Orange County DSA

April Socialist Social
2025-04-26 14:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Solima Coffee & Bookstore, 115 W Main St, Tustin, CA, 92780, United States
For the month of April, OC-DSA will be out at Solima Coffee and Bookstore in Tustin (115 W Main St, Tustin, CA 92780) to enjoy tasty beverages, searching for good reads, lounging in the sunshine, and having rousing conversations. To sign up for this event, please click the link below to RSVP:
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Socialist Forum: Meet Your Local Activists Town Hall
2025-04-26 11:00 - 13:30 | Memorial Park, Memorial Park, W Anahurst Pl, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
This month, our general meeting will be a socialist forum. We plan to meet in Santa Ana for a Meet Your Local Activists Townhall, in which we will be working with groups like Women’s March, Affirming OC, JVP-OC, Naturalist for You, and many more to allow members of the community to meet their local activist groups and allow us to network with other orgs in the fight for a more progressive future. This meeting will be at the Memorial Park Mural in Santa Ana (Memorial Park, W Anahurst Pl, Santa Ana, CA 92707) from 11:00AM-1:30PM. To RSVP for this event, please click the link below:

Punk Rock Market: OC-DSA Tabling & Outreach
2025-04-19 17:00 - 22:00 | The Pizza Press, 117 W 4th St Unit 101, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
On Saturday, 19 April, OC-DSA will be out in Santa Ana, tabling at the Punk Rock Market! Come stop by to say hi to our fantastic tablers, peruse the market (which is an incredible street market for fans of punk culture), and meet with community members who might unlock a bit more of your inner rebel! For more information about the Punk Rock Market, please check out their Instagram in the link below:
https://www.instagram.com/punkrockmarket/

April Know Your Rights Canvassing
2025-04-19 08:00 - 12:00 | Chaparral Park, 1770 W Broadway, Anaheim, CA, 92804, United States
Orange County DSA will be back in force to distribute flyers, red cards, and additional immigration information on 19 April from 8:00AM-12:00PM at Chaparral Park (1770 W Broadway, Anaheim, CA 92804). From there we will be going to the cities of both Garden Grove and Anaheim in order to inform our own immigrant communities of their rights in the event of ICE knocks, traffic stops, or arrests. Our flyers can be found in the Resources and Reminders portion of the newsletter for you to distribute to people you may know, but if you are interested in joining us for this event, please follow the link below to sign up and receive more information:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/april-know-your-rights-canvassing?source=direct_link&

April Immigration Justice Working Social
2025-04-13 11:00 - 14:00 | Hidden House Coffee, 511 E Santa Ana Blvd, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
Join us on Sunday 13 April at Hidden House Coffee in Santa Ana at 12:00PM for an afternoon of conversation, food and drink, and most importantly: preparation. At this event, we’ll be putting together the flyers and cards we’ll be handing out during our next canvassing event, so your participation there will be crucial in helping us get ready without burning our leadership out ahead of time. Parking is available onsite for paying customers, so please bring a pair of scissors, a laminator if you have one, and your thirst for some tasty coffee/tea!
To sign up, please follow the link below:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/april-immigration-justice-working-social?source=direct_link&

Hands Off Protest & Mass Mobilisation
2025-04-05 12:00 - 15:00 | Sasscer Park, 600 W Santa Ana Blvd, #955, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
On Saturday 5 April, a mass mobilisation will be taking place, organised by 50501 OC, OC Indivisible Coalition, Activate America, Democrats of North Orange County, and OC Huddle. While we would ordinarily not work with Democratic operatives, this will be a mass mobilised effort that involves a huge swath of the community, making it an excellent recruiting event and opportunity to make our chapter known to residents of Orange County. This event will be from 1:00-2:30PM at Sasscer Park (600 W Santa Ana Blvd, #955 Santa Ana, CA 92701), but we will be meeting up at 12:00PM onsite. If you’re interested in joining in on the march, please fill out the form below:

SBWU Solidarity Phone Bank and April Labor Committee Meeting
2025-04-05 06:00 - 18:00 | CA
Our phone banking event with the Starbucks Workers United will be virtual and open to all from 6:00AM-6:00PM. If you would like to participate in this event, RSVP using the link below:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/sbwu-solidarity-phone-bank?source=direct_link&

End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba, Support the Cuban People!
2025-03-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Page Against the Machine, 2714 E 4th St, Long Beach, CA, 90814, United States
On 30 March, OC-DSA will be joining DSA-LB, union reps from the U.S. and Cuba, and activists from the US Hands Off Cuba Committee for a teach-in at Page Against the Machine, a leftist bookstore in Long Beach, starting at 6:00PM. This event is an excellent networking opportunity with our neighboring chapter to the north as well as with activists from all over the SoCal region.

OC-DSA Pop Social: March 2025
2025-03-30 12:15 - 15:00 | The Frida Cinema, 305 E 4th St Ste 100, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
OC-DSA will be getting together for a pop social on Sunday, 30 March at 12:15PM at The Frida Cinema for a matinee screening of No Other Land, the Oscar Award winning documentary on the systematic destruction of the West Bank in occupied Palestine.

March Know Your Rights Canvassing Event
2025-03-29 08:00 - 12:00 | Richman Park, 711 S Highland Ave, Fullerton, CA, 92832, United States
Orange County DSA will be back in force to distribute flyers, red cards, and additional immigration information on 22 March from 8:00AM-12:00PM at Richman Park (711 S Highland Ave, Fullerton, CA. 92832) in Fullerton. From there we will be going to the cities of both Fullerton and Anaheim in order to inform our own immigrant communities of their rights in the event of ICE knocks, traffic stops, or arrests.

March Mutual Aid Opportunity
2025-03-23 07:30 - 12:30 | Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, 720 W 19th St, Costa Mesa, CA, 92627, United States
We are asking for volunteers to be part of our shift at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen that feeds our unhoused and at-risk neighbors in Costa Mesa. If you plan on volunteering, please make sure to arrive early to find parking and plan to stay until the end time.

If you are new to volunteering with the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, please let us know so we can reach out to you with important information to know while working there. The shift can be fast-paced at times, so it is important to know what you’re getting yourself into before you go!

Items Needed:
Plastic Shopping Bags
Socks
New + Lightly Used Clothes
Tarps
Vacuum cleaners
Gift Cards (Smart & Final)
Women’s Sanitary Products
Water Bottles
Animal Food (Dog + Cat)
Canned Goods
Fresh Eggs (to be brought the morning of)

March Social
2025-03-22 14:30 - 19:00 | SteelCraft Garden Grove, 12900 Euclid St, Garden Grove, CA, 92840, United States
For the month of March, we are heading back to SteelCraft in Garden Grove for an afternoon of tasty food and even tastier conversation. Come join us after the general meeting as we discuss the most recent happenings, what our chapter is up to, and what you’d like to see out of our activity in the time to come from 2:30-7:00PM. RSVP for our March Social below:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/march-2025-social?source=direct_link

March General Meeting
2025-03-22 11:00 - 13:30 | The Untold Story Bookstore, 1141 N Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA, 92801, United States
On Saturday 22 March from 11:00AM-1:30PM, OC-DSA will be holding our general administrative meeting at The Untold Story Bookstore (1141 N Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92801).
Parking is free and you MAY park in handicapped spaces – even if you do not have a handicapped placard – so long as at least 2 are left open to the public.
For Women’s Month this month, we will be hearing and discussing resolutions and motions from the membership, hearing from members of our community and our coalition partners, and hosting an important event for reproductive health. RSVP below:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/3222025-general-meeting

Know Your Rights Session at Cal State Fullerton
2025-03-17 16:00 - 19:15 | CSUF Humanities Building, 2600 Nutwood Ave, Fullerton, CA, 92831, United States
We are collaborating with the Chicano and Chicana Studies Department, Latinx Scholars CSUF, the OC Rapid Response Network, OC Justice Fund, Orange County DSA, and more to bring you a CSUF-wide know your rights training! This event will teach everyone how to protect themselves and others from ICE, DHS, and CBP as our immigrant communities face new threats under the new administration.
The event itself will be on Monday, March 17 from 4:00-7:00PM in Humanities 110.

Please RSVP here.
