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September 2024
Mutual Aid Garden Day
Come tend our garden box! We rent two raised beds where we grow food for members and the community.
Find out more »Really Really Free Store
Join Silicon Valley DSA, South Bay Mutual Aid, and San Jose Food Not Bombs, for a really really free goods event in the Peace and Justice Center parking lot. We’ll have cleaning supplies, clothes, book, zines, children’s toys, fire preparedness kits, and more available so that people can take what they need, for free. Please wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID and other respiratory diseases. We will only allow 20 people in the parking lot at the…
Find out more »Membership Committee Phonebank
Earlier this year our chapter made a resolution to reach 500 members. To hit that goal, the SVDSA Membership Committee invites you to participate in our upcoming phonebank event! This is an excellent opportunity to engage with our prospective members, strengthen our community, and mobilize support for our ongoing initiatives such as a protesting the end of the Palestine atrocities. Agenda: 1. Welcome and Introductions: Brief overview of the phonebank process. 2. Training Session: Step-by-step guidance on how to effectively…
Find out more »SVDSA September Chapter Meeting
Join Silicon Valley DSA for our September General Meeting featuring updates from our working groups and ongoing projects, as well as a space to connect with comrades and discuss our current and future work as a chapter. We welcome everyone to our meetings, whether you have been involved for a long time or are just curious to learn more. To take part in chapter decisions as a voting member of the chapter, please sign up with National DSA here. This…
Find out more »October 2024
International Solidarity WG Meeting
Join our International Solidarity Working Group as we organize for a free Palestine, an end to U.S. support for fascism, and a liberated international working class! Please request to join our Google Group for the Zoom link: https://groups.google.com/g/sv-dsa-wg-international/about . Click "Ask to join group" if you have a GMail account, or "Contact owners and managers" if you do not. You can also reach out to #wg-international-solidarity on Slack.
Find out more »Canvass for Lissette in Redwood City 10.05.2024
SV-DSA has re-endorsed Lissette Espinoza-Garnica for City Council in Redwood City. Lissette is a former member of chapter leadership and has been fighting for workers and tenants as a council member in Redwood City over the past few years. This is the last weekend before ballots drop, so it is one of the best chances to unleash our people power to support a candidate of and for the working class! There will be a canvass for Lissette on Saturday…
Find out more »San Jose: Protest 1 Year of Genocide!
📢 HANDS OFF PALESTINE & LEBANON! 📢 Silicon Valley DSA mourns one year of genocide, with over 40,000 Palestinians directly killed by Israel, and over 186,000 deaths expected after including famine and disease. As Zionists spreads their terror campaign to Lebanon in the pursuit of more land theft, our demand is clear: Hands off Palestine & Lebanon! We call on ALL allies to join us and San José Against War at a protest march and rally on Sunday October 6…
Find out more »Sally Lieber Canvass Cupertino 10.06.2024
Ballots for the 2024 election are dropping soon and this is our last chance to reach voters face-to-face. We are continuing to support our endorsed candidate for Santa Clara County District 5 Supervisor, Sally Lieber, with our people-powered campaign. The landlord SuperPAC in California, CAA, has been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the opponent to fight against a pro-renter agenda. We will meet at Cupertino Civic Park Center at noon (Town Center Lane, https://maps.app.goo.gl/EHDtxHmhxxDpaVbx8).
Find out more »Leadership Meeting: Chapter Committee
The elected officers (Chapter Committee) meet every two weeks or more on zoom to check in on our chapter’s admin committees, make decisions on behalf of the chapter in between general meetings, and collaborate on urgent tasks. If you’re interested in the nuts and bolts of chapter administration or have questions for the officers, you’re welcome to attend. Registration link for zoom here.
Find out more »Mutual Aid Working Group
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 discuss: supporting South Bay Mutual Aid (SBMA) as one of their coalition members sign up to volunteer with SBMA here: https://southbaymutualaid.org/volunteermulti donate to SBMA here by selecting the “Mutual Aid Fund”: https://siliconvalleydsa.org/donate/ our current projects such as the really really free store, clothing drive, unhoused support, the garden box, and much more! review…
Find out more »Free Pantry and Garden Build Day
The Silicon Valley DSA Mutual Aid Working group, in association with San Jose Food Not Bombs and South Bay Mutual Aid, is hosting a free pantry and garden build day this Saturday at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center! We will be putting in the poles for the pantry, varnishing the materials for the box, building compost shifters, and general garden maintenance! Be sure to bring gloves, a hat, and sunscreen! Location Details San Jose Peace & Justice Center…
Find out more »San Jose Free Store
Join Silicon Valley DSA, South Bay Mutual Aid, San Jose Food Not Bombs, and Art Pocket SJ for a really really free goods event in the San Jose 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 6:30 PM and clean…
Find out more »International Solidarity WG Meeting
Join our International Solidarity Working Group as we organize for a free Palestine, an end to U.S. support for fascism, and a liberated international working class! Please request to join our Google Group for the Zoom link: https://groups.google.com/g/sv-dsa-wg-international/about . Click "Ask to join group" if you have a GMail account, or "Contact owners and managers" if you do not. You can also reach out to #wg-international-solidarity on Slack.
Find out more »October Chapter Meeting
Come join our monthly October meeting from 2-4 PM at the Joyce Ellison Branch Library in San Jose at 491 E Empire St. We will have updates from our chapter working groups and a check in with our Field Organizer Alicia. Meetings are open to all. Zoom registration here.
Find out more »November 2024
Leadership Meeting: Chapter Committee
The elected officers (Chapter Committee) meet every two weeks or more on zoom to check in on our chapter’s admin committees, make decisions on behalf of the chapter in between general meetings, and collaborate on urgent tasks. If you’re interested in the nuts and bolts of chapter administration or have questions for the officers, you’re welcome to attend. Registration link for zoom here.
Find out more »Mutual Aid Working Group
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 discuss: supporting South Bay Mutual Aid (SBMA) as one of their coalition members sign up to volunteer with SBMA here: https://southbaymutualaid.org/volunteermulti donate to SBMA here by selecting the “Mutual Aid Fund”: https://siliconvalleydsa.org/donate/ our current projects such as the really really free store, clothing drive, unhoused support, the garden box, and much more! review…
Find out more »International Solidarity WG Meeting
Join our International Solidarity Working Group as we organize for a free Palestine, an end to U.S. support for fascism, and a liberated international working class! Please request to join our Google Group for the Zoom link: https://groups.google.com/g/sv-dsa-wg-international/about . Click "Ask to join group" if you have a GMail account, or "Contact owners and managers" if you do not. You can also reach out to #wg-international-solidarity on Slack. Read more about the International Solidarity Working Group here.
Find out more »San Jose Free Store
Join Silicon Valley DSA, South Bay Mutual Aid, San Jose Food Not Bombs and Art Pocket SJ, for a really really free goods event in the San Jose 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 6:30 PM and clean…
Find out more »Labor WG Meeting
Join SVDSA’s Labor working group for our biweekly meeting as we discuss how SVDSA members can channel growing popular interest in unionization into effective labor action and wins for working people. Meeting to be held on Zoom. Zoom info will be sent after registering - register here
Find out more »Redwood City for Palestine: Organize for Divestment!
📢 REDWOOD CITY: ORGANIZE FOR DIVESTMENT! 📢 Join Redwood City neighbors as we strategize on how to divest locally from the genocide in Gaza. Bring your best ideas for grassroots organizing! This meeting will be held in person and will include breakout groups to discuss business-level divestment and larger-scale divestment. RSVP here Downtown Redwood City Library Community Room (2nd Floor) 1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063 Help us spread the word far and wide to allies! Disclaimer on Redwood…
Find out more »Leadership Meeting: Chapter Committee
The elected officers (Chapter Committee) meet every two weeks or more on zoom to check in on our chapter’s admin committees, make decisions on behalf of the chapter in between general meetings, and collaborate on urgent tasks. If you’re interested in the nuts and bolts of chapter administration or have questions for the officers, you’re welcome to attend. Registration link for zoom here.
Find out more »Leadership Meeting: Chapter Committee
The elected officers (Chapter Committee) meet every two weeks or more on zoom to check in on our chapter’s admin committees, make decisions on behalf of the chapter in between general meetings, and collaborate on urgent tasks. If you’re interested in the nuts and bolts of chapter administration or have questions for the officers, you’re welcome to attend. Registration link for zoom here.
Find out more »December 2024
Labor WG Meeting
Join SVDSA’s Labor working group for our biweekly meeting as we discuss how SVDSA members can channel growing popular interest in unionization into effective labor action and wins for working people. Meeting to be held virtually on Zoom. Zoom info will be sent after registering - register here
Find out more »International Solidarity WG Meeting
Join our International Solidarity Working Group as we organize for a free Palestine, an end to U.S. support for fascism, and a liberated international working class! Please request to join our Google Group for the Zoom link: https://groups.google.com/g/sv-dsa-wg-international/about . Click "Ask to join group" if you have a GMail account, or "Contact owners and managers" if you do not. You can also reach out to #wg-international-solidarity on Slack. Read more about the International Solidarity Working Group here.
Find out more »Labor WG Meeting
Join SVDSA’s Labor working group for our biweekly meeting as we discuss how SVDSA members can channel growing popular interest in unionization into effective labor action and wins for working people. Meeting to be held virtually on Zoom. Zoom info will be sent after registering - register here
Find out more »Mutual Aid Working Group
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 discuss: supporting South Bay Mutual Aid (SBMA) as one of their coalition members sign up to volunteer with SBMA here: https://southbaymutualaid.org/volunteermulti donate to SBMA here by selecting the “Mutual Aid Fund”: https://siliconvalleydsa.org/donate/ our current projects such as the really really free store, clothing drive, unhoused support, the garden box, and much more! review…
Find out more »San Jose Free Store
Join Silicon Valley DSA, South Bay Mutual Aid, San Jose Food Not Bombs and Art Pocket SJ, for a really really free goods event in the San Jose 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 6:30 PM and clean…
Find out more »SJPC Garden Build Day
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 build day this Saturday at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center! We will be constructing new garden boxes, moving plants and soil,. as well as general garden maintenance! Be sure to bring gloves, a hat, and sunscreen! Location Details San Jose Peace & Justice Center Parking Lot 48 S. 7th Street San Jose CA…
Find out more »January 2025
SJPC Garden and Pantry Build Day
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 pantry build day this Saturday at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center! We will be constructing new garden boxes, moving plants and soil, lowering the pantry box, as well as general garden maintenance! Be sure to bring gloves, a hat, earplugs, and sunscreen! If you have tools for precision sawing and drilling, they…
Find out more »SJPC Garden and Pantry Build Day
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 pantry build day this Saturday at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center! We will be constructing new garden boxes, moving plants and soil, lowering the pantry box, as well as general garden maintenance! Be sure to bring gloves, a hat, earplugs, and sunscreen! If you have tools for precision sawing and drilling, they…
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