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From our previous newsletters ….

Black Lives Matter Mural Repaint

Join the SC Equity Collab to process the world we have and help create the world we want. Stay tuned for details for the BLM Mural repaint. Read more
UC Santa Cruz POWWOW

Sunday • May 18 • 11 AM – 6 PM • wheelchair accessible Kaiser Permanente Arena • 140 Front St • Santa Cruz • Free • Hosted by the American Indian Resource Center • The UCSC Powwow 2025 will be a unique opportunity for UCSC and greater community to engage and celebrate Native American/Indigenous culture, song and dance. Read more
Museum of Art and History’s London Nelson Legacy Initiative

Three Dates and Locations in May: Monday, May 5 • Thursday, May 8 • Friday, May 9 • The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History has scheduled a series of events honoring and celebrating the life of London Nelson, an early resident of Santa Cruz, as part of its London Nelson Legacy Initiative. Nelson… Read more
The Humanities Institute at UCSC presents the 2025 Deep Read: James by Percival Everett

Sunday • May 4 • 4 PM • Wheelchair accessible • UCSC Quarry Amphitheater • Santa Cruz • Free • Winner of the 2024 National Book Award, James is a reimagining of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Everett’s novel is a fugitive slave narrative told from the perspective of Twain’s enslaved character as he fights for freedom and dignity in an undignified world. Everett will… Read more
AMAH MUTSUN TRIBAL BAND

Weed ‘Em Out! Cascade Creek Work Day Saturday • May 3 • 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM • Free Cascade Ranch • 3100 Cabrillo Hwy Pescadero • Join Pie Ranch and Amah Mutsun Land Trust to remove eucalyptus sprouts and other invasive species from Cascade Creek on Año Nuevo Point! Read more
UNDERSTANDING ZIONISM: a 6-PART STUDY for the PALESTINE MOVEMENT

Online classes Tuesdays and Fridays • April 29-May 15 • 6:30-8 pm • PLUS a culminating event at the RCNV on Wed, May 21 Tuesdays and Fridays • April 29-May 15 • 6:30-8 pm • Free • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Wheelchair accessible • Join the Palestinian Youth Movement and the People’s Forum in a rigorous study of Zionism in… Read more