[SFGP] Greenzine: Jill Stein visiting Bay Area, Election News

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September 12
GREENZINE
SF Green Party Weekly News and Events

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NEWS:

Jill Stein will be visiting the Bay Area and headlining two
events in SF.  See events section below, or go here for more info:
http://sfgreenparty.org/11-news/56-jill-stein-in-sf


ENDORSEMENTS for November 5 election:

At our August monthly meeting, we endorsed NO on Prop A (health trust
fund modification), as well as NO on B and C (condos for
millionaires).  We endorsed YES on Prop D, a statement in favor of
cheaper prescription drugs.  We are writing longer statements about
all of these, which will be posted on our website.

We will be holding a candidate forum at our September meeting, and may
make additional endorsements in the District 4 (Sunset) Supervisor's
race and citywide campaigns.  This is tentatively scheduled for
Wednesday evening, September 25.  Location and exact time TBA.  We are
looking into several locations in the Sunset.  We have sent candidate
questionnaires to all District 4 Supervisor candidates--if you are
supporting any of them, please remind them to return their
questionnaire by September 20, so it can be posted on our website
before the forum.  If you are a candidate and need more info, please
email cc at sfgreens.org or call Erika McDonald at 337-1499.


EVENTS:

*Sunday, September 15* - Petaluma Progressive Festival, Walnut Park,
Petaluma Blvd South & D Street, Petaluma, CA. The Festival is 12:30pm-5pm,
featuring keynote by Jill Stein (at ~ 3pm), with talks by Daniel Ellsberg,
Norman Solomon and others.  Also music, theater, poetry, food, drinks and
goodies. More info at:
http://ProgressiveFestival.org <http://progressivefestival.org/>

*Monday, September 16*, 6:00pm-9:00pm, SF OccupyForum presents Dr. Jill
Stein speaking on *The Green Shadow Cabinet and Strategies for Movement vs.
Money Politics* at UNITE HERE Local 2, 209 Golden Gate (at Leavenworth near
Civic Center BART) in San Francisco. Jill will discuss the creation and
intent of The Green Shadow Cabinet and current political dynamics and
strategies for *how we can create good jobs, end student debt, bring
peace, develop democracy and rescue the planet right now with our voices,
our bodies and our votes!*  Free (Donations to OccupyForum welcome, no one
turned away).  For more info: 415-425-3733

*Tuesday, September 17*, 7:00pm - 8:30 pm, fundraiser, with Single Payer
Now, at Laura Wells' community house in Oakland. This special event focused
on health care will be a Meet and Greet, Informational, Fundraiser. The
suggested donation is $25.00 -- or more if you are able! -- to benefit
Single Payer Now and the the Green Party of Alameda County, which in turn
will help with Jill's expenses. (There are a few openings for volunteers,
who will be able to attend for free.) There will be light refreshments.
Limit it to the first 35 people, so please RSVP as soon as possible if you
would like to attend. Call in your RSVP at 510-225-4005 or via email
laurawells2014 at gmail.com by Saturday the 14th.

*Wednesday, September 18*, 7:00pm - 8:30pm, fundraiser, with Single Payer
Now, at Barry Hermanson's home in San Francisco. The suggested donation is
$25.00 or more -- to benefit Single Payer Now and the San Francisco Green
Party which in turn will help with Jill's expenses. Email:
barry at hermansons.com

(and for our Southern California subscribers)
*Saturday, September 21, *EcoSocialist Conference in Los Angeles. Featuring
keynote by Dr. Jill Stein with talks by Ben Manski and Kimberly King of the
Green Shadow Cabinet, as well many other interesting people, including the
fomer Green Party mayor of Santa Monica, Mike Feinstein, as well as
activists from the Socialist Party, Occupy, Democratic Socialists of
America, International Socialist Organization, Solidarity, Valley College
Socialists, and more for a day of discussion on Ecology, Society and
Capitalism! More information here: http://escla2013.wordpress.com/  To
register: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/453655

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Dr. Jill Stein was the Green Party 2012 candidate for president of the
United States.  She is a mother, physician, and pioneering
environmental-health advocate who has been on the front lines of battles to
stop tar sands oil, fracking and nuclear power, and to create 25 million
healthy, green jobs instead. She has worked to get big money out of
politics, to provide health care and education as human rights, to end
student debt, home foreclosures, wars for oil, Wall Street bail outs, and
tax giveaways for the wealthy.

Dr. Stein now serves as President of the Green Shadow Cabinet, which
watchdogs and debunks the corporate-sponsored political establishment, and
raises the bar for solutions that are available to us right now.  Dr. Stein
is a Harvard trained clinical doctor who served for decades as an
instructor in internal medicine. Now she practices "political medicine",
addressing the "mother of all illnesses" - the moribund political system
that needs emergency resuscitation to start healing all the all the other
things that are literally killing us.

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The Green Party of California is seeking independent contractors
for a variety of positions: fundraiser, organizer, and press
secretary. To get more details, or to apply, see their web page:
http://www.cagreens.org/

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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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