DC’s 9:30 Club Celebrates a Double Anniversary
As the 9:30 Club celebrates 35 years in DC and 20 years at its current location, our DC Volunteer Team Leader Chris Reed reflects back on his 12 years of attending shows at this legendary DC venue The music scene in DC begins and ends at Nightclub 9:30 (also known as the 9:30 Club to…
The Road to 2016: Hillary on UFOs; Bernie on Marijuana; Christie on a Roll
It’s 3am, your children are asleep, a phone rings in the White House. Who do you want to answer it? Well if the call is coming from aliens, Hillary Clinton is more than prepared. Sort of. I’m fairly sure this article about Hillary’s thoughts on aliens and UFOs isn’t satire – it’s from the Huffington…
Data Glitches and Immigration Disputes on The Road to 2016
DEMOCRATS The Democratic Presidential race got interesting this week thanks to a quirk in a software used by campaigns. I’ve worked with this software before and can try to explain what went down. Many campaigns use a service called NGP VAN. It tracks data about volunteering from at least as far back as ‘04. It is…
Is Ted Cruz the new top dog? Did Paris Accords go far enough?
Every week in 2016, HeadCount will throw a short update your way on the Presidential campaign named “The Road to 2016.” Here’s the second installment: Republicans: Ted Cruz has had a week most of us would envy. Despite the release of this awkward piece about Cruz and his family, the Texas Senator has thoroughly overtaken Donald Trump…
The Road to 2016
Every week in 2016, HeadCount will throw a short update your way on the Presidential campaign named “The Road to 2016.” Here’s the first installment: Republicans The race for the GOP nomination continues to center around the lightning rod that is Donald Trump. The RealClearPolitics polling averages show the real estate magnate in first with…
2015 HeadCount Holiday Auction
I don’t know about you, but 2015 seems to have flown by, far faster than I ever could have imagined, and now it’s almost 2016. But before we switch out the calendars we have Hannukah, Festivus, Kwanzaa and Christmas to celebrate, and I have totally forgotten to buy any items for my loved ones. Thankfully…
8 Simple Ways Millennials Can Boost Their Civic Engagement
The following is a guest blog from our friends at icitizen, a smartphone app that makes it easy to stay connected with elected officials and your community. Civic engagement. What is it? If your first thought was “vague buzzword,” you’re not alone. And it’s partly true. It has a pretty broad definition, it essentially means…
Announcing the HeadCount Board Member Lunch Series
I eat lunch almost every day of the week. Generally I have one of two types of lunches. The first type involves me eating a sandwich alone while hunched over my computer, checking emails and hoping no mayo falls onto my keyboard. The second type of lunch is drastically different. The second type of lunch…
He Did it Again: Bob Weir Plays Signed D’Angelico To Support Charity Auction
UPDATE: The Dead & Company charity auction will be CLOSING ON WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25TH at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, CO, 30 minutes into set break. Look for the auction on the arena concourse during both 1st Bank Center concerts. With Dead & Company getting rave reviews across the Northeast, Bob Weir continued a…
Battle in Seattle Over Campaign Finance Reform
We’re not sending anyone new to Washington DC in 2015, but there are important local elections tomorrow, including a unique initiative on Seattle ballots. This initiative would drastically change the Emerald City’s campaign finance laws in an effort to stem the growth of big money in politics. The initiative, known as I-122, would enact a…