When we fight, we win.
Welcome to the
Westside Democratic Headquarters (WDHQ)!
Our Mission:
THIS WEEK:
Make calls to Spanish speakers to ensure we elect Kamala Harris and give her the Congress she needs on October 26th — while the Día de Muertos Celebration is in full swing on the 3rd Street Promenade! RSVP here, or just come on down
Join us Saturday, Oct 12, 19 or 26 at 3:00 p.m. for Spanish-speaking phone-bank training at the WDHQ or virtually.
Friday, 10/18, 7 – 10 PM — CLICK HERE for tix to the Laugh Till You’re BLUE Comedy Night fundraiser 🤣
With David Rosenberg • Andy Woodhull • Murray Valeriano • Felicia Michaels • Lachlan Patterson •
Cathy Ladman — all pros, all performing in support of BLUE victories in 2024!
The ballots have dropped, voting is underway, and the big campaigns will soon shut down their postcarding operations. So we’re hosting the Postcard Party to end all Postcard Parties!
We are going to use every last address and script available to us, and put all completed postcards for the week into boxes for transport to the post office
If you have any completed postcards at home that need stamps and mailing, bring them in and let’s celebrate!
We’ll have food and a festive atmosphere, and we’ll highlight the impact that HQ postcarding volunteers are having on this election. Love to postcard? Don’t miss this event 💌
Saturday, 10/19, 7 – 9 PM — Dancing for Democracy 💃🕺
Drop-in group dance lessons at the HQ from local instructors at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio of Santa Monica! We’ll have multiple 25-minute sessions throughout the night, so come anytime between 7 and 9 and bring your dancing shoes 🩰
Friday, 10/18 – Sunday, 10/20 — Arizona Pride Mobilization 🌈
WDHQ HOURS & SCHEDULE
Hours for the 3rd St. Promenade HQ:
(open later for special event nights • may expand closer to Election Day)
Monday – Thursday: Noon – 8 PM
Friday: Noon – 6 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10 AM – 6 PM
with special events select Friday & Saturday nights, 7 – 10 PM
*** 1241 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica ***
one block south of Wilshire, across from Sephora
Nearby inexpensive parking in SM Parking Structure 1 (4th St. just south of Wilshire) and Structure 2 (2nd St. just south of Wilshire)
** 1st 90 minutes free, $2 for 2 hours **
Not only will you be able to call, text, or postcard in person … hop a ride to canvass in swing state Nevada or a swing district right here in CA … register voters … or have your kids create campaign posters … you can also experience:
Special events with entertainment • Debate watch parties • Candidate meet-and-greets • A where-else-could-you-find-this collection of political merch • Snacks & drinks for volunteers • High school community service ops
Previous events FYI — see what we’ve been up to!
BUS TRIPS
SATIRICAL MUSIC & COMEDY
& VERY SPECIAL ADDITION:
None other than comedian PAULA POUNDSTONE appeared at Sunday’s national Women for Harris Action Brunch at the WDHQ to greet & thank volunteers! 
DOORKNOCKING: The #1 way to win elections
Come to the Westside Democratic HQ in Santa Monica and take the WDHQ bus — canvass with the Nevada Democratic Party to elect Jacky Rosen as Senator!
This is a weekend excursion, beginning early Saturday morning and returning to Santa Monica Sunday evening. Overnight accommodations provided
Please Join our *fun* bus trip to knock on doors, inform voters about Democratic candidates, and win their vote!
Click here to register for canvassing Saturday, Oct. 19
Accommodations provided 🛌
Can’t join us? Sponsor a canvasser here
THIS WEEKEND!
Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff LOVE music & laughter — and who are we to disagree? So we’ve invited singer-songwriters Tracy Newman (as seen on TV) and Kevin Kelso (local fave) are coming to the WDHQ to sing their original — and funny — songs
Aaand we’ll hear comedy writer David Misch give his popular presentation “Comedy vs. The Apocalypse”
💙 Good vibes guaranteed! Bring friends, and let’s enjoy music and humor for freedom and democracy 🎉
Come on down! RSVP HERE
Special event for women (and allies) to come together and enjoy coffee, tea, mimosas, fruit salad, and baked goodies — followed by phonebanking and postcarding — at the Women for Harris Brunch!
With an appearance by HQ supervolunteer Paula Poundstone? Who could ask for anything more…
They’re calling this the “47 to 47,000” brunch because if we get her elected, Harris will be the 47th President, and our brunch campaign has a goal of reaching 47,000 voters. Yes, we can!
RSVP HERE
Tuesday, 10/1, 5 – 9 PM — VP Debate Watch Party at the HQ! 📺
Hosted by CBS, moderated by Norah O’Donnell & Margaret Brennan, venue New York City
CLICK HERE OR ABOVE TO RSVP
for another fantastic WDHQ watch party with food, drink, three TVs, and new speaker system
Sat., 10/5, 1 – 4 PM Kids too young to vote? They can still contribute to the campaign by making Harris/Walz art this Saturday!
While your kid(s) are being supervised as they make posters, you can join them or (we hope) you can make some calls or postcards for Kamala & Tim & key races! All supplies provided. Free, but we’d love it if you could **RSVP HERE**
He was the architect of Barack Obama’s 2008 epic grassroots organizing campaign, but his activism and organizing can be traced back to Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta’s campaign to unionize California farm workers in the late 1960s and 1970s, and even further back to the 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi.
Who is he? Marshall Ganz, of course! And he is coming to the Westside Dem HQ Sunday, 10/6 at 11:30 AM to talk about his new book, People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal.
First round was a huge hit so it’s back! Kamala Harris makes us want to sing 🎶, so we’re hosting a karaoke party at the Westside Democratic HQ on the evening of Friday, Sept. 27. Professional MC and setup, 60,000+ songs to choose from 🎤
No RSVP needed for the Musicians for Kamala livestream — just come on down
Thanks to everyone who stopped by and survived Friday the 13th’s (not-so) spooky (but definitely funky) night of Karaoke for Kamala
And oops, we did it again Friday, September 27 
We’re grateful to the 200+ who joined the excitement as we watched the oh-so-satisfying Harris-Trump debate
with food & drink & good cheer
DEBATE-WATCH PARTIES! PRESIDENTIAL:
Tuesday, Sep. 10, 2024, 6 PM PDT, hosted by ABC, moderated by David Muir & Linsey Davis, venue Philadelphia
VICE PRESIDENTIAL:
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 6 PM PDT, hosted by CBS, time, moderated by Norah O’Donnell & Margaret Brennan, venue New York City
Wow, we reached capacity with over 200 RSVPs and dozens more wanting to come, and with regrets,
stopped taking reservations — big thanks to everyone who came or wanted to come!
Thank you to the 100+ who came to Manchego to celebrate union labor
and helped us raise thousands for the HQ!
