[SFGP] SF Green Party Weekly 3/2-3/8

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SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 3/2/06-3/8/06

NEWS:
  - 2/22: Peter Camejo to Run for California Governor
  - 2/24: Bay Area seeks half Federal funds available
for disaster  
preparedness(http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/ 
bay_area_seeks_disaster_funds_060224.shtml)
  - 2/25: Mirkarimi: National landlord may have pulled wool over  
Planning Commission eyes
(http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/ 
bad_faith_landlord_060225.shtml)

EVENTS:
  -  3/2: NEW TIME: Feminist Issues Group
  -  3/4: 21st Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference
  -  3/4: Aimee Allison for Oakland City Council, Office Warming Party
  -  3/7: Housing and Land Use Working Group
  - 3/17: SAVE THE DATE: Party for Aimee Allison’s Campaign Oakland City  
Council District 2
  - 3/29: SAVE THE DATE: Green Party Bash at Studio Z. No details yet,  
but stay tuned for them!
  - 3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest

ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS:
  - Thanks to All Who Made A Green Party for Peace @Studio Z a Success!
  - Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group
  - 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
  - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City!
  - Become a Green Party Sustainer!

JOKE OF THE WEEK:
  - President Bush's Office to be Outsourced to India

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NEWS:

2/22: Peter Camejo to Run for California Governor
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/22/politics/ 
p185004S04.DTL
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=3138
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/14221846p-15047437c.html

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EVENTS:

3/2: NEW TIME: Feminist Issues Group

WHEN:
Thursday, March 2
6:00PM-8:00PM

WHERE:
SF Green Party Headquarters, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th  
St.), San Francisco, CA 94103

DETAILS:
The Feminist Issues Group of the San Francisco Green Party strives to  
define why feminism is important to Greens and to promote Green  
feminism in all realms of Green Party activities and in our lives.

The goals of FIG are to:
- Create linkages with other Green women and progressive women;
- Build progressive coalitions;
- Promote the need for, and develop, female leadership and candidates;
- Educate Party members and the community about feminist values
- Expand the notion of women's rights/women's issues to include social  
justice, economic justice and environmental justice issues;
- Work to broaden the debate and understanding of the wholesale attack  
taking place against women's rights and sexual politics in the world  
today; including attacks on womes health and reproductive rights, gay  
and lesbian rights, Title IX, public assistance and other issues.

FIG advocates for stronger local, state and national policy initiatives  
affecting women's rights; increasing the visibility and leadership of  
progressive women; and helping to secure electoral victories and  
political appointments for progressive women.

FIG also endorses and actively participates in local organizing  
efforts, public mobilizations and coalition-building efforts to improve  
the status of women.

And finally, FIG produces educational and awareness raising events  
designed to build bridges among political women and encourage their  
active participation in local politics.

For more information, please contact:
Vicki Leidner, Co-Chair, vleidner at rcn.com

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3/4: 21st Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference

WHEN:
Saturday, March 4
Registration 8:30-9:30AM
Conference starts 9:30 AM

WHERE:
UC Berkeley campus in Barrows Hall. Barrows Hall is accessible from  
Bancroft Way between Telegraph Ave and Bowditch St, northeast from  
Sproul Hall. Wheelchair accessible.

INFORMATION, HOW TO REGISTER: Pre-register online at  
http://ewocc.berkeley.edu starting February 5th or in-person on the day  
of the event beginning at 8 a.m in Barrows Hall.

DETAILS:
This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Empowering Women of Color  
Conference (EWOCC), which is acknowledged to be the longest running  
women of color conference in the country. Past speakers have included  
Nikki Giovanni, bell hooks, Angela Davis, Alice Walker, and Sonia  
Sanchez, among many others.

This year's theme will be Nourishing Mother E.A.R.T.H, or environmental  
justice. Featured will be Dr. Beverly Wright, Founder and Director of  
the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Xavier University  
located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and a panel of five amazing  
environmental justice women of color activists:

  - Enei Begaye, Diné (Navajo) with the Black Mesa Water Coalition,  
Native Movement Collective, and Indigenous Environmental Network
  - Dr. Jenice View, Education and Train! ing Director of Just  
Transition Alliance
  - Sarah James, Board Member of the Gwich’in Institute
  - Dr. Ann Aurelia López, Professor at the University of California,  
Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
  - Carla M. Perez, Community Organizer for Contra Costa Communities for  
a Better Environment.

There will also be workshops, cultural performances, and much, much  
more.

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3/4: Aimee Allison for Oakland City Council, Office Warming Party

WHEN:
Saturday, March 4
11:00 AM

WHERE:
Aimee Allison's new Campaign Office:
3208 Grand Ave, Oakland, California

CONTACT:
Snehal Shingavi, Campaign Manager 510-277-0182

DETAILS:
The Aimee Allison campaign is getting ready for an exciting Oakland  
City Council election in June. We are opening our District 2 campaign  
office on Saturday, March 4, and invite you all to be there. Come  
celebrate a candidate who will be a voice for real change in Oakland!

Our campaign office is opening right next door to a District 2 and City  
of Oakland institution, the Grand Lake Theater, and is just a half a  
block from the Splash Pad and Saturday Farmer's Market. Please come  
through, buy some fresh produce, get your Saturday-night-at-the-movies  
tickets, and spend some time getting to know your neighbors,  
strategizing and working to elect Aimee as the next City Councilmember  
from District Two. 

Food will be provided, but like any grassroots effort, please bring  
what you can to eat, drink and share. 

After the celebration, we will be hitting the streets to take our  
message -- that a better world begins in Oakland -- to the District 2  
community. So bring your party hats and your walking shoes!

Also feel free to check out what's been happening with the campaign on  
the web at www.aimeeallison.org. 

Let's starting making progressive change in Oakland. Onward towards  
victory in June!

Donate online: 
http://www.aimeeallison.org/?q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=1

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3/7: Housing and Land Use Working Group

WHEN:
Tuesday, March 7
7:30 PM

WHERE:
San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and  
7th St.), San Francisco

DETAILS:
The local Green Party is drafting a housing platform to help guide its  
future. This is a great time to get involved to shape the vision you  
have for what San Francisco will look like 30 years from now, and what  
income groups will be inhabitting the city. Non-Greens are welcomed to  
all  HLU meetings.

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3/17: SAVE THE DATE: Party for Aimee Allison’s Campaign Oakland City  
Council District 2

WHEN:
Friday, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) Wear your Green!
7:00PM-9:00PM

WHERE:
The home of Vicki Leidner and John Radogno
770 Shotwell St/22nd St
San Francisco, CA 94110

CONTRIBUTIONS:
Minimum gift of $25 per person requested
Maximum gift: $600 per person
(Personal checks only, no corporate contributions accepted)
Please make checks payable to: Neighbors for Aimee Allison

DETAILS:
We hope you will bring your friends and family to join us!

Hosted by:
- Mark Sanchez, San Francisco School Board Commissioner*
- Nancy Mancias, CODEPINK San Francisco Coordinator*
- Vicki Leidner, counter-recruitment activist with CODEPINK*, committee  
for College Not Combat*, FIG

Co-hosts include:
- Tom Ammiano, San Francisco Supervisor*
- Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder CODEPINK*
- June Brashares, Global Exchange*
- Carol Brouillet, Deception Dollars, 9-11 Truth activist*
- David Campos, San Francisco Police Commissioner*
- Elizabeth Creely, BACORR*
- Chris Daly, San Francisco Supervisor*
- Michael Goldstein, SFPO Board*, former president Milk Club*
- Marie Harrison, Greenaction*
- Krissy Keefer, Mission Dance
- Jane Kim, CCDC*
- Whitney Leigh, Gonzalez and Leigh LLP
- Sarah Lipson, San Francisco School Board Commissioner*
- Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Supervisor*
- Christina Olague, San Francisco Planning Commission*

Photography Exhibit Courtesy Happy/L.A. Hyder

evite and more details to follow very soon
*for identification purposes only

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3/30: SAVE THE DATE: San Francisco's Annual Political Trivia Contest

WHEN:
Thursday, March 30th
7:00PM-9:00PM

WHERE:
Cafe Royale, 800 Post Street, San Francisco

DETAILS:
With invited guests Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi Jake McGoldrick, Tom  
Ammiano and Chris Daly as well as School Board Commissioners Mark  
Sanchez and Eric Mar.

This is a fundraiser for the Harvey Milk LBGT Democratic Club, one of  
only two Democratic clubs who will endorse Greens in nonpartisan races  
and who recently had its charter threatened for endorsing Matt Gonzalez  
for Mayor and other elected Greens.  $5 per person or $20 for a team of  
four or more.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS:

Thanks to All Who Made A Green Party for Peace @Studio Z a Success!

Dear Fellow Greens and Green-Identifiers:

We had a very enjoyable and successful event on January 26 at Studio Z.  
  We look forward to doing more events there and elsewhere and hope that  
you continue to participate in our efforts to spread the Green message.  
  Thanks for your support!

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Co-Chair Needed for GROW Working Group

Micheas Hermn of the GROW Working Group (tabling and voter  
registration) is seeking a new co-chair.  Contact Micheas Herman at ...  
or the County Council at cc at sfgreens.org for more information.

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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

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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 at our-city.org

For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org

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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.

Our sustainer program nearly pays all of our basic monthly operating  
expenses, including rent and utilities on the office, and drastically
reduces the amount of work needed to raise money.  Our sustainers free  
us up to do what we're really here for - to pursue Green values through  
the democratic system. Sustainers also ensure that we are able to keep  
our office, which has hosted numerous campaigns' headquarters including  
the successful Prop A, Instant Runoff Voting initiative.

Becoming a Green Party sustainer is easy, fun, and secure!

For more information, see  
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html

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JOKE OF THE WEEK:

President Bush's Office to be Outsourced to India

Congress today announced that the office of President of the United  
States of America will be outsourced to India as of February 12, 2006.

Gurvinder Singh of Indus Teleservices, Mumbai, India, will be assuming  
the office of President as of February 12, 2006.

Mr. Singh was born in the United States while his Indian parents were  
vacationing at Niagara Falls, thus making him eligible for the  
position.

A Congressional spokesperson noted that, while Mr. Singh may not be  
fully aware of all the issues involved in the office of President, this  
should not be a problem because Bush was not familiar with the issues  
either.

Mr. Singh will rely upon a script tree that will enable him to respond  
effectively to most topics of concern. Using these canned responses, he  
can address common concerns without having to understand the underlying  
issues at all.

"We know these scripting tools work," stated the spokesperson.  
"President Bush has used them successfully for years." 

Mr. Singh may have problems with the Texas drawl, but lately Bush has  
abandoned the "down home" persona in his effort to appear intelligent  
and on top of the Katrina situation.

Bush will receive health coverage, expenses, and salary until his final  
day of  employment. Following a 2-week waiting period, he will be  
eligible for $240 a week unemployment for 13 weeks. 

Unfortunately, he will not be eligible for Medicaid, as his  
unemployment benefits will exceed the allowed limit.

Mr. Bush has been provided the outplacement services of Manpower, Inc.  
to help him write a resume and prepare for his upcoming job transition.

According to Manpower, Mr. Bush may have difficulties in securing a new  
position due to limited practical work experience. A greeter position  
at Wal-Mart was suggested due to Bush's extensive experience shaking  
hands and phony smile.

Another possibility is Bush's reenlistment in the Texas Air National  
Guard. His prior records are conspicuously vague but, should he choose  
this option, he would likely be stationed in Waco, TX, for a month,  
before being sent to Iraq, a country he has visited.  "I've been there,  
I know all about Iraq," stated Mr. Bush, who gained invaluable  
knowledge of the country in a visit to the Baghdad Airport's terminal  
and gift shop.

Sources in Baghdad and Falluja say Mr. Bush would receive a warm  
reception from local Iraqis.  They have asked to be provided with  
details of his arrival so that they might arrange an appropriate  
welcome.

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