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About Us
Fighting to Save Our Democracy
OFA started as Obama for America, the campaign arm of the Obama presidential campaign, in 2007. After the election, OFA morphed into Organizing for America as an issue-advocacy organization, then went back to Obama for America for the 2012 presidential re-election campaign. After the election, OFA became the issue-advocacy group Organizing for Action, a nationwide organization with local chapters across the country.
In the spring of 2019, OFA became All On The Line, affiliated with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's National Democratic Redistricting Committee, to work on gerrymandering. At that time, those of us in the OFA Westside LA chapter decided to stay with the name Organizing for Action. Why? Because we think it best reflects what we are and what we do. It is our identity. While gerrymandering is clearly a problem in our democracry, we feel it is too narrow a mission for what we work to accomplish -- specifically, to help elect Democratic candidates nationally and locally, especially in key districts deemed critical to our party's success. We still identify with OFA's original organizing principles: Respect - Empower - Include - Organize.
This year is another critical moment for our democracy. We again are focused on electing Democrats in key districts, locally and nationally.
We would love for you to join us and give whatever time you can to this effort. It is your chance to be a direct participant in our democracy, and to help ensure we elect candidates who will protect it.
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Chapter Members
Tiffany A.
Chapter Co-Lead
Tiffany started volunteering with Obama For America in the 2007 presidential campaign, was a volunteer with OFA again on the 2012 presidential re-elect, and has been organizing with OFA Westside LA since 2013.
Carol K.
Volunteer
'Ck' has been training individuals since 2012 on what it means to be an organizer, how to incorporate personal stories into activism, and how to get activists ready to meet the challenge of the climate crisis. Carol trained to be a citizen lobbyist in 2014 and now trains climate activists to do the same. Carol has been a long-term organizer with OFA.
Jessica S.
Volunteer
Jessica is a teacher in New York City. She loves to travel and has been to 24 countries! Jessica started organizing with OFA Westside LA in the fall of 2019 when she moved from Westchester, NY to LA to work in the entertainment field. Jessica wanted to get involved in her community and make friends, and OFA was the perfect place to do both.
Maura H.
Events Coordinator
Maura started organizing with OFA Westside LA in the aftermath of the 2016 election, but she's been a grassroots activist since Brownies. Maura believes real change can happen one conversation at a time and change happens faster when we're all working together in community.
Skip R.
Membership Coordinator
Skip is a former journalist, communications executive, and head of events for the Milken Institute. He is a lifelong Democrat (well, since he could vote) who has been active with OFA Westside LA for the past four years.
Jennifer S.
Chapter Co-Lead
Jennifer was a volunteer with OFA on the 2012 presidential re-elect, and has been organizing with OFA Westside LA since 2013.
Celia P.
Volunteer
Celia has been organizing with OFA from the very first Obama campaign in 2007 and has continued ever since. She is a freelance editor and enjoys poker and games of all kinds in her spare time.
Judy L.
Volunteer
Judy has worked for the last 20 years as a volunteer with Obama for America in NYC, the Colorado Dems, and OFA Westside LA, registering voters, phonebanking, and writing endless postcards. She always tells voters to remember than an election can be lost by just one single vote in each precinct.
Pat C.
Volunteer
Pat spent his professional life working in advertising agencies and commercial film production companies. He is now at UCLA Extension lecturing about his lifetime passion, jazz. He's been part of OFA since the original Obama campaign.
Sylvia K.
Volunteer
Sylvia is a retired teacher, who taught math, general sciences, and environmental science. She comes from a strong union family and has been a Democrat her entire adult life. Sylvia was a volunteer with Obama for America on the 2012 presidential re-elect and has been organizing with OFA Westside LA since 2013.
Bob P.
Volunteer
Bob is our resident pundit, enjoying thinking, analyzing, and writing about politics and current events. Bob is currently working on a book about political coalitions going all the way back to 1850 and tracing the evolution of the two major parties since. He has been organizing with OFA Westside LA since 2013.
Chris M.
Volunteer
Chris is an attorney, specializing in entertainment law, and a life-long democrat. She has been volunteering with various Democratic party organizations for almost 20 years and has been active with OFA Westside LA since 2020.
Lore B.
Volunteer
Lore is a student and political activist in TN, who serendipitously joined us for the 2020 presidential elect and has been organizing with OFA Westside LA ever since.
Rethalma M.
Volunteer
Rethalma has been organizing with OFA Westside LA since 2017.
Bri S.
Volunteer
Currently a student for some time, Bri is a photographer and graphic designer and enjoys theme park stuff. Bri has been organizing with OFA Westside since 01/19/17, the day before Trump was inaugurated.
Jane A.
Volunteer
Jane's careers have included stints in journalism, public health, and law enforcement. She identifies primarily as a "hobby person," into swing-dancing, creative writing, Toastmasters, and Pickleball. She considers phone-banking one of her "callings," and has been organizing with OFA Westside LA since 2018.
Marty K.
Volunteer
Marty is a retired aerospace engineer / manager who worked on weather and scientific satellites for both commercial and government programs. He comes from a strong union family and has been a Democrat his entire life. Marty has been organizing with OFA Westside LA since 2013.
Sanjesh S.
Volunteer
Sanjesh S. began organizing with OFA's Westside chapter in 2010 to garner support for passing Obamacare and to get out the vote for the midterm elections. She re-engaged with OFA in 2016, following the election. Besides phone banking and canvassing to get out the vote, she volunteers on election protection and ballot curing hotlines.