Membership
Our monthly meetings attract between 60 and 100 progressive voters and activists, month in and month out. We’re 95% business and 5% social.
Join us! You may donate annually or monthly. Annual dues:
$125 — Activist
$250 — Good Troublemaker
$500 — Blue Tsunami
$1,000 — Rockstar
- Volunteer issue-group members dig deeply to examine, resolve and report on controversial problems. Good government requires serious, hard-working representatives. We’re serious about finding and electing them.
- Prominent candidates and party leaders eagerly accept our invitations to serve as guest speakers and trainers. They take us seriously and we hold them accountable.
- DemOC PAC members and friends reach out into the community to canvass, register new voters, and work with other political organizations to plan large events.
- Our very low overhead means funds we raise go to support our candidates.
Join us! You may donate annually or monthly. Annual dues:
$125 — Activist
$250 — Good Troublemaker
$500 — Blue Tsunami
$1,000 — Rockstar
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Rejoin PAC & Come to our Kickoff!
Start Date:
2023-02-16T18:30:00PST
Event Description:
Congresswoman Katie Porter
is our special guest for our
kickoff membership event on
Thursday, February 16!!!
Wine, appetizers, desserts
$20 Members
$35 Non-Members
6:30 pm
Location will be sent upon RSVP*
*RSVP by replying to this email.
You can pay in advance via this link.
(select "other" to pay your $25 or $30)
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State Senator and Congressional Candidate Dave Min
Start Date:
2023-03-23T18:00:00PDT
Location:
University Synagogue 3400 Michelson Dr. Irvine, CA
Event Description:
We are so looking forward to hearing from State Senator Dave Min, one of our candidates for the 47th Congressional District.
Senator Min was elected in 2020 to represent Orange County’s 37th State Senate District. In the Senate, Senator Min is focused on gun violence prevention, climate action, economic development and innovation, and investing in public education. He Chairs the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee, which has jurisdiction over the state’s environmental stewardship, including protection of California’s public lands and coastline, oil and gas regulation, and preserving biodiversity. He was previously a law professor at UC Irvine.
Please come and please bring your questions!
Confronting the Culture of Guns in our Society and Working to Do Something About It!
Start Date:
2023-05-23T18:30:00PDT
Location:
University Synagogue 3400 Michelson Dr. Irvine, CA
Event Description:
with
Moms Demand Action
for
Gun Sense in America
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
6:30 pm
University Synagogue
3400 Michelson Dr.
Irvine, CA
$5 Members
$10 Non-members
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is a nonpartisan, grassroots movement fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence. Volunteers work to pass stronger gun laws and close the loopholes that jeopardize our families' safety, and work to encourage a culture of responsible gun ownership. Moms Demand Action is part of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly 10 million supporters.
Ann Haley, DemOC PAC Secretary (the person who does all our publicity) also serves as Elections Lead for OC Moms Demand Action and she will be among the Moms Demand Action volunteers participating in our conversation.
RSVP by replying to this email or writing to democpac@gmail.com
If you want to bring a snack to share, that would be greatly appreciated. Please include that in your rsvp. (Please no nuts, meat or shellfish)
Moms Demand Action
for
Gun Sense in America
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
6:30 pm
University Synagogue
3400 Michelson Dr.
Irvine, CA
$5 Members
$10 Non-members
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is a nonpartisan, grassroots movement fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence. Volunteers work to pass stronger gun laws and close the loopholes that jeopardize our families' safety, and work to encourage a culture of responsible gun ownership. Moms Demand Action is part of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly 10 million supporters.
Ann Haley, DemOC PAC Secretary (the person who does all our publicity) also serves as Elections Lead for OC Moms Demand Action and she will be among the Moms Demand Action volunteers participating in our conversation.
RSVP by replying to this email or writing to democpac@gmail.com
If you want to bring a snack to share, that would be greatly appreciated. Please include that in your rsvp. (Please no nuts, meat or shellfish)
Michael Gottfredson
Start Date:
2023-06-20T18:30:00PDT
Event Description:
Michael Gottfredson,
Renowned Criminologist and
UCI Chancellor’s Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, Sociology, and Law, Emeritus
"If Convicted, Should Trump Go to Prison or Not?"
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
6:30 pm
Doors open at 6:00
University Synagogue
3400 Michelson Dr.
Irvine, CA
$5 Members
$10 Non-members
(Democpac is not affiliated with University Synagogue)
Professor Gottfredson was Professor and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at the University of California, Irvine. He left UCI in 2012 to become the President of the University of Oregon. Prior to joining the University of California, he was Professor of Management and Policy, Law, Sociology, and Psychology at the University of Arizona, where he served as Vice President for Undergraduate Education and Interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
Professor Gottfredson’s research and teaching specialties are theories of crime, delinquency and victimization, and the effects of the criminal justice system. He has published numerous books and articles in the professional literature about the causes of crime and about crime policy.
He has frequently consulted with state, county and federal governments concerning criminal justice policy and served as the Director of the Criminal Justice Research Center, a private not-for-profit corporation in New York. A Fellow of the American Society of Criminology, in 2016 Professor Gottfredson was named “Chancellor’s Professor” at UCI.
Renowned Criminologist and
UCI Chancellor’s Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, Sociology, and Law, Emeritus
"If Convicted, Should Trump Go to Prison or Not?"
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
6:30 pm
Doors open at 6:00
University Synagogue
3400 Michelson Dr.
Irvine, CA
$5 Members
$10 Non-members
(Democpac is not affiliated with University Synagogue)
Professor Gottfredson was Professor and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at the University of California, Irvine. He left UCI in 2012 to become the President of the University of Oregon. Prior to joining the University of California, he was Professor of Management and Policy, Law, Sociology, and Psychology at the University of Arizona, where he served as Vice President for Undergraduate Education and Interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
Professor Gottfredson’s research and teaching specialties are theories of crime, delinquency and victimization, and the effects of the criminal justice system. He has published numerous books and articles in the professional literature about the causes of crime and about crime policy.
He has frequently consulted with state, county and federal governments concerning criminal justice policy and served as the Director of the Criminal Justice Research Center, a private not-for-profit corporation in New York. A Fellow of the American Society of Criminology, in 2016 Professor Gottfredson was named “Chancellor’s Professor” at UCI.
Democratic Congressional Candidate Forum
Start Date:
2023-07-27T06:30:04PDT
Event Description:
Adam Shiff
Start Date:
2023-08-16T18:00:00PDT
Event Description:
We're excited to announce that Congressman Adam Schiff will speak to DemOC PAC on August 16 at 6 p.m.!
You’ll want to get there early for appetizers and wine. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Rep. Schiff was a member of the House’s January 6 Select Committee that investigated the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and was lead prosecutor for the first impeachment trial of then-President Trump. He is a candidate for California’s U.S. Senate seat in the 2024 election.
Tickets: $25 members, $35 nonmembers
Advance ticket purchase ONLY
Purchase tickets at efundraisingconnections.com/c/DEMOCPAC/
Meeting location will be sent to you after ticket purchase.
Rep. Schiff will take questions that are submitted in advance. To submit a question, email DemOCPAC@gmail.com and put “Schiff Question” in the subject line.
You’ll want to get there early for appetizers and wine. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Rep. Schiff was a member of the House’s January 6 Select Committee that investigated the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and was lead prosecutor for the first impeachment trial of then-President Trump. He is a candidate for California’s U.S. Senate seat in the 2024 election.
Tickets: $25 members, $35 nonmembers
Advance ticket purchase ONLY
Purchase tickets at efundraisingconnections.com/c/DEMOCPAC/
Meeting location will be sent to you after ticket purchase.
Rep. Schiff will take questions that are submitted in advance. To submit a question, email DemOCPAC@gmail.com and put “Schiff Question” in the subject line.
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