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From our previous newsletters ….

The World Is Not Enough

Tuesday • June 4 • 8:00 – 9:30 AM PT • Online • FREE In 2024, democracy is on the ballot, a principal story told by anxious news outlets worldwide. Yet, this focus on democracy’s precarity obscures other urgent matters: the rise of AI and its challenge to a humanist account of intelligence, the rumoured demise of… Read more
49th Annual Santa Cruz Pride

Sunday • June 2 • 11 AM • Wheelchair Accessible • FREE (Parade viewing info and map below) (Photos ©Batin Photography) Although Pride is not directly centered on racial and economic justice (our North Stars at SURJ Santa Cruz County), we celebrate and uplift it each year in acknowledgement of the sad truth that queer and trans people of color are… Read more
PVUSD Suspension Rates Presentation

Friday • May 24 • 5-7 PM 315 Main St, #206 • Watsonville • Wheelchair accessible • FREE Join MILPA and Tia Martinez from Organizing Roots to learn about the impacts of the school-to-prison pipeline and current state and local suspension rates. Background & Purpose: Over the past few months, a group of parents, youth, community members, and organizations… Read more
Santa Cruz Black Film Series : The Taking of Harris Neck

Two Showings: Tuesday • May 21 • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa Cruz Wednesday • May 22 • Capitola Library • 2005 Wharf Rd • Capitola 6:30 PM, doors at 6:00 • FREE • wheelchair accessible Read more
March to End Homelessness

Saturday • May 18 • 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM • Santa Cruz City Hall809 Center St • Santa Cruz • Wheelchair accessible • FREE (May is Affordable Housing Month – see many other events here) Hosted by: Housing Matters On Saturday, May 18, 2024, a compassionate coalition of local businesses, non-profit organizations, and hundreds of supporters will… Read more
Santa Cruz County People’s Budget Workshop

Thursday • May 16 • 7:00 – 8:00 (with option to stay on until 8:30 for discussion) • on Zoom • Free MILPA and SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) Santa Cruz County invite you to an online forum about our local county budget process and how to advocate for changes to make our communities… Read more