At the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, our Housing Program provides free legal advice and representation on housing-related matters to low-income families and individuals in Santa Clara County.
Our office is currently working on providing a series of workshops for renters living in San Jose, who are experiencing unhealthy and unsafe living conditions. The purpose of the workshop is to empower tenants and teach them on how to file a complaint to the City of San Jose's Code Enforcement Department to fight for better living conditions.
Our workshop will take about 1 hour where we will go over tenant protections, the Code Enforcement complaint process, How to File and Next Steps. We will have this workshop in Spanish and in English.
Join us on Thursday, May 7, 2026, 6:00 at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center -
Apple Whistleblower Ashley Gjovik and the Fight for Worker Rights & Environmental Justice
The struggle for worker rights and environmental justice at Apple has been the center of Apple worker Ashley Gjovik struggle. She was fired more than
five years ago, after she made health and safety complaints about the fumes from a toxic dump site that was below her office at Apple.
She was harassed bullied a bankrupted by this 4 trillion-dollar corporation who wanted to shut her down and destroy her life.
She also has won suits at the NLRB that she was retaliated against for defending her worker rights and she also discovered that there
was an illegal Apple Fab plant next to her apartment that was contaminating the neighborhood.
Join Ashley for this important discussion about her work and why this critical for all tech workers and environmentalists in Silicon Valley and throughout
the United States.
For more info on her case and work: ashleygjovik.com
Co-sponsored by Whistleblowers United (WBU), California Coalition for Workers Memorial Day, WorkWeek, and the United Front Committee for a Labor Party (UFCLP)
Recap of our fantastic Trans Day of Visibility Art, Resistance, and Mutual Aid Fair!! 🏳️⚧️🩵💖🤍 Thank you to @sjpjc for the event venue, all of our workshop instructors, resource tables, DJs @dicent.wav and @djilybeeofficial , @sanjosefoodnotbombs for the delicious drinks, our amazing SJ Clothing Swap partnerships team and @sjmendingcrew organizers, and our event planning partner @qhi_sjsu ❤️ A tremendous amount of work went into planning this and we’re so happy with how the event turned out! We’re so so grateful for this phenomenal show of support and solidarity for our trans community 🏳️⚧️ we love you!!
💖 Flyer design by Emily & Victoria | Pictures by SJ Clothing Swap marketing team | Recap post by Aria
Many think that San Jose are only leaders in technology. Yet, long before this city became famous for its work in tech, San Jose had a rich history of its people standing up for their rights. Mike Paradela (@dialectical.idealism ) from the @sjpjc talks about how the Strike of 1917 put San Jose on the map for worker’s rights, and how we can honor that legacy.
May Day is May 1st, but what does it stand for? Mike Paradela (@dialectical.idealism ) from the @sjpjc shares the background and local significance of May Day. Find out how May Day became a day to commemorate worker’s rights across the world, and how we continue to benefit from the legacy of May Day. Let’s show up on Friday, May 1st to continue building that legacy!
Fast fashion robs garment workers of their right to organize for fair pay and safe conditions. In the game it sells us, our moves are buy, wear, discard, repeat. If instead we mend what we own to make it last, we no longer play the game. Fast fashion keeps prices low by beating and shooting workers that protest*, so let’s stop feeding corporate greed! Join us if this kind of resistance speaks to you.
‼️DISRUPT THE LANDFILL‼️
Mending & Upcycling community skill share & creative hangout this SUNDAY 4/26 from 4:30-7:30PM at the SJ Peace & Justice Center @sjpjc . Drop in anytime, mend, upcycle clothes, sew on patches, or work on your other creative projects in community (materials provided!)
▪️beginners welcome & there’ll be volunteers available to help
▪️ all skills and levels are welcome
📍San Jose Peace and Justice Center (48 S 7th St in downtown San Jose)
🚌 public transportation, biking & carpooling encouraged! free street parking as it’s a Sunday 🙂
♿️ this venue has a wheelchair lift (accessible from the back entrance)
😷 masks are required and provided by @maskblocsanjose
REDUCE TEXTILE WASTE ♻️ mend and upcycle clothes that come to the SJ Clothing Swap with rips, holes, stains, and other wear and tear; you can either keep it or put it back into our monthly swap. You can also bring your own clothes to mend
FREE SUPPLIES! 🪡 needles and thread, clothes and fabric, seam rippers, scissors and cutting boards, embroidery supplies, defuzzer, and more! (you are also welcome to bring your own supplies, or supplies to lend or donate)
you can also bring zines & creative projects to swap and share 📖🧶
sources:
• Amnesty International | Global garment industry profits from denial of right to unionize in major sourcing countries
flyer design by @victorsvillainies
🌏Scorched Earth - Silicon Valley Residents Rally for Protection of our Planet on Earth Day 2026🌏
👉🏽 Wednesday, April 22, 2026
⏰️ 11:30 a.m. (protest); 12:00 press conference
📍 San Jose City Hall Rotunda, 200 E Santa Clara St, 95112
🌏Los residentes del Valle del Silicio del de Tierra quemada se reúnen en para la protección de nuestro planeta en el Día de la Tierra 2026🌏
👉🏽 Miércoles, 22 de abril de 2026
⏰️ 11:30 a.m. (protesta); 12:00 rueda de prensa
📍 San José City Hall Rotunda, 200 E Santa Clara St, 95112
Speakers include policy makers, environmental activists, war resisters, non-profit leaders, members of cooperatives, and community organizers and concerned citizens
Los residentes del Valle del Silicio del Tierra quemada se reúnen en para la protección de nuestro planeta en el Día de la Tierra 2026
Oradores incluyen responsables políticos, activistas ambientales, resistentes a la guerra, líderes sin fines de lucro, miembros de cooperativas, activistas medioambientales, líderes de la guerra, líderes sin fines de lucro, miembros de organizaciones no gubernamentales, etc. y organizadores comunitarios y ciudadanos preocupados.
#EARTHDAY2026 #EARTHDAY #EARTHDAYACTION #STOPTRUMP #SISEPUEDEluna
Join us TOMORROW as we commemorate Earth Day with a protest outside of the Microsoft office!
⏰ Saturday, April 18th @ 1:30pm
📍1045 La Avenida St, Mountain View
Microsoft is a direct contributor to genocide AND ecocide through their contracts with the Israeli military as well as their AI data center development which causes further environmental destruction and effect working class people through data centers’ extreme demands on fresh water and energy.
DIVEST FROM GENOCIDE & ECOCIDE!
FREE PALESTINE!
Join us on Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 6:00 at the San Jose Peace & Justice Center to hear Apple Whistleblower Ashley Gjovik and the fight for worker rights & environmental justice. This will be an important discussion about her work and why this is critical for all tech workers and environmentalists in Silicon Valley and throughout the U.S.
