Silicon Valley DSA

Sammy Obeid Flyering For the al-Habils
2026-07-30 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Our friend Abod and his family need all the donations we can get for them. Join the International Solidarity Working Group in front of San Jose Improv’s Sammy Obeid Show to get donations from attendees who are more likely sympathetic to the al-Habil family’s needs. We need you to help! Solidarity forever!
Note: You don’t have to stay the whole time.

ICE Watch
2026-07-30 08:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-23 08:00 - 14:00 | ISAP Office, 393 Blossom Hill, San Jose, CA, 95123, United States
Please join us every Thursday at the ISAP office on Blossom Hill Rd at any time between 8am-2pm to help protect your neighbors from ICE kidnappings, and get connected with more local organizing opportunities! We are especially in need of multilingual folks – Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, and Mandarin speakers especially!
Location Details:
ISAP Office
393 Blossom Hill
San Jose CA 95123
Parking:
There is street parking nearby
Public Transportation:
Bus: Blossom Hill & Judith (27),

Leadership Meeting: Co-Chairs & Coalition Captains
2026-07-29 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Every month our Working Group leaders meet with Steering and other Committees to provide updates, ask for support, and report on coalition building work.
Register on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pP5BIdvzQMKTuXGL-d-ohw

Democracy Forum - Meet the Authors of "On Courage"
2026-07-29 12:00 - 13:30 | First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto
Silicon Valley DSA has endorsed the fourth installment of the Democracy Forum organized by our allies Indivisible Palo Alto + on Wednesday July 29 from 12-1:30 PM. The event takes place at the First Presbyterian Church and is a “brown bag” bring your own lunch format.
Register for the event here: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/991799/
Event description from the organizers:

About this event

​On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear is a new book that’s made for this moment—and a book written for all of us who are trying to defend democracy in these perilous, promising times.
“INVALUABLE. A CLASSIC OF OUR TIME. Everybody should read it,” says Rachel Maddow of MS-NOW. The book’s publisher calls On Courage “a deeply reported manual about how anyone can defy an authoritarian—based on original interviews with more than 100 dissidents, activists, and theorists across the world.”
Join us for a special DEMOCRACY FORUM appearance by Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer, the authors of On Courage. Anguin and Fields-Meyer will be in conversation with David Waksberg, a local Indivisible leader and a former human rights activist.
Julia is a Palo Alto native who, along with her co-author, Ami, has agreed to make time during her national book tour to meet with Indivisible members and friends from across the Peninsula.
The event takes place at lunchtime, so attendees are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch. Snacks and drinks will be provided. The facility will open 11:30 AM, so please arrive early to enjoy your lunch with other attendees.
Angwin and Fields-Meyer will sign copies of their book, and the book will be available for purchase at the event.
ABOUT THE BOOK
From the publisher’s description of On Courage:
The United States is only the latest country to face a leader who wields fear as a weapon, punishes political enemies, disappears people off the street, and undermines free and fair elections. Today nearly three out of four people on earth live under authoritarianism, the highest rate since the late 1970s.
But even under repressive conditions, each of us holds the power to help defeat autocrats. Based on their acclaimed The New Yorker essay “So You Want to Be a Dissident?,” veteran reporter Julia Angwin and political strategist Ami Fields-Meyer give us a captivating—and profoundly hopeful—guide to courage in an age of fear.
Meet a student from Hong Kong who risked everything for democracy. A mom in a working-class neighborhood of Caracas who broke with the political movement that raised her. Cairo twentysomethings who staged a gutsy stunt to help bring down a dictator. A mild-mannered immigrant fighting to save a landmark U.S. civil rights law. People throughout the United States and across five continents who faced serious risks for dissenting in their workplace, their community, or their country. On Courage is the story of how they did it anyway—and how you can do it, too.
Blending rich, previously untold narratives with history, spirituality, and movement research, Angwin and Fields-Meyer deliver a highly accessible book full of practical lessons—an inspiring resource for anyone, anywhere, who feel the walls of history closing in on them. On Courage is a roadmap to political courage and a powerful case for how taking personal risks can help save the free world.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Julia Angwin is an award-winning investigative journalist, a bestselling author, a New York Times contributing Opinion writer, and founding director of the Independent Media + Audience Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. She is the founder of two nonprofit newsrooms—Proof News and The Markup – that investigate the impacts of technology. She is a winner and two time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance (Times Books, 2014) and Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America (Random House, March 2009).
Ami Fields-Meyer is a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation and a former senior policy advisor at the White House, where he led U.S. policy initiatives related to civil rights, consumer protection, and technology policy. He has served as a strategist to national civil rights organizations, political candidates, and high-profile public officials from Los Angeles City Hall to the West Wing. Fields-Meyer’s writing on issues of democracy and public policy has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, and other outlets. A former speechwriter, he is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
SPONSORING PARTNERS

Blue Turn Indivisible
Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice
Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America

ABOUT DEMOCRACY FORUM
This special author event is the fourth presentation of Democracy Forum, a series of action-oriented events hosted by Indivisible Palo Alto Plus. Democracy Forum aims to provide a “deep dive” educational experience that will equip participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools that they need to preserve and strengthen the American democratic experiment.

Mutual Aid Working Group Meeting
2026-07-28 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

Tech Committee Meeting
2026-07-27 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

Housing Working Group Meeting
2026-07-27 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
Join the Housing Working Groyp via Zoom as we try to make housing more affordable in Silicon Valley and build the Silicon Valley Tenant Union. We focus on displacement, affordability, habitability, and more. We need your help!
Register here!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mgqeJNgGTDeQrNf0gzmFbA

Gilroy City Council Meeting - CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT !!
2026-07-27 18:00 - 21:00 | Gilroy City Council Chambers, 7351 Rosanna Street, Gilroy, 95020, United States
📢 LETTER CAMPAIGN ALERT ! 📢
Right on the border of Gilroy, the federal government is trying to build a massive new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on 7240 Holsclaw Road.
While California’s Attorney General, Santa Clara County, and neighboring cities like San Jose and Mountain View have stepped up to sue and block this facility. Meanwhile, the Gilroy City Council has been pathetically inactive. Alongside Morgan Hill, Gilroy has refused to sign onto the lawsuit​.
To make matters worse, our local leaders are actively laying the groundwork for the very systems ICE relies on. Right down the road, the council quietly approved a massive Amazon (AWS) data center with zero public hearings​. This matters because Amazon’s cloud databases power the exact surveillance and data-tracking networks ICE uses to target, track, and deport​ our community members.
That is why the symbolic resolution the Gilroy City Council passed on June 1st is nowhere near enough. We cannot protect our communities from masked agents and concentration camps while simultaneously rolling out the red carpet for the corporate tech infrastructure that supports them.
We need binding municipal policy, not paper promises!
We need open, transparent, and protective leaders who don’t back down when they have the power to help us!
We need to take action, NOW!
Use this link to sign our letter campaign and get more information on how to attend this Gilroy City Council Meeting.
We need a strong turnout to ensure they vote to cancel this contract. Please RSVP to let us know if you’ll be there to stand with us. You can attend in-person or submit public comment by emailing a letter to publiccomment@cityofgilroy.org before 1:00 PM on the day of the meeting.
City Council Meeting Details:

When: Monday, July 27th @ 6:00 PM
Where: Gilroy Council Chambers ( 7351 Rosanna Street, Gilroy, CA 95020 )

Food Not Bombs San José Sunday Serve
2026-07-26 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-07-19 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

Lit Drop for Redwood City Rent Control
2026-07-25 10:00 - 12:30 | Faith in Action Bay Area RWC Office, 820 Cassia Street, Redwood City, CA, 94063, United States
Rent control is officially on the ballot in Redwood City! Join Silicon Valley DSA and the Affordable Redwood City campaign for a lit drop to help spread the word to RWC voters to vote “yes” on tenants’ rights this November.
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/lit-drop-for-redwood-city-rent-control-725

SJPJC Garden Day
2026-07-25 09:00 - 12:00 | 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!

Socialist Night School: Labor 101
2026-07-23 18:30 - 20:00 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
Come join the Political Education working group for our monthly Socialist Night School. This month we’ll be joining with the Labor working group to present Labor 101. You’ll leave understanding why a strong labor movement is essential to a successful socialist movement, and why DSA puts workers at the center of our organizing. We’ll discuss who is “working class” in a socialist framework (and why it matters), union basics, and cover some important moments in U.S. labor history. As always, we’ll share ways to take what you’ve learned and put it into action. No pre-reading or prior knowledge necessary, just show up, in person or on Zoom!
RSVP HERE
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Z6s_K7jPQC62v1yrl4G7Gw

Electoral Working Group Meeting
2026-07-23 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
The electoral working group will meet to discuss and plan for current and future electoral projects. All are welcome.
Register for the Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lMhKwarkTNqJPSg6qjXeUQ

CalSTRS Divest from Genocide
2026-07-23 08:30 - 13:30 | Westin San Francisco Airport, 1 Old Bayshore Highway, Millbrae, CA, United States
On Thu July 23rd, 2026, Rally @ 8:30 AM, public comment @ 9:00 AM. Westin San Francisco Airport, 1 Old Bayshore Highway
Millbrae, CA.
Answer the call from teachers against the genocide against Palestinians from across California- from Los Angeles to San Diego to Sacramento to Eureka to the Bay Area! Join them in s show of political will and the power of the people at the CalSTRS’ summer board meeting.
Parking is limited so take BART to the Millbrae station or carpool with your friends.
Look for the flags at the park across the street!
Bring kuffieyhs, signs and flags. Tell CalSTRS to retire genocide now! Our educators don’t want their retirement to be tied to occupation!

Liberation and Justice Working Group Meeting
2026-07-22 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Join us for our Liberation and Justice Working Group Meeting to connect, organize, and build collective power around areas like law enforcement, racial justice, and mass-incarceration. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month @ 7:30-8:30pm on Zoom.
If you’re interested in contributing to this effort and organizing for real change, join the Zoom and the #wg-liberation-justice Slack channel.
Register for the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zdqyGqXgS42vBZTxl2BPQA

Leadership Meeting: Steering Committee
2026-07-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
The elected officers (Steering Committee) meet every week on Zoom to check in on our Chapter’s administration, 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 on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/pP5BIdvzQMKTuXGL-d-ohw

ICE Out of the Bay Rally
2026-07-22 17:00 - 20:00 | Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA, 95116, United States
ICE OUT THE BAY

From Gilroy to Dublin

Wednesday, July 22 at 5pm
Mexican Heritage Plaza (corner of Alum Rock and King) 1700 Alum Rock Ave. San Jose, 95116

Let’s come together to tell ICE that they are not welcome in our community!

Questions? DM us or email jbarousse@amigosdeguadalupe.org

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¡FUERA ICE DE LA BAHÍA!

De Gilroy a Dublin

Miércoles, 22 de julio a las 5pm
Mexican Heritage Plaza (esquina de Alum Rock y King) 1700 Alum Rock Ave. San Jose, 95116

¡Unámonos para decirle a ICE que no es bienvenido en nuestra comunidad!

¿Preguntas? Envíanos un mensaje directo o escribe a jbarousse@amigosdeguadalupe.org

July Leadership Retreat
2026-07-22 09:00 - 13:00 | CA
Silicon Valley DSA holds quarterly leadership retreats so we can take a big picture view of our ongoing organizing work. We also work to develop member leaders and strategize about building coalitions with other local groups aligned with our goals and values. The retreat is open to all member leaders, and any members who are interested in stepping up into a larger role in the organization are encouraged to attend. We will hold our next retreat at the SEIU 521 Union Hall on Saturday, May 30th from 9:00AM-1:00PM.
Come join us to help set the direction of the organization and work out strategies to empower our members to develop as leaders in SV-DSA and the larger community.

September Leadership Retreat
2026-07-22 09:00 - 13:00 | CA
Silicon Valley DSA holds quarterly leadership retreats so we can take a big picture view of our ongoing organizing work. We also work to develop member leaders and strategize about building coalitions with other local groups aligned with our goals and values. The retreat is open to all member leaders, and any members who are interested in stepping up into a larger role in the organization are encouraged to attend. We will hold a retreat at the SEIU 521 Union Hall on Saturday September 12th from 9:00AM-1:00PM. Come join us to help set the direction of the organization and work out strategies to empower our members to develop as leaders in SV-DSA and the larger community.

Community Safety WG Meeting
2026-07-21 19:00 - 20:00 | CA
Join the Community Safety Working Group as we discuss our ongoing work to fight back against the American police state.
Currently, our group is most actively engaged in efforts against automated license plate readers (ALPRs), ICE, and data centers.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bBzLyNmkRauJPCbd_63MYg

International Solidarity WG Meeting
2026-07-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Zoom
Join our International Solidarity Working Group as we organize for a free Palestine, protections for immigrants, an end to US imperialism, and a liberated international working class!
Please register for the Zoom meeting here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Pzfk-whGRre39zr8rv2Dew
Read more about the International Solidarity Working Group at https://siliconvalleydsa.org/international-solidarity/.

Comms Committee Meeting
2026-07-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
A lot of work goes into keeping our chapter running behind the scenes. The Comms Committee focuses on outreach and communication, including the monthly newsletter and social media acounts. Please feel free to join and learn about what it takes to reach out to our community.

Register for the Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hrOxMwbATKilZorbWwoytg

Tech Committee Working Session
2026-07-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
The Tech Committee has bi-weekly working session where folks can start an up-for-grabs item or make progress on current items. Co-chairs are available for office-hours assistance for any questions that come up or for help finding something to contribute to.
Register for the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XbMFPFzMQVGH1sXutjLxRg

Transit Working Group Session
2026-07-20 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
Come join us for an in-person transit working group session, where we’ll work on ongoing projects and discuss strategy. Locations for the in-person session will vary from a session-to-session basis and will be posted in slack at least one week in advance of the meeting. Zoom is still available for those unable to attend in-person.
Register for the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/EKUU9OdiSNeHXL5jbco0_g

ICE Out of Gilroy March
2026-07-19 15:00 - 18:00 | San Ysidro Park, 7700 Murray Ave, Gilroy, CA, 95020, United States
Join San Jose Coalition Against Trump and ICE out of Gilroy to oppose the construction of an ICE facility capable of holding detainees!
The detention center would allow ICE the necessary infrastructure to hold operations such as Midway Blitz in the Bay Area. Locally, we haven’t seen the full scale of attacks and won’t allow them to operate to such an extent! As of 2025 to now, up to 51 immigrants have died in detention, we cannot allow any more deaths! We must stand up and Fight back and organize against ICE attacks whether through protests, barrio walks or campaigns to prevent any detention centers in the South Bay! We demand ICE OUT!
LEGALIZATION FOR ALL! FREE THEM ALL!
-July 19th 3PM
Meet at 7700 Murray Ave
March to 7240 Holsclaw RD

Forum on ICE Facility, Data Center, and Mass Surveillance July 19
2026-07-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Mountain View Community Center, Maple Room, 201 S Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View, CA, United States
Silicon Valley DSA has endorsed and is participating in a forum hosted by our allies in Bay Resistance (Mountain View Pod) on Sunday July 19 at 3 pm. The event will be held in the Maple Room of the Mountain View Community Center at 201 S Rengstorff Ave.
The event will consist of a panel discussion bringing together three experienced local organizers. One member is active in the fight against the ICE processing facility being illegally constructed in Gilroy. One member is active fighting against the data center planned for South County. One member is active in the fight against mass surveillance and automated license plate readers. The discussion will highlight the ties between these seemingly disparate topics and how residents of the Lower Peninsula can get involved in opposing the developments in South County.
Register to attend here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvC0ooztxuRjGnuzVbtZw3h6tme066um5SvSaRUpkLvw4OoQ/viewform
Description from Bay Resistance located at the registration link above:
The construction of detention centers and data centers across the US represent some of the largest construction efforts in recent times. Both have been heavily protested, and while on the surface seem like distinct efforts, the artificial intelligence boom and the growth of surveillance and the deportation pipeline are deeply interrelated. In Gilroy, we have an example of both being constructed at this very moment. Hear from local activists in Gilroy about the build out of the new data center and detention center in their community, the local organizing to protest them, and how these projects affect immigrants and all working people in the area.
La construcción de centros de detención y centros de datos en todo Estados Unidos representa algunos de los proyectos de construcción más grandes de los últimos tiempos. Ambos han sido objeto de fuertes protestas y, aunque a primera vista parecen iniciativas distintas, el auge de la inteligencia artificial, el crecimiento de la vigilancia y el sistema de deportaciones están profundamente interrelacionados. En Gilroy, tenemos un ejemplo de la construcción simultánea de ambos tipos de instalaciones. Escuche a activistas locales de Gilroy hablar sobre la construcción del nuevo centro de datos y del centro de detención en su comunidad, la organización local para protestar contra ellos y cómo estos proyectos afectan a los inmigrantes y a todos los trabajadores de la zona.

Coffee with Comrades: Voyager Craft Coffee
2026-07-19 11:00 - 14:00 | CA
Join us at the Voyager on Alameda for some coffee with comrades!

Address: 2221 The Alameda Santa Clara, CA 95050

San José Free Store
2026-07-18 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!
