Thursday • September 3 • 6:00 • 8:30 PM • Ticketed EventSanta Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH)705 Front St • Santa Cruz • w/c accessible Black Surf Santa Cruz’s First Ever Fundraising Celebration The Beach Ball will be an unforgettable evening of art, music, storytelling, food, and community. Together, we’ll celebrate the people, programs, and visionContinue reading “Black Surf Santa Cruz’s Beach Ball Fundraiser”
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Collage and Dialogue: History of the Black Lives Matter Mural
Two dates to participate:Saturday • September 5 AND September 19 • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PMResource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa CruzFREE • w/c accessible This year, the Institute and Creativity and Belonging, and Santa Cruz Equity Collab are doing two workshops on September 5th & 19th called “Collage & Dialogue,” where community membersContinue reading “Collage and Dialogue: History of the Black Lives Matter Mural”
Cultivating Care
4th Monday of the Month • Next Meeting June 22nd • 5:30-7:30 PM • Free• Ocean View Park
• wheelchair accessible • Join us to actively build an anti-racist culture by understanding and dismantling white supremacy as it exists in ourselves and our culture.
Support Proposed No Mask Law, SB 1004
SURJ Santa Cruz County urges you to contact your California State Representatives as soon as possible to voice support for Senate Bill 1004 which will amend Senate Bill 627, the No Mask Law that would make it a crime for any law enforcement officer to wear facial coverings in the performance of their duties, except as specified, and will allow thatContinue reading “Support Proposed No Mask Law, SB 1004”
Rally: National Week Against Automated License Plate Readers
Sunday • August 16 • Noon • 701 Ocean St • Santa Cruz Please join Get The Flock Out Santa Cruz County (GTFO) and our partners to kick off the National Week of Action Against ALPRs (Automated License Plate Readers, like Flock’s) in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. This is an honor granted byContinue reading “Rally: National Week Against Automated License Plate Readers”
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Sunday • August 9 • 7-9 PM • doors 6:30 PM • Ticketed Event Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium • 307 Church St • wheelchair accessible Rita Dove is an American poet and writer who was the first African American to serve as poet laureate of the United States (1993–95). A trained cellist, Dove often incorporates music themes intoContinue reading “Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music “
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Film Screening and Commemoration
Saturday • August 8 • 1:00 PM • Free • wheelchair accessible Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa Cruz On the 81st anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing the Resource Center for Nonviolence will be showing Collateral Damage, a 35-minute RCNV documentary about our local Hiroshima Peace Memorial located at the Clocktower. This will be followed by paper crane folding and aContinue reading “Hiroshima Peace Memorial Film Screening and Commemoration”
Redistribute Wealth: African Roots Social Club
Each month SURJ Santa Cruz County suggests a local organization that is doing excellent work strengthening racial and economic justice in our county.
Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá
Friday • October 2, 2026 – March 7, 2027 • 12 – 5 Wednesday through Sunday) • Free • Institute of the Arts and Sciences100 Panetta Ave • Santa Cruz • wheelchair accessible Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá (Not From Here, Not From There) by multidisciplinary artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez features a wide range of artworks thatContinue reading “Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá”
Film Screening with Isaac Julien • Young Soul Rebels
Wednesday • October 21 • 7 PM • Free • Open to the publicQuarry Amphitheater • UCSC • wheelchair accessible Join the Humanities Institute, the Moving Image Lab, and the Quarry Amphitheater for a screening of Isaac Julien’s 1991 film, Young Soul Rebels. Recently restored to its original director’s cut, the film is a coming-of-age thriller set in LondonContinue reading “Film Screening with Isaac Julien • Young Soul Rebels”
