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Category Archives: Past
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”
La Mujxr Migrante
Saturday • March 8 • 2 – 6 PM • Fundraiser • Wheelchair AccessibleBarrios Unidos • 1817 Soquel Ave • Santa Cruz International Women’s Day Fundraiser with Barrios Unidos.There will be a film screening with panel discussion, tabling, food, and music. The event will raise funds for women and families whose lives have been significantlyContinue reading “La Mujxr Migrante”
Redistribute Wealth: Raíces y Cariño | Roots and Love
A Community Collective for Families 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! Raíces y Cariño is an equitable, inclusive, and safe spaceContinue reading “Redistribute Wealth: Raíces y Cariño | Roots and Love”
Redistribute Wealth: Campesina Womb Justice/YARR (Your Allied Rapid Response)
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! Campesina Womb Justice and YARR have set up a countywide collaboration focused mutual aid forContinue reading “Redistribute Wealth: Campesina Womb Justice/YARR (Your Allied Rapid Response)”
Reimagining Safety – Film and Discussion
Sunday • March 2 • Doors at 5:30 • FREE • Wheelchair AccessibleResource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV) • 612 Ocean St • Santa Cruz What REALLY makes a community safe? Filmed on an iPhone, Reimagining Safety challenges the idea that more police and prisons create safer communities. Featuring powerful voices like LA County DA George Gascón andContinue reading “Reimagining Safety – Film and Discussion”
Join SURJ’s Spring 2025 Redistributing White Wealth Circle
Spring 2025 • April-June While reparations from the government may take a long time, individuals and groups across the country are innovating ways to make repairs and redistribute/return resources from White folks to Black (and Indigenous) communities as an essential step on the path of dismantling white supremacy culture and its wide-reaching repercussions while buildingContinue reading “Join SURJ’s Spring 2025 Redistributing White Wealth Circle”
Showing Up for Racial Justice-Santa Cruz County, CA 