THIS WEEK
SANTA CRUZ ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Saturday • May 21 • 2:00 – 3:30 PM • In-Person 155 South River St • Santa Cruz • 418 Project
Join the festival for speakers, music, workshops, and food vendors. In addition, art displays and exhibits at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History throughout the month of May.
In the festival, there will be a showing of the “Lost Chinatown” film and performance piece created by local artist Cynthia Lee, a workshop on handling microaggressions by student leaders Laura Wang and Thu-Ha Cao, introductions from local community leaders including a proclamation on Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month by Santa Cruz Mayor Sonja Brunner, and an intergenerational mixer for community connection.
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Abolition. Feminism. Now. w/ Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, and Beth E Richie
Saturday • May 21 • 2:00 – 3:30 PM • In-Person • UCSC Quarry Amphitheater • 1156 High St. Santa Cruz
Leading scholar-activists will talk about their new book tracing the often unrecognized genealogies of queer, anti-capitalist, internationalist, grassroots, and women-of-color-led feminist movements, struggles, and organizations that have helped to define abolition and feminism in the twenty-first century.
Come out for a conversation with abolitionist scholars Angela Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, and Beth Richie as they discuss their new book, Abolition. Feminism. Now.
*This event is free and open to the public.
The conversation is sponsored by the Institute of the Arts and Sciences, The Humanities Institute, Feminist Studies, and Bookshop Santa Cruz as part of the Andrew W. Mellon funded Visualizing Abolition initiative UC Santa Cruz.
Register for Abolition. Feminism. Now.
NEXT WEEK
SAVE THE DATE
Pursuing Justice Behind Bars Panel Discussion
Tuesday • June 14 • 7:00 PM PT
MULTIPLE DATE OPTIONS
Amah Mutsun Pie Ranch Volunteer Day,
Every third Saturday! 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Visit Hollaback to check out their free Bystander Intervention and De-escalation trainings!
EVERY WEEK
SURJ Bay Area Action Hours
This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with others who are feeling rage and deep sadness about racism and white supremacy, but not sure what to do. Join SURJ for an hour of action! We’ll meet over Zoom to provide concrete steps you can take—calling elected officials, signing petitions, etc.—to combat racism against Black & Indigenous people and communities of color. (Closed captioning will be available in the main room of Action Hour calls.) https://www.surjbayarea.org/events