Built by neighbors,
not consultants.
RAEB started as a handful of East Bay neighbors who decided that showing up in person, at farmers markets, transit stops, and each other's living rooms, mattered more than another petition. That first wave of outreach turned into tens of thousands of flyers handed out with a simple two-minute ask: turn out the vote, or resist. Patrons noticed, appreciated our work, and often stayed to help out or signed up to volunteer.
What started as a handful of volunteers grew into a legacy Indivisible group over 1,100 members strong, one that provided the first seed funding to Activate America and has kept building partnerships with GOTV organizations working to flip districts and protect the vote ever since. Along the way, RAEB found other ways to keep democracy funded and visible: Buying Blue campaigns that steer dollars toward businesses that share the same values, and Parties for Democracy, a model born out of necessity during the pandemic that turns ordinary birthdays and anniversaries into fundraisers, some raising as much as $10,000 in a single night.
