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.
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Film Screening: Space Is the Place + Sun Ra: Do the Impossible
Friday • June 19 • 7:30 PM • $10 advance / $15 at the door
• The 418 Project – Small Theater • 155 S River St • Santa Cruz • Join the 418 Project for a special Juneteenth celebration honoring the visionary world of Sun Ra through an unforgettable double feature screening of SPACE IS THE PLACE (1974) and the new documentary SUN RA: DO THE IMPOSSIBLE (2025).
BLACK SURF SANTA CRUZ LIBERATION PADDLE OUT
Friday June 19 • 12pm – 5pm •
Cowell Beach • Santa Cruz • Free •
Join Black Surf Santa Cruz as they come together at the shoreline to celebrate, connect, and spend the day in and around the ocean.
De-escalation Training
Wednesdy • June 17 • 5:00-7:30 PM
• Resource Center for Nonvioence • 612 Ocean St • Santa Cruz
wheelchair accessible • ticketed event
Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday • June 13 • 12 – 6 PM • wheelchair accessible • Free •
Santa Cruz City Hall (809 Center St) to Laurel Park (301 Center St) •
Santa Cruz Juneteenth celebrates Black Liberation and Freedom for our 35th year!
Advocate for a People’s Budget for Santa Cruz County 2026/2027
Read out Ope-ed • Sign On Letter • Email Your Supervisor • Attend Board of Supervisor Meeting Wednesday, June 10/Thursday June 11 • We are asking individuals and organizations to sign on to our community letter, Santa Cruz County: Budget Our Values, because people-centered services save lives and money by June 15th.
Restorative Justice 101 Training
Next training: Wednesday • June 10 • 5:00-7:00 PM • Virtual •
Free (donations accepted) • Join the Conflict Resolution Center for a 2-hour introductory workshop to learn about restorative justice.
Care Not Cages County Budget 101
A THRIVING community is a SAFER community! •Thursday • May 28 • 6:00 – 8:00 PM • Wheelchair accessible • Free
In-Person • Branciforte Branch Library • 230 Gault St • Santa Cruz
All This Safety is Killing Us
Saturday • May 23 • 2 – 3:30 pm • Free •
Institute of the Arts and Sciences • 100 Panetta Ave • Santa Cruz
Little Singer — Dinétah (Arizona), Santa Cruz Premiere
Friday • May 22 • 6:30-8:30 PM • Doors open at 6 • sliding scale
• RCNV • 612 Ocean Street • Santa Cruz
Showing Up for Racial Justice-Santa Cruz County, CA 