Making Waves for Democracy

Making Waves for Democracy is an all-volunteer Los Angeles political action organization that has over 800 members actively working to send a blue wave of Democrats to Washington DC each election cycle.

We believe that action is the only antidote to political despair, rage and hatred – and, to that end, are committed to regular monthly meetings that inform, train, and inspire our members to get politically involved. 

Making Waves was started in 2016 by longtime L.A. progressive activist, Torie Osborn.  

A group of 162 volunteers (Team TO) canvassed in Las Vegas for Hillary Clinton during Get-Out-the- Vote week in 2016. Then, in early 2017, inspired by The Women’s March and the Muslim Ban protests, we joined the growing number of resistance groups that emerged in opposition to Trumpism; Team TO Resist & Rise was born.

Over the last five years we’ve grown into a community of 800 with upwards of 150 activists attending our monthly gatherings.  We’ve stayed strong and engaged, and sustained our collective energy by focusing on the positive, promoting self-care, and committing to political action!

Join Making Waves for Democracy’s monthly meetings. We educate ourselves on the issues and bring people together committed to ongoing actions like phone and text banking as well as, our priority - knocking on voters’ doors (so far, over 50,000). 

Canvassing. 

Our historical successes: 

1. Flipped two red House Districts, located in northern LA County (CA-25) and along Orange County’s coast (CA-48) blue in 2018. We lost these narrowly to Trump supporters in 2020 because Covid-19 decimated our in-person, voter canvassing.   
2. We sent 90 members to Arizona in 2020 to door knock for Get-Out-the-Vote week and several members joined the victorious Unite HERE canvassing effort in Georgia to get Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff into the U.S. Senate. 

Our current work: The key to holding the House runs through California! 

1. In 2021, we began the door knocking work required to regain CA-27 (formerly CA-25) and to help Rep. Katie Porter hold her new seat – CA 47 (formerly CA-48).   
2. We are also working to turn CA-45 (a new OC District) Blue.  

The races of the candidates we’re supporting are all winnable.

Keep the faith, get involved – we can expand our majorities in the House and Senate!  

 Kate Anderson * Jeannette Bronson * Leigh Curran * Elizabeth Ford * Linda Garnets *  Jenny Jackson * Barrie Levy * Jeanne Miranda * Torie Osborn * Marley Powell * Sheryl Rosenbaum