[SFGP] SF Green Party Weekly 9/13-9/19
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SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 9/13/06-9/19/06
NEWS:
- The Age of 9/11, by Krissy Keefer (http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?
entry_id=1590)
- The Progressive Challenge to Nancy Pelosi (http://
www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1528)
- Sharing the stage with Ned and Joe (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/
news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1527)
EVENTS:
This week:
- 9/13: General Membership Endorsement meeting
- 9/13: FILM: Iraq For Sale
- 9/14: Join Krissy Keefer for Congress!
- 9/14: Kickoff party for John Rizzo's College Board Race
- 9/15: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening
- 9/16: Meet Marie Harrison, Candidate for District 10 Supervisor
- 9/17: Progressive Organizing Center Open House
Next week:
- 9/18: Special Invitation: 9/18 Gala Event for Democracy
- 9/20: Final Endorsement meeting
- 9/21: CODEPINK Peace Ribbon Quilt
- 9/21: Support a Free Media!
ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS:
- 9/21: Green Party Congressional Candidate Krissy Keefer Appears on
Channel 29 7:30PM-8:30PM
- 10/03: Green Party Congressional Candidate Krissy Keefer Appears on
Channel 29 7:00PM-8:00PM
- 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:
- ABS Commits Embarrassing Faux Pas As It Edits Path to 9/11 (http://
www.alternet.org/blogs/video/41449/)
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EVENTS:
9/13: FILM: Iraq For Sale
WHEN:
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
6:00PM: Wine & Hors d'Oeuvres at Amnesty International w/ Robert
Greenwald two blocks away
Film starts 7:00PM
WHERE:
Embarcadero Center Cinema (Capacity is 300), One Embarcadero Center,
San Francisco, California 94111
For map and directions, see http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/
index.php#maxp=search&q1=One%20Embarcadero%20Center,San%20Francisco%2C
%20CA&trf=0&mag=3
TICKETS:
To purchase tickets, go to http://virtuous.com/event/3334090513/ or
call 415-291-9233, extension 201 with Name, Number of guests &
payment information.
DETAILS:
After the film, there will be a discussion with filmmaker Robert
Greenwald, CorpWatch Managing Editor & Program Director Pratap
Chatterjee, and Amnesty International Director of Business and Human
Rights, Mila Rosenthal.
For other screenings of this film in the Bay Area, see http://
iraqforsale.org/screenings.php for dates, times, and places.
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9/13: Special Endorsement General Meeting
WHEN:
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
7:30PM-9:30PM
WHERE:
1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA
DETAILS:
See County Council meeting details.
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9/14: Kickoff party for John Rizzo's College Board Race
WHEN:
Thursday, September 14
5:00 pm
WHERE:
111 Minna at Second Street, San Francisco
INFORMATION:
Contact events at johnrizzoforcollegeboard.com
DETAILS:
Join Matt Gonzalez, Ross Mirkarimi, Jane Kim, and a host of others
for music, food, and great conversation to help create a City College
that offers education to all, integrated with the community.
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9/14: Join Krissy Keefer for Congress!
WHEN:
Thursday, September 14
7:00-8:00PM
WHERE:
SF Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th and 7th
Streets), San Francisco
INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Julia at jojohit at hotmail.com for more info
DETAILS:
Find out how you can get involved in the Keefer for Congress campaign.
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9/15: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Hosts Art Opening
WHEN:
Friday, September 15, 2006
5:00PM-8:00PM
WHERE:
San Francisco City Hall, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 282, San
Francisco, CA
COST: Free
DETAILS:
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi hosts the Monthly Third Friday’s Art
Reception in his City Hall office. This month’s featured artists are
Alika Cooper, Sacha Eckes, and Rachell Sumpter.
In this show titled “It won’t hurt,” these artists explore the
ironies inherent in our society, reflect the social truths of the
past and present, and explore themes such as our social roles and
expectations. Their art serves as a social commentary by capturing
our desire for a sense of belonging and home, and by recording our
attempt to navigate uneasy relationships and even our isolation. The
show will include works in gouache, acrylic, and watercolor on paper
and panel, and ink on paper.
Alika Cooper received her MFA at the California College of Arts in
San Francisco, and has shown in the Bay Area at Low Gallery, JFKU
Arts and Consciousness Gallery, the Richmond Art Center, Varnish, 111
Minna, the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Magic Theatre,
Receiver and Lobot. She is represented by Lightbox Gallery in Los
Angeles, and recently exhibited at the Scope Hamptons Art Fair in New
York, the California College of the Arts MFA Show, and the Front Room
Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. See her work at www.alikacooper.com
Belgian-born Sacha Eckes studied printmaking at the St Lucas Higher
Institute of Fine Arts in Gent. She has exhibited at numerous San
Francisco galleries including The Lab, 111 Minna Gallery, National
Product, Needles and Pens, Low Gallery and The Adobe Back Room
Gallery. Her work is currently heavily influenced by politics,
zombies, heart break and bits and pieces of paper. See her work at
www.sachaeckes.com
Rachell Sumpter has held exhibitions in Portland, Bristol (United
Kingdom), New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, the Urban Institute
of Contemporary Arts in Michigan, and Los Angeles including a group
installation projects at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. See
her work at www.rachellsumpter.com.
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9/16: Meet Marie Harrison, Candidate for District 10 Supervisor
WHEN:
Saturday, September 16, 2006
2:00PM-4:00PM
WHERE:
547 Douglass St., (betw. 21st & 22nd St.), San Francisco, CA
Buses: 48, 24, 35
Street parking is fairly easy.
RSVP:
Terry Baum
415 648-5244
terry at terrybaum.com
DETAILS:
Marie was a leader of the SUCCESSFUL campaign to shut down the PG&E
power plant in the Bayview. She’s a great community organizer and
will make a great supervisor. Bayview/Hunters Point is under the
gun, with this redevelopment plan that threatens a vital African-
Amercian community. We ALL need to get involved with the issues of
D-10: – redevelopment, gentrification, pollution, youth violence.
If we, as San Franciscans, care about the world, then we must care
about everyone in this city. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME!
Food and drink provided. Bring your checkbook.
Please come and relax in my beautiful garden and learn about a great
candidate and a great neighborhood.
(Website: electmarie.freeservers.com)
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9/17: Progressive Organizing Center Open House
WHEN:
Sunday, September 17, 2006
12 noon merchant walk with candidates and campaigns
2-3:30 open house
WHERE:
4760 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
DETAILS:
Meet, greet, volunteer and take action. Engage in election 2006! Call
vicki for more info or how you can participate
415-290-0722
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9/18: Special Invitation: 9/18 Gala Event for Democracy
WHEN:
Monday, September 18, 2006
Starts 6:00PM
WHERE:
The Beacon Ballroom, 260 King Street (corner of King and 4th
streets), San Francisco, CA
View map athttp://www.google.com/maphp?hl=en&tab=wl&q=260%20King%
20Street,%20San%20Francisco%20CA
DETAILS:
Matt Gonzalez (former president of the SF Board of Supervisors),
Krissy Keefer (for Congress, District 8)Aimee Allison (Oakland City
Council candidate), and Gayle McLaughlin (RIchmond Mayoral candidate)
cordially invited you to attend a special Fundraising Reception for
Forrest Hill, Green Party candidate for Secretary of State.
Phil Walker of the law firm of Adelson, Testan, and Brundo, is
hosting a gala fundraiser at the Beacon Ballroom for Forrest Hill,
Green Party candidate for Secretary of State.
Mr. Walker was the Host and Creator of the television show "Out and
Beyond", is a former national legal columnist for Genre Magazine, and
is a well know leader in San Francisco's gay community.
Matt Gonzalez, Distrct 8 Congressional candidate Krissy Keefer,
Oakland City Council Candidate Aimee Allison, Richmond City Council
member and Mayoral Candidate Gayle McLaughlin, and other guest
officials will join us.
If scheduling conflicts prevent you from attending these events,
please consider making an on-line contribution by going to https://
www.voteforrest.org/donate
Help support Forrest's grassroots campaign for Free and Fair
Elections in California!
Event Sponsors: Phil Walker and Steven Jimenez
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9/20: Final Endorsement Meeting
WHEN:
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
7:30PM-9:30PM
WHERE:
1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco, CA
DETAILS:
See County Council meeting details.
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9/21: CODEPINK Peace Ribbon Quilt
WHEN:
Thursday, September 21, 2006
4:00PM-6:00PM
6:00PM-8:30PM Candlelight Interfaith Vigil to follow at Civic Center
WHERE:
Offices of Supervisor Chris Daly, 1 Carlton B Goodlett Place, San
Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, CA
INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Supervisor Chris Daly 415-554-7970 CODEPINK 415-575-5555
http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?list=type&type=17
http://declarationofpeace.org/
**this event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessable**
DETAILS:
The CODEPINK Peace Ribbon Quilt is more than 150 2’x3’ handmade
panels commemorating lives of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians lost
during the illegal occupation. It has traveled throughout the United
States, to the World Peace Conference in Vancouver, Jordan, Lebanon,
at Camp Casey outside Bush’s Crawford Ranch, and is in San Francisco
for a month of showings and Peace Events, and full participation with
the Declaration of Peace.
San Francisco CODEPINK will spend the month with the Peace Ribbon
Quilt bringing the message of End the War in Iraq, End the War on Our
Streets, the affect of the war on all of us at home, and
IMPEACHMENT. We are inviting the community to join these events,
with banners, panels, and displays commemorating those lost from the
wars on our streets, in our neighborhoods, and throughout many of our
cities (particularly San Francisco and Oakland ) and to have the
Peace Ribbon Quilt at events in the community DEMANDING PEACE AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
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9/21: Support a Free Media!
WHEN:
Thursday, September 21, 2006
8:00PM-midnight
WHERE:
Crash (34 Mason Street near Market), San Francisco, CA
DETAILS:
Josh Wolf is free for now but his case and the larger cause of a free
media persist. Josh has established the Rise Up Network (RUN) Legal
Fund which will be used to grant money to independent media makers
who find themselves in legal trouble and without money for
representation. This event, featuring Josh Wolf, will benefit the RUN
Legal Fund.
The program will include speakers, a silent art auction, live music
and/or DJ's. We will try to get as much media coverage as we can.
Actual and potential speakers: Josh Wolf, Judith Miller, Supervisor
Ross Mirkarimi, Supervisor Chris Daly, Supervisor Tom Ammianno, Bruce
Brugman of the Bay Guardian, Jeff Perlstein of the Media Alliance,
Rachel Gordon of the Chronicle, Rick Knee of the National Writers
Union and Sunshine Taskforce, John Barlow of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation, Njeri Sims - filmaker, Rob Los Ricos – writer/former
political prisonner (not all speakers are confirmed)
Live Music of Magnetism and Gaviotas
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS:
9/21: Green Party Congressional Candidate Krissy Keefer Appears on
Channel 29 7:30PM-8:30PM
With host Steve Zeltzer, Republican candidate Mike DeNunzio,
Libertarian candidate Philip Berg, and an empty chair for Nancy Pelosi.
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10/03: Green Party Congressional Candidate Krissy Keefer Appears on
Channel 29 7:00PM-8:00PM
Call in from 7:30 to 8:00 -- phone number determined later
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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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- Pass Matt Gonzalez's anti chain store law
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