[SFGP] Announcement List For The San Francisco Green Party - FINAL

[Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly]

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY
Friday, Aug. 8, 2008 

Send Announcement items to news at sfgreens.org. 
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Green Party General Membership Meetings are scheduled 7-9 p.m. every fourth Wednesday of the month. 
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) 
Meeting Minutes Archive: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/minutes.gem

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EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) 

* Clean Energy & Sustainability Carnival: Saturday, Aug. 16, Noon
City Hall, Polk & Grove Streets 
Come support the San Francisco Clean Energy proposition for clean and renewable electricity!  Visit the new organic Victory Garden in front of San Francisco City Hall, and the Sustainable Living Road Show's launch of its national "Be The Change" Tour. 
http://our-city.org/events/index.html

* WestSide Green Club Meeting: Sunday, Aug. 17, 3-5 p.m.
Home of Barry Hermanson, 2467 - 28th Ave., near Ulloa.
Open to all progressives in the Sunset, Richmond and Parkside districts.  For more information, call Barry at 415-664-7754 or Nancy Lewis at 415-661-5713.

* Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, Aug. 27, 7-9 p.m. 
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets)  
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/

* California Green Party General Assembly: Aug. 23-24
Dana Point, Orange County 
Details and agenda packet: http://cagreens.org/plenary
Schedule of events: http://cagreens.org/plenary/sched.html

* California First Amendment Coalition's Open Government Assembly: Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17-18
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
http://www.cfac.org/content/index.php/cfac-assembly/index
NOMINATIONS:  The California First Amendment Coalition is soliciting nominations for the "Bill Farr Award" for furthering free speech & free press, and its Darkness Award to foes of free speech.  Deadline for entries is Sept. 1.
 http://www.cfac.org/content/index.php/weblog/call_for_nominations_for_cfac_1st_amendment_and_foi_awards
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NEWS

Sierra Club Endorses Mark Sanchez for District 9 Supervisor 
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2008/08/06/sierra-club-endorses-sanchez-for-district-9-supervisor/ 
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1691

PG&E's First Big Lies 
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?page=2&entry_id=6866&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=390&volume_num=42&issue_num=45

Now, Pelosi, After this Smoking Gun, Will You Call for Impeachment?
http://www.progressive.org/mag/wx080508.html
  Kucinich 35 Articles of Impeachment
  http://www.progressive.org/mag_wx0601008

Green Party to Antiwar Americans: Don’t Waste Your Vote on Obama
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1689

Going Green Requires Cooperation
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6825&catid=4

Megadeveloper Sues And Is Sued Over Toxic Dust On Hunters Point 
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=6843&catid=&volume_id=317&issue_id=389&volume_num=42&issue_num=44

Taking Back the Land from 21st Century Colonizers 
http://us.f833.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.rand=7qia5ggslrl3p