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”
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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”
Redistribute Wealth: MILPA
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! Many thanks to Bernie from MILPA for joining us in conversation at our Community MeetingContinue reading “Redistribute Wealth: MILPA”
NO on AB68 — Stop the Mandate for SRO’s in Every Schools Please send by April 9
Check out our No on AB 68 Toolkit for ways to register your NO.
How Fairy Tales Became White
Tuesday • April 8 • 6:30 – 7:30 PM • FREE • wheelchair accessibleDowntown Library • 224 Church St • Santa Cruz Please join Professors Micah Perks and Kimberly Lau for a conversation about fairy tales, fantasy, and the ways that historically and culturally specific ideas about race contribute to the making and maintenance of their white worlds. Note:Continue reading “How Fairy Tales Became White”
Dear District Attorney Rosell: Do the Right Thing
Please sign-on to this letter to Santa Cruz County District Attorney Rosell, calling on him to minimize harm from the passage of Prop 36. We’re aiming to gather 200+ signatures by April 10th (new date!)
Reimagining Public Safety: Session 1 -Defining Community
Join Aliyya Hatcher and Jasmine Schlafke for the Word is Bond Collective’s first session of the year. Saturday • March 15 • 12:30 – 3:30 PM
Movement Mixer!
Tuesday • March 18 • 5:30-7:30 • wheelchair accessibleAbbott Square • 118 Cooper St • Santa Cruz Join us and many other local grassroots organizations working on a variety of issues in Santa Cruz and beyond. This is a mainly social event and we are encouraging attendees to eat and drink together as we get to know eachContinue reading “Movement Mixer!”
The 24-hour Economic Blackout
Friday • Feb 28 • All day, Everywhere • FREE Let’s show corporate oligarchs where their money comes from and that we’re appalled by their capitulation. Organized by The People’s Union WHAT NOT TO DO: WHAT YOU CAN DO: WHY THIS MATTERS!
Watsonville Cannery Strike
Saturday • March 15 • 1:00 – 4:30 • FREE • wheelchair accessibleWatsonville Public Library • 275 Main St, 4F • Watsonville In September 1985, in response to their employers drastically slashing salaries and health benefits, almost 2,000 workers at two canneries in Watsonville, the vast majority Mexicanas, went on strike. Over an 18-month period, these rank-and-file workersContinue reading “Watsonville Cannery Strike”
Showing Up for Racial Justice-Santa Cruz County, CA 