Hello Good People,
In these times of tumult and change, why not come out to some groundbreaking spoken word?! We'll be shaking up LITQUAKE prime time on Friday night October 19th at Cafe du Nord. I'm honored this year to share the stage with local jazz legends the Broun Felinis and a cast of phenomenal performance poets in San Francisco's Literary Festival!
Word/Jazz
In the great tradition of San Francisco jazz and spoken-word basement readings first forged by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Kenneth Rexroth, and Bob Kaufman, witness this contemporary blowout. Litquake's Word/Jazz features world-class poets accompanied by improvised music created on the spot. With Paul S. Flores, Valerie Ibarra, outgoing SFJAZZ Poet Laureate Genny Lim, and Rico Pabón. Music by Afro-futurist jazz trio Broun Fellinis. $15 adv / $20 door
*You can get tickets here: https://sched.co/FQRv
Cafe du Nord
Fri. 10/19
8pm sharp! (I'm on in the first hour)
I hope you can make it out to the show :)
Peace,
Val
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Global Val's Election Season Coverage 2018
Local San Francisco politics are never dull. With the untimely death of Mayor Ed Lee, the rush of an abbreviated run for Mayor has the City in political overdrive. There are multiple Mayoral Candidate Forums being hosted all over town. I have made it to five forums and two kick-off parties so far. What I have seen is an interesting slate of candidates who are primarily focused on the same issues: homelessness, housing, transit, and public safety. With that, San Franciscans are more or less assured that whoever ends up in Room 200 will be getting to work right away to try to tackle these vital and complex situations. Thus, the personalities and the policies are the meat of this election season. Who speaks to your sensibilities, whose record can you trace to embrace your unique brand of San Francisco values, and who do you think you can trust to get the job done?
Another intriguing factor to consider is that San Francisco voters get to rank their top three candidates. In short, you can choose up to three candidates and rank them 1-2-3. If one candidate gets over 50% of 1st choice votes, they automatically win. The candidate with the smallest number of 1st choice votes is eliminated, but if that was your 1st choice candidate, your 2nd choice vote will be counted. If your 2nd choice is eliminated, only then will your 3rd choice receive a vote. This "instant run-off" continues until someone has a simple majority to win. Somehow, your vote still only counts once. Even the politicos on the campaign trail sit perplexed at the way this numbers game could work out, especially with a field of candidates who each garner a lot of community support!
Well, in case you're not quite the political nerd as I am, going to forums all over town - even on VALentine's Day! - I want to help you all figure out who you might want to vote for on June 5th. No, no, I would never tell you WHO to vote for (or who I'M voting for, for that matter), which is why I have been inviting and interviewing some of the candidates for Mayor on my weekly radio show "Women's Magazine with Global Val" and in some instances "The Common Thread Collective" (with Diamond Dave) on MutinyRadio.fm. It's best to let the candidates speak for themselves, while engaging them in robust conversation.
Tune in! Here are links to the podcasts:
CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO:
Candidate AMY FARAH WEISS
1. Common Thread Collective - February 23rd 2018
(starts at minute 24)
2. Women's Magazine - May 11th 2018 > As part of a larger conversation about creative housing solutions, Amy Weiss discusses her pilot SOS (Safe Organized Spaces) Transitional Villages for homeless. Amy's part starts after the music around minute 35.
3. Common Thread Collective - May 11th 2018
Candidate ANGELA ALIOTO, ESQ.
Women's Magazine with Global Val - March 9th 2018
(starts at minute 16 and there's a little overlap into the Common Thread Collective...)
Common Thread Collective - March 9th 2018
(starts at minute 15)
Candidate LONDON BREED, President of the Board of Supervisors from District 5
Women's Magazine with Global Val - March 23rd
*Went a little long, and thus into the Common Thread Collective podcast
Candidate Mark Leno - rescheduled
Candidate Jane Kim - no response
Candidate Michelle Bravo - Women's Magazine 01-June-2018
Women's Magazine - June 1, 2018 (Min 30-45)
Common Thread Collective - June 1, 2018 (Min 15-30)
OVERVIEW OF SF PROPOSITIONS ON THE JUNE 5th BALLOT
Women's Magazine with Global Val on 30-March-2018
(starts at minute 18)
Women's Magazine 18-May-2018
(min 13-25)
OVERVIEW OF CALIFORNIA PROPOSITIONS ON THE JUNE 5TH BALLOT
Women's Magazine with Global Val - May 4th 2018 (Just an intro, but more homework is needed)
Prop 68 - Parks & Water Bond > Guest: Deb Callahan, Bay Area Open Space Council (Min ~ 10-25)
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR & US CONGRESS:
1. Green Party Candidates on Common Thread Colletive on 12-January-2018
Barry Hermanson for US Congress, SF
Josh Jones for Governor
Sadie Fulton, Campaign Manager for Josh Jones
2. Shahid Buttar for US Congress:
Common Thread Collective 06-April-2018
(starts at the 1 hr mark)
Common Thread Collective 18-May-2018 (a lost tape from March!) - a great intro to this candidate (min 20-50)
3.Ryan Khojasteh for US Congress
Common Thread Collective - May 11th 2018
(Our conversation with Ryan comes on after Amy Weiss, in the first 20-30 mins of the podcast.)
4. House of Representatives D12 Candidate Forum! (Starts at minute 30)
Shahid Buttar
Ryan Khosjasteh
Barry Hermanson
OTHER PODCASTS OF POLITICAL INTEREST:
Common Thread Collective - Dec.8, 2017: We spoke with Art Persyko of the Progressive Democrats of America
Common Thread Collective - Jan. 26, 2018
Tim Mayer of the California Association of Voting Officials - discussing the need for open source voting software
Common Thread Collective - Feb. 16, 2018
Democratic Socialists of America SF Chapter
All these shows & more can be found on MutinyRadio.fm in our Podcast section!
They are also available on iTunes under Free Podcasts :)
Be sure to register to vote!
~ And now, a haiku ~
Civilization
looks like cooperation
in an earnest way
- V.I.
Peace,
Global Val
Another intriguing factor to consider is that San Francisco voters get to rank their top three candidates. In short, you can choose up to three candidates and rank them 1-2-3. If one candidate gets over 50% of 1st choice votes, they automatically win. The candidate with the smallest number of 1st choice votes is eliminated, but if that was your 1st choice candidate, your 2nd choice vote will be counted. If your 2nd choice is eliminated, only then will your 3rd choice receive a vote. This "instant run-off" continues until someone has a simple majority to win. Somehow, your vote still only counts once. Even the politicos on the campaign trail sit perplexed at the way this numbers game could work out, especially with a field of candidates who each garner a lot of community support!
Well, in case you're not quite the political nerd as I am, going to forums all over town - even on VALentine's Day! - I want to help you all figure out who you might want to vote for on June 5th. No, no, I would never tell you WHO to vote for (or who I'M voting for, for that matter), which is why I have been inviting and interviewing some of the candidates for Mayor on my weekly radio show "Women's Magazine with Global Val" and in some instances "The Common Thread Collective" (with Diamond Dave) on MutinyRadio.fm. It's best to let the candidates speak for themselves, while engaging them in robust conversation.
Tune in! Here are links to the podcasts:
CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO:
Candidate AMY FARAH WEISS
1. Common Thread Collective - February 23rd 2018
(starts at minute 24)
2. Women's Magazine - May 11th 2018 > As part of a larger conversation about creative housing solutions, Amy Weiss discusses her pilot SOS (Safe Organized Spaces) Transitional Villages for homeless. Amy's part starts after the music around minute 35.
3. Common Thread Collective - May 11th 2018
Candidate ANGELA ALIOTO, ESQ.
Women's Magazine with Global Val - March 9th 2018
(starts at minute 16 and there's a little overlap into the Common Thread Collective...)
Common Thread Collective - March 9th 2018
(starts at minute 15)
Candidate LONDON BREED, President of the Board of Supervisors from District 5
Women's Magazine with Global Val - March 23rd
*Went a little long, and thus into the Common Thread Collective podcast
Candidate Mark Leno - rescheduled
Candidate Jane Kim - no response
Candidate Michelle Bravo - Women's Magazine 01-June-2018
Women's Magazine - June 1, 2018 (Min 30-45)
Common Thread Collective - June 1, 2018 (Min 15-30)
OVERVIEW OF SF PROPOSITIONS ON THE JUNE 5th BALLOT
Women's Magazine with Global Val on 30-March-2018
(starts at minute 18)
Women's Magazine 18-May-2018
(min 13-25)
OVERVIEW OF CALIFORNIA PROPOSITIONS ON THE JUNE 5TH BALLOT
Women's Magazine with Global Val - May 4th 2018 (Just an intro, but more homework is needed)
Prop 68 - Parks & Water Bond > Guest: Deb Callahan, Bay Area Open Space Council (Min ~ 10-25)
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR & US CONGRESS:
1. Green Party Candidates on Common Thread Colletive on 12-January-2018
Barry Hermanson for US Congress, SF
Josh Jones for Governor
Sadie Fulton, Campaign Manager for Josh Jones
2. Shahid Buttar for US Congress:
Common Thread Collective 06-April-2018
(starts at the 1 hr mark)
Common Thread Collective 18-May-2018 (a lost tape from March!) - a great intro to this candidate (min 20-50)
3.Ryan Khojasteh for US Congress
Common Thread Collective - May 11th 2018
(Our conversation with Ryan comes on after Amy Weiss, in the first 20-30 mins of the podcast.)
4. House of Representatives D12 Candidate Forum! (Starts at minute 30)
Shahid Buttar
Ryan Khosjasteh
Barry Hermanson
OTHER PODCASTS OF POLITICAL INTEREST:
Common Thread Collective - Dec.8, 2017: We spoke with Art Persyko of the Progressive Democrats of America
Common Thread Collective - Jan. 26, 2018
Tim Mayer of the California Association of Voting Officials - discussing the need for open source voting software
Common Thread Collective - Feb. 16, 2018
Democratic Socialists of America SF Chapter
All these shows & more can be found on MutinyRadio.fm in our Podcast section!
They are also available on iTunes under Free Podcasts :)
Be sure to register to vote!
~ And now, a haiku ~
Civilization
looks like cooperation
in an earnest way
- V.I.
Peace,
Global Val
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