Hello there Greens!

In This Issue:

1)  Calendar Of Green Events
2)  Nader Attains National Media Prominence
3)  Sacramento Nader Campaign Kick-Off
4)  Help Get Nader on the Ballot in West Virginia
5)  Chat With U.S. Rep Candidate Ken Adams
6)  Medea Benjamin And The Alliance For Democracy
7)  I Love C-SPAN!!
8)  Let Nader Debate!
9)  Does A Vote For Nader Mean A Vote For Bush?
10)  Will Nader's Run Damage The Supreme Court?
11)  Sacramento Activists' Summer School
12)  Greentalks
13)  Stop Deer Creek Hills
14)  County Council Meeting

There's a lot happening this month, so here's a

1) CALENDAR OF GREEN EVENTS:
July  4: C-SPAN airs Nader's Acceptance speech. 12:15 PM
July  9: Sacramento Green Party County Council meeting at Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op.  5:30 PM
July 13:  Ken Adams Chat at the Book Collector. 7:30 PM
July 14:  Medea Benjamin speaks at Alliance for Democracy National Convention on UC Davis campus in Social Sciences 1100.  7 PM
July 18:  Nader Campaign Kick-Off at Sierra 2.  7 PM
July 19: Greentalk on Campaign Finance at Luna's Cafe. 7 PM
Aug. 2:  Greentalk on Deer Creek Hills at Luna's. 7 PM

2) NADER ATTAINS NATIONAL MEDIA PROMINENCE
Did you get a load of all the media coverage Nader and the Greens got this week?  Wasn't it incredible?  Want to relive the glory? Check out the list of major news stories covering Nader at: http://www.votenader.org/newslinks.html

3) SACRAMENTO NADER CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF
Tuesday, July 18th, 7-9 PM, Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St.

Some of you have wanted to help out with the Nader campaign, but weren't sure how to go about it.  Well, this is the moment you've been waiting for!  On July 18th, we will be having our official Sacramento-area Nader Campaign kick-off.  This is the meeting you absolutely positively should not miss.  Bring with you anyone who has ever expressed an interest in Nader and/or the Greens.  We will be answering questions and organizing task forces on fundraising, tabling, flier design, you name it-we need it.  And we need you!  In the words of Jim Hightower, "Election 2000 just got hotter than high school love."  Come be part of it!  July 18th at 7 PM, in the "Green Room" at the Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th St, 5 blocks south of Broadway and across the street from Cafe Melange.

4)  HELP NADER GET ON WEST VIRGINIA BALLOT
The Nader campaign is seeking ten people willing to petition in West Virginia during the month of July.  A stipend and housing will be provided.  Please contact Todd Main at todd@votenader.org if you are interested.

5)  CHAT WITH U.S. REP CANDIDATE KEN ADAMS
5th District Green candidate Ken Adams will be informally discussing his campaign over coffee on July 13th (7:30 pm) at the Book Collector in Sacramento, 1008 24th St.

6)  MEDEA BENJAMIN AND THE ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY
The Alliance for Democracy's Fourth National Convention will be held in Davis on July 13-16 2000.  On Friday, July 14th, at 7 PM, in Social Studies 1100 on the UC Davis campus: California US Senate candidate Medea Benjamin will join United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta and Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourner's magazine in a panel discussion on building an allied progressive movement. The mission of the Alliance for Democracy is to free all people from corporate domination of politics, economics, the environment, culture and information; to establish true democracy; and to create a just society with a sustainable, equitable economy.
More info:  http://www.afd-online.org/

7)  I LOVE C-SPAN!!
The Green Party had hours of coverage on C-Span Sunday, June 25, And Ralph Nader's Acceptance Speech at the Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention, Denver, will be replayed on C-Span Independence Day, July 4th, at approximately 3:15pm EDT (12:15pm PST). If you want to tape it, now's your chance. At www.c-span.org you can always check schedules for past, present and future programs. You can also listen to numerous speeches and programs via RealPlayer.

8)  LET NADER DEBATE!
From Sacramento Greens County Councillor Peggy Lewis: The Denver Convention has made it obvious that Nader should be included in the Presidential debates.  Not only will he present the Green vision and issues well, he will absolutely dominate the other candidates.

Please help make sure he will be included.  Contact the commission on presidential debates (funded largely by Anheiser Busch) and let them know that without third party candidates, the debates are meaningless. The three ways you can contact the Commission:

   1) You can write to:
             Frank J. Fahrenkopf and Paul G. Kirk
             Commission on Presidential Debates
             1200 New Hampshire, NW
             Box 445
             Washington, DC 20036

   2) Or send comments via their Website:
       http://www.debates.org/pages/contact.html

   3) Working Assets has already crafted a letter, and
        put it on their Website so you can ascribe
        your name to it and email it directly
        to Fahrenkopf and Kirk (the url is too big for
        the line so copy and paste each part of it
        separately):
        www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?ItemId=3916

9)  DOES A VOTE FOR NADER MEAN A VOTE FOR BUSH?
In Minneapolis Star-Tribune, June 29th: "The conventional wisdom has it that any votes Green Party presidential nominee Ralph Nader gets on Nov. 7 will come almost exclusively out of Vice President Al Gore's hide.  But recent national polls suggest that the conventional wisdom may be wrong, as it often is." Read why at (again, a wrap-around URL): www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=82023166

10)  WILL NADER'S RUN DAMAGE THE SUPREME COURT?
L.A.Weekly executive editor Harold Meyerson interviewed Ralph Nader shortly before the start of the Green Party Convention, and raised the issue:

MEYERSON: Among people I know on the left, they have no doubt that you are programmatically superior to Gore-- that's not the issue. The one issue I hear coming up perhaps more than any other is fear of what Bush would do to the Supreme Court.

11)  SACRAMENTO ACTIVISTS' SUMMER SCHOOL
Throughout the month of July, the Sacramento Valley Progressive Agenda will be sponsoring a series of summer school workshops geared toward educating community activists.  Topics include "Political Power through Proportional Representation," "Unionism," and "Organizing for Social Change."  For more information, see the schedule at: http://members.aol.com/sactonader/svpaschool.htm Or look at the Sacramento Progressive Events Calendar: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~dylan/july00.html. Or call 453-8750.

12) GREENTALKS
Come to these Greentalks at Luna's Cafe, 1414- 16th St. (at O St.), 7 - 8:30 PM. For more information, email greens@sacgreens.org, call 484-5888 or visit www.sacgreens.org
 

July 19:
Greentalk on Campaign Finance Reform. Kriss Greenlee and Rick Bettis will speak on Common Cause's proposal or local campaign contributions and public financing.

August 2nd:
Greentalk on Deer Creek Hills and the fight against the senior citizens' housing hoax.

13) STOP DEER CREEK HILLS
The Deer Creek Hills Initiative, if passed, will allow a wealthy developer to promote smog, pollution, congestion, and sprawl so that he can become even more wealthy.  Learn more at http://www.scancentral.org/sprawl/

Please call the Sacramento Board of Supervisors and let your Supervisor know that you are opposed to the Deer Creek Hills Hoax. If you don't know who your supervisor is, call 874-5411 and ask. By law, the board cannot take a position on this initiative, but they can individually.  While you're at it, you could also tell city council members and mayoral candidates.

14)  COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING
The next Sacramento Green Party  County Council meeting will be held on Sunday, July 9th, at 5:30 PM in the Sacramento Natural Foods Coop Cafe (Alhambra and S St).  Everyone is welcome.

Thanks-and I hope to see you on July 18th!

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

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