Local Candidates Endorsed by the GPSC:

  Petaluma City Council
      David Glass
      Tiffany Renée

  Santa Rosa City Council
      Michael Allen
      Marsha Vas Dupre
      Gary Wysocky

  Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
     Rue Furch - 5th District
     Will Pier - 1st District
     Shirlee Zane - 3rd District

  U.S. House of Representatives
     Carol Wolman - CA District 1

Green Party of California (GPCA) Candidate and Proposition Recommendations:

For more detail on the proposition recommendations, please visit http://www.cagreens.org/elections/2008/Propositions.081104.shtml

Sunday, September 28
11 AM - 5 PM; FREE (come early, program begins 11 am)

MC: AIMEE ALLISON
KPFA Morning Show host
author of "Army of None"
http://www.aimeeallison.org

SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE
Performance of "Red State" ~ 2:30 pm
"Timely, funny, far-fetched and packed with sharp political barbs." - SF Chronicle
http://www.sfmt.org

DANIEL ELLSBERG
Author of the Pentagon Papers, Anti-war activist ~ 2:00 pm
http://www.ellsberg.net

ANN GRAY BYRD
Sonoma County ACLU, Police Accountability ~ 12:30 pm
http://www.aclusonoma.org

NORMAN SOLOMON
Author, co-founder of FAIR, corporate media critic ~ 1:20 pm
http://www.normansolomon.com

JOE WHEELER
Iraq Veterans Against the War. ~ 1:40 pm
http://www.ivaw.org

RICHARD HEINBERG
Peak Oil author, activist ~ 12:10 pm
http://www.richardheinberg.com

PAM TORLIATT
Progressive Mayor of Petaluma ~ 12:00 pm
http://www.cityofpetaluma.net/cclerk/torliatt.html

MICHAEL O'GORMAN
Director of Farms Not Arms ~ 12:40 pm
http://www.farmsnotarms.org

KHALIL BENDIB
Political cartoonist, artist, candidate: "Pres in the Fez" ~ 11:15 am
http://www.bendib.com
http://www.studiobendib.com

IMMIGRANT RIGHTS FORUM ~ 12:55 pm
Many Social Justice, Environmental, Labor, and Community Organizations will have Informational tables.

TO RESERVE BOOTH SPACE, call 707.763.8134
$25-$50 sliding scale, $75 for commercial booth
Check to: Petaluma Progressives
P.O. Box 445, Petaluma, CA 94953

Tamales, Rice, Beans, Other Goodies & Drinks Available

Music by: Trio Nuevo Amanecer and Heaven & Earth

Cosponsored by the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County; KPFA 94.1FM, kpfa.org; PeaceRoots Alliance; Committee for Immigrant Rights, S.C.

Produced by The Petaluma Progressives,
http://www.ProgressiveFestival.org
707.763.8134

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES NEWS RELEASE FOLSOM, CA
(September 13, 2008)
http://www.cagreens.org/press/pr080913.shtml

Peter Camejo, three-time Green Party candidate for Governor and 2004 running mate with Ralph Nader in his independent run for President, died Saturday morning here at his home, just a few miles from the State Capitol. Mr. Camejo was 68.

Mr. Camejo died after a long bout with an especially virulent form of lymphoma. He had recently returned home after his health had declined rapidly over the last few days because of the "aggressiveness of his cancer and strength of the drugs used to combat the disease," according to a statement issued by his family.

The following statement was issued on behalf of the Green Party of California by Mike Wyman, 2006 Green Party candidate for Attorney General:

"The Green Party of California is honored to have had Peter carry our standard in the recall and two gubernatorial elections, and to work with him as a national progressive candidate for the vice presidency with Ralph Nader. We join with the Camejo family in their grief and mourn for the passing of a truly unique and exemplary individual. He will be sorely missed by us all. Peter Camejo was a man of great passion and boundless compassion for the poor, uninsured workers and for immigrant workers in their struggle for justice and legalization. He became a leader in the environmental justice movement and helped organized communities of color around environmental issues that affected them directly."

Mr. Camejo was the Green Party candidate for Governor in 2002, 2003 (the recall) and 2006. He received 5.3 percent of the vote in 2002 and in 2003's recall election finished fourth of the 135 candidates. He was also the Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate in 1967. Mr. Camejo was also a leader in the Free Speech Movement in the 1960s at UC Berkeley, and fought for social justice on a number of fronts.

Mr. Camejo was born in the U.S., and raised in Venezuela. He was on the 1960 Venezuelan Olympics team, and was a socially responsible investment planner. Mr. Camejo is survived by his wife Morella, daughter Alexandra, son Victor, three brothers Antonio, Daniel and Danny and three grandchildren Andrew, Daniel and Oliver.

NOTE:
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(Sun) 11th Annual Progressive Festival
Walnut Park, Petaluma
See full description in item #2
 

28

(Tue) General Business Meeting
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Proposed Agenda
Because the state budget is still unresolved, we are unable to meet at the State Building. This meeting will be held at Tim Morgan's house--please send an email to the address below to get directions. The Business meetings are held every 2nd Tuesday of the month. 
All interested Greens are welcome to attend!
Info: info_at_sonomagreenparty.org

PC (Public Communications) WG
Info: http://www.sonomagreenparty.org/pages/gi_pc.shtml
Monthly newsletter submissions: editor_at_sonomagreenparty.org
Contact: info_at_sonomagreenparty.org

Campus Greens - Sonoma State University Chapter
Listserve: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/sonomacampusgreens

PO Box 15073 Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Email: info_at_sonomagreenparty.org
Website: http://www.sonomagreenparty.org

Link of the Month
Run Cynthia Run - Hip Hop Song and Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1NPlQjkqo

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