Silicon Valley DSA

Leadership Meeting: Steering Committee
2026-04-07 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-03-31 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-03-24 18:00 - 19:30, 2026-03-17 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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.

Tech Committee Working Session
2026-04-06 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

Housing Working Group Meeting
2026-04-06 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-03-23 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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CA Billionaire 🪙📋Tax Signature Gathering & After Party 🥳
2026-04-05 13:00 - 19:00 | San José Peace and Justice Center, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S 7th St, San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
Join us at the SJ PJC as we Gather Signatures to Tax the Billionaires, then chill with comrades at the After Party!

RSVP to the event so we have a headcount: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAlpQLSfaea_v2k_RCLMGfQxzBM3x6cT26QWzYQb5yA55)uiVRearxQ/viewform
Schedule
1:00 PM – Meet at the SJ PJC
1:30 PM – Signature Gathering: We will walk or drive to targeted locations
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM – Petition signing After Party with pizza & drinks
Clipboards & Signature Petitions will be available, if you don’t already have them.
If you are new to Signature Gathering, training will be provided before heading out!!
Address
SJ Peace & Justice Center
48 S 7th Street
San Jose, CA 95112

5K Run & Walk for Workers' Rights
2026-04-04 09:00 - 12:00 | Roosevelt Community Center, 901 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA, 95116, United States
Join us for our 5k run/walk – a fundraising event for SJ May Day’s fight for workers’ rights!
Saturday, April 4
Roosevelt Park
900 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA
Donate to the fundraiser: https://givebutter.com/bNMBMm
-This is a family friendly event.
-Food will be provided after the run!
-All paces are welcome!
Schedule
9:00AM Gather at Roosevelt Park
9:30AM Begin stretching
9:45AM Our 5k begins!
This is a donation-based event! Donations start at $5, and any additional donations are appreciated. All funds will go towards the San José May Day Coalition’s fight for workers’ rights.
No one will be turned away for a lack of funds.
Location Details
Roosevelt Park
900 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA
San Jose CA 95116 United States

SJPJC Garden Day
2026-04-04 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-03-28 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-03-21 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!

Social Committee Meeting
2026-04-02 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

ICE Watch
2026-04-02 08:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-26 08:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-19 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),

Liberation and Justice Working Group Meeting
2026-04-01 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-25 18:00 - 19:00 | 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

Comms Committee Meeting
2026-03-30 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-03-16 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
2026-03-30 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-03-16 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

Electoral Working Group Meeting
2026-03-26 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

Socialist Night School: Marxism Feminism 🌹
2026-03-25 19:00 - 20:30 | 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’s Political Education Working Group Co-chair KateMarie at the Peace and Justice Center for a Marxist Feminist Night School. We will begin with bell hook’s analysis of intersecting oppressions, the politics of domination, and how capitalism weaponizes it. We will then turn to Federico’s Caliban and the Witch and discuss how primitive accumulation forged a new sexual division of labor, devalued reproductive work, and weaponized misogyny to enclose women’s bodies.

In person at San Jose Peace & Justice Center (Rm 101)

Please park on the street or around the corner Do NOT park at Grocery Outlet!!

Political-Education Zoom Call 7:00pm-8:30pm. Passcode: [REDACTED]

Party at Peanuts: Rent Party and Community Training
2026-03-22 17:00 - 22:00 | Peanuts, 275 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
Now more than ever, we need each other! As material conditions deteriorate in the imperial tech core, we are all struggling to have stable housing, food security, and a social network to take care of each other.
Join South Bay mutual aid orgs in hosting a rent party to assist our DTSJ community!!
We will offer live music, food, and community resources on how to fight back and aid each other!
This will include community defense, what mutual aid is, tips and tricks to access city and county services, and how to create your own mutual aid pod!!
Meeting Location Details
Peanuts Deluxe Cafe
275 E San Fernando St
San Jose, CA 95112
Parking
There is street parking and paid parking.
Public Transportation

Bus Stops: San Fernando & 7th (VTA Line 17, 72, 73),
Light Rail Stop: Santa Clara (VTA Light Rail)
Guidelines
Masks are optional for this event.

San José Free Store
2026-03-21 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!

March Chapter Meeting
2026-03-21 13:00 - 15:30 | SEIU Local 521 Union Hall, 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose, CA, 95131
Join Silicon Valley DSA for our March General Meeting! This meeting will feature 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.
Register for the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/WufbBRuTQCawq-OrBpQccw
RSVP Here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/2026-03-21-chapter-meeting
2302 Zanker Rd
San Jose, CA 95131
Saturday, March 21st
1–3:30 PM

Mutual Aid Working Group Meeting
2026-03-18 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

Provisional Justice Working Group Meeting
2026-03-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Join us for our 2nd Provisional Justice Working Group Meeting to connect, organize, and build collective power around areas like policing, racial justice, ICE, incarceration, and accountability.
We’re working to re-form an official Working Group. If you’re interested in shaping this effort and organizing for real change, join the Zoom and the #justice Slack channel.
Join the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zdqyGqXgS42vBZTxl2BPQA

Immigrant Rights Canvas
2026-03-14 14:30 - 17:00 | Corner of King and Story, S King Rd & Story Rd, San Jose, CA, 95122, United States
Join the International Solidarity Working Group, Community Safety, and the Mutual Aid Working Group protect our neighbors by asking business to hang the Rapid Response Network poster, informing community members of their rights if approached by ICE, and distributing whistle kits!

RSVP Here!

Meeting Location Details
Corner of S King and Story
S King Rd & Story Rd
San Jose, CA 95122
Parking
There is street parking and paid parking. Parking will be very limited
Public Transportation

Bus Stops: Story and King (VTA Line 25), King &Story (VTA Line 22, 77)
Guidelines
Masks are optional for this event.
