Previous Happenings

From our previous newsletters ….

La Mujxr Migrante

Saturday • March 8 • 2 – 6 PM • Fundraiser • Wheelchair AccessibleBarrios Unidos • 1817 Soquel Ave • Santa Cruz International Women’s Day Fundraiser with Barrios Unidos.There will be a film screening with panel discussion, tabling, food, and music. The event will raise funds for women and families whose lives have been significantly… Read more
Reimagining Safety – Film and Discussion

Sunday • March 2 • Doors at 5:30 • FREE • Wheelchair AccessibleResource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV) • 612 Ocean St • Santa Cruz What REALLY makes a community safe? Filmed on an iPhone, Reimagining Safety challenges the idea that more police and prisons create safer communities. Featuring powerful voices like LA County DA George Gascón and… Read more
Join SURJ’s Spring 2025 Redistributing White Wealth Circle

Spring 2025 • April-June While reparations from the government may take a long time, individuals and groups across the country are innovating ways to make repairs and redistribute/return resources from White folks to Black (and Indigenous) communities as an essential step on the path of dismantling white supremacy culture and its wide-reaching repercussions while building… Read more
Our Freedom Can’t Wait!

The Struggle for Black Liberation: Past & Present February 27 – April 3 • Tues and Thurs • 3:30 – 5:30 PT • ONLINE FREE (donations accepted) Read more
UCSC African American Theater Arts Troupe

Six Performances • Feb 21-23 & Feb 28-March 2 • 6:30 PMWheelchair accessible • Free for studentsUCSC Theater Arts Center Mainstage • Santa Cruz The UCSC African American Theater Arts Troupe presents the musical “Paradise Blue” written by Dominique Morisseau and directed by Don Williams. It’s 1949 in Detroit and trumpet-playing club owner Blue has a… Read more
NAACP Gospel Night

Saturday • Feb 15 • 6:30 PM • Wheelchair accessible • Ticketed eventHigh Street Community Church • 850 High St • Santa Cruz An Evening of uplifting music benefitting the local branch of the NAACP Scholarship Fund. Tickets here Read more