Volunteers
Of the two extremely critical issues facing us in 2024, global warming is by far the most important, but there is little that we, as a club, can do; but the other one, the 2024 election, is threatening to destroy our democracy with unfathomable results for us locally, for the US, and the world - and that is something that we can at least attempt to affect.
You have suggested several projects that we can undertake: post card writing, phone banking with one or more national organizations, and of course we have the Mobile HQ, etc.
- Kayla suggests we can hold house parties for postcard writing.
- Tekla recommends organizing a campaign to bring the young people in.
- Fred asked how do we make politics interesting to all people?
- House parties might be the way to go. Helen and Kayla will gather and brainstorm guest speakers.
CADEM provides access to Mobilize events
It offers several ways to get involved virtually: GOTV, Canvass, Voter Reg, Virtual Phone Bank, NorCal events, post carding, and others. It also coordinates with various organizations.
Swing Left
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| Established | January 19, 2017 |
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| Founders | Ethan Todras-Whitehill Miriam Stone Josh Krafchin Michelle Finocchi Matt Ewing |
| Legal status | Hybrid PAC |
| Purpose | Democratic Party victories |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC |
| Website | swingleft |
Swing Left is a progressive political group with Hybrid PAC status in the United States that was created following the election of Donald Trump in 2016 with a goal of gaining a Democratic majority in United States legislatures. The group was founded by Ethan Todras-Whitehill, Miriam Stone, Josh Krafchin, Michelle Finocchi, and Matt Ewing to create ways for Democrats to volunteer in their nearest swing district. Its initial mission was to win a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives in 2018 by building a network of volunteers and donors in targeted swing districts across the U.S. Swing Left uses a margin of fifteen points to determine which seats are considered "swing seats", and then concentrates their efforts there.[1] Swing Left cast a broader net in 2019, when they began putting effort toward maintaining a Democratic majority in United States State Legislatures after merging with another organization, Flippable.[2] Swing Left focuses on training volunteers to register voters, phone bank, fundraise, and engage in door-to-door campaigning for Democratic candidates.[3]
Vote Forward
Who we are
Vote Forward is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that empowers grassroots volunteers to send handwritten letters encouraging fellow Americans to vote.
What we do
Vote Forward’s flagship voter contact program trains and supports volunteers writing personal, heartfelt letters to potential voters with an easy-to-use online platform. The majority of our letter-writing campaigns are nonpartisan campaigns, supporting our core 501c(3) and 501c(4) social-welfare mission, which focus on mobilizing potential voters in communities that have historically been marginalized in the political process—such as people of color, women, and young voters. We also support 501(c)(4) partisan campaigns to encourage likely-Democratic voters to turn out in strategic states and districts.
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We should pick just one of these as a club and concentrate our club efforts on that.
We are limited in what we can do with our funds unless we become registered as an unconnected PAC - see links in the agenda - New Business.