[SFGP] ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY

Fri Jun 27 01:31:01 PDT 2008

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY
Friday, June 27, 2008 

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Green Party General Membership Meeting is held 7:30 p.m. every Third Wednesday of the Month 
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) 
Meeting Minutes Archive: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/minutes.gem

San Francisco Green Party Endorses Cindy Sheehan for Congress.  Sheehan is challenging Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for the 8th Congressional District.  
http://www.CindyforCongress.org. dede at cindyforcongress.org 

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EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) 

* Fourth Annual Transgender March and Rally: June 27
Dolores Park, 18th & Dolores Streets 
To march with your fellow Greens, contact Jazzie Collins at jlc92458 at yahoo.com. For more information, visit www.transmarch.org. 

* 38th Annual LGBT Pride Festival: Saturday & Sunday, June 28-29.
Join us at the Green Party booth as we promote our candidates and outreach to voters.  To volunteer at our booth, contact Sue Vaughan at susan_e_vaughan at yahoo.com or just show up.  The Green Party will not have a contingent in this year's LGBT Pride Parade, but many of us will be walking with our elected officials.  For information about marching with Green Party officials contact Erika McDonald at erikasf at aol.com.
http://www.sfpride.org/

* Art for Amnesty Celebration: July 2, 6-8 p.m.
Prana/Temple Lounge, 540 Howard St.
Amnesty International is hosting a concert to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to support Amnesty International's 2008 global human rights project in 35 countries.  The project features artists, concerts and activism opportunities in a global effort to engage new communities in the human rights movement.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/west/july-2-amnesty-international--art-for-amnesty-celebration/page.do?id=1091753&n1=5&n2=50&n3=804
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/36612

* National Green Party Convention: July 10-13, Chicago, IL
Palmer House Hilton, 7 East Monroe St.
Chicago Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave. 
Most Workshops will be conducted at the Palmer House for a couple of days of give-and-take learning.  The National Nominating Convention will select the Green Party candidate for the 2008 Presidential Election on Sunday, July 13.  
Follow link for more information: http://www.greenparty2008.org/ 

* Green Party General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, July 16, 7:30 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 will be posted at http://cagreens.org/plenary as they become available.) To become a GPCA Delegate (member or alternate) to the Green Party of the United States National Committee, see information at bottom of the page.
Mailing list: Contacts2006 at lists.cagreens.org; http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006
gpca-cocos mailing list: gpca-cocos at lists.cagreens.org; http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-cocos 

* Open Government Assembly: Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17-18
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
The event brings current First Amendment and freedom-of-information issues into focus and includes presentation of CFAC's Beacon Awards recognizing First Amendment and FOI champions.  Program details TBA.  
http://www.cfac.org/content/index.php/cfac-assembly/index
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NEWS

George Carlin: American Radical 
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/331953
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI5EY5kqiBU&amp;feature=related

Cynthia McKinney Backs Kucinich's Articles of Impeachment Against Bush 
http://www.runcynthiarun.org/Impeachment/CallToAction

Speaker Pelosi & Democrats Have Legalized Bush's Crimes
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/062008.html

SF Green Party & Cynthia McKinney Join Forces with Sheehan to Unseat Pelosi
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=27577 
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2008/06/23/mckinney-joins-forces-with-sheehan-to-unseat-pelosi

Barack Obama Supports FISA "Compromise" Bill
http://utdocuments.blogspot.com/2008/06/statement-of-barack-obama-supporting.html
Senate Delays Vote on Immunity (Keep the Senate's Feet to the Fire)
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/06/senate-delays-vote-immunity

Progressives Lead A Unified School Board
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5796#more

How The Seeds Of The Ethics Commission’s Incompetence In The Carolyn Knee Case May Lead To Its Abolition. 
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2008/06/25/lessons-ethics-should-have-learnedfrom-the-carolyn-knee-case/ 

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi-sponsored Plastic Bag Ban Wins Best Eco-trend Poll By San Francisco Magazine Readers
http://www.sanfranmag.com/story/best-bay-readers-poll-0

City Hall Watch: Plastic bag ban may apply to newspapers 
http://www.examiner.com/a-1457714~City_Hall_Watch__Plastic_bag_ban_may_apply_to_newspapers.html 

Obama Tilts Toward Center, Irking Some Activists
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121426892467498729.html

South Carolina Greens Have Their First Elected Official 
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1677

Mutually Assured Destruction
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/06/25/EDPC11EGS1.DTL

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Open Position: GROW Chair
The GROW Chair organizes Green Party booths at street fairs/festivals/events. This is an important working group, because through this group we do much of our outreach, visibility, voter registration and raise money when tabling.  Let the County Council know at cc at sfgreens.org if you are interested in chairing GROW.
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Position of GPCA Delegation (member or alternate) to the Green Party of United States National Committee Election at August 23-24 GPCA General Assembly.  Deadline for applications has expired.

Dear GPCA Members:
The Green Party of California is always looking for interested members to serve at the national level of the Green Party. Currently, the GPCA has been allocated 42 Delegate seats and 42 Alternate seats. Though all delegation seats were filled at the April General Assembly in Berkeley, one delegate has resigned and others may follow suit, and some may choose to change from delegate to alternate.  Plus, one delegate's term is up. To fill any openings, there will be elections by the General Assembly at the GPCA Plenary in Orange County on August 23-24.  There are also 27 open seats for alternates. 
The job description for these positions is at www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/job_gpus_delegation.php
More information on delegate expectations can be found at http://www.cagreens.org/delegates/delegate_guidelines.shtml
Applications/bios will be posted at:
http://www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/applications_2008_02/gpus_delegation 
http://www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/applications_2007_02/gpus_delegation
(Past applications are available for review from the delegation website) 
www.cagreens.org/delegates; www.cagreens.org/cc/co-cos/applications_2007/gpus_delegation
For more information about the GPCA's delegation to the GPUS, including a roster of current members, you can go to
www.cagreens.org/delegates; http://www.votegreen.org/gpus-ca

Feel free to contact the Co-Chairs with your questions. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Sanda Everette - sanda at greens.org
Greg Jan - gregjan4 at yahoo.com
GPCA California Delegation to GPUS, Co-Chairs 