Silicon Valley DSA

SJPJC Garden Day
2026-03-28 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-04 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-11 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-18 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-25 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-02 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-09 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-16 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 1 more date | San José Peace and Justice Center, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
The Silicon Valley DSA Mutual Aid Working group, in association with San Jose Food Not Bombs and South Bay Mutual Aid, is hosting a garden and build day this Saturday at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center (SJPJC)! We will be moving soil, planting plants, garden maintenance, and finishing the drip irrigation! Be sure to bring gloves, a hat, earplugs, sunglasses, and sunscreen! If you have tools like a shovel, they will be needed!
Location Details
San Jose Peace & Justice Center Parking Lot
48 S. 7th Street
San Jose CA 95112
Parking
There is street parking and parking garages close by on 4th street. Do not park at the Grocery Outlet they will tow your car.
Public Transportation

Bus: 7th & Santa Clara (Rapid 523, 64), San Carlos / 7th (22, 23, 66), San Fernando & 7th (72,73)
Light Rail: Santa Clara Station – Blue and Green Line
Train: San Jose Diridon Station – take Rapid 500 to Santa Clara / 6th or 22 to San Carlos / 7th
Wheelchair Accessibility

We will mostly be working outside the Center itself in the garden. To enter the Center itself: There is a wheelchair lift to access the 1st floor behind the building past the gate. Please ring the doorbell next to the lift for assistance.
Guidelines
For anyone entering the Center, it is recommended that you wear a mask. Thank you!

Tech Committee Meeting
2026-03-30 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-04-13 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-04-27 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-05-11 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
The Tech Committee meets bi-weekly to organize and maintain our chapter’s tech infrastructure: the chapter website (https://svdsa.org), automations, and more! If you’re curious about how we use technology for good or if you want to build systems that attract and empower DSA members, join #cmte-tech-data on Slack or swing by the Zoom!
Register for the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XbMFPFzMQVGH1sXutjLxRg

Social Committee Meeting
2026-04-02 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-05-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
Interested in building community and camaraderie? Looking for more opportunities to blow off steam and connect with people who share your values?
Join the Social Committee for our monthly meeting to help organize and facilitate social events for our comrades!
Register for the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LWghXCCVSh29sc6AtS4Zqg

San Jose Clothing Swap
2026-04-12 12:30 - 16:30, 2026-05-10 12:30 - 16:30 | San José Peace and Justice Center, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
SJ Clothing Swap is mutual aid for our community through clothing and fabric, with an emphasis on sustainability, queer expression, intersectional community care, accessibility, and community organizing. We’re focused on:
– Quality clothes for all
– Being a safe space for exploring your style and gender expression
– Building local community and making new friends
– Combating fast fashion, clothing overproduction & overconsumption, and textile waste (keeping clothes out of landfills)
We want to help you clear your closet of clothes, shoes and accessories that you don’t wear, and take home amazing new styles for free! We stop taking donations at 3:30 PM!

Mutual Aid Working Group Meeting
2026-04-15 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
Join the mutual aid working group to help support community-based efforts in the South Bay! No experience is required and everyone has something to contribute! We will be meeting at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center and a zoom link is available for those who cannot join in person.
We will discuss:
– Our current projects such as the San Jose Free Store, our gardens at Grateful Garden and the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, as well as a brake light clinic/repair cafe!
– Supporting South Bay Mutual Aid (SBMA) as one of their coalition members. Sign up to volunteer with SBMA here: https://southbaymutualaid.org/volunteermulti
This meeting will be conducted online.
Register Here for Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zJSg9nsyTrWrXQ-_uOptAQ

San José Free Store
2026-04-18 14:00 - 18:00, 2026-05-16 14:00 - 18:00 | San José Peace and Justice Center, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
Join Silicon Valley DSA, South Bay Mutual Aid, Food Not Bombs San José, San José Clothing Swap, and Art Pocket SJ, for a really really free goods event in the San José Peace and Justice Center parking lot. We’ll have cleaning supplies, clothes, fresh produce, fire preparedness kits, menstrual products, zines, and more available so that people can take what they need, for free.
Set up begins at 2 to 2:30 PM. The Free Store will run from 3:30 to 6:00 PM and clean up will go from 6-7 PM~. Please wear a mask to prevent the spread of respiratory diseases.
Feel free to bring and leave items you want to donate, but don’t bring more than 50 pounds of items, or items that won’t fit into a 2×2 box.
We look forward to seeing you!
Location Details
San José Peace & Justice Center Parking Lot
48 S. 7th Street
San Jose CA 95112
Parking
There is street parking and parking garages close by on 4th street. Do not park at the Grocery Outlet they will tow your car.
Public Transportation

Bus: 7th & Santa Clara (Rapid 523, 64), San Carlos / 7th (22, 23, 66), San Fernando & 7th (72,73)
Light Rail: Santa Clara Station – Blue and Green Line
Train: San Jose Diridon Station – take Rapid 500 to Santa Clara / 6th or 22 to San Carlos / 7th
Guidelines
For anyone entering the Center, it is recommended that you wear a mask. Thank you!

Socialist Night School
2026-04-22 19:00 - 20:30 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
This is the public facing education event hosted on the 4th Wednesday of each month by the political education working group. Topics will be announced monthly and resources will be published online as well as through our newsletter. These meetings are a great way to learn the why behind the work we do.
This event will take place both:
– In person at SEIU 521 (2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA 95131)
– On Zoom. Register for the Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Z6s_K7jPQC62v1yrl4G7Gw#/registration

Food Not Bombs San José Sunday Serve
2026-05-10 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-05-17 14:00 - 15:30 | St. James Park, N. 2nd St., San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
Join Food not Bombs San José in providing free food, hygiene supplies, fresh produce, and clothing to the community no questions asked.
Location Details:
St. James Park
N Second St
San Jose CA 95112
Parking:
There is street parking and parking garages close by at San Pedro
Public Transportation:
Bus: 2nd & Santa Clara (72, 73), 1st & Santa Clara (72, 73)
Light Rail: St. James Station – Blue Line South and Green Line North
Train: San Jose Diridon Station – take Line 64A to Santa Clara & 2nd

Community Safety WG Meeting
2026-05-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
At our annual Chapter Convention, membership re-chartered the Community Safety Working Group and passed a strategic resolution to continue our opposition to Automated License Plate Readers and Flock Safety. Join us for the first meeting of the WG since its rechartering where we will strategize about how to get rid of mass surveillance and keep our communities safe. We will also elect new co-chairs at this meeting to help coordinate our ongoing work.
We will meet on Zoom on Tuesday May 12 from 6-7 pm. Register for the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6E49UG-ASkaUUNStw6i50Q

Santa Clara County Stands Against ICE
2026-05-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Santa Clara County Offices, 70 W Hedding Street, San Jose, CA, 95110, United States
Join community organizations and Silicon Valley DSA as we stand together against a proposed ICE facility in South County! Bring signs, banners, and flags!

Location Details
Santa Clara County Offices
70 W Hedding St
San Jose CA 95110
Parking
There is street parking nearby.
Public Transportation

Bus: Hedding & San Pedro (Line 61)

Defend Public Education: Support ACE
2026-05-20 16:30 - 19:00 | Santa Clara County Office of Education, 1290 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA, 95131, United States
Join us in advocating for our students’ futures! Together, we can stop classroom closures, rescind layoffs, and invest in our children’s success. Mark your calendars for this Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 4:30 PM—your voice matters!

Community Briefing: NO to the proposed Gilroy ICE facility
2026-05-22 10:00 - 11:30
ICE is trying to move to build a facility in South County — and our community is fighting back.
Although there is not definitive information about the future use for this land, our community will be vigilant and organized to ensure ICE can not expand deportation operations in the Bay at this site.
On May 22, join us for a community briefing to get the full picture: what we know, what’s at stake, and how we stop it. This is your chance to hear directly from community leaders, ask questions, and plug into the campaign.
This facility would threaten the safety and well being of immigrant families across the entire region. Research has consistently shown that communities located near ICE detention centers experience increased enforcement activity and higher rates of arrests—a pattern that puts immigrant families, mixed-status households, and entire neighborhoods at greater risk.
Santa Clara County is home to one of the largest immigrant populations in California. For years, county leaders and community organizations have fought to pass and defend strong sanctuary protections because they know that the safety of immigrant residents is inseparable from the safety and well being of the whole county. A new ICE detention center in Gilroy would be a direct threat to everything those protections stand for.
Sign up here for a link to join: https://actionnetwork.org/events/community-briefing-no-to-the-proposed-gilroy-ice-facility

Brake Light Clinic Planning Meeting
2026-05-22 18:30 - 19:30 | San José Peace and Justice Center, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
Join the Mutual Aid Working Group as we plan for our upcoming brake light clinic this summer! No experience is needed and everyone has something to contribute! This meeting will be hybrid, on zoom and in person!
RSVP for Zoom Here!
Location Details
San José Peace & Justice Center DSA Office
48 S. 7th Street
San Jose CA 95112
Parking
There is street parking and parking garages close by on 4th street. Do not park at the Grocery Outlet they will tow your car.
Public Transportation

Bus: 7th & Santa Clara (Rapid 523, 64), San Carlos / 7th (22, 23, 66), San Fernando & 7th (72,73)
Light Rail: Santa Clara Station – Blue and Green Line
Train: San Jose Diridon Station – take Rapid 500 to Santa Clara / 6th or 22 to San Carlos / 7th
Guidelines
For anyone entering the Center, it is required that you wear a mask. Thank you!

DSA 101
2026-05-23 12:00 - 13:00 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
Are you tired of a system that is rigged against the Working Class? Have you had enough frustration with the status quo, and want to do something about it?
At DSA, we believe a better world is possible. Join us to learn about the movement we are building, and how to create power for the only majority in this country, the Working Class!
What is Democratic Socialism? How does DSA work to achieve it? Which projects does Silicon Valley DSA work on? At our DSA 101 event, we will answer these questions and many others. This event is open to the public, so we encourage non-members come hear why we joined, and why we stuck around. Discover how we are helping the community, and how you can get involved to build a better world.
The event will be held at SEIU 521 Union Hall on Saturday, May 23rd from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Please RSVP HERE.
Join us after the DSA 101 for our monthly Chapter Meeting, which starts at 1:00PM. You can talk to members, get more questions answered, and see a meeting in action.
To take part in Chapter decisions as a voting member, please sign up with National DSA at https://dsausa.org/join.
Parking
There is parking in the union hall parking lot.
Public Transportation

Bus: Brokaw & Rogers (VTA Line 60), 1st & Bonaventura (VTA Line 203)
Zoom link
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ylAXsiJARvSUApCWoXpeBg

May Chapter Meeting
2026-05-23 13:00 - 15:00 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
Join us for our monthly chapter meeting! Come meet your comrades, learn about current and upcoming projects, and take place in our democratic decision process!
Location Details
SEIU 521 Union Hall
2302 Zanker Rd.
San Jose CA 95131
Parking
There is parking in the union hall parking lot.
Public Transportation

Bus: Brokaw & Rogers (VTA Line 60), 1st & Bonaventura (VTA Line 203)
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upCzmkeNTpuE3QfXfMIL9g
