[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, Jan. 30, 2009 

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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)
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/

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EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted)

* Voter Outreach Tabling:  Saturday, Jan. 31, Noon-3 p.m.
Safeway at Church and Market Streets 
Join us for a renewed effort to reach out to the community to try to rebuild our ranks by registering Greens. RSVP to: Razzu <razzumitos at gmail.com> or Rich <zentropical at gmail.com> -- or just show up. http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events.gem

* Animal Advocacy Working Group Meeting:  Monday, Feb. 2nd, 7:30 p.m. (7 p.m. to order a meal) 
Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant, 572 O'Farrell St. (http://www.goldeneravegetarian.com)
To find the group, look for the table with the wolf-photo display. The group works for animal liberation and welfare in San Francisco, and helps influence City Hall and the public to support human/animal equality. For more information, call 415-756-8844.

* Racism, Repression and Rebellion: The Lessons of Labor Defense: Saturday, Feb. 14, Noon
ILWU Local 10 Hall, 400 North Point (at Mason)
Keynote Speaker: Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz Professor and former Black Panther
For more information: 510-501-7080 

* SF Green Party General Membership Meeting: Feb. 25, 7-9 p.m.
1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets)
http://www.sfgreenparty.org

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NEWS 

Green City: San Francisco's Bicycle Community Finds Itself In An Awfully Strange Position
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7940&catid=4 

June Election Needed, But Can it Work?
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=6527  

'Global Gag Rule' Lifted 
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090209/crossette

UHW Threatened With Takeover By SEIU
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7946&catid=4 

Winning and Losing in Gaza 
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090209/falk?rel=hp_currently

DC Statehood Greens Urge Congressional Democrats and the White House to Grant DC Statehood
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org//press/press.php?annc_id=293&section_id=2

Green Party of Pennsylvania Calls on Obama to Send USAID to Gaza 
http://www.gpofpa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=202&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Obama Dumps Dybul at AIDS Office 
http://washingtonblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=23619