Gun Control and Local Candidates
Challenges and Opportunities

Our August General Meeting features Patricia Boe of Moms Demand Action who will share the latest in their efforts to make gun control legislation a reality and how we can help achieve this goal.

We will also feature Costa Mesa Mayor John Stephens who will discuss opportunities and challenges for his re-election campaign and for the City of Costa Mesa. 

Also sharing insights with us on August 25 is Dom Jones of DemocraShe.  If you attended our July 28 meeting, you heard her speak with great passion about recruiting and training young female-identified women from underrepresented populations.  

You simply do not want to miss this important meeting!

Thursday, August 25, 2022
OASIS Senior Center
5:30 p.m. Doors open for socializing and registration
6:00 p.m. Program begins

To RSVP, click on the button below no later than Noon August 25.

NOV 8 DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES
DEPEND ON EACH ONE OF US!

The June Primary results were encouraging, but by no means decisive.  Many of our candidates will be heading into run-off campaigns, with greater challenges because each face a single Republican candidate in the November election.  Now is not the time to rest. 

NBWDC and our coalition partners are working on field plans for canvassing, postcarding, texbanking, flyers, events and more for this Summer and we will announce them to our members and volunteers as we begin to roll out the final dates. 

In the meantime, your funding will help make these events and activities possible which in turn support our Democratic candidates.  Your donations, large and small, will mean so much and will make a difference in how many voters we can reach. 

And it’s never too early to volunteer your time and energy to support our canvassing, postcarding and textbanking efforts.  We are collecting names right now so we can build our BIG BLUE TEAM to contact friends and neighbors and every Democratic voter in Newport Beach and our surrounding sister cities. 

We have fun, we have energy and we have the power to break the Republican stronghold in OC.  We did it in 2018 and we’ll do it again in 2022.  Join us!

Our Volunteer Signup link will be here … it’s coming soon!

Donations to political-party organizations, like NBWDC, are not tax-deductible. 
Paid for by the Newport Beach Women’s Democratic Club, FEC ID# C0057016. 
Not affiliated with any candidate or candidate campaign.

Voters & Candidates & GOTV

Voter Registration

Since the last election, have you:

• Turned 18 and plan to vote in the upcoming elections
• Changed your address
• Decided to change your party affiliation

If you answer yes to any of these questions, don’t forget to register or update your voter registration. There are several helpful online tools and forms which can be found here at OCVote.com.

Help us GOTV 
Your financial support, large or small, will help us fund our Newport Beach campaign support office, materials and events; all crucial in turning out the biggest number of Democratic voters ever!  

Congratulations WISEPlace!
One of NBWDC’s favorite non-profit charities

And apparently one of the State of California’s favorite charities as well! Join us in congratulating WISEPlace for their well-deserved recognition.  And if you can, a donation would be even better!

WISEPlace is a leader in ending homelessness for unaccompanied women through housing solutions and empowering wrap-around services that provide a path toward personal self-reliance.  Check out their Wish List options.  Financial donations are welcome too.  Please visit WISEPlace.org for details.

Lend a Helping Hand

Thousands of people in Orange County are for the first time receiving food assistance due to the pandemic. This new demographic of people in need has created an unprecedented demand for food here and across the country. Stepping up to meet this need locally, Second Harvest has been creating in meeting these new demands.  There are many ways you can help support their efforts.  Visit their website FeedOC.org to select one or more options.

Local Press Contacts

• Daily Pilot
• Newport Beach Independent
• StuNewsNewport 
• OC Register

Elected Officials – Federal and State

• A current listing of our federal and state elected officials is available here.

#StandwithPP Campaign (Planned Parenthood)

• Here are all the ways you can help

A Powerful Video – Marginalized Voters on a Global Scale

“Why Labour lost the election” by George Monbiot

George Monbiot is a British writer known for his environmental and political activism. Though he was born to privilege he is known for his writing on the effects of corporate greed on the environment and the political process. In this video he shares his opinion regarding why all over the world peoples appear to be voting for marginal and autocratic individuals rather than competent leaders. His analysis really gives the viewer pause to think about what is the cause of democracies behaving in an inexplicable way. It is his opinion and not everyone will agree with what he has to say, but it is an interesting perspective.  Our thanks to long-time NBWDC Member Saboohi Currim for sharing this powerful video with us.