[SFGP] Greenzine - endorsements, meet our Presidential candidate

[Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly]

Dear Greens,

     You're invited to a House Party to get to know and talk with the
exciting new Presidential Candidate for the Green Party, Dr. Jill Stein!

Date: Sunday, May 27th
Time: 7:30 - 9 pm (it's Memorial Day weekend so people can stay out
late)

Free event at Charles Kalish's house

Address: 128 Lundys Lane
(Lundys is off Virginia, Virginia is between 29th and 30th off Mission St)
San Francisco, CA

Come to a house party, mingle with other Greens, learn about and talk
with Dr. Jill Stein, and get excited her candidacy.  We'll watch some
video clips of Jill, and Jill will Skype in to talk with you
directly.  Plenty of time for questions and answers.  Refreshments will
be served.  Bring a snack or beverage to share if you'd like.

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    This Wednesday, we'll hold our regular monthly meeting:

Date: Wednesday, May 23
Time: 7 - 9 pm
Location:  El Cafetazo, 3087 16th St @ Valencia

At our monthly meeting this May, we will get a report back from the
state party meeting, and also plan events and activities for this
summer. If you have ideas about events we should be present at, or
would like to volunteer to help with events, please come to this
meeting!

We hold regular monthly meetings on the 4th Wednesday of every month;
locations vary, but are announced in our newsletter and in the
"events" section on the left side of this page. New members are
welcome to join us! The agendas are generally set about a week in
advance; to suggest items for an upcoming meeting, email the County
Council at cc at sfgreens.org.

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    If you're not up for a meeting, there's another event this Wednesday
that will also be of interest to Greens:

Bay Area Community Solar Confluence

The Local Clean Energy Alliance is co-sponsoring a community solar
confluence, where you can learn about community solar models
nationwide and opportunities to bring community solar to communities
across California.

Date: Wednesday, May 23
Time: 7 - 9:30 pm
Location: Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard Street San Francisco, CA
94103

The San Francisco Bay Area Community Solar Confluence will bring
together community-based organizations, neighborhood residents,
advocates for renewable energy, solar developers, local officials, and
funders of programs for low income communities and renewable energy
projects.

Participants will outline obstacles and brainstorm the key ingredients
to bringing community solar to California-the policy and financing
solutions, organizing efforts, and other initiatives.

This event is part of a series of community solar "confluences," with
similar events happening in Boston, New York, Omaha, and Denver. The
event is FREE but donations are welcome.

Presentations by:

Joy Hughes, Founder of Solar Gardens Institute
Erica Mackie, Co-Founder of GRID Alternatives
Ted Ko, Associate Executive Director of CLEAN Coalition
Eric Brooks, Campaign Coordinator at Our City (SF)
Discussion and brainstorming will follow.

Please RSVP to: bit.ly/sfconfluence

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The SF Green Party has made the following endorsements for the June
2012 election.  A longer explanation of the reasoning behind each
of these endorsements is available on our website:
http://sfgreenparty.org/10-campaigns/38-june-2012-endorsements

Prop A (garbage contract) - No
Prop B (Coit tower) - Yes
Prop 28 (term limit reform) - Yes
Prop 29 (cigarette tax) - Yes
Congress, CD8 - Barry Hermanson (Green Party)

President - we generally do not make endorsements in a contested Green
Party primary; view the presidential debate and decide for yourself:
http://sfgreenparty.org/10-campaigns/38-june-2012-endorsements

Other offices - we generally do not endorse non-Greens in primaries,
although we may make endorsements for the general election.

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Donate online!

We recently switched to a new payment processor, which makes it easier
to donate securely online, while keeping more of our donations going
to help our cause rather than ending up in the hands of Wall Street.

More info is on our website:
http://sfgreenparty.org/9-donations/34-donate-online

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Paid contractor wanted: SF Green Party Fundraiser/Volunteer Coordinator
(a part time independent contractor (1099) position):

http://sfgreenparty.org/help-wanted

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Join our updated Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_62534706497&ap=1

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news at sfgreens.org.  Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.