Category Archives: Past

Redistribute Wealth: Liberation Paddle Out

Each month SURJ Santa Cruz County suggests a local organization that is doing excellent work strengthening racial and economic justice in our county. If you’re able, please consider making a donation– healthy for you, healthy for our community. Thank you! Black Surj Santa Cruz’s Liberation Paddle Out is one celebration happening the weekend of Juneteenth.Continue reading “Redistribute Wealth: Liberation Paddle Out”

UC Santa Cruz POWWOW

Sunday • May 18 • 11 AM – 6 PM • wheelchair accessible
Kaiser Permanente Arena • 140 Front St •  Santa Cruz • Free • Hosted by the American Indian Resource Center • The UCSC Powwow 2025 will be a unique opportunity for UCSC and greater community to engage and celebrate Native American/Indigenous culture, song and dance. 

Museum of Art and History’s London Nelson Legacy Initiative

Three Dates and Locations in May:
Monday, May 5  • Thursday, May 8   • Friday, May 9
• The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History has scheduled a series of events honoring and celebrating the life of London Nelson, an early resident of Santa Cruz, as part of its London Nelson Legacy Initiative. Nelson is known as a formerly enslaved person who settled in Santa Cruz, had a successful business as a shoemaker, and willed his land to the Santa Cruz school district upon his passing.

The Humanities Institute at UCSC presents the 2025 Deep Read: James by Percival Everett

Sunday • May 4 • 4 PM • Wheelchair accessible •
UCSC Quarry Amphitheater • Santa Cruz • Free   • Winner of the 2024 National Book Award, James is a reimagining of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Everett’s novel is a fugitive slave narrative told from the perspective of Twain’s enslaved character as he fights for freedom and dignity in an undignified world. Everett will be in conversation with UCSC Professor Vilashini Cooppan.  

AMAH MUTSUN TRIBAL BAND

Weed ‘Em Out! Cascade Creek Work Day
Saturday •  May 3 • 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM • Free
Cascade Ranch • 3100 Cabrillo Hwy Pescadero • Join Pie Ranch and Amah Mutsun Land Trust to remove eucalyptus sprouts and other invasive species from Cascade Creek on Año Nuevo Point!

UNDERSTANDING ZIONISM: a 6-PART STUDY for the PALESTINE MOVEMENT

Online classes Tuesdays and Fridays • April 29-May 15 • 6:30-8 pm • PLUS a culminating event at the RCNV on Wed, May 21 
Tuesdays and Fridays • April 29-May 15 • 6:30-8 pm • Free • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Wheelchair accessible • Join the Palestinian Youth Movement and the People’s Forum in a rigorous study of Zionism in order to strengthen the movement for Palestine.  

May Day Strong Events in Santa Cruz and Watsonville

Thursday • May 1 • Several EventsWatsonville City Plaza • 358 Main Street • Watsonville • 4pm • wheelchair accessibleJoin UC Workers On Strike • High Street and Bay Drive  • Santa Cruz • 10am • wheelchair accessibleSanta Cruz Solidarity On The Streets • 612 Ocean Street • Santa Cruz • 5pm • wheelchair accessibleSinging  for Justice, Peace &Continue reading “May Day Strong Events in Santa Cruz and Watsonville”

The Humanities Institute at UCSC presents the 2025 Deep Read: James by Percival Everett

Online and In-Person • Various Dates: April 22, April 29, May 4   Winner of the 2024 National Book Award, James is a reimagining of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Everett’s novel is a fugitive slave narrative told from the perspective of Twain’s enslaved character as he fights for freedom and dignity in an undignified world. Together, we’ll consider howContinue reading “The Humanities Institute at UCSC presents the 2025 Deep Read: James by Percival Everett”

Juristac Event: Amah Mutsun Efforts to Protect Sacred Lands

Saturday • April 19 • 5  – 7:30 PM • FREE Luna Gallery • 107 B The Alameda  • San Juan Bautista  A free informational event about the efforts of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to protect their most sacred mountain, Juristac, from a proposed mining project near the Pajaro River and Highway 129. There will be speakers, a short film, andContinue reading “Juristac Event: Amah Mutsun Efforts to Protect Sacred Lands”