Bindleblast - July 9, 2020

Mural Project Fund

Over the July 4th weekend, our windows were shattered. We have since boarded up our windows, and we are enlisting artist Sami See to create a mural over the wooden boards. This campaign will cover the cost of the artist fee and supplies. 

Virtual Staged Reading: Ang Espiya (a short play) by Reg Clay

Ang Espiya is an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s one act play, The Spy. Reg Clay stays true to the intent of Brecht but reimagines the world in modern day anti-immigration sentiment. 

Saturday, July 25th at 8pm PST

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CVLU5uoWRUefEjOYdTrnGg

Demand for the Department of Sanitation for SOMA

SF Supervisors Haney, Ronen, Walton, Preston, and Mar need your help and support for the new Department of Sanitation and Streets. They have authored a plan to finally get our streets clean and to make sure that the city departments that are responsible for our streets are accountable to the public! The plan involves a new Department of Sanitation and Streets to focus on keeping our streets clean and green. A commission will be created to oversee the new department to allow for public accountability, feedback, and to prevent corruption.  

To support this plan, here’s how you can help:

1) TWEET about it

SAMPLE TWEET #1

We need clean streets citywide and oversight to stop bad actors! ALL SF Supes need to support @MattHaneySF's Dept of Streets and Sanitation Charter Amendment.  We need you to co-sponsor @AaronPeskin @RafaelMandelman @Ahsha_Safai @NormanYeeSF @SandraLeeFewer

SAMPLE TWEET #2

We need 2 really big things in SF: 1) clean streets; 2) oversight to root out corruption!  @MattHaneySF's charter amendment creating the Dept. of Streets and Sanitation does just that!  We need your support  @Ahsha_Safai @RafaelMandelman @AaronPeskin @NormanYeeSF @SandraLeeFewer ‬  

2) EMAIL IN SUPPORT 

Email Mayor Breed (MayorLondonBreed@sfgov.org) and the Board of Supervisors (bos-supervisors@sfgov.org and bos-legislative_aides@sfgov.org) to support the ballot measure (see sample text below). 

SAMPLE EMAIL

SUBJECT LINE: San Francisco Needs a Department of Sanitation and Streets and Oversight Over Departments!

Hello,

I am writing in support of Supervisors Haney, Ronen, Walton, Preston, and Mar’s Charter Amendment that would finally address the state of our streets and to create oversight commissions for the Department of Public Works and the new Department of Sanitation and Streets.

San Francisco is one of the only major cities in America without a Department of Sanitation. 

Especially during the time of COVID-19 and heightened fears about the spread of infectious disease, creating a new Department of Sanitation and Streets is common sense: it is a solution to keep our city clean with data-driven decision making and real accountability and oversight. The new department will be dedicated to making sure our streets and sidewalks are cleaned, that we have trash cans for litter, and that we have public bathrooms available for people to use. 

The Department of Sanitation and Streets will make a huge impact on our streets and the quality of life for all San Franciscans. While our streets continue to get dirtier, the current department tasked with street cleaning has been full of fraud and corruption. We need oversight and we need it now.

Please support Supervisor Haney’s charter amendment.  Our city needs this change now!

Thank you, 

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Open Submissions for Liwanag 3, Due 8/23

SOMA Pilipinas and Kearny Street Workshop are looking for artist submissions for the groundbreaking Pilipinx arts journal, Liwanag. The deadline has been extended to 8/23/20. 

To submit and read the updated guidelines and editorial notes go to: https://www.somapilipinas.org/liwanag/submissions

Photo from Arkipelago Books. You can purchase “LIWANAG: Literary and Graphic Expressions by Filipinos in America” Special Commemorative Reissue at https://www.arkipelagobooks.com/products/liwanag-literary-and-graphic-expressions-by-filipinos-in-america

Please help us raise money for the SOMA Community!

We're only $600 away from achieving our pledge goal of $2500!

We will match dollar-for-dollar up to $2500 in donations sent to the following orgs (please label your donation "BindleMatch"):

Many in our community cannot venture out, nor do they have the resources to purchase important supplies for sheltering in place. There is an acute need for the following:

• Disinfecting Wipes

• Hand Sanitizer

• Concentrated Disinfectant Solutions (70% Alcohol, Bleach, Hydrogen Peroxide, etc.)

• Toilet Paper

• Paper Towels

• Latex/Nitrile Gloves

• Masks (Non-medical, surgical, N95)

• Word puzzles, crosswords, sudoku, colored pencils, coloring books, reading materials

• Non-perishable goods (especially rice, dried noodles, crackers, spaghetti sauce, tuna, sardines, corned beef, fruit cocktail, etc.)

If you would like to donate any of these items, please ship them to:

United Playaz
c/o Rudy Corpuz
1038 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103

You can also drop off donations at the above address during the hours of 
12pm-5pm, Monday - Friday

Call Rudy 415-716-4100 to confirm drop-off time.


Volunteers needed to help prepare grocery bags and deliver them to recipients. Please contact each respective org above to offer your time.