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May 2024
Tenants and Neighborhood Councils (TANC)
Tenants and Neighborhood Councils (TANC) is a member-run autonomous tenant union in the San Francisco Bay Area. We encourage all tenants of private landlords, unhoused people, and public housing residents, to join us in organizing councils. We are a group of Bay Area tenants who are fed up with rising rents, evictions, and harassment at the hands of landlords. We are fed up with our neighbors having no option but to live unsheltered and at constant risk of police harassment.…
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 »Leadership Meeting: Chapter Committee
The elected officers (Chapter Committee) meet every two weeks 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. Register here.
Find out more »Really Really 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 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…
Find out more »Housing Working Group
The Silicon Valley DSA Housing Working Group is organizing for housing as a human right. For us, the way to this goal involves both organizing as tenants to build direct power in our communities as well as proposing and advocating for policies that improve material conditions for everyone affected by the housing crisis. We want to shift power away from landlords and developers and live in a world where housing is for people not for profit. All our meetings and…
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://southbay.aidnetwork.org 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 »SVDSA May Chapter Meeting
Join Silicon Valley DSA for our April 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 »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 »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 »June 2024
Housing Working Group
The Silicon Valley DSA Housing Working Group is organizing for housing as a human right. For us, the way to this goal involves both organizing as tenants to build direct power in our communities as well as proposing and advocating for policies that improve material conditions for everyone affected by the housing crisis. We want to shift power away from landlords and developers and live in a world where housing is for people not for profit. This meeting will be…
Find out more »Tenants and Neighborhood Councils (TANC)
Tenants and Neighborhood Councils (TANC) is a member-run autonomous tenant union in the San Francisco Bay Area. We encourage all tenants of private landlords, unhoused people, and public housing residents, to join us in organizing councils. We are a group of Bay Area tenants who are fed up with rising rents, evictions, and harassment at the hands of landlords. We are fed up with our neighbors having no option but to live unsheltered and at constant risk of police harassment.…
Find out more »Leadership Meeting: Chapter Committee
The elected officers (Chapter Committee) meet every two weeks 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. Register here.
Find out more »Leadership Meeting: Chapter Committee
The elected officers (Chapter Committee) meet every two weeks 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. Check #general for the zoom link.
Find out more »Leadership Meeting: Chapter Committee
The elected officers (Chapter Committee) meet every two weeks 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. Zoom TBD.
Find out more »Leadership Working Meeting: Chapter Committee
The elected officers (Chapter Committee) are meeting to get some outstanding administrative tasks done in a group setting. If you’re interested in the nuts and bolts of chapter administration or have questions for the officers, you’re welcome to attend. Register here.
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 »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://southbay.aidnetwork.org 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 »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 »Housing Working Group
The Silicon Valley DSA Housing Working Group is organizing for housing as a human right. For us, the way to this goal involves both organizing as tenants to build direct power in our communities as well as proposing and advocating for policies that improve material conditions for everyone affected by the housing crisis. We want to shift power away from landlords and developers and live in a world where housing is for people not for profit. All our meetings and…
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 »Labor Movie Night – Out At Work (1997)
The labor movie night saga continues! To celebrate Pride this month we will be showing Out At Work (1997) which chronicles the stories of three workers who seek workplace safety, job security and benefits for gay and lesbian workers. Discussion will follow. Some snacks/drinks will be provided, feel free to bring your own! When: Friday, June 21st @ 7PM Where: 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose CA 95112 #sanjose #socialism #dsa #union #movie #pride #pridemonth #bayarea #palestine #gaza https://www.instagram.com/p/C711N1ZJ-mL/
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 »SVDSA June Chapter Meeting
Join Silicon Valley DSA for our June 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 »July 2024
Housing Working Group
The Silicon Valley DSA Housing Working Group is organizing for housing as a human right. For us, the way to this goal involves both organizing as tenants to build direct power in our communities as well as proposing and advocating for policies that improve material conditions for everyone affected by the housing crisis. We want to shift power away from landlords and developers and live in a world where housing is for people not for profit. This meeting will be…
Find out more »Tenants and Neighborhood Councils (TANC)
Tenants and Neighborhood Councils (TANC) is a member-run autonomous tenant union in the San Francisco Bay Area. We encourage all tenants of private landlords, unhoused people, and public housing residents, to join us in organizing councils. We are a group of Bay Area tenants who are fed up with rising rents, evictions, and harassment at the hands of landlords. We are fed up with our neighbors having no option but to live unsheltered and at constant risk of police harassment.…
Find out more »Electoral Working Group Meeting
The newly re-chartered Electoral Working Group is having a meeting on Tuesday, July 9 at 5:30 pm on Zoom. Comrades will discuss plans for supporting our current endorsed candidate, Sally Lieber for County Supervisor, and plan for actions between now and the general election in November. All are welcome. Register for the zoom at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0td-qurDgoHdTtSOvr10m1bo-78R5VocY4
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 »Leadership Meeting: Chapter Committee
The elected officers (Chapter Committee) meet every two weeks 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 coming soon.
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 »Housing Working Group
The Silicon Valley DSA Housing Working Group is organizing for housing as a human right. For us, the way to this goal involves both organizing as tenants to build direct power in our communities as well as proposing and advocating for policies that improve material conditions for everyone affected by the housing crisis. We want to shift power away from landlords and developers and live in a world where housing is for people not for profit. All our meetings and…
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