SACRAMENTO FREE PRESS ARCHIVES SACGREENEWS:
Did you miss issue 1:1?  Give thanks to Richard Hansen, who has kindly put issue 1:1 of Sacgreenews on the Web at: http://raptor.sac.verio.net/~rrhan/greennews1.html

Sacramento Free Press is an excellent source of "news, resources and entertainment for radical thinkers and activists." Check it out: http://raptor.sac.verio.net/~rrhan/

WHOLE EARTH FESTIVAL REPORT:
The Whole Earth Festival was a success. Over 200 people registered Green and the Green buttons and bumperstickers were a hit. A big thank you to all those who helped. If you are interested in doing tabling and voter registration in your neighborhood, please contact David Shorey at dshorey@jps.net or 916-442-0666.

NADER NEWS:
"I think homosexuals have the right of civil union.  There are economic reasons for that and there are humanitarian reasons for that, and I think the Vermont decision is a good one, and I think homosexuals should be given equal rights and equal responsibilities." 
--Nader, on NBC's _Meet the Press_, Sunday, May 7

Did you miss the interview?  Read the complete transcript at: http://www.msnbc.com/news/404709.asp

Other interesting tidbits:
Doug Ireland goes Green in _Poz_: http://www.thebody.com/poz/people/05_00/public_eye.html

Long-time gay/lesbian/bisexual activist and Green Party member Rebecca Kaplan has an excellent chance of winning a seat on the Oakland City Council: http://www.rebecca-at-large.org/

RALLY FOR TRANSIT:
Come show your support for public transportation by coming to a Rally Monday, May 22 at noon on the West Steps of the State  Capitol, Sacramento. Major funding deliberations are currently underway in Sacramento that will affect every transit provider and every transit rider for many years to come. Support more money for transit, including bikes, better planning, and housing development that is transit-friendly.

For more information, contact Kristina Egan at Odyssey 20/20 at kegan@gsy.org or 916.448.1687

SAVE THE SACRAMENTO TRAIN DEPOT:
The Sacramento County Green Party recently joined a coalition of neighborhood activists, environmental and preservation organizations, and public transit advocates in calling for the preservation of the Sacramento Train Depot as a public transit hub for Sacramento.

We encourage all Greens to call and write their City Council Members asking them to preserve the Sacramento Train Depot and to work towards making it a transit hub for Sacramento. For more information contact David Shorey at 916-442-0666 -or- dshorey@jps.net

BROWER SPEAKS ON FORESTS:
Thursday May 25th at 7:45 PM,at the University of California, Davis campus, in room 1100 Social Sciences David Brower and Doug Bevington will speak on the Campaign to End Commercial Logging and the current state of our forests in California.  David Brower has been leading conservation battles since 1938, and in 1969 he founded Friends of the Earth. 

Want to help the Greens?  We'd love to hear from you!

Jen Ferro
Sacramento County Green Party
PO Box 191742
Sacramento, CA
(916) 484-5888
www.sacgreens.org