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  • Redistribute White Wealth: Regeneración – Pájaro Valley Climate Action

    Redistribute White Wealth: Regeneración – Pájaro Valley Climate Action

    Each month SURJ Santa Cruz County suggests a local organization that is doing excellent work strengthening racial and economic justice in our county.

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  • Come Phonebank with SURJ National

    Come Phonebank with SURJ National

    Come take action with SURJ National! We’ll be calling voters about primary races working to elect progressive champions in key states and districts to ultimately take back BOTH the House and Senate this November.

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  • SURJ National Action Hours

    SURJ National Action Hours

    Ongoing Every Other Wednesday • 5 PM • Online • Next Date: March 14 • Join SURJ on Wednesdays — whether you are new to SURJ, or have been organizing with us for a while — to take action together.

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  • The Hunger Strikes May Be Over, but the Driscoll’s Boycott Isn’t!

    The Hunger Strikes May Be Over, but the Driscoll’s Boycott Isn’t!

    Tell Driscoll’s to stop spraying toxic pesticides near schools and homes!Sign the Boycott PledgeTell your friends and family, near and far. We must keep up the pressure until they change their ways! A group of activists led by Omar Dieguez…

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  • Updated: Actions for Gaza

    Updated: Actions for Gaza

    Jewish Voice for Peace – Power Half-Hour for Gaza: M-Th • 12:00 – 12:30 PM Location: Click here for info and to registerSponsor: Jewish Voice for PeaceDescription: After two years, the genocide in Gaza continues, we are overwhelmed with sorrow and outrage yet we are…

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  • Join the SURJ Santa Cruz County Action Alert List!

    Join the SURJ Santa Cruz County Action Alert List!

    The SURJ Action Alert List is for everyone who cares about showing up for racial justice in Santa Cruz County, especially for people who might not have time to join a SURJ working group or committee, but who want to be connected and support SURJ’s…

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Events

  • Loving Justice Week, by the Resource Center for Nonviolence

    Loving Justice Week, by the Resource Center for Nonviolence

    October 18–25 • All Free (except Kuumbwa event)RCNV • 612 Ocean St • Santa Cruz and other locations in the County Loving Justice Week is the culmination of ongoing conversations and an invitation to the community to learn how to create a community where… Read more

  • SURJ CALLING-IN WORKSHOP (part of RCNV’s Loving Justice Week)

    SURJ CALLING-IN WORKSHOP (part of RCNV’s Loving Justice Week)

    Wednesday • Oct 21 • 6:30-8:30pm • Free • wheelchair accessibleQuaker Meeting House • 225 Rooney St • Santa Cruz Engaging in difficult conversations with people who express opinions that perpetuate racism is one way to shift culture. It can… Read more

  • Film Screening with Isaac Julien • Young Soul Rebels

    Film Screening with Isaac Julien • Young Soul Rebels

    Wednesday • October 21 • 7 PM • Free  • Open to the publicQuarry Amphitheater • UCSC • wheelchair accessible Join the Humanities Institute, the Moving Image Lab, and the Quarry Amphitheater for a screening of Isaac Julien’s 1991 film, Young Soul Rebels. Recently… Read more

  • Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá

    Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez: Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá

    Friday • October 2, 2026 – March 7, 2027 • 12 – 5 Wednesday through Sunday) • Free • Institute of the Arts and Sciences100 Panetta Ave • Santa Cruz • wheelchair accessible Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá (Not From… Read more

  • Cultivating Care

    Cultivating Care

    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… Read more

  • Kupuna ‘Āina: Hawai’i, The Land Remembers

    Kupuna ‘Āina: Hawai’i, The Land Remembers

    Friday • October 30 • Doors 6:00 PM • Film 6:30 PM • Sliding ScaleResource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV) • 612 Ocean St • Ssnta Cruz Santa Cruz Premiere of Science and Nonduality’s (SAND)“Kupuna ‘Āina: Hawai’i – The Land Remembers”followed by a Q&A with directors Zaya… Read more

  • Sovereignty Until the Last Sunrise

    Sovereignty Until the Last Sunrise

    Tuesday • October 27 • Doors at 1:30 • Presentation 2 PM – 4 PM • FreeResource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV) • 612 Ocean St • Ssnta Cruz You are invited to the formal introduction of theMutsun Awaswas Sovereignty FoundationRESTORING OUR LAND •… Read more