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Month in Review Phone Banking at the Office

Every week this month, Multnomah County Dems has held 4 phone banks and postcard parties to reach voters and get out the vote. Thank you to your hundreds of hours dedicated to ensure a blue wave. This is how elections get won.

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 1 Race-Informed Social Justice Race-Informed Social Justice: Justice in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Part 2, Police Brutality. Thank you for joining us in this important Wed, 9/19 listening session. We heard from individuals affected by police brutality, families of loved ones who have been lost to police violence and from impacted communities. Irene Kalonji shared the loss of her son and inspired us all to do more to end police brutality. Irene is the founder of the Pacific Northwest Family Circle.

Jamie McLeod-Skinner Phone Banks

...with Rep. Margaret Doherty

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 2 Jamie McLeod-Skinner Phone Banks ...with Valdez Bravo Maureen Kenny is hosting a series of four phone banks to reach voters in OR CD-2 to flip the house and retire Greg Walden with our amazing candidate, Jamie McLeod- Skinner. The first, Thursday 9/20, featured special guest State Representative Margaret Doherty. The second, Tuesday 10/2, featured DPO Vice Chair Valdez Bravo.

Anna Williams canvass with Jeff Merkley “Yesterday [Thursday, 9/20], I had the privilege of spending the afternoon having lunch and knocking on doors with Senator Jeff Merkley in Gresham. We talked about what we need to do to keep Oregon’s economy growing, and how important it is to preserve and protect the environment for future generations.” said Anna.

“I am honored to be endorsed by a leader who serves as one of the major voices of reason in our country. As your Representative, I will carry forward the work of Senator Merkley and be a voice you can trust, one that will advocate for the environment, for our children, and for every member of our community.”

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 3 #StopKavanaugh rallies Stop Kavanaugh Rally across the country tonight. Over 125 people showed up on our little corner in SE Portland.

Because #thisisnotnormal. Never forget extraordinary times call for heroic efforts to turn the tide. #gotv #grabthembytheballot #WeAreTheWave #multdems Stand On Every Corner Portland OR @SOECPDX sponsored many rallies in metro Portland from 9/18 and forward.

West Side Democrats Planning On Saturday, 9/15, DPO 1st Vice Chair Valdez Bravo, HD 35/38 District Leader Lisa Wolf, HD 35/38 Assistant District Leader John Murphy, and HD 27/36 District Leader Dan Goetz had fun planning the inaugural meeting of the West Side Dems This is an effort to further organize and bring community to Multnomah County Democrats living in NW and SW Portland. Working Families, SWAG, Indivisible - all are invited and encouraged to attend!

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 4 West Side Democrats 1st Meeting

Thank you to all 73 people other new faces, including who showed up Monday, Neighborhood Leaders. 9/17, at the Multnomah Arts For those who inquired Center Auditorium for the about slate cards to drop inaugural meeting of the in your neighborhoods, I Westside Democratic Club! believe they will be available Thank you to guest for distribution the first or speakers Rep. Margaret second week of October. Doherty, Rep. Andrea Salinas, For more info about and Sen. ’s joining the Westside partner, Laurie Cremona Democratic Club, please Wagner. And thank e-mail hd38leader@gmail. you to local candidates who com and ask for more info. shared their passion to serve! Also please Like the group on And a big thank you to Jake Facebook to receive updates. Foster of Defend Oregon for educating everyone on why they should vote No on ballot measures 103, 104, 105, and 106. This group is a novel forum to make it easier for Democrats and progressive allies to meet up on the west side of the river, closer to their homes. It is not an entity of the Multnomah County Democrats or Democratic Party of Oregon per se, although it was great to see many of our precinct committee persons in attendance, along with

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 5 Community Forum HD’s 43, 44 & 45 Thanks all for coming out and showing your support for grassroots involvement in the party this Midterm season!

Thank you to our engaged Valdez Bravo and electeds neighbors who came out Sat, Sen. , Rep. 9/22 for the HD 43, 44 and 45 and Sen. Community Forum ! We for learned about all our insightful answers to our candidates, ballot measures, questions. and legislative priorities for Huge thanks also 2019. This education both to Cynthia Yolland, District built personal depth of Leader of 44, for heading the understanding and prepared fantastic Tabling Crew, and us to clearly explain to David Linn, District Leader of prospective voters as we 45, for leading the amazing canvass. Floor Crew. Great team effort. Special thanks to Finally, a big thank you to 43's moderator extraordinaire own Adam Schwartz for Eileen Reavey, barnstormer many awesome photos.

Kate Brown Canvass A great turnout for Sign up for next time at www.katebrownfororegon.com/ #TeamKate canvassing Sat., 9/8 -- here’s a look into the amazing volunteers in Multnomah and Clackamas counties.

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 6 Multicultural Phone Banking

Recognizing the need for Sunday, 10/21 at 4 pm at Of course organizing in communities Room 2025. Lloyd Center. electing of color and with speakers of Guests will include Senator Kate is other languages, MultDems Lew Frederick and important, Vice Chair 1 Rachelle Dixon, Representative Teresa Alonso but we can and DPO Coordinator Nina Leon; Vice Chair 1 Rachelle also enjoy Dabit kicked off the first of Dixon will host. each other’s several phone banking days Invite Info: “Please company to Reelect Governor Kate join me as I host a special and have Brown. On 9/23 participants Multicultural Night for People fun while gathered at the coordinate of Color, Immigrants and doing it, too! campaign offices in Room Bilingual speakers to phone It is simple, 2025 on the top floor of the bank for Kate Brown. We join me and Lloyd Center to encourage know our communities issues I will show voters for the upcoming best, and we know that Kate you how.” governor’s race. The next Brown is the best candidate Rachelle event will be held on to support us as we thrive in Dixon the Pacific Northwest. Rally at Merkley’s office: No on Kavanaugh Rally for survivors at Merkley’s office. “We have to stand today and send this message: No More!” - Andrea Salinas.

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 7 HD 44 Political potluck action party Thank you to the 10 volunteers who came out and made 115 phone calls and wrote 100 postcards.

West Side Democrats Club Very nice meeting with #SenBurdick and her staff on Tuesday, 9/25! #RenewOregon #CleanEnergyJobs

West Side Democrats Club 35/38 Our first combined PCP orientation on Portland’s west side, Sunday, 9/30! Thank you to all who participated!

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 8 West Side Democrats Club We had a great time canvassing for Universal Healthcare advocate for State Rep today, Saturday 9/29!

HD 49 Postcard Writing in Gresham!

East County House District 49 Postcard campaign for HD 49 Representative Chris Writing Campaign & Social, Wednesday, 10/3. Gorsek and helped boost our visibility out East Event held at Migration Brewing, focused on County.

This is why electing Democrats to the Oregon Ending the Rape Kit Backlog State Legislature matters. It means better, more progressive laws, for a better, more progressive Oregon. Representative Carla Piluso, “So proud to have worked on HB 4049, which sets up a system to track rape kits in Oregon. We’ve worked hard to end the backlog--this is how we make sure one never builds up again.”

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 9 Fundraiser for 3 Amazing Candidates

CO-HOSTS: “, Anna Williams, and Chrissy Speaker , Senate Majority Leader Ginny Reitz were outstanding tonight at Alissa Burdick, Keny-Guyer’s fundraiser. — attending Party to elect 3 dynamic Democratic women to the Rep. Lew Frederick, Sen. James Manning, Legislature!” Lew Frederick-Twitter Sen. Michael Dembrow, Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson, Thank you to everyone who came out to Sen. Rob Wagner, Sen. Elect Shemia Fagan, our Tuesday, 10/2, fundraiser and supported Former Sen. Avel Gordly, Former Sen. Jackie Dingfelder, three amazing women running for office: Rep. , Rep. Andrea Salinas, Chrissy Rietz, Senate District 26, Janelle Bynum, House District 51, Anna Williams, Rep. Tawna Sanchez, Rep. Diego Hernandez, House District 52. Thank you to our host Rep. Rep. Jeff Reardon, Rep. , Alissa Keny-Guyer. Milwaukie Mayor Mark Gamba, Eddy Morales, East County Rising, Rachelle Dixon, Adrienne Livingston, Daniel & Alisha Moreland Capuia, Vanetta Abdellatif, Felisa Hagins, Marcus Mundy, Johnell Bell, Kali Thorne Ladd, Stephanie Nystrom, KC Hanson, Christine Chin Ryan, Michael Hall, Hollis MacLean Wenzel, Judy Berck, Emily Nelson, Ken Rosenberg, Marcus Swift, Charlie Burr, Doug Moore, Tom Powers & Christy Spilt, Tera Hurst, Zach Klonoski, Sonny Mehta, Rhett Lawrence, John and Shirley Vandermosten, Daphne Wysham, Oregon League of Conservation Voters & Renew Oregon, The Mother PAC, WINPAC - Kim Duncan, RUTH - Kay O’Neil

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 10 Slate Card Hoedown Every year Multnomah County Dem’s drops slate cards at the doors of likely voters. This was a 10/5 gathering at headquarters to distribute our first, huge batch to HD leaders. Each House District will facilitate meetings for their volunteers to cut turfs and pick up cards that serve as voter guides for Democrats running in their locale. This year we are aiming to drop 100,000 slate cards.

Cider and Postcards Thank you for the largest turn out yet for postcard writing to flip OR Blue, retire Walden, elect Jamie McCleod Skinner and re-elect Gov Kate Brown!

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 11 Pre-Debate Rally to Support Governor Brown

Thank you to everyone who came out in force Tuesday, 10/9, to show our excitement for re-electing Kate Brown. Stormy the Blue wave was there with Nasty Women, Indivisible and Multnomah County Democrats.

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 12 HD 44 Wins The Power Of One 19800! Amazing. Just a few more. Keep calling/texting/ postcards. Sometimes a friendly little contest helps motivate your team. HD 44 uses this fun tool to keep their volunteers focused on achievement. They also share a playful challenge to their neighbor HD 43. Whatever works--is good!

You might be feeling discouraged, or frustrated, or angry about what is going on in Washington DC... but whatever you feel, please don’t feel helpless. In addition to my being a new PCP and Neighborhood Leader, my family and I have been walking the Maywood Park neighborhood (Precinct 4512 ) recently to visit and give invites to 250+ homes of registered Democrats, Non-affiliated Voters etc. And yesterday we held a Get Out There is still time to also the Vote Open House at my do this kind of outreach, in place. And our State Rep, addition to what all of you even are already doing, before the dropped by. Result: neighbors ballots arrive - please contact who who are responding me if you want to know more to get out the vote, first by about what we did and how. distributing Slate Cards. So not only did we get to meet Jon Zall neighbors, but several of PCP 4512 these have committed to help [email protected] me in the days ahead of the 503-997-4487 election.

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 13 New MultDemVote.com Elections Website How can you help people volunteers--the microsite is works well, and doesn’t, so we understand and want to especially aimed at: can do an even better job for mark their ballot the way a.) “ordinary Joe” voters: 2020. Oh, and it also contains MultDem’s do? This is your typical non engaged a couple of cool videos! tool. Use our new website as voters, the ones who vote a bridge to follow-up after in presidential elections a bare bones slate card or a only, or don’t vote at all. brief conversation, or share is b) It will also inform active on social media. Dems who are already Unbelievably, our motivated. Communications and Tech c) We also specifically team partnership was able to targeted NAV’s and build this narrowly focused disenchanted Republicans. microsite from scratch It’s a “voter guide” site to launch in less than 2 designed to first, enable months--from systematic viewers to see how their research and strategic values align with what MCD planning, to technically stands for (based on our detailed architectural Platform), and then show design, to comprehensive them how our candidates and content development, to ballot measure endorsements pull-out-all-the-stops final carry out those values. We implementation. It’s now live, also link voters to their slate and while we’re still tweeking card. and proofing over fine details, We are asking that our it’s good-to-go. PCP’s and volunteers share MultDem’s is hugely this multdemsvote.com indebted to the extraordinary link on various forms of group of volunteer IT, social media and to your marketing, and graphics canvassers, phone bankers professionals, who stepped before each canvass so it is up for this project, because first in their minds what they they, like us, are so are sharing. passionate about winning Nov 6. This was a giant undertaking, and would have never succeeded without the important relationships we have cultivated with allied local organizations similarly dedicated to electing progressive Democrats in All slate cards are found Multnomah County and here and how to look up your Oregon this year. precinct: In contrast to the https://multdemsvote. established main MCD com/oregon-voter-guide/ website, whose primary Finally, it was designed audience is MCD PCP’s and to give us data about what

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 14 What’s Next Join the Discussion on Power and How it Intersects with Identities Please join the Multnomah Text and testimony from the and this free event is open to County Democrats in this trial that started the public the public, All are welcome. informative event 10/26 from conversation in the fall of Light refreshments will be 6:30-8:30 pm. Not since the 1991 will be read, shared and provided. Place: Multnomah 1991 confirmation hearings discussed. County Democrats office at of Clarence Thomas has this Women at the intersection 3551 NE Sandy Blvd Portland, dynamic been so publicly of race, sex, gender and Oregon 97232. Disabled examined and yet so poorly power will share their truths parking is in the rear of the understood. in an effort to explore how we building It has been 27 years since can we come to terms with that hearing. Now we will some troubling truths. Please RSVP Rachelle ask what has changed and There will be an Dixon at: ViceChair1@ what has stayed the same. opportunity to ask questions Multdems.org

What is the MultDems’ “Racial Inclusivity Work Group”? The RIWG, as we call it, is We are planning carefully, If you think you might be a committee in its formation because we really want interested in being part of stage. Its sole purpose is our work to be successful. this new committee, please increasing and sustaining the Detailed information about do answer these questions Party’s racial diversity in ways our objectives and plan can by October 22nd: RIWG that welcome, include, and be found in https://multdems. membership survey! support people of color in org/riwg/. membership and leadership. Comedy Candidates and Cocktails Fundraiser! The RIWG, as we call it, is Detailed information about a committee in its formation our objectives and plan can stage. Its sole purpose is be found in https://multdems. increasing and sustaining the org/riwg/. Party’s racial diversity in ways that welcome, include, and If you think you might be support people of color in interested in being part of membership and leadership. this new committee, please We are planning carefully, do answer these questions because we really want by October 22nd: RIWG our work to be successful. membership survey!

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 15 UPCOMING EVENTS OCT 17 Phone bank for our candidates 5:00-8:00 PM MCD HQ 3551 NE Sandy Blvd PDX OR 97232

OCT 19 East County Phone Banking Fri 4:00-6:00 PM MCD HQ 3551 NE Sandy Blvd PDX OR 97232

OCT 24 Phone bank for our candidates 11:00-8:00 PM MCD HQ 3551 NE Sandy Blvd PDX OR 97232

OCT 20 Climate Day of Action - Oregon City Sat 9 AM ·502 7th St, Oregon City, OR 97045-2235

OCT 20 Hood River Canvass with Chrissy Reitz, ONA, and Renew Oregon Sat 10 AM 1020 Wasco St, Hood River, OR 97031-1103, United States

OCT 20 Comedy & Candidates & Cocktails! Sat 7:30 PM 7611 N Exeter Ave, Portland, OR 97203-5903

OCT 20 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 11:00-4:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

OCT 21 Portland Clean Energy Initiative and No on M105 Joint Canvass Sun 10 AM- 5 PM Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon - APANO 2788 SE 82nd Ave, Ste 203, Portland, Oregon 97266

OCT 21 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 11:00-4:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

OCT 21 Multicultural Night Phone Banking for Kate Brown Sun 4 PM 2201 Lloyd Center, Suite 2025

OCT 22 Postcards and Cider Mon 4-6 Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider 1813 NE 2nd Ave. PDX 97212

OCT 22 Forward with Equity Mon 6 PM Downtown Portland, Exact Location Provided w/ Ticket https://secure.actblue.com/donate/forwardwithequity

OCT 23 Women’s Committee Tue 6:30 PM MCD HQ 3551 NE Sandy Blvd PDX OR 97232

OCT 24 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 4:00-8:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

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OCT 24 Phone bank for our candidates 5:00-8:00 PM MCD HQ 3551 NE Sandy Blvd PDX OR 97232

OCT 25 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 4:00-8:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

OCT 26 The Intersection of Race, Sex, Gender and Power Fri 6:30 PM

OCT 27 Pj’s, Pizza and Postcards: Youth 18-22 Campaigning Sat 8:00-11:00 PM MCD HQ 3551 NE Sandy Blvd PDX OR 97232

OCT 27 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 11:00-4:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

OCT 28 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 11:00-4:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

OCT 29 Postcards and Cider Mon 4-6 Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider 1813 NE 2nd Ave. PDX 97212

OCT 29 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 4:00-8:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

OCT 29 Phone bank for our candidates 5:00-8:00 PM MCD HQ 3551 NE Sandy Blvd PDX OR 97232

OCT 30 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 4:00-8:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

OCT 31 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 4:00-8:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

Nov 3 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 11:00-4:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

Nov 4 Phone bank and canvass Kate Brown 11:00-4:00 2205 Lloyd Center Portland OR 97232

Nov 5 Communications Meeting 7:00-9:00 MCD HQ 3551 NE Sandy Blvd PDX OR 97232

NOV 6 Vote in the Midterm Elections Tue 6 AM ·

Multnomah County Democrats Newsletter October 2018 17 UPCOMING EVENTS NOV 8 Multnomah County Dems Central Committee Meeting Thu 6 PM Hollywood Senior Center

NOV 17 Rally Against Denaturalization Sat 2 PM 4310 SW Macadam Ave, Portland, OR 97239-4222, United States

NOV 28 Women’s Committee Wed 6:30 PM MCD HQ 3551 NE Sandy Blvd PDX OR 97232

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