Orange County DSA

Electoral Politics Committee
2025-12-11 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online (Zoom)
Our Electoral Politics Committee is hosting its biweekly strategy meeting next Thursday, 11 December from 6:00-7:00PM. With the election year of 2026 hot upon us, we call on all interested parties to join us on via Zoom for these biweekly meetings to help steer the direction of our chapter’s electoral strategies. RSVPs are required to join the call, so please click the link below to sign up. Zoom Link

December 2025 KYR Canvassing
2025-12-13 08:30 - 23:30 | Euclid Park (Garden Grove), 12732 Main St, Garden Grove, CA, 92840, United States
OCDSA’s Immigration Justice Working Group will be doing Know-Your-Rights canvassing in Garden Grove on Saturday, December 13 from 8:30-11:30AM. We will be meeting at Euclid Park to distribute canvassing packets and assign canvassing locations. Please join us in talking to community members about their rights at home, work and in public spaces! RSVP Link

Brake Light Clinic Training
2025-12-13 15:00 - 16:30 | To Be Announced
After many long months in the works, OCDSA Mutual Aid is preparing to start free Brake Light clinics, which are open and free to the community. This cheap, easy program helps mitigate law enforcement interactions with community members and keeps everyone on our busy roads safe. In preparation for this undertaking, OCDSA Mutual Aid will be hosting a Brake Light Clinic Training on Saturday, 13 December from 3:00-4:30PM to teach attendees skills such as how to change a brake light, how to set up a Brake Light Clinic, how to interact with community members in need of brake light changes, and how to pass these skills along responsibly. The location of our first training is still in the works, but please keep an eye out for next week’s newsletter as we plan it out!

Palestine Posada with OC Banner Drop for Palestine
2025-12-20 12:00 - 16:00 | Orange Circle, Plaza Circle, Orange, CA, 92688, United States
Calling all musically-inclined activists: OC Banner Drop for Palestine will be hosting a Christmas Posada to commemorate the struggle for Palestinian liberation and the ongoing genocide that continues in spite of the Trump-sponsored “ceasefire” that – as of November 2025 – has been violated 497 times. If you are available, please bring your instruments, your signing voice, or even just your keffiyehs and signs to the Orange Circle in Downtown Orange on 20 December at 12:00PM to lend your voice to those whose might otherwise be silenced.
RSVP Link

OCDSA Brake Light Clinic
2025-12-20 15:00 - 16:30
After many long months in the works, OCDSA Mutual Aid is hosting its very first tail light workshop, which will teach attendees how to change a vehicle tail light and organise a tail light clinic. Tail light clinics provide a crucial service to the community by offering free tail light changes, which serve to reduce law enforcement interactions and save lives. In a time of unprecedented systemic racism directed at black and brown communities in contemporary America, a little light can go a long way! This event will be hosted at Centro Cultural de Mexico on 20 December from 3:00-4:30PM and is RSVP only. For more details on how you can learn a couple new skills and support your own communities, please consider joining us for this groundbreaking event!
RSVP Link

December Social
2025-12-20 15:00 - 20:00
On 20 December from 3:00-8:00PM, OCDSA will be hosting its December 2025 Social at Gamecraft Brewing in Anaheim. Bring your favourite boardgames and join us for a jubilant afternoon of games, drinks, snacks, conversation, and camaraderie! We’ll also be collecting grocery donations to help stock local pantries in Anaheim, so please bring what you can to help support the needy in our community! This event is RSVP only, so signup to join in the fun!
RSVP Link

OCDSA Mutual Aid Meeting
2025-12-23 20:00 - 21:00 | Online (Zoom)
OCDSA Mutual Aid is expanding its reach and with expansion comes a need for asynchronous organising! As such, Mutual Aid will be meeting on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month from 8:00-9:00PM. If you are interested in helping us with making the most of our mutual aid capacity, please consider joining us next Tuesday, 23 December as we brainstorm, report back, and continue to focus our work!
Zoom Link

Mutual Aid Harm Reduction Distribution
2025-12-27 13:30 - 16:00 | Announced Following Registration
We are asking for volunteers to help us in aiding our allies at 714 Mutual Aid in Santa Ana, with their food/essentials/HR distribution event, on Saturday 27 December from 1:30-4:00PM. We will be providing food, clothing, blankets, hygiene essentials, first aid materials, HR materials, and more, to our unhoused neighbors at Santiago Park. 714 Mutual Aid has built a relationship with these individuals, and they have come to rely on the bi-weekly distributions for clean goods. If you cannot attend the Early December Grocery Support Distribution, kindly consider attending this opportunity. For more information and to sign up, please check the form below:
RSVP Link

Mutual Aid at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen
2025-12-28 07:30 - 12:30 | Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, 720 W 19th St, Costa Mesa, CA, 92627, United States
For the final mutual aid opportunity of the month of December, OC-DSA will be returning to the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen from 7:30AM-12:30PM on Sunday 28 December. This time, 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 | What to Expect at the Soup Kitchen

No More Murderers ICE Protest
2026-01-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Santa Ana Federal Building, 34 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
Earlier this week, ICE agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota shot a woman to death amidst a sweeping reign of terror perpetrated against immigrant communities in the area. This marks the first murder of a US citizen at the hands of this fascist force, though their hands were far from bloodless before this incident. In response, OCDSA will be joining our comrades from the Community Service Organization (CSO) in protest this Friday at 6:30PM at 34 Civic Center Plaza in Santa Ana. Safety comes with numbers and knowledge, so we will be present to help recruit more folks into standing patrol hub work in OC. As is the norm for protests, attendees are encouraged to bring signs, masks to protect their identities, and good walking shoes.

Protest War Against Venezuela and Against ICE Terror
2026-01-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Ronald Reagan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 411 W 4th St, Santa Ana, CA, 92701, United States
The Trump administration has kidnapped Nicolas Maduro, the President of Venezuela, an absurd show of American imperialism in an attempt to steal Venezuela’s oil resources. Meanwhile, at home, ICE has murdered a US citizen who was legally observing their violent acts in Minneapolis. This war on working people all over the world can’t continue. We have called on a national day of action to say FIGHT TRUMP’S WAR ON VENEZUELA AND STOP ICE TERROR ACROSS THE U.S. This event will be taking place at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building at 2:00PM on Saturday, 10 January. As is the norm for protests, attendees are encouraged to bring signs, masks to protect their identities, and good walking shoes.

January General Meeting
2026-01-31 11:00 - 13:30 | Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim, 511 S Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA, 92805, United States
OCDSA will be meeting for its first administrative meeting of the year at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim (511 S Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92805) on Saturday, 31 January from 11:00-1:30PM. This month, we will be discussing a number of resolutions and actions the chapter plans to undertake for the calendar year of 2026, so your attendance is highly recommended to help us vote! The meeting will be hybrid, meaning that if you cannot join us in-person, you are welcome to join us via Zoom. This month’s agenda and proposed resolutions are currently in the works, but the signup is linked below.

ICE Watch Hubs
2026-02-01 00:00 - 2026-02-28 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!

Weekend Mindfulness Social
2026-02-03 15:30 - 16:30 | Huntington Central Park, 17732 Goldenwest St, Huntington Beach, CA, 92648, United States
Please join OCDSA and We Will Rest for an evening of unraveling from grind culture. Society and the economy expect us to work like machines while fighting off poverty. This pressure wears down our ability to dream & create, leaving us exhausted and spiritually dead. That’s why we are making space for deep rest, emotional care, and leisure. We are detoxing from tech & using guided therapy workbooks, independent journaling, boardgames, and intentional daydreaming to connect, heal, and resurrect our spirits.

Monthly Labor Committee Social
2026-02-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Everywhere Beer, 1501 W Orangewood Ave, Orange, CA, 92868, United States
Join OCDSA’s Labor Committee for our monthly social on Saturday, February 7, at Everywhere Beer in Orange. Meet union organizers to discuss work and the labor movement.

Mutual Aid Harm Reduction Distribution
2026-02-07 13:30 - 16:00 | Announced Following Registration
We are asking for volunteers to help us in aiding our allies at 714 Mutual Aid in Santa Ana, with their food/essentials/HR distribution event, on Saturday 7 & 21 February from 1:30-4:00PM. We will be providing food, clothing, blankets, hygiene essentials, first aid materials, HR materials, and more, to our unhoused neighbors at Hart Park. 714 Mutual Aid has built a relationship with these individuals, and they have come to rely on the bi-weekly distributions for clean goods. For more information and to sign up, please check the form below:

Know Your Rights Canvassing
2026-02-07 14:00 - 17:00 | Rodeo 39 Public Market, 12885 Beach Blvd, Stanton, CA, 90680, United States
This month, OCDSA’s IJWG will be taking to the streets in Stanton to engage our neighbors in 1-on-1 conversations and prepare small businesses in the case of ICE encounters. Join us as we distribute crucial Know Your Rights (KYR) information to the community, build coalitions, and work together to help keep our communities and our rights protected. RSVP Link

Mutual Aid Meeting
2026-02-07 20:00 - 21:00, 2026-02-10 20:00 - 21:00 | Online (Zoom)
OCDSA Mutual Aid is expanding its reach and with expansion comes a need for asynchronous organising! As such, Mutual Aid will be meeting on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month from 8:00-9:00PM. If you are interested in helping us with making the most of our mutual aid capacity, please consider joining us next Tuesday, 10 February as we brainstorm, report back, and work towards putting together our committee’s charter!

Electoral Politics Committee
2026-02-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Online (Zoom)
Our Electoral Politics Committee is hosting its biweekly strategy meeting tonight – Monday, 9 February from 6:00-7:00PM. With the election year of 2026 hot upon us, we call on all interested parties to join us via Zoom for these biweekly meetings to help steer the direction of our chapter’s electoral strategies by evaluating viewpoints through a diverse viewpoint. RSVPs are required to join the call, so please click the link below to sign up.

Grocery Support Distribution
2026-02-13 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-14 10:00 - 15:00 | Announced Following Registration
OCDSA will be supporting local families, regardless of immigration status, by picking up food items and preparing them for distribution. The pick up will be on the morning of Friday 13 February from 12:00-2:00PM, while the distribution itself will be on Saturday 14 February from 10:00AM-3:00PM. We are specifically looking to have at least 10 members present for the Saturday distribution effort, as more hands makes the difficult work much more manageable. Due to the sensitivity of this work, more details will be provided to volunteers who fill out the form below. If you cannot attend but still wish to contribute, there is an option for financial contributors to pitch in to help us get even more food out to the community!

OCDSA
2026-02-14 09:00 - 11:00 | Downtown Disney District, 1580 S Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, CA, 92802, United States
OC DSA will be showing up in solidarity with striking Starbucks workers as they celebrate 99 days on strike! RSVP to SBWU’s page as well.
Easiest parking is at the Anaheim Gardenwalk.
Please also contribute to the SBWU strike fund.

PEC Nite-Lite: Workers Deserve More Program
2026-02-17 19:30 - 20:30 | Online (Zoom)
OCDSA’s Political Education Committee’s next Nite Lite reading group will be discussing the Workers Deserve More Program as a part of our Political Programs Nite Lites. Join us on Tuesday 17 February from 7:30-8:30PM as we review the literature and work towards becoming better-informed activists.

Mutual Aid Harm Reduction Distribution
2026-02-21 13:30 - 16:00
We are asking for volunteers to help us in aiding our allies at 714 Mutual Aid in Santa Ana, with their food/essentials/HR distribution event, on Saturday 7 & 21 February from 1:30-4:00PM. We will be providing food, clothing, blankets, hygiene essentials, first aid materials, HR materials, and more, to our unhoused neighbors at Hart Park. 714 Mutual Aid has built a relationship with these individuals, and they have come to rely on the bi-weekly distributions for clean goods. For more information and to sign up, please check the forms below:

Electoral Politics Committee
2026-02-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Online (Zoom)
Our Electoral Politics Committee is hosting its biweekly strategy meeting tonight – Monday, 23 February from 6:00-7:00PM. With the election year of 2026 hot upon us, we call on all interested parties to join us via Zoom for these biweekly meetings to help steer the direction of our chapter’s electoral strategies by evaluating viewpoints through a diverse viewpoint. RSVPs are required to join the call, so please click the link below to sign up.

Labor Committee Business Meeting
2026-02-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Online (Zoom)
Monthly business meeting of Orange County DSA’s Labor Committee.
The meeting will be hosted online (Zoom). The link will be posted in the #labor Slack channel the day of.

UCI Labor Research Talks: Annie McClanahan: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work
2026-02-26 12:00 - 13:00 | UCI Social Ecology I, Room 315, 5300 Social and Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
Annie McClanahan presents one in a series of labor organizing talks: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work.
Hosted on the University of California, Irvine campus. Event is in-person only and seating is limited, so register quickly.

OCDSA General Meeting
2026-02-28 11:00 - 13:30 | Irvine Ranch Water District Community Meeting Room, 15500 Sand Canyon Ave, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
On the first week of February 2026, OCDSA’s Steering Committee voted unanimously to decouple Socialist Forums from General Administrative Meetings, meaning that our Saturday meetings at the end of the month will be talking shop and getting important business done together. This month’s meeting will be at the Irvine Ranch Water District Community Room (515500 Sand Canyon Ave, Irvine, CA 92618) on Saturday, 28 February from 11:00-1:30PM. This month, we will be discussing a number of resolutions, hearing from committees and working groups, and informing you of actions the chapter plans to undertake in the near future, so your attendance is highly recommended to help us vote! The meeting will be hybrid, meaning that if you cannot join us in-person, you are welcome to join us via Zoom. This month’s agenda and proposed resolutions are currently in the works, but the signup is linked below.

March 2026 General Meeting
2026-03-21 11:00 - 13:30 | CWA Local 9510, 606 N Eckhoff St, Orange, CA, 92868, United States
Come and join us at this month’s General Meeting for OC DSA’s first Candidate Endorsement Forum of the year! The General Meeting will be held at the CWA Local 9510 Hall (606 N Eckhoff St, Orange, CA) on March 21st from 11AM-1:30PM. We will be joined by Lieutenant Governor candidate Oliver Ma, who will be answering questions from our membership before we make an endorsement decision. Come prepared with questions to ask Oliver and be sure to check out his responses to our Candidate Questionnaire. Following a Q&A, the Electoral Politics Committee will present its recommendations before opening the floor for a short discussion as a chapter. After the meeting, voting will be open for 6 days until March 27th. We will send an email with details on how to vote for all members along with notes from the forum for whoever cannot attend in person. The link to Oliver’s Candidate Questionnaire (Slack access required) is below.
Oliver’s Candidate Questionaire
RVSP Link
