting next Wednesday are below. Please join us this Sunday as we support our endorsed candidates and ballot measures at Sunday Streets in the Mission - details below. We also think many of you listen to KPFA radio. So if you're a KPFA subscriber, we'd like to remind you that it's voting time. An election is currently underway to choose the next members of KPFA's Local Station Board, the "LSB." 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: Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi -- Professor of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, nationally-known Palestinian scholar / activist. Donna Carter -- retired member of California Nurses Association, former contract negotiator Felipe "Phil" Messina -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) member, clean-air campaigner, Modesto Cop Watch member Stan Woods -- former ILWU Local 6 Executive Board member, member of East Bay Democratic Socialists of America, member of Oscar Grant Committee Pathma Venasithamby -- software engineer, member of Jewish Voice for Peace Phoebe Thomas (fka Phoebe Sorgen) -- Green Party County Council, Berkeley Unitarian-Universalist Social Justice Committee, Move-to-Amend campaigner Virginia Browning -- former radio reporter, host and producer Michai Freeman -- Former Chair of the Berkeley Disability Commission, Systems Change Advocate at the Center for Independent Living, and 2022 Berkeley City Council candidate. Read more about the candidates, platform, and endorsements at https://RescuePacifica.net/ *===========================* What: Tabling at Sunday Streets Mission Where: Valencia St, between 16th and 24th St When: Sun, Aug 25, 11 am - 4 pm Please join us as we do voter outreach for our endorsed candidates and ballot measures! We will be walking around with signs, so please call Barry at 415-255-9494 if you want to join us. *===========================* What: Green Party endorsement meeting / members' meeting Where: 2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!) When: Wed, August 28, 6:30-9:30 pm Agenda: * 6:30-8:30 - Interview candidates for other offices besides Mayor and Supervisor: School Board, College Board, DA, BART Board * 8:30-9:30 - Decide on endorsements (including remaining Props) Please read candidates' answers here: https://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/109-questionnaires-posted-for-8-28-candidat... Local ballot measures are here: https://www.sf.gov/reports/november-2024/qualified-measures State ballot measures are here: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures Our process this year will be different than in previous years. We will consider endorsments for all candidates who answer our questionnaires, which we will email to everyone in the race after the filing deadline whose contact information we can find. Candidates' answers will be posted on our website. However, we will only interview candidates who at least 2 active members want to invite. We do not have questionnaires for all contests, but the same invitation rules will apply. 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 wheelchair accessible. To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc@sfgreens.org Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people. We provide the option for SF Green Party members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via Zoom, so email cc@sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us virtually. *===========================* What: Upcoming events for Aaron Peskin (#1 endorsed for Mayor) Where: SF When: next week Join Greens who are campaigning to make Aaron Peskin our next Mayor! We'll be at various campaign events, listed on the Peskin campaign's events calendar, below: https://vote.aaron2024.com/eventcalendar *===========================* What: Upcoming events for Dylan Hirsch-Shell (#2 endorsed for Mayor) Where: SF When: next week Here are upcoming events in support of Dylan Hirsch-Shell's Mayoral campaign: https://www.dylanforsfmayor.com/events *===========================* What: Upcoming events for Sharon Lai for D3 Where: SF When: next week Please join Greens supporting Sharon Lai's campaign! Here is her current field schedule: - Doorknocking every Tuesday and Thursday at 4:30pm - Phonebanking every Tuesday at 5pm - Visibility at North Beach Farmers Market every Saturday at 9am - Canvassing every Sunday at 3pm All doorknocking and phone-banking launches from our Campaign office located at 633 Vallejo (at Columbus Avenue). *===========================* To submit events for our newsletter, please email a short blurb to news@sfgreens.org. 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