Previous Happenings

From our previous newsletters ….

“Compensation” Film Screening and Discussion – TWO SHOWINGS

Santa Cruz Black’s BLACK On Screen offering for September is Compensation, a film that asks how to navigate the intersection of Blackness, deafness, happiness, status and class identity. Read more
Fierce Vulnerabilities with Kazu Haga

Event 1: Book Talk + Community GatheringFriday, August 22 | 6:00–7:30pm Event 2: Fierce Vulnerability Training + LunchSaturday, August 23 | 10:00am–4:00pm Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa CruzWheelchair accessible Resource Center for Nonviolence is honored to welcome author and activist Kazu Haga for two transformative events deeply grounded in his new book, Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma,… Read more
“Since I Been Down” Film Screening and Discussion – TWO SHOWINGS

Tuesday • August 19 • Capitola Library • 2005 Wharf Rd • CapitolaWednesday, August 20 • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa CruzDoors open at 6 pm, film at 6:30 pmWheelchair accessible • Donation • RSVP requested Gilda Sheppard’s film Since I Been Down brings to life the praxis of abolition within but not confined by prison walls. To… Read more
Book Launch, Emile Suotonye DeWeaver

Friday • July 18 (NEW DATE) • 6-7 PMInstitute of Arts and Sciences • 100 Panetta Ave• Santa CruzWheelchair accessible • FreeJoin author Emile Suotonye DeWeaver for a book talk and signing of his first book, Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy and an Abolitionist Future. During his twenty-one years in prison, DeWeaver covertly organized to… Read more
SCB Film Series: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution – TWO SHOWINGS

Please join Santa Cruz Black for a screening of Stanley Nelson’s documentary, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, which sheds light on the Black Panther Party from the perspective of its members, its supporters, and those who sought to bring it down. Read more
SURJ Protest Basics & Solidarity Training

Learn how to keep your cool while turning up the fire at protests and direct actions in our community. Read more