Serving the Central Coast
As stewards to our region’s organizations and activists, we’re committed to mobilizing Ventura County in support of justice for all in the community. And the work we achieve is possible only through the collaboration of organizations within our network.
As a resource to community activists in Ventura County, we maintain a list of upcoming events from our partner organizations. If you’re part of our network and would like us to list your event, email us and let us know the details!
Current Calendar
🌺 April 2024
6 April 2024
Stronger 5K
Saturday, 8:15 to 11:15 AM
Organizer: The Partnership
13 April 2024
Diversity Gala
Saturday, 6:00 PM
Organizer: Diversity Collective VC
20 April 2024
Heritage Language Teaching as Critical Language Arts
Saturday, 8:30 to 1:30 PM
Organizer: California Lutheran University
20 April 2024
Ventura Earth Day Festival 2024!
Saturday, 11:00 to 4:00 PM
Organizer: MERITO Foundation
24 April 2024
2024 Fresh Start Legal Clinics
Wednesday, 4:00 to 7:00 PM
Organizer: Ventura County Public Defender
27 April 2024
Ventura County Arts Summit: ReFrame Ventura County
Saturday, 10:00 to 4:00 PM
Organizer: TOArts
27 April 2024
April Raiz Platica
Saturday, 11:00 to 2:00 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
27 April 2024
Birds and Bees Bash
Saturday, 5:30 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
28 April 2024
Red Dress Day
Sunday, 10:00 to 3:00 PM
Organizer: Oxnard Performing Arts Center Corporation
May 2024 🐝
4 May 2024
Pride Prom
Saturday, 6:00 PM
Organizer: Diversity Collective VC
4 May 2024
VLT Environmental Book Club – What an Owl Knows
Saturday, 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Organizer: Ventura Land Trust
9 May 2024
Comedy for Camp Hope
Saturday, 5:30 PM
Organizer: VCLA Cohort XXIX
11 May 2024
PPCCC Book Club Meeting in Santa Barbara
Saturday, 2:00 to 3:00 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
13 May 2024
May Raíz Plática
Monday, 5:30 to 6:30 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
18 May 2024
Ventura Wild 15th Anniversary
Saturday, 12:00 to 4:00 PM
Organizer: Ventura Land Trust
Our Partners in Ventura County
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast
We have 6 health centers serving the Central Coast:
- Thousand Oaks
- Oxnard
- Ventura
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Maria
- San Luis Obispo
Indivisible Ventura
We are Venturans, banding together to resist Trump’s agenda by focusing on local, defensive congressional advocacy, and embracing progressive values. Our group joins others all around the country to take back our country from those motivated by hatred, greed and power, and make us truly an America for all.
Swap Meet Justice Coalition
Volunteer immigration lawyers and community members answer questions about immigration and fill out USCIS paperwork for citizenship, DACA and green card renewals, as well as voter registration and Selective Service applications. Forms for fee waivers for those qualified will be filled out as well. We also provide study materials, listings of classes and other resources our applicants may need.
League of Women Voters Ventura County
The League of Women of Ventura County, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed & active participation in government & influences public policy through education & advocacy.
Ventura Chapter (ACLU SoCal)
The ACLU of Southern California, Ventura Chapter is a non-partisan, legal subdivision of the ACLU SoCal Affiliate (www.aclusocal.org) empowered by its executive director to act in official capacity in community engagement activities as representatives of ACLU SoCal in the Ventura region.
Greater Oxnard Organization of Democrats – GOOD Club
To serve as the official voice of the Democratic Party of Oxnard, Port Hueneme, and contiguous areas.
Diversity Collective VC
Our Vision is A Ventura County community where LGBTQ+ individuals, inclusive of all intersecting identities, have immediate access to needed services, are celebrated, and treated with equity and respect.
Ventura County Chapter of Brady United Against Gun Violence
Positive change can happen. Americans have rallied, marched, and voted for this problem to no longer be ignored. Brady is committed to delivering life-saving change and comprehensive solutions to the American people. We owe it to ourselves, our families, and our communities to keep all Americans safe.
Democratic Women’s Council of the Conejo Valley
The Democratic Women’s Council of the Conejo Valley [influences] progressive social and economic values in our community and beyond.
Third Act
Elders working together for a fair and stable planet. Join a working group by location or affinity!
SEIU Local 2015
Representing more than 400,000 home care, skilled nursing facility, and assisted living center workers.
Veterans For Peace Ventura County
Veterans for Peace is an educational and humanitarian non-profit organization dedicated to the abolishment of war.
VSSTF – Ventura Social Services Task Force
The mission of the Ventura Social Services Task force (VSSTF) is to create and implement an integrated community strategy to end homelessness in the City of Ventura.
The Acorn Project
The Acorn Project fosters creative collaboration and strategic partnerships for positive social change. Our current initiative entitled “The Reel Advocacy Series,” supports community documentary film screenings to inform, engage, and inspire political and social action.
Social Justice Fund for Ventura County
The Social Justice Fund for Ventura County (SJFVC) is a social change grant-making and educational organization created and guided by Ventura County donors. SJFVC has been established to advance equity and opportunity for all. It brings together the resources of a “Giving Circle”- a place where SJFVC donors come together and have a say in the grants we give- and the organizing power of grassroots groups. Together, we are working to advance solutions to poverty and inequality.
Democratic Socialists of America – Ventura County
Ventura County’s chapter of the largest socialist organization in the U.S.
Climate First: Replacing Oil & Gas – CFROG.org
CFROG defends the environment and public health against dangerous and destructive practices of the oil and gas industry. A non-profit watchdog organization, CFROG consistently calls for enforcement of existing legal protections, and insists on transparency, accountability and responsibility from both the industry and government regulators. Alert to immediate hazards and to the longer terms impacts of climate change, CFROG is engaged in advocacy, citizen research, legal intervention and public education.
Buen Vecino
Buen Vecino is a non-profit community organization in Ventura County, California.
Past Calendars
March 2024 🌷
30 March 2024
Ventura County VIRTUAL – March Raíz Plática
Saturday, 11:00 to 12:00 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
28 March 2024
2024 Environmental Speaker Series – Joseph Brandt
Thursday, 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Organizer: Ventura Land Trust
27 March 2024
Facing Down Fentanyl: Oxnard Town Hall
Wednesday, 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Organizer: Ventura County Behavioral Health
26 March 2024
How to Fight the Climate Crisis & Militarism
Tuesday, 9:00 AM
Organizer: Veterans For Peace
14 March 2024
Women’s History Month Event
Thursday, 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Organizer: Soroptimist International of Simi Valley
13 March 2024
Building ADUs in Ventura County Live Webinar
Wednesday, 9:00 to 10:00 AM
Organizer: House Farm Workers!
10 March 2024
Power of Love
Sunday, 11:30 to 2:00 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
7 March 2024
Wildfire Preparedness Town Hall
Thursday, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Organizer: City of Ventura – Government
3 March 2024
Strong and Resilient Women of Rancho Guadalasca
Sunday, 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Organizer: Museum of Ventura County
2 March 2024
VLT Book Club – Women on Nature
Saturday, 2:00 PM
Organizer: Ventura Land Trust
2 March 2024
Conference for Social Justice in Education
Saturday, 8:00 to 2:00 PM
Organizer: California State University Channel Islands
🥶 February 2024
27 February 2024
Humanizing Deportation | Humanizando la deportación
Tuesday, 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Organizer: Buen Vecino
25 February 2024
PPCCC Book Club Meeting
Sunday, 2:00 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
22 February 2024
Conference: Separating Myths from Realities
Thursday, 8:00 to 12:00 PM
Organizer: Center for Economics of Social Issues
19 February 2024
Oxnard Raiz Platica February
Monday, 5:30 to 6:30 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
13 February 2024
Native Plant Fest
Tuesday, 11:00 to 4:00 PM
Organizer: Oxnard Performing Arts Center Corporation
13 February 2024
Climate Change: It’s Here in Ventura County
Tuesday, 11:00 to 2:00 PM
Organizer: Justice for All Ventura County
10 February 2024
Palentine’s Day!
Saturday, 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
7 February 2024
SLO Together 2024
Wednesday, 5:30 to 8:00 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
7 February 2024
The Primary Election and Voter’s Choice Act
Wednesday, 12:00 PM
Organizer: League of Women Voters – Ventura County
January 2024 ❄️
27 January 2024
PPCCC Book Club Meeting in Santa Barbara
Saturday, 2:00 to 3:00 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
24 January 2024
Virtual: Volunteer Peer Educators Information Session
Wednesday, 7:00 to 8:00 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
23 January 2024
Virtual: Volunteer Peer Educators Information Session
Tuesday, 7:00 to 8:00 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
20 January 2024
2024 Ventura County Women’s March
Saturday, 10:00 to 2:00 PM
Organizer: Justice for All Ventura County
18 January 2024
Boogie for Our Bodies
Thursday, 6:30 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast
14 January 2024
MLK Freedom and Unity Weekend
1/14/2024 to 1/15/2024
Organizer: The Gathering for Justice
8 January 2024
Oxnard Raiz Kickoff
Monday, 5:30 to 6:30 PM
Organizer: Planned Parenthood Central Coast