June 2025 Socialist Social: Midnight Madness at the Rocky Horror Picture Show
2025-06-27 23:00 - 2025-06-28 02:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Frida Cinema, 305 E 4th St Ste 100, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
To celebrate Pride and show out for a beloved local business, OC-DSA will be heading out to the Frida Cinema on Friday 27 June to catch Midnight Madness presenting The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This is a screening of the classic camp musical with a live shadow cast performing simultaneously, promising to be a raucous, wild, and saucy affair that will be sure to leave you shivering with antici…pation. Wear your fishnets, high heels, and golden speedos if you have them, and join us for a Franken good time!

RSVP Link

Ice Out of Santa Ana Pride
2025-06-28 10:00 - 19:00 | Santa Ana Pride, 125 N Broadway, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
Join us at Santa Ana Pride on Saturday, June 28th from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM (or right after our General Meeting​ from 1:30 to 7:00 PM) to help keep our community safe! The Immigrant Justice Working Group is partnering with Affirming OC to keep Santa Ana Pride safe from ICE. We’ll be conducting ICE watch and distributing Know Your Rights (KYR) flyers to protect our community. Pride should be a joyful and secure space for everyone, especially our undocumented LGBTQ+ family. Volunteers are needed to help monitor and educate attendees! Sign up to join the effort! Together, we’ll ensure ICE stays out of Santa Ana Pride!
Signup Link​

June 2025 General Meeting
2025-06-28 11:00 - 13:30 | Verano Place Community Center, 70000 Verano Rd, Irvine, CA, 92617, United States
For June, we are running another administrative meeting to give us more time to prepare for our Chapter Convention in July. The June administrative meeting will run from 11:00AM-1:30PM at the Verano Place Community Center at University of California, Irvine (70000 Verano Rd, Irvine, CA. 92617) on 28 June. During this administrative meeting, we will be opening the agenda to new resolutions from the membership and catching up on a bit more housekeeping. Please plan to pay for parking at the Verano Parking Structure across the street and walking directly to the venue. To pay for parking, please park on the top two floors of the structure before clicking the following link and filling out the form with the parking code of the structure AND your license plate number. UCI is very strict about parking and will likely ticket you if you do not register your vehicle before you park.
Signup Link

June 2025 Mutual Aid Opportunity
2025-06-29 07:30 - 12:30 | Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, 720 W 19th St, Costa Mesa, CA, 92627, United States
For the month of June, OC-DSA will be returning to the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen from 7:30AM-12:30PM on 29 June. This month, it’s all hands on deck; our hosts have recently suffered health crises and sudden tragedies. They will be relying on volunteers with enthusiasm, flexibility, and leadership skills to help them get through the shift at the end of the month, and it’s up to us to make this shift as easy for them as possible. To offset some of the recent bad news they have had to endure, our DSA chapter will be out with the check our membership voted on during the administrative meeting last month. Please consider coming out for this important show of solidarity with our community. Links below:
RSVP Link | List of Needed Items

Red Hot Summer Labor Training Series 2025
2025-07-01 17:00 - 2025-07-29 19:00 | Zoom
Young Democratic Socialists of America will launch their fourth annual Red Hot Summer labor training series on July 1, 2025. This program is led by student leaders who have successfully organized new unions and who will provide crucial insights and lessons as you begin your own organizing journey. Through Red Hot Summer, you will learn the organizing skills and strategies you need to organize your workplace and get what you deserve from your boss. Sign up for Red Hot Summer 2025!
Tuesdays in July, 2025, 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PST

Municipal Socialism Socialist Night School
2025-07-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Build People-Powered Socialism in Your City

Learn the history and principles of Municipal Socialism and how to organize a movement where communities control resources, housing, and power. Through collective discussion, we’ll analyze local conditions, strategize organizing tactics, and assess the potential of Municipal Socialism as a path to revolutionary change. We will discuss “Municipalism: A Critical Review”, Chapter 3 of David Berman’s “Socialist Mayors in the United States”, and an examination of the difference between general law cities and charter cities. Join us to address key questions:

How can we build collective power in Orange County through socialist organizing while keeping community solidarity?
Who are our allies, and how do we center marginalized voices while challenging existing power structures?
How do we sustain long-term organizing without burnout, co-optation, or division—and hold leaders accountable?

Signup link

July Immigration Justice Working Social
2025-07-12 11:00 - 14:00 | Professional Plaza, Anaheim, 631 S Brookhurst St, Anaheim, CA, 92804, United States
Join us on Saturday, July 12, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Professional Plaza (631 S Brookhurst St, Anaheim, CA 92804) as we prepare Know Your Rights (KYR) flyers and immigration resources for our upcoming canvassing efforts. The Arab American Civic Council is generously hosting this event at their Little Arabia office.
We will be assembling materials to help our community respond to ICE encounters, including home visits, traffic stops, arrests, and workplace raids. As ICE escalates its enforcement, distributing these resources is more urgent than ever.
If possible, please print additional flyers (double-sided, landscape orientation, black and white or color) using the provided link and bring them to the event. We also encourage you to bring scissors, laminating sheets, or a laminator to help us prepare more material faster!
We hope to see you there as we work together to educate and empower our neighbors!

Link to RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/july-immigration-justice-working-social

Political Education Committee Meeting
2025-07-16 19:30 - 20:30
Are you interested in learning more about democratic socialist politics or teaching a course yourself? If you are an official member of DSA, we invite you to join the Political Education Committee to find out more and help the chapter be more knowledgeable about theory and insightful about our work in the current moment.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81340598157?pwd=[REDACTED]

July Know Your Rights Canvassing in Little Arabia
2025-07-19 09:00 - 13:00 | Professional Plaza, Anaheim, 631 S Brookhurst St, Anaheim, CA, 92804, United States
Join us on Saturday, July 19, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Professional Plaza (631 S Brookhurst St, Anaheim, CA 92804) as we work in collaboration with the Arab American Civic Council to distribute Know Your Rights flyers, red cards, and other critical immigration resources to local small businsesses and people in need.
We’re reaching out directly to immigrant communities to share information on how to respond to ICE encounters, including home visits, traffic stops, arrests, and workplace raids. As ICE steps up its cruelty and intimidation tactics, knowing your rights is more urgent than ever.
We especially encourage Arabic and Spanish speakers to join us! Your presence makes a real difference in helping us build trust and solidarity in our community.
Link to RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/july-know-your-rights-canvassing-in-little-arabia

OCDSA 1st Annual Chapter Convention
2025-07-26 09:00 - 14:00 | Irvine Ranch Water District Community Meeting Room, 15500 Sand Canyon Ave, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
For the month of July, our chapter is hosting its very first Chapter Convention from 9:00AM-2:00PM at the Irvine Ranch Water District’s Community Meeting Room (15500 Sand Canyon Ave, Irvine, CA 92618). This first-of-its-kind event will showcase our chapter and the work we do to members and nonmembers alike, featuring half-hour workshops from each of our committees and working groups. If you are interested in learning more about our DSA chapter, hope to get involved, or would like to pitch in yourself, you are highly encouraged to attend. Complimentary coffee, donuts, and lunch will be provided on site. For the RSVP link and the full schedule, please click the links below:
Convention Schedule
RSVP Link

July Mutual Aid Opportunity
2025-07-27 07:30 - 12:30 | Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, 720 W 19th St, Costa Mesa, CA, 92627, United States
For the month of July, OC-DSA will be returning to the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen from 7:30AM-12:30PM on 27 July. This month, we will be working light and efficiently. With the summer ramping up, our hosts will need us to ensure that we keep ourselves and our guests cool through the summer heat. If you are interested in signing up or would like to donate to help our friends at Someone Cares, please click the links below:
RSVP Link
List of Needed Items

OCDSA Mascot Poll Closes
2025-07-31 00:00 - 23:59
With our top three choices narrowed down, we are putting the final decision for our chapter mascot in your hands. Our new chapter mascot will represent us on our newest line of t-shirts and other merchandise, so choose the mascot you think best represents our chapter and our county! This poll will close on 31 July, so please make sure to vote using the link below:
Mascot Selection Form

August 2025 Labour Committee Meeting
2025-08-02 11:00 - 15:00 | Everywhere Beer, 1501 W Orangewood Ave, Orange, CA, 92868, United States
On Saturday, 2 August, our labour committee will be meeting at Everywhere Brewing to talk shop and discuss all things labour and organising from 1:00-3:00PM. These in-person meetings are a great entryway into organised labour, so if you are interested in supporting workers in your area or would like to organise your own workplace, please consider RSVPing and coming out!
RSVP Link

Rage Against the Regime Rally and Protest
2025-08-02 16:00 - 19:00 | Irvine City Hall, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA, 92606, United States
Our final event for Saturday, 2 August from 4:00-7:00PM will be a showing at Irvine City Hall on Alton Pkwy and Alton Ave in collaboration with 50501 OC and the OC Indivisible Movement. Styled as a day of action, protests and rallies on 2 August will be a nationwide event to show out in defiance of the Trump Regime. Bring your signs, your keffiyehs, your banners, and your game faces as we plan to lend our support as safety marshals and speakers as we can.
RSVP Link | Safety Marshal Signup Form

Immigration Justice Tabling Event
2025-08-02 17:00 - 22:00 | W 2nd St & N Broadway, W 2nd St & N Broadway, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
Also on Saturday, 2 August, our Immigration Justice Working Group will be tabling at the Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk from 5:00-10:00PM, where they will be know your rights information and running a chalk mural event. Drop by to learn how to assert your rights, support your communities, and make some art together! Your OCDSA comrades can be found at Table 7 on the map linked below.
Instagram Post & Map

BDS-Palestine Working Group Weekly Meeting (3 Aug)
2025-08-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
The BDS-Palestine Working Group will be meeting on Sundays from 7:00-8:30PM to discuss how we as a chapter can help fight the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine. If you are interested in joining in for a meeting, the permanent link to Sunday meetings is linked below:
BDS-Palestine Zoom Link

August 2025 Immigration Justice Working Social
2025-08-09 11:00 - 14:00 | El Centro Cultural de México, 837 N Ross St, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
In preparation for our upcoming know your rights canvassing event later this month, the Immigration Justice Working Group will be getting together at El Centro Cultural de Mexico (837 N Ross St, Santa Ana, CA 92701) from 11:00AM-2:00PM to prepare know your rights flyers and other materials while chatting it up, enjoying snacks, and having a nice lunch together afterwards. Please bring your own scissors and RSVP using the link below!
RSVP Link

August 2025 Know Your Rights Canvassing
2025-08-16 08:00 - 12:00 | Walnut Grove Park, 905 S Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA, 92805, United States
Join us on Saturday, August 16, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Walnut Grove Park (905 S Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92805) as we work in collaboration with the Arab American Civic Council to distribute Know Your Rights flyers, red cards, and other critical immigration resources to local small businesses and people in need.
We’re reaching out directly to immigrant communities to share information on how to respond to ICE encounters, including home visits, traffic stops, arrests, and workplace raids. As ICE steps up its cruelty and intimidation tactics, knowing your rights is more urgent than ever.
We especially encourage Spanish speakers to join us! Your presence makes a real difference in helping us build trust and solidarity in our community.
RSVP Link

BDS-Palestine Working Group Weekly Meeting (17 Aug)
2025-08-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom

Demilitarize Santa Ana
2025-08-19 17:00 - 22:00 | Santa Ana City Hall, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
At the invitation of our allies at the Santa Ana City Council, OCDSA will be heading to Santa Ana City Hall on Tuesday night to demand that the City of Santa Ana demilitarize their police department. This comes on the back of a proposed resolution to end the use of and authorize the return military-grade weapons – including less-lethal munitions, robots, drones, and armored vehicles – that the police department has illegally purchased with the city’s funds to brutalize the populace. This issue has become such a problem in the city that even the SAPD themselves – a police department infamous for their heavy-handed brutality – has admitted that they “messed up” when they spent the last 2 years violating state military equipment laws. Doors open at 5:30PM, but PLEASE plan to get there earlier if you’d like to attend.
RSVP Link

August 2025 Mutual Aid Food Drive
2025-08-22 08:00 - 17:00 | Irvine City Hall, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA, 92606, United States
In keeping with recent developments at Someone Cares, OCDSA will be holding a food drive to supply families in need with the groceries and fresh foods they need to make it through difficult times. If you would like to help feed needy families in our community, please plan to bring whatever groceries you’re willing to provide to Irvine City Hall on Alton Pkwy and Alton Ave between 6:30-8:30PM on 22 August. All groceries will be dropped directly off to the Someone Cares on the morning of 23 August to help provide more food to more families in need!

August 2025 General Meeting
2025-08-23 11:00 - 13:30 | CWA Local 9510, 606 N Eckhoff St, Orange, CA, 92868, United States
This month, OCDSA will be meeting at CWA Local 9510 from 11:00AM-1:30PM on 23 August for our general meeting. This month, we will be debriefing from our National Convention in Chicago, voting on new resolutions, ensuring that our bills get paid, and opening up discussion to the membership as possible to make OCDSA a friendly and accessible environment for any comrade who shares our vision and hopes to make a real change in the places we live.
General Meeting RSVP

August 2025 Mutual Aid Opportunity
2025-08-24 07:30 - 12:30 | Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, 720 W 19th St, Costa Mesa, CA, 92627, United States
For the month of August, OC-DSA will be returning to the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen from 7:30AM-12:30PM on 24 August. This month, we will be helping to clean up the premises and feed residents of the Costa Mesa area following the soup kitchen’s free market and in preparation for their grocery packing event on 31 August. If you are interested in signing up or would like to donate to help our friends at Someone Cares out, please click the links below:
RSVP Link | List of Needed Items

August 2025 Social
2025-08-31 11:30 - 19:30 | Bolsa Chica State Beach, 17851 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA, 92649, United States
To wrap summer up in the best way we in Orange County can, OCDSA will be hosting a summer social open to any member of DSA. This social will be at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach at Picnic Area 12C from 11:30AM-7:30PM. You are welcome to drop by anytime during the social you’d like (even the whole 8 hours if you’re a big beach person), and we ask only that you bring your sunscreen, a swimsuit, a beach chair, and one potluck item of your choice! Invitations for the social are already out, so please plan to come by to celebrate the end of the summer with your comrades from all over Southern California!
RSVP Link | Potluck Link

October 2025 Know Your Rights Canvassing
2025-10-18 08:30 - 23:30 | Lions Park, 570 W 18th St, Costa Mesa, CA, 92627, United States
Please join us this Saturday, October 18th, 2025, at 8:30am-11:30am for our next “Know Your Rights” canvassing event in Costa Mesa! We will be meeting at Lions Park for a debriefing of the canvassing points, and the breaking up of canvassing groups to reach at-risk groups and share with them “Know Your Rights” packets. Spanish-speakers are a big plus but it’s absolutely not necessary. Looking forward to seeing you out there!

No Kings Protest and Rally Part II
2025-10-18 14:00 - 17:00 | Centennial Park, 3000 W Edinger Ave, Santa Ana, CA, 92704, United States
Saturday, 18 October is the second part of the No Kings Protests that occurred earlier this year. On 14 June this summer, the first No Kings Protest saw nearly 6 million people take to the streets nationwide to protest the tyrannical overreach of the Trump regime, making it the largest single day of protest in the history of the United States. This second No Kings Protest promises to be even bigger, and OCDSA in particular has been asked to participate. Join us for an afternoon of tabling, peaceful protesting, community building, and coalition building at Centennial Park in Santa Ana on 18 October from 2:00-5:00PM. Attendees are STRONGLY recommended to arrive between 1:00-1:30 to ensure they are able to find parking as this event will be packed!
Sign-Up Link

October 2025 Mutual Aid Opportunity
2025-10-26 07:30 - 12:30 | Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, 720 W 19th St, Costa Mesa, CA, 92627, United States
For the month of October, OC-DSA will be returning to the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen from 7:30AM-12:30PM on 26 October. Per usual, we will be assisting the Soup Kitchen in helping to reorganise after their stores while also feeding our hungry neighbours in Costa Mesa and the surrounding area. If you are interested in signing up or would like to donate to help our friends at Someone Cares out, please click the links below:
RSVP Link
List of Needed Items

ICE Watch Hubs
2025-11-01 00:00 - 2025-11-30 23:59 | Announced Following Registration
In collaboration with groups all over the county, OCDSA is participating in community Hubs to keep our communities safe from ICE & the DHS. Please join us in standing in solidarity with the OC day laborer community. Immigrants have a right to seek work without fear of racial profiling and illegal detainment. Have some time to spare in the mornings? RSVP with your preferred contact info to learn how you can make a difference right now with OCDSA! RSVP Link

Starbucks Workers United Strike
2025-11-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Disney Way & Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, Disney/Harbor, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
It’s official: Starbucks Workers United, the union behind more than 9,500 baristas across 550 Starbucks cafes, is on strike! On 13 November, our green-aproned comrades will be hitting the picket line if the corporate heads of the company do not agree to a contract, which would include fairer wages, better hours, and the immediate reinstatement of their embattled leadership. As of NOW, SBWU is calling on comrades to come out to support their Downtown Disney strike tomorrow, Thursday 13 November, from 4:00-5:00PM. Attendees are strongly encouraged to park at the Anaheim Garden Walk (where the first hour of parking is free) and walk to the protest at the intersection of Disney Way & Harbor Boulevard. To signup or find the maps on where to park and where to head, please click the links below: RSVP Link | Map

Electoral Politics Committee
2025-11-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Online (Zoom)
Our Electoral Politics Committee is back up and running, with its first strategy meeting ending with a productive first step in the right direction. With the election year of 2026 hot upon us, we call on all interested parties to join us on Thursday 13 November at 6:00PM via Zoom for our next meeting. RSVPs are required to join the call, so please click the link below to sign up. Electoral Politics Committee RSVP
