Democratic Volunteer Center

Phone bank for AZ, PA, and WI (SD)
2024-09-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-28 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Join Sister District CA Peninsula to make phone calls to help elect Democrats Judy Schwiebert to the Arizona State Senate, Mandy Steele to the Pennsylvania State House, and Kristin Alfheim to the Wisconsin State Senate! Abortion is on the ballot this year and these three candidates are crucial wins for Democrats this November in battleground states that will decide the outcome of the presidential election.

Come one, come all! No experience necessary. Each Zoom phone bank includes training and check-ins for first-timers. Our veteran phone bank leaders will help you get comfortable, increase your effectiveness, and make sure you have a great experience.

Postcard/letter writing party
2024-09-21 12:00 - 14:00 | Online
Join Sue and Melissa’s virtual parties with other postcard and letter writers, every Saturday from noon to 2:00 pm PDT. Get answers to your questions about writing and enjoy a little company while working together to preserve our democracy. Email s.dinwiddie@icloud.com for the Zoom link.

Phone bank for Harris/Walz & swing state candidates
2024-09-21 12:00 - 14:30 | DVC Headquarters, 2460 E Charleston Road, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
The Democratic Volunteer Center is making calls in person at our office! Join us to call voters to elect Kamala Harris for President and Tim Walz for Vice President. We’ll also call to help elect candidates in swing states. We’re calling to ask voters for support. Let’s hold the White House and the Senate!

Sign up and come to our Mountain View office. We supply all the equipment you’ll need. Don’t worry if you’ve never phone banked before — we’ll have friendly trainers who will lead and support you and teach you why we need to elect Kamala, Tim, and the other candidates. Tech support will also be available if you’re a struggling techno caller. And if you’re a seasoned phone banker — great!

Postcards & Podcasts
2024-09-21 14:00 - 16:00 | DVC Headquarters, 2460 E Charleston Road, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
We need you to come out and support the Harris Walz ticket and Democratic candidates in the House and Senate. Bring friends and meet new ones as we write postcards to send to voters in key swing states, reminding them that their voice and vote matter. To make things more interesting, we’ll choose a couple of juicy podcasts that we can listen to while we write, and we’ll draw the name of one lucky postcard writer to win a Harris Walz T-shirt!

Canvass in Lathrop (BAC)
2024-09-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Mountain Mike’s Pizza in Lathrop, 229 Louise Ave, Lathrop, CA, 95330, United States
In 2022 Adam Gray lost by only 564 votes. We can flip that seat from Red to Blue.

Arrive in Lathrop around 10 am to pick up supplies, get assigned turf, and quick training. From 11 to 3 canvassers will be out in Lathrop, knocking on doors doing issue canvassing and voter registration.

If you need a ride, Bay Area Coalition has carpools available. If you want to drive, please let them know. Just bring your smartphone or tablet and a charger, a little water, sunscreen, comfortable shoes, and a smile.

Phone bank for Harris/Walz & swing state candidates
2024-09-22 12:00 - 14:30 | DVC Headquarters, 2460 E Charleston Road, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
The 2024 office of the Democratic Volunteer Center is open, and we’re making calls in person! Join us to call voters to elect Kamala Harris for President and Tim Walz for Vice President. We’ll also call to help elect candidates in swing states. We’re calling to ask voters for support. Let’s hold the White House and the Senate!

Sign up and come to our Mountain View office. We supply all the equipment you’ll need. Don’t worry if you’ve never phone banked before — we’ll have friendly trainers who will lead and support you and teach you why we need to elect Kamala, Tim, and Jon. Tech support will also be available if you’re a struggling techno caller. And if you’re a seasoned phone banker — great!

Postcard/letter writing
2024-09-22 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-23 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-24 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-25 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-26 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-27 12:00 - 16:00 | DVC Headquarters, 2460 E Charleston Road, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
Join us at the Democratic Volunteer Center office 7 days a week from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm to write postcards or letters to support Democratic candidates and causes. Enjoy some time with fellow Democrats as you write. Everything you need will be provided except stamps, which you can order at https://store.usps.com/store/stamps.

Phone bank for Harris (SCCDP)
2024-09-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Online
Join the Santa Clara County Democratic Party to help save democracy! You’ll make phone calls to help re-elect President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Once you RSVP, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link to join the phone bank session.

Phone bank for Salas & Gray (SCCDP)
2024-09-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Online
Join the Santa Clara County Democratic Party to help flip the House! We will make calls to Get Out the Vote in the Central Valley for Rudy Salas (CD-22) and Adam Gray (CD-13). Once you RSVP, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link to join the phone bank session.

Dumplings for democracy (SD)
2024-09-22 15:00 - 18:00 | Private location, See description to RSVP for address in, CA
Join Sister District South Bay to learn how to make dumplings with Sister District Executive Director Lala Wu at a private home in Fremont. Susan Farrell, Sister District’s Head of Organizing, will also be on hand to inspire participants. Proceeds will support Wisconsin State Senate candidate Jodi Habush Sinykin; a vote for her will likely generate votes for the Harris/Walz team and Tammy Baldwin in her race for the U.S. Senate.

Ticket price: $75 per person. Donations will be matched up to $4000.

Drop-in for Democrats phone bank
2024-09-23 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-24 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-25 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-26 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-27 12:00 - 14:00 | DVC Headquarters, 2460 E Charleston Road, Mountain View, CA, 94043, United States
The 2024 office of the Democratic Volunteer Center is open, and we’re making calls in person! Join us to call voters to elect Kamala Harris for President and Tim Walz for Vice President. We’ll also call to help elect candidates in swing states. We’re calling to ask voters for support. Let’s hold the White House and the Senate!

No need to sign up — just drop in to our Mountain View office! We supply all the equipment you’ll need. Don’t worry if you’ve never phone banked before — our friendly trainers will lead and support you and teach you why we need to elect Kamala, Tim, and the other Democrats. And if you’re a seasoned phone banker — great!

Virtual phone bank for Harris/Walz
2024-09-24 18:00 - 19:30, 2024-09-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Join the Democratic Volunteer Center to make calls for Kamala Harris for President. We’ll also call to help candidates in swing states. We’re calling to ask voters for support. Let’s hold the White House and the Senate!

Don’t worry if you’ve never phone banked before — we’ll have friendly trainers who will lead and support you and teach you why we need to elect Kamala and Jacky. Tech support will also be available if you’re a struggling techno caller. And if you’re a seasoned phone banker — great!

Phone bank for NV, AZ, MI, & WI (SD)
2024-09-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Online
Join Sister District South Bay to help build progressive power in the state legislatures! We’re making calls to elect top priority candidates like Assemblywoman Brittney Miller in Nevada, Karen Gresham in Arizona, Shadia Martini in Michigan, and Jodi Habush Sinykin in Wisconsin.

Come one, come all! No experience necessary. Each Zoom phone bank includes training and check-ins for first-timers. Our veteran phone bank leaders will help you get comfortable, increase your effectiveness, and make sure you have a great experience.

Phone bank for Harris/Walz & swing state candidates
2024-09-25 17:00 - 19:00

Phone bank to CA, AZ, NV (BAC)
2024-09-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Online
Join the Bay Area Coalition and Swing Left Peninsula to make calls for a variety of important races.

In California’s Central Valley, we’re calling for House seats CD-13 and CD-22. If you speak Spanish fluently, we offer calls to Spanish-speaking households.

In Arizona, our goals are to flip their state legislature, hold their Senate seat, flip two of their House seats and claim their electoral college votes.

In Nevada, we’re defending Senator Jacky Rosen’s seat and identifying Democratic voters.

Heather Cox Richardson interview (BAC)
2024-09-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Join the Bay Area Coalition to hear from Heather Cox Richardson, our favorite author/history professor/Substack writer. Heather will sit down for an interview with our own Celeste Perry to talk about the fight for our democracy from Heather’s brilliant perspective as an expert on American political and economic history.

We’ll also take a few minutes to acquaint you with the work Bay Area Coalition is doing to mobilize voters in the final days of the election. We want you to join the fight — help us call, canvass, text and register voters.

Canvass in Porterville
2024-09-27 15:00 - 18:30, 2024-09-28 09:00 - 18:30 | Porterville, CA, Porterville, California
Talk to Democratic voters in CD22 for Rudy Salas. Join the Bay Area Coalition in going door-to-door talking to Democratic voters.

Friday, September 27 | 3:00 to 6:30 pm

Saturday, September 28 | 9:00 am to 6:30 pm

Sunday, September 29 | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Once you’ve signed up, a Bay Area Coalition volunteer will contact you and help with carpools and/or housing options. They will also give you details about the meeting location and names of people running the event. $100 stipends a day to offset the cost of gas and lodging are available.

No experience is necessary. When you arrive at the staging location you will be trained and given all the supplies you need. BAC will have clipboards, forms, pens, snacks and water. Bring your personal items like comfy shoes, sunscreen, a hat, and a smile. You will be using PDI and so a well-powered smartphone is necessary.

Canvass in Patterson (BAC)
2024-09-28 09:30 - 13:30 | Patterson, CA, Patterson, California
In 2022 Adam Gray lost by only 564 votes. We can flip that seat from Red to Blue.

Arrive in the morning to pick up supplies, get assigned turf, and quick training. And then we will head out to knock on doors, listen to and record voter issues and register new voters.

If you need a ride, we have carpools available. If you want to drive, please let us know. Just bring your smartphone or tablet and a charger, a little water, sunscreen, comfortable shoes, and a smile.
