[SFGP] SF Green Party Weekly 10/18-10/24
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SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 10/18/06-10/24/06
NEWS:
- Jane Kim Participates in Rally for Asian-American Voters (http://
www.examiner.com/a-347395%
7EAsian_American_politicians_try_to_rally_voting_bloc.html)
- Aimee Allison Promises to Bring Progressive Ideas to District 2 in
Oakland (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/13/
OAKCOUNCIL.TMP)
- Oakland City Council Race Attracting Attention (http://www.ebar.com/
news/article.php?sec=news&article=1236)
- Krissy Keefer Promotes Her "Who's your mama?" Congressional
Campaign at the Folsom Street Fair (http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=J7audqhozPY)
- KTVU-TV Covers Green Party! (http://www.youtube.com/v/WtvbOnFx3m0)
EVENTS:
This week:
- 10/18: General Membership Meeting
- 10/19: Krissy Keefer Holds Press Conference with Republican and
Libertarian candidates
- 10/19: Matt Gonzalez and Nirvana's Krist Novoselic -- Support
Measure O/IRV in Oakland
- 10/19: Commercial Alert Event with Matt Gonzalez, Etc
- 10/20: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening Featuring the
Photography of Amy Auerbach and Ethel Mays
- 10/20: Good Old Fashioned Square Dance with Krissy Keefer!
- 10/21-22: Chris Daly '06 Rally
Next week:
- 10/22: Protest Against Police Brutality
- 10/23: The Show of Shows: Musical Cabaret Benefit for Jane Kim &
Kim-Shree Maufas
- 10/24: Fundraiser for Malachy McCourt, Green Party nominee for
Governor of New York
- 10/26: Dress to Impress with the NWPC-SFs Masquerade
Save the date:
- 11/14: Energy Working Group Meeting
ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS:
- Energy Working Group Meeting on October 10th Cancelled, Will Meet
11/14
- Volunteers Needed for Krissy Keefer's Campaign to do Visibility,
Lit Drops, and Phone Banking
- Help The John Rizzo Visibility Campaign: Display A House Sign
- FILM: IRAQ FOR SALE in Bay Area September & October! For
screenings, see http://iraqforsale.org/screenings.php
- Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan
IN EVERY ISSUE:
- Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim
Dorenkott's Blog (http://www.dailykos.com/user/jim%20d)
- Take Action!
- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City!
- Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer
JOKE OF THE WEEK:
- O'Reilly (Intentionally) Labels Mark Foley a Democrat (http://
alternet.org/blogs/peek/42548/) Thanks, Aimee Harcos!
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EVENTS:
10/18: General Membership Meeting
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
7:30PM-9:30PM
WHERE:
San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St.
and 7th St.), San Francisco
DETAILS:
This is the regular monthly meeting of the SFGP. The agenda for this
meeting will be planned at the CC meeting the week before. Watch this
space for updates.
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10/19: Krissy Keefer Holds Press Conference with Republican and
Libertarian candidates
WHEN:
Thursday, October 19, 2006
12 noon
WHERE:
Polk Street side of City Hall, San Francisco, CA
DETAILS:
Krissy Keefer and the Republican and Libertarian candidates hold a
press conference to announce Nancy Pelosi's response to an invitation
to debate.
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10/19: Matt Gonzalez and Nirvana's Krist Novoselic -- Support Measure
O/IRV in Oakland
WHEN:
Thursday, October 19, 2006
5:30PM-8:00PM
WHERE:
Law office of Gonzalez & Leigh, Two Shaw Alley, San Francisco, CA
CONTACT:
415.512.2000
DETAILS:
This November, Oakland voters will vote on Measure O, which will
follow San Francisco's lead and establish instant runoff voting for
Oakland's local elections. This is a really important campaign. Not
only is Oakland important in and of itself, but also as part of the
overall effort to spread IRV to all of California. Another city
joining San Francisco, Burlington, VT, as well as the states of North
Carolina, Louisiana and Arkansas that are using IRV for certain
races, helps spread the word. In addition to Oakland, Instant Runoff
Voting is also on the ballot in Davis, CA, Minneapolis, and Pierce
County/Tacoma, WA. So Oakland is a MUST WIN situation.
The Measure O campaign has won the endorsement of progressive
Oakland, including elected officials like Assemblywoman Loni Hancock,
Board of Supervisors President Keith Carson, City Attorney John
Russo, Alameda County Central Labor Council, Sierra Club, Democratic
Party, Green Party, Peace and Freedom Party, Common Cause, League of
Women Voters, Oakland Tribune and many more. See the full list at
http://www.oaklandirv.org/endorsers.html.
But it takes a lot of money to reach all the voters in a city the
size of Oakland. So please come to this important fundraising event
with Matt Gonzalez and Nirvanas bassist Krist Novoselic, kick back
and enjoy the vibe, and help us spread to Oakland what San Francisco
already knows -- that IRV is one of the keys to saving American
democracy!
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10/19: Commercial Alert Event with Matt Gonzalez, Etc
WHEN:
Thursday, October 19, 2006
6:30PM-8:30PM
WHERE:
Catharine Clark Gallery, 49 Geary Street, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA
CONTACT:
Marnie Glickman at marnie at commercialalert.org or 503-313-7919
INFORMATION:
http://www.commercialalert.org
SUGGESTED CONTRIBUTION:
$30, $50, $100 or whatever you can afford
DETAILS:
Join us for vegetarian sushi, sake and conversation with:
- Peggy O'Mara, editor and publisher of Mothering Magazine and chair
of Commercial Alert's board of directors
- Matt Gonzalez
- John Stauber, executive director of the Center for Media and
Democracy and co-author of many fabulous books including "The Best
War Ever"
- Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert
Commercial Alert's mission is to keep the commercial culture within
its proper sphere, and to prevent it from exploiting children and
subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental
integrity and democracy.
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10/20: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening Featuring the
Photography of Amy Auerbach and Ethel Mays
WHEN:
Friday, October 20th, 2006
5:00PM-8:00PM
Exhibit runs through November 15, 2006
WHERE:
San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 282, San
Francisco, CA
ADMISSION:
Free
DETAILS:
Amy Auerbach is showing photographs from the series Vanishing
Waterfront and Other Destinations, a collection of dreamlike-toned
gelatin silver prints. The series features dilapidated areas of San
Franciscos China Basin and Hunters Point which, when seen through the
veil of water and light, become fading souvenirslandscapes upon which
the shutter silently tells time like the tick of a clock.
Amys photographs have been exhibited locally at SF Camerawork, SFMOMA
Artists Gallery, and nationally in commercial and non-profit venues
such as the Society for Contemporary Photography in Kansas City where
she received a Fellowship award, Seattles Photographic Center
Northwest and at Galerie bmg in Woodstock, NY
Ethel Mays will exhibit Waterwork, a series of photographic images
which address the idea of public water compositions as abstract art.
Her images have been shown by the San Francisco Public Library, the
San Francisco Photography Center, and are privately owned by
residents of the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Ethel Mays is a California
native from Eastern Tulare County. She currently resides in San
Francisco.
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10/20: Good Old Fashioned Square Dance with Krissy Keefer!
WHEN:
Friday, October 20th, 2006
7:30PM-10:30PM
WHERE:
Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th Street, off Mission), San Francisco, CA
CONTACT:
krissyforcongress at yahoo.com
Call us and help: 415-835-4748
CHECK US OUT:
www.keeferforcongress.com
DETAILS:
Grab your partner and do se do - it's a Good Old Fashioned Square
Dance! All dances taught, live bluegrass music and dance caller.
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10/21-22: Chris Daly '06 Rally
WHEN:
Saturday, October 21th, 2006
10:00AM
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
11:00AM
WHERE:
2973 16th street at Mission/Capp, San Francisco, CA
INFORMATION:
Daly06.com
DETAILS:
Downtown interests and their front groups like SFSOS have been
illegally barraging District 6 voters with phone calls and mail
attacking Chris Daly's character and track record. They have spent
hundreds of thousands of dollars to misinform and confuse voters.
It's time to hit the streets and tell the voters about the REAL Chris
Daly.
Join us at our campaign headquarters at 10 AM for a brief rally
before we outreach to voters.
In the past few weeks we've identified thousands of supporters,
registered new voters, and outreached to the community to help re-
elect Chris Daly. With only 21 Days left until the election, we need
to do even more to make sure District 6 residents know about Chris's
great record for us against the special interests. We need to be more
visible, talk to more voters and expose the agenda behind the special
interest attacks against us.
As in 2000 and 2002, downtown special interests have opened the
Republican play book to try to overcome the grassroots power of
Progressives in the neighborhoods of San Francisco. This Saturday we
will bring our campaign into the homestretch. We will only have three
more weekends to speak with voters.
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10/22: Protest Against Police Brutality
WHEN:
Sunday, October 20th, 2006
Starts 2:00PM
Rally at 4:00PM
WHERE:
Stanyan and Haight, San Francisco, CA
March to Jefferson Park, San Francisco, CA
CONTACT:
Call (415) 595-8251
Email oct22sf at yahoo.com
INFORMATION:
http://www.bayarea1022.org
DETAILS:
Join the 11th national day of protest to stop police brutality,
repression and the criminalization of a generation!
No More Stolen Lives! No Mas Vidas Robadas!
Wear Black , Fight Back
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10/23: The Show of Shows: Musical Cabaret Benefit for Jane Kim & Kim-
Shree Maufas
WHEN:
Monday, October 23, 2006
7:00PM-10:00PM
WHERE:
OctaviaLounge, 1772 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
CONTACT:
(415) 863-3516
INFORMATION:
www.octavialounge.com
ADMISSION/COLABORACION:
$15.00 donation requested
DETAILS:
The Show of Shows, a night of Musical Cabaret to benefit the
candidacies of Jane Kim & Kim-Shree Maufas for S.F.U.S.D. School
Board, featuring:
Maddaline Edstrom-Piano, David Seeman-Saxophone, and the hottest and
coolest singers in the Bay Area.
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10/24: Fundraiser for Malachy McCourt, Green Party nominee for
Governor of New York
WHEN:
Tuesday, October 24
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WHERE:
Washington Square Bar & Grill in San Francisco
INFORMATION:
votemalachymccourt.org
DONATION:
$25 and up, no one turned away for lack of funds
DETAILS:
This is a cocktail party and fundraiser for Malachy McCourt, Green
Party nominee for Governor of New York. This election is critical to
the NY Green Party - Malachy needs a minmum of 50,000 votes to regain
automatic ballot status for the party in future elections. Malachy is
a well-known actor and best-selling author.
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10/26: Dress to Impress with the NWPC-SFs Masquerade
WHEN:
Thursday, October 26, 2006
7:00PM-10:00PM
WHERE:
The Cellar, 685 Sutter Street at Taylor, San Francisco, CA
CONTACT:
Melissa Dodd, Communications Director
National Womens Political Caucus - San Francisco
Tel: 415-286-3777
nwpcsf at yahoo.com
INFORMATION:
http://www.nwpc-sf.org/
ADMISSION/COLABORACION:
$20 advance, $25 at the door, $35 without a mask
DETAILS:
The National Womens Political Caucus, San Francisco, presents
Masquerade, a Fall Fundraising event for its Womens Leadership Fund.
"Masquerade" features a mask contest judged by prominent local
politicos. It promises to be a unique and fun political event with a
serious mission to raise money for the NWPC-SFs Womens Leadership Fund.
Our primary goal is to elect more women to public office, states NWPC-
SF President Alix Rosenthal, but in order to do this we must first
get more women in the pipeline, by involving them in politics at all
levels: through grassroots organizing, through contacting elected
officials, and through an ongoing series of training sessions from
City Hall to Noe Valley to the Bayview. The Womens Leadership Fund
makes these free and low-cost community events possible. Masquerade
is a fun way to show support for getting more women plugged into
local politics."
Open to political and party animals of all stripes, genders, and
generations, Masquerade will feature top local DJ talent, politically
minded drink specials, and gourmet eats courtesy of Faz Restaurant.
Local artists such famed spray-can master Vulcan will be on hand with
original art representing Masquerade themes. Dress up or dress down,
but dress to impress and dont forget your mask! Tickets are limited
in quantity, and available for purchase at www.nwpc-sf.org.
Discounted party masks are available at: www.maskitalia.com.
The National Women's Political Caucus is a multicultural,
intergenerational, and multi-issue grassroots organization dedicated
to increasing womens participation in the political process. The San
Francisco NWPC caucus has been in existence since 1973, working hard
locally in support of the NWPC mission: to recruit, train and support
pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed offices at all
levels of government.
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11/14: Energy Working Group Meeting
WHEN:
Tuesday, November 11, 2006
7:30PM-9:00PM
WHERE:
San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St.
and 7th St.), San Francisco
DETAILS:
The Energy Working Group has canceled our Oct meeting so people can
focus on campaigns.
The next meeting will be Tue, Nov 14, and we will discuss broadening
the name and scope of the group beyond simple energy issues,
potentially into the whole panorama of social ecology; i.e. looking
at the environment, energy use, social systems and social justice in
a more comprehensive holistic way that views the city as a full
social/environmental ecosystem.
Any who are interested in this new direction, please make plans show
up on Nov 14 to help us bring forward good proposal to the County
Council and GM.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS:
Volunteers Needed for Krissy Keefer's Campaign to do Visibility, Lit
Drops, and Phone Banking
Phone banking: Every Tuesday and Thursday, 6-9pm, 1028 A Howard
Street (SF Green Party office), snacks and beverages provided.
We especially need volunteers on weekends to help with visibility,
outreach at the many events in San Francisco and literature drops in
the neighborhoods, but any time you are available is fantastic.
This weekend we will be at the SF Peoples Organization conference,
World Vegetarian Day celebration in Golden Gate Park, Filmore Farmers
Market on Saturday, and the Ghandi Peace Celebration and Castro
Street Fair and Comedy in the Park on Sunday.
Contact Julia to sign up: 415-835-4748 or krissyforcongress at yahoo.com
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Help The John Rizzo Visibility Campaign: Display A House Sign
We are placing house signs in windows all over the city. Help us with
visibility by placing a sign in your window. Contact us at 572-8497
and we'll have one delivered to you.
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Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan
Keep an eye out for "Car-Free Talk" on San Francisco's public access
tv station,
Channel 29. In the next show, David Fridley, staff scientist at
Lawrence Berkeley and member
of San Francisco Oil Awareness, discusses the myth of biofuels.
Date and time to be announced.
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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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For more information, please visit the MAKE A DONATION page on the
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