Silicon Valley DSA

SJPJC Garden Day
2025-09-06 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-30 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-23 09:00 - 12:00 (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
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!

South Bay Labor Council movie screening, "American Agitators."
2025-09-05 18:00 - 20:30 | 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose CA, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, OR, 95112, United States
The Labor WG of Silicon Valley DSA invites all labor-interested folks to join us in attending the screening of “American Agitators,” which won the Best Documentary award at Cinequest in San Jose this year! In the words of one review, it “chronicles the life and teachings of Fred Ross, Sr., who understood that inequality leads to injustice. Inspiring a new generation of activists to organize for systemic change, the film shows how collective action can combat racism, bigotry, and greed.”
Free admission.
Come join your Labor WG comrades in solidarity with the South Bay Labor Council, as we build a stronger relationship between our chapter and organized labor.
And stay tuned for a later screening, by the Labor Working Group, of “Union,” the documentary of the fight for the Amazon Labor Union. That will happen late in September, or early October.
Hope to see you on Friday the 5th of September! Help spread the word.

Measure A & Prop 50 Phonebanking
2025-09-04 17:30 - 20:00 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
Join the Silicon Valley DSA and the South Bay Labor Council for in-person phonebanking to build the support we need to pass Measure A and Proposition 50! Bring a laptop if able and consider wearing red or DSA swag!
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/campaigns/sv-dsa-measure-a/

International Solidarity WG Meeting
2025-09-03 18:30 - 20:00 | CA
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/.

Provisional Anti Fascist Working Group Meeting
2025-09-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
With the attacks from the Trump administration and the continued descent into fascism, the organized left is a necessary force to maintain human dignity and empower the working class. Members of Silicon Valley DSA are considering the formation of an official anti-fascist working group to help fill that role. We will discuss the results from the resolution to oppose Automated License Plate Readers discussed at our August chapter meeting, work towards the creation of an official working group charter, and decide on future projects and organizing efforts.
We will meet Wednesday September 3 from 6-7 pm on Zoom. Register for the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/cUjz63EvTT6JmdkRq5uSxw

Leadership Meeting: Steering Committee
2025-09-02 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-08-26 18:00 - 19:30, 2025-08-19 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

Comms Committee Meeting
2025-09-01 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-18 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 Meeting
2025-09-01 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-08-18 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

How To Have An Organizing Conversation
2025-08-31 12:00 - 14:00 | CA
In a world of low worker consciousness, red baiting, and political polarization socialists must become master communicators. When it comes to the health of relationships, teams, and organizations, communication makes all the difference. Join your fellow DSAers as we split our time between lecture and roleplaying on some hard conversations. Light refreshments will be provided but you are recommended to bring your own lunch!
Date: Sunday, August 31st
Location: 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose CA 95131
Time: 12pm – 2pm
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/2025-8-31-how-to-have-a-hard-conversation?

Seed Saver Event
2025-08-30 15:30 - 16:30 | San José Peace and Justice Center, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
Join us for a special Seed Saver Event this Saturday (8/30) from 3:30PM to 4:30PM at the San Jose Peace & Justice Center (48 S. 7th St. #101)!
There will be a live demonstration and discussion on seed saving techniques and building food independence. There will also be seeds available!
Hope to see you there!!

August Chapter Meeting
2025-08-30 13:00 - 15:00 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
Join Silicon Valley DSA for our August General Meeting! This meeting will feature a report back by our delegates to DSA’s National Convention resolutions, 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’ve been involved for a long time or are curious to learn more. To take part in Chapter decisions as a voting member, please sign up with National DSA at https://dsausa.org/join.
This meeting will be held in person, with the option to participate virtually via Zoom.
2302 Zanker Rd
San Jose, CA 95131
Saturday, August 30th
1PM – 3PM
Register for the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/swt-4SxtTPudtlzBYKKU9g
RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/august-chapter-meeting-7

Last Friday (Convention Fundraiser Show & Tell)
2025-08-29 18:00 - 21:00 | San José Peace and Justice Center, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
Curious about socialism but don’t know where to start? In need of some comradely time to unwind? Want to connect with other local comrades and build community? Join us for our monthly social!
This will be a special event as we are recouping costs incurred by our National Delegates with a post convention fundraiser. Do you have a special skill? Do you own a rare plant you can teach us about? Do you have a funny story that will crack us all up?
Then now is your chance to SHOW & TELL! Delight us with a 3 minutes or less presentation.
All ages welcome! The chapter will provide some drinks and snacks but we would love it if you brought something too.
48 S 7th St #101,
San Jose, CA 95112
August 29, 2025
6-9pm
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/last-friday-convention-fundraiser-show-tell
Donate today: http://venmo.com/u/svdsa

SJPJC Garden Day
2025-08-29 17:00 - 19:00 | 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, and garden maintenance! 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!

Electoral Working Group Meeting
2025-08-28 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

Political Education Working Group Educational Event
2025-08-27 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

San Jose Mutual Aid Bloc Party
2025-08-23 13:00 - 18:00 | Backesto Park, 551 N 13th St, San Jose, 95112, United States
AND WE ARE BACK WITH THE 2025 SAN JOSE MUTUAL AID BLOC PARTY!!!
Saturday August 23
1pm-6pm
Backesto Park
Live Music by *top secret guests*. Free Stuff from our friends at Art Pocket San Jose San Jose Clothing Swap, South Bay Mutual Aid, and San Jose Food Not Bombs!
Our besties from Love Letters 2 San Jose will be joining us!!
Rent Raffle???? Drop a couple dollars and see if you win!
Let’s hang out and swap our summer finds and share the love for San Jose 💥💃

PACK THE ROOM: Santa Clara County HLUET Meeting!
2025-08-21 08:00 - 17:00 | CA
On August 21, we are mobilizing for a public meeting calling on the Santa Clara County Housing, Land Use Environmental and Transportation (HLUET) committee to divest from companies complicit in genocide! Show up at 10 AM at 70 W Hedding St, San Jose or on Zoom, to give public comment for items not on the agenda and speak out in support of divesting from companies complicit in genocide!
If you’re interested in attending this event and want to connect with the organizers, join our Google Group here to get in contact with the organizers! 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 our Slack.

Mutual Aid Working Group Meeting
2025-08-20 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

Redwood City No Appetite for Apartheid Canvass
2025-08-20 17:30 - 19:00 | CA
Come join the International Solidarity Working Group and participate in our first No Appetite for Apartheid canvass in Redwood City!
No Appetite for Apartheid is a national campaign that follows the principles of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to reduce US support for Israeli apartheid and genocide against Palestinians. The campaign urges local small businesses to stop carrying Israeli food products and educates community members about supporting Palestine by boycotting Israeli products, a time-tested consumer tactic used against states perpetrating injustice. During our canvass, we’ll be visiting businesses in Redwood City and asking them to drop Israeli food products as well as to put up a flyer showing the community their support for Palestinians.
If you’re interested in attending this event and want to know the location, join our Google Group here to get in contact with the organizers! 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 our Slack.

Labor Working Group
2025-08-19 18:00 - 19:00 | CA
Join us in growing SV DSA’s strength in the labor movement in the South Bay! We’ll be strategizing and deciding on the actions we want to focus on in the near term. With the goal to be a player in south bay labor. Help us to get a good showing for our next Labor movie night as well.

Zoom link here:
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Anti-Palantir Flyering
2025-08-16 15:00 - 16:30 | CA
The International Solidarity Working Group is meeting up to flyer around Palo Alto to educate the public about the evil actions of Palantir, a company which materially supports Trump’s ICE deportations and the genocide of the Palestinians!
If you’re interested in attending this event and want to know more details, join our Google Group here to get in contact with the organizers! 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 our Slack.

San José Free Store
2025-08-16 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!

No Appetite for Apartheid Canvass (San Jose)
2025-08-16 14:00 - 16:00 | CA
Come join the International Solidarity Working Group and participate in a No Appetite for Apartheid canvass in San Jose!
No Appetite for Apartheid is a national campaign that follows the principles of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to reduce US support for Israeli apartheid and genocide against Palestinians. The campaign urges local small businesses to stop carrying Israeli food products and educates community members about supporting Palestine by boycotting Israeli products, a time-tested consumer tactic used against states perpetrating injustice. During our canvass, we’ll be visiting businesses in San Jose and asking them to drop Israeli food products as well as to put up a flyer showing the community their support for Palestinians.
If you’re interested in attending this event and want to know more details, join our Google Group here to get in contact with the organizers! 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 our Slack.

Chapter Leadership Retreat 08.16.2025
2025-08-16 09:00 - 13:00 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
At our April Chapter Convention, we passed a resolution to hold chapter leadership retreats quarterly. These are events where we strategize about long-term plans, set mile markers, and generally do the work that keeps the chapter running strongly. We will be meeting on Saturday, August 16 at SEIU 521 Union Hall from 9-1 for a retreat. All members of chapter leadership are invited – steering committee, working group co-chairs, and active members looking to get more deeply involved in the nuts-and-bolts of running the chapter. This will be an in-person event with no Zoom option.
