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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
Join SV DSA and SEIU 521 for a screening of perennial classic "On The Waterfront" starring Marlon Brando and directed by Elia Kazan. A controversial film, heralded for Brando's historic performance, but referred to by Orson Welles as "A celebration of the informant" as it came out two years after Kazan, under oath, named 8... Read more »
Come tend our garden box! We rent two raised beds where we grow food for members and the community.
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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"... Read more »
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... Read more »
📢 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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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"... Read more »
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.
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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"... Read more »
RSVP here for Zoom information and event details. Come join a special November chapter meeting from 1-3 PM at the SEIU 521 Union Hall at 2302 Zanker Road in San Jose. In the wake of the US election result, let’s cry, laugh, argue, strategize, despair, celebrate, and above all struggle together - for the better... Read more »
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... Read more »
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
📢 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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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... Read more »
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
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"... Read more »
RSVP here. Come join us for our final chapter meeting of the year! Featuring a rapid response training from Gilroy City Council member, Rebeca Armendariz.
