Community Safety WG Meeting
2026-06-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-07 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
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

Leadership Meeting: Co-Chairs & Coalition Captains
2026-06-24 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

ICE Watch
2026-06-25 08:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-02 08:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-09 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),

Pride Labor Movie Night
2026-06-25 18:30 - 21:00 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
Join us for Silicon Valley DSA’s Pride Labor Movie Night! Where we will be showing Pride (2014), a film based on a true story of lesbian and gay activists who supported the British miners’ strike in 1984. Food, snacks, and drinks will be provided!
RSVP:
Link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/silicon-valley-dsa-presents-pride-labor-movie-night
AGENDA:
6:30pm — Social ½ hour
7:00pm — Showtime (movie starts)
9:00pm — Movie ends, wrap-up
Please direct any questions to labor@siliconvalleydsa.org!

Last Friday Social: ROCKN WRAPS
2026-06-26 19:00 - 22:00
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 in Redwood City for our June Last Friday Social!
This month we’ll be in Redwood City at ROCKN WRAPS. This location is near the Caltrain station, so come eat, drink, and spend time with comrades!

ROCKN WRAPS
2053 Broadway B, Redwood City, CA 94063

SJPJC Garden Day
2026-06-27 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-04 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-07-11 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!

DSA 101
2026-06-27 12:00 - 13:00 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
Are you tired of a system that is rigged against the Working Class? Have you had enough frustration with the status quo, and want to do something about it?
At DSA, we believe a better world is possible. Join us to learn about the movement we are building, and how to create power for the only majority in this country, the Working Class!
What is Democratic Socialism? How does DSA work to achieve it? Which projects does Silicon Valley DSA work on? At our DSA 101 event, we will answer these questions and many others. This event is open to the public, so we encourage non-members come hear why we joined, and why we stuck around. Discover how we are helping the community, and how you can get involved to build a better world.
The event will be held at SEIU 521 Union Hall on Saturday, June 27th from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
Please RSVP HERE.
Join us after the DSA 101 for our monthly Chapter Meeting, which starts at 1:00PM. You can talk to members, get more questions answered, and see a meeting in action.
To take part in Chapter decisions as a voting member, please sign up with National DSA at https://dsausa.org/join.
Parking
There is parking in the union hall parking lot.
Public Transportation

Bus: Brokaw & Rogers (VTA Line 60), 1st & Bonaventura (VTA Line 203)
Zoom link
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6jYYcYPYQSer6VxVUPPrEw

June Chapter Meeting
2026-06-27 13:00 - 15:00
Join us for our monthly chapter meeting! Come meet your comrades, learn about current and upcoming projects, and take place in our democratic decision process!
Location Details
SEIU 521 Union Hall
2302 Zanker Rd.
San Jose CA 95131
Parking
There is parking in the union hall parking lot.
Public Transportation

Bus: Brokaw & Rogers (VTA Line 60), 1st & Bonaventura (VTA Line 203)
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83331019234

Food Not Bombs San José Sunday Serve
2026-06-28 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-07-05 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

Democracy Forum - Who's Watching? Safeguarding Our Privacy
2026-06-28 15:00 - 17:30 | First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto
Silicon Valley DSA is an active participant in opposing automated license plate readers and the expansion of the surveillance state in Santa Clara County. We are members of the Safety Over Surveillance (SOS) coalition that supports evidence-based approaches to promoting public safety and community needs over building a panopticon that erodes our democracy and civil liberties. Join us with Indivisible Palo Alto + and the SOS coalition for a forum on democracy and mass surveillance on Sunday, June 28 from 3-5:30 pm at the First Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto (1140 Cowper St.).
Register for the event here: https://www.mobilize.us/ipaplus/event/961311/
Event description from webpage:

About this event

Democracy cannot flourish when privacy is under threat.
Rulers have spied on their subjects since time immemorial. The less democratic the government, the greater the impulse to monitor its population.
Our founders established safeguards against this behavior—most notably, the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. However, two trends are coalescing to fuel a new and dangerous era of American mass surveillance:

The rise of Big Tech and digital surveillance capacities that reach far beyond anything that James Madison could have imagined
A federal government that, instead of upholding the right to privacy, seeks to weaponize technology to consolidate its power and to marginalize or prosecute political rivals

Mass surveillance of American citizens has arrived at federal and local levels. It has the potential to radically alter the lives of every American—and to radically shape the future of our democracy.
Participants in this session of Democracy Forum will explore the “brave new world” of mass surveillance, its impact on our everyday lives, and its implications for our democracy. They will also learn about ways to counter mass surveillance and to protect their privacy.
PROGRAM
Nationally recognized experts will discuss these critical developments:

The latest “advances” in surveillance technology and deployment
The actions of the Trump administration to promote mass surveillance
The growing alliance of Big Government and Big Tech
The spread of surveillance technology in our communities
The proliferation of apps on our personal devices (including mobile phones and personal computers) that monitor our actions and speech, both online and offline
The increasing adoption of mass surveillance methods by ICE and other agencies
The use of mass surveillance technologies to target, harass, and prosecute people of color and vulnerable populations

Following a plenary session featuring expert panel, there will be a series of breakout sessions:

Digital Privacy
Cameras on Our Streets: Automated License Plate Readers and Us
Mass Surveillance and Racial Justice
Mass Surveillance and Dissent
Legal Protections and Remedies: What Is Working and What Has Failed

Participants will leave with deepened knowledge and understanding of these topics:

How mass surveillance affects our lives—on our personal devices and in our local communities
How mass surveillance intersects or conflicts with democracy, privacy, and civil liberties
How the alliance of Big Government and Big Tech threatens constitutional and legal privacy protections
How organized citizens can work to protect public safety and civil liberties

SPEAKERS
A wide range of experts on mass surveillance and civil liberties will lead the plenary and breakout sessions. Here are the speakers confirmed thus far:
Cindy Cohn has led the Electronic Frontier Foundation—an organization that defends civil liberties in the digital age—for the past thirty years. A leading advocate against government overreach, she has spearheaded landmark legal battles to limit mass surveillance and to protect constitutional rights against threats posed by modern technology.
Cyrus Farivar is an award-winning journalist and author whose work has focused on technology policy, surveillance law, and consumer privacy. He has covered tech policy for several media outlets, including Ars Technica, Forbes, and NBC News. In addition, he has written two books, The Internet of Elsewhere (2011) and Habeas Data (2018). In 2025, he joined Fire Aside, a startup that develops software for fire departments. He is based in Oakland.
Brian Hofer is the executive director of Secure Justice. He is also the architect of Oakland’s pioneering surveillance technology ordinance and the chair of its privacy advisory commission. A privacy advocate known for his work on local government oversight, he specializes in turning civil rights advocacy into enforceable policy that limits unwarranted state spying.
Reem Sulaiman is the senior campaigns director at Fight for the Future, a nonprofit digital rights group that focuses on internet freedom and anti-surveillance advocacy. Previously, she served as the U.S. advocacy lead for the Mozilla Foundation. Based in Oakland, she has deep experience in local civic tech policy and served as an original member of the Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission
CONNECT. LEARN. ACT.
Who’s Watching? Safeguarding Our Privacy is the third 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.

Housing Working Group Meeting
2026-06-29 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

Tech Committee Meeting
2026-06-29 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

ICE Out of Gilroy and Dublin--World Cup
2026-07-01 15:00 | Lick Mill Station, 2221 Tasman Dr., Santa Clara, CA, 95054, United States
Join SVDSA and other anti-ICE coalition members, like Bay Resistance, as we demand that ICE leave the place we call home, and leave our neighbors in peace.
The federal government plans to build ICE detention centers in Gilroy and Dublin. If this happens, operations in the bay area will increase and our neighbors will be put at risk. We must speak out against these dangerous and cruel detention centers. We must demand that ICE leaves and stays out of the Bay Area. We must demand that ICE be abolished.

This event will start at 3PM and we will meet at Lick Mill Station (2221 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara 95054). This location is accessible from VTA’s green and orange lines.
Stay tuned to this page for more information.

Leadership Meeting: Steering Committee
2026-07-01 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-07-08 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

Liberation and Justice Working Group Meeting
2026-07-01 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 policing, racial justice, ICE, incarceration, and accountability.
If you’re interested in contributing to this effort and organizing for real change, join the Zoom and the #wg-liberation-justice Slack channel.
Join the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zdqyGqXgS42vBZTxl2BPQA

Political Education WG Internal Meeting
2026-07-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom
This is our once monthly meeting where we review planned curriculum, vote on future topics, hear proposals for working group activities and handle administrative tasks. Join us to do the behind the scenes tasks that make the educational events possible.
Zoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/smcCFZ6_TUa25E2ZQp-Oiw

Social Committee Meeting
2026-07-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
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/LWghXCCVSh29sc6AtS4Zqg

Labor Working Group Meeting
2026-07-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
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! We meet on the first Thursday and third Thursday of every month.
Register for zoom meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3iVDqRZfSeKaq3vl69my-A
Read more about the Labor Working Group: https://siliconvalleydsa.org/labor/

Transit Working Group Meeting
2026-07-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
Come join us for the transit working group meeting, where we’ll discuss ongoing projects and strategies for SVDSA to build power in this space.
Register for the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/KPNJzh9XRD6tttrjrK1nOw

Tech Committee Working Session
2026-07-06 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

International Solidarity WG Meeting
2026-07-07 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/.

Electoral Working Group Meeting
2026-07-09 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

Socialize & Organize: Fundamentals of Workplace Organizing Session 3
2026-07-10 18:30 - 22:00 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
Ever wondered how to form a union at work? Want to organize your workplace but don’t know where to start?
Join us for an upcoming Fundamentals of Workplace Organizing training to hear from organizers and people like you who want to organize their workplaces! In small discussion groups with participants across Silicon Valley, you’ll learn how to build a campaign, take collective action, and escalate. Critical to any organizing effort is a campaign based on the key issues that targets decision-makers and consistently escalates action.
Following the training, all attendees are invited to join us for a social at Peanuts Deluxe Cafe until 10pm! Need a ride there? Ask one of organizers!
RSVP:
Link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/fundamental-of-organizing-session-2
AGENDA:
6:30pm — START of plenary at SEIU Local 521
7:30pm — END of training
7:45pm — START of social at Peanuts Deluxe Cafe
10:00pm — END of social
Please direct any questions to labor@siliconvalleydsa.org!
