Previous Happenings

From our previous newsletters ….

Protest for Community in Defense of Immigrants

Join Campesina Womb Justice for this community rally and march to support the people who work so hard providing our essential needs. Read more
BLACK ON SCREEN – TWO SHOWINGS

Tuesday • June 17 • Capitola Library • 2005 Wharf Rd • CapitolaThursday, June 19 • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa CruzDoors open at 5:30, film at 6 pmWheelchair accessible • Donation • RSVP requested Santa Cruz Black will be screening Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, directed by Johan Grimonprez. Nominated for the 2025 Best… Read more
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION & PARADE

First, Honorary Grand Marshall Don Williams will lead the Second Line Sidewalk Parade starting at the BLM Mural, 809 Center St, at 12PM. Read more
Black Surf Santa Cruz Liberation Paddle Out

Sunday • June 15 • 12-5 PM Cowell Beach • Santa Cruz • Free • Want to Support the LPO? Here’s what is needed: volunteers, donations, raffle items, corporate sponsors. Read more
Connect with the Earth, Dance with the Clay with Alicia Rodriguez

Join the director and teacher of Taller Guaguarey (Clay Arts Center) in Cayey, Puerto Rico, for an informal conversation about her work, the center, and the vital role it plays in a community impacted by U.S. colonial policies and the climate crisis. Read more
Native American Boarding School Healing CoalitionHealing, Prayer, Action

Saturday • June 7• 9:30-11 AMOnline • Free A few weeks ago, the US federal government withdrew all the funding that had been designated to investigate the federal Native American boarding schools. The devastating impacts (such as ongoing grief for missing, murdered, and disappeared children, inter-generational trauma, addiction, suicide + stolen land, language, culture, and identity)… Read more