Category Archives: Past

Community Forum: Alternatives to Youth Incarceration

Wednesday • November 20 • 6:00 – 8:00PM • Wheelchair Accessible • FREEPVPSA • 411 East Lake Avenue • Watsonville. (Note that there is a related, educational event on Tuesday, November 19. Details here.) Recent initiatives by Santa Cruz County Probation to convert part of the juvenile hall into a SYTF and CAMP prompted the community to come together and advocateContinue reading “Community Forum: Alternatives to Youth Incarceration”

Let’s Talk Juvenile Justice – SB823 Virtual Overview & Learning Session

Tuesday • November 19 • 6:00 – 7:30PM • ONLINE • FREE Join MILPA and Laura Ridolfi from The Burns Institute on Tuesday, November 19th, from 6 pm – 7:30 pm to learn about the implementation of SB 823 Juvenile Justice Realignment at the local level and how YOU can support making a change in your county.⁠ Register here.Continue reading “Let’s Talk Juvenile Justice – SB823 Virtual Overview & Learning Session”

Redistribute Wealth: Center for Farmworker Families Holiday Gift Drive & Farmworker Support

This holiday season the Center for Farmworker Families is partnering with other community-based organizations to provide over 2,000 gifts and gift cards to farmworker children. Hundreds of those gifts come from direct donations from people like you! If you have the capacity to contribute a gift before the year’s end, your generosity would be truly appreciated! You canContinue reading “Redistribute Wealth: Center for Farmworker Families Holiday Gift Drive & Farmworker Support”

Native American Heritage Month

Native Stories by and for Native PeopleMondays • Nov 11 & 25 • 7:00 PM x • FREESubrosa Community Space  • 703 Pacific Ave • Santa Cruz • Wheelchair accessible Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Subrosa! Watch films written and/or directed by Native American creatives. Popcorn and refreshments will be offered for $2+ donations. All proceeds will be donated toContinue reading “Native American Heritage Month”

Young, Gifted and Black

from the Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary ArtSolari GalleryAug 22 – Dec 29, 2024 • Thurs – Suns • 12 – 6 PM • $10 or FREE on First Fridays705 Front St • Santa Cruz • Wheelchair accessible (Picture credit: Image: A Mother Who Had No Mother. Chiffon Thomas) Young, Gifted and Black showcases works by emerging artists of AfricanContinue reading “Young, Gifted and Black”

MAH x Indexical

Zekarias Musele Thompson – spatial facilitation #10Presented in Partnership with IndexicalSaturday • Nov 9 • 7:30 – 8:30 PM • $20 General, $15 MAH Member705 Front St • Santa Cruz • Wheelchair accessible (Picture credit: Portrait of the Artist Just in Front of their Favorite Place, Photo credit: Ástríður Jónsdóttir) Spatial facilitation, a term of art in physiology, refersContinue reading “MAH x Indexical”

Amah Mutsun Speakers Series: We Will Protect Juristac

Saturday • Nov 9 • 1:30 – 3:30 PM  • FREEMerrill Cultural Center • UCSC • Santa Cruz • Wheelchair accessible The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Costanoan/Ohlone Indians and the University of California-Santa Cruz’s American Indian Resource Center and other distinct departments invite our UCSC affiliates and the greater community to the Amah Mutsun Speaker SeriesContinue reading “Amah Mutsun Speakers Series: We Will Protect Juristac”