Silicon Valley DSA

Electoral Working Group Working Meeting
2026-01-11 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San José Peace and Justice Center, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
We will meet in person to work on electoral WG tasks, such as our questionnaire for candidates seeking an SVDSA endorsement in the 2026 elections.

San Jose Clothing Swap
2026-01-11 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!

March and Rally for Renee Good and Venezuela!
2026-01-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Peace Corner San Jose – Santana Row, 3071 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara, CA, 95050
While the Trump administration salivates about stealing the Venezuelan peoples’ oil, the terror has struck again at home. Renee Good, legal observer and mother, was murdered by ICE in cold blood. Join Silicon Valley DSA, the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, the Ross-Galarza Club Communist Party USA, and Party of Socialism and Liberation Bay Area as we denounce the imperialist war on Venezuela and remember the life and work of Renee Good!
Resist Trump’s terror abroad and at home!
Join us on Saturday 1/10 at 3 PM at Peace Corner on the corner of Stevens Creek and Winchester Blvd.

Rapid Response Network Training
2026-01-10 11:00 - 13:00 | Cupertino Library, 10800 Torre Ave, Cupertino, CA, 95014, United States
Come join us on January 10 from 11AM to 1PM at the Cupertino Library to learn how to defend your immigrant neighbors from ICE.
The training will train you to become an RRN Observer for the Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County. Show up and make a difference and protect your neighbors rights.

SJPJC Garden Day
2026-01-10 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-01-03 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-20 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!

Stanford SJP: Advance Screening of the Voice of Hind Rajab
2026-01-09 17:00 - 19:30
This Friday at 5 PM, at Oshman Hall at Stanford, join Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine for dinner and an advance screening of The Voice of Hind Rajab! From Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, the film is a powerful portrait of courage and humanity based on real call recordings of five-year-old Hind Rajab to the Palestine Red Crescent during the bombing in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Follow @stanfordsjp on Instagram for more Stanford SJP events!

PACK THE COURT: Opening Arguments for Stanford 11's Trial
2026-01-09 08:30 - 17:30
[URGENT ACTION] ‼️PACK THE COURT‼️ for the Stanford 11 at 8:30 AM on Friday January 9 at the Hall of Justice, Department 53, 190-200 W. Hedding St, San Jose, CA 95110
In June 2024, students, alumni, and one student reporter were arrested at a sit-in of the office of Stanford University’s president in protest of Stanford’s complicity with Israel’s genocide in Palestine. In Santa Clara County, the District Attorney Jeff Rosen has chosen to charge these protesters against genocide with felonies, and 11 Stanford community members have been indicted on two grand jury charges, making them the first out of thousands of protesters across the nation in the past two years to go to felony trial over their pro-Palestinian activism.
The opening arguments in the Stanford 11’s trial begins on January 9. Show up and pack the court in order to support the Stanford 11, as they fight trumped up charges just for their courage to call out Stanford’s complicity in the genocide!
If you can’t show up, check out Stanford SJP’s action toolkit here about how to support the Stanford 11 through mutual aid for trial expenses as well as calling and emailing public officials. Follow @stanfordsjp and @sit_in_to_stop_genocide for more updates!

Preliminary Convention Planning Committee Meeting
2026-01-08 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
If you are excited about continuing to build our chapter in 2026, join this meeting!
At our January General Chapter meeting, we will be discussing and voting on this resolution about our 2026 Chapter Convention (Saturday, March 28 – mark your calendars). If the resolution passes, we will be forming a Convention Planning Committee. This committee will include all sorts of roles, including those focused on strategy, those focused on logistics, and those focused on social aspects of the event. if you’re looking for any type of way to participate in our chapter – join this committee!
This meeting is an informal, preliminary committee meeting on Thursday, January 8 at 7:30pm on Zoom. This will primarily be focused on starting to plan the Working Session (Sunday, February 1). Since the resolution has not yet passed, this meeting is informal / preliminary – we just want more time to plan the Working Session given that it’s just a week after the January chapter meeting.
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AQm4-uYaRkik1NPN8JpWBQ

Labor Working Group Meeting
2026-01-08 18:30 - 19:30
Join the Labor Working Group in organizing workers of Silicon Valley as we fight for the basic human dignity of all laborers! We will discuss the chapter’s involvement in local labor actions and our own programming. If you have topics you’d like to bring up, please share in the chapter Slack!
Register for zoom meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3iVDqRZfSeKaq3vl69my-A
Read more about the Labor Working Group: https://siliconvalleydsa.org/labor/

Electoral Working Group Meeting
2026-01-08 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

Social Committee Meeting
2026-01-08 18:00 - 19:00
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/-LRiYpXYRSOVG2C6yf6hJA

International Solidarity WG Meeting
2026-01-07 18:30 - 20:00
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/.

Leadership Meeting: Steering Committee
2026-01-06 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-12-30 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-12-23 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-12-16 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#/registration.

Comms Committee Meeting
2026-01-05 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/dFuBcKG2QwKNB-0acfruSg

Tech Committee Meeting
2026-01-05 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-22 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

Administrative Committee Meeting
2025-12-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
A lot of work goes into keeping our chapter running behind the scenes. We need to communicate with members through our newsletters and social media, and perform many necessary administrative tasks. The Administrative Committee will have a meeting that is open to all interested in helping keep the Chapter running smoothly.
Register for the Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81176574306?pwd=[REDACTED]

Housing Working Group Meeting
2025-12-29 18:30 - 19:30
Join us in working to establish dignified housing as a basic human right in Silicon Valley!
Register Here
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Immigrant Rights Canvas
2025-12-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Palo Alto Caltrain Station, 95 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, United States
Join the International Solidarity Working Group, Community Safety, and the Mutual Aid Working Group to ask business to hang the Rapid Response Network poster and inform community members of their rights if approached by ICE.
Meeting Location Details
Palo Alto Caltrain Station
95 University Ave
Palo Alto CA 94301
Parking
There is street parking and paid parking in the Caltrain Station
Public Transportation

Bus:
Light Rail:
Train: Palo Alto Caltarin Station
Guidelines
Masks are optional for this event.

San José Free Store
2025-12-20 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!

Phone Zap for Stanford 11
2025-12-19 16:00 - 16:30
In June 2024, students, alumni, and one student reporter were arrested at a sit-in of the office of Stanford University’s president in protest of Stanford’s complicity with Israel’s genocide in Palestine. In Santa Clara County, the District Attorney Jeff Rosen has chosen to charge these protesters against genocide with felonies, and 11 Stanford student protesters have been indicted on two grand jury charges, making them the first out of thousands of protesters across the nation in the past two years to go to felony trial over their pro-Palestinian activism.
The next court date for the Stanford 11 is November 17, where trial proceedings are set to be scheduled and assigned. Therefore, Silicon Valley DSA’s international solidarity working group is standing in solidarity with the Stanford 11 by holding a weekly phone zap among our members to call Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, Stanford University’s President Levin, and Representative Ro Khanna to pressure them to drop these unprecedented charges against the Stanford 11! Join us by registering for the phone zap here.
If you can’t join us, you can also call and email using Stanford SJP’s action toolkit.

Political Education Event: Vietnam War Discussion
2025-12-17 19:30 - 20:30
This month, instead of a Socialist Night School, we are going to do a “book club” type meet-up on zoom. But instead of a book, just listen to this podcast episode, and then we will gather to chit chat about it.
The topic is Socialism Around the World: Vietnam Edition.
The podcast episode is The Vietnam War run by RevLeft Radio. You can find it on their website, spotify, or apple music.The episode is 2 hours. If you have limited time, here are some recommended snippets:

For a 55 min version: 10:44 – 1:05:22
For a 25 min version: 40:22 – 1:05:22
For a 0 min version: just come even if you don’t listen, we’ll go over some of the content (very high-level) before discussing

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81524710609?pwd=[REDACTED]

Community Safety Working Group Meeting
2025-12-17 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
Join the community safety working group to help support efforts to improve the safety of our communities in the South Bay! No experience is required and everyone has something to contribute! We will be meeting via Zoom, please register with the link below, from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm.

Register for Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/33Ti1dehTzOblxmkrwLH5Q

Mutual Aid Working Group Meeting
2025-12-17 18:30 - 19:30
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

Labor Working Group Meeting
2025-12-16 18:30 - 19:30
Join the Labor Working Group in organizing workers of Silicon Valley as we fight for the basic human dignity of all laborers! We will discuss the chapter’s involvement in local labor actions and our own programming. If you have topics you’d like to bring up, please share in the chapter Slack!
Register for zoom meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XzrzeaAyQ8i7RVGGrhu8Yg
Read more about the Labor Working Group: https://siliconvalleydsa.org/labor/
