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From our previous newsletters ….

“Let the Caged Bird Sing lll” – a Benefit Concert for Survivors

Sunday • Oct 12 • 5 – 7 PM • Musical Soulmates and Walnut Avenue Family and Women’s Center are proud to co-produce the third annual Let the Caged Bird Sing — a powerful concert in support of survivors during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Read more
ICONS: Black Women Illuminated

A cabaret-style performance celebrating the legacy of 20th-century Black women artists. Saturday • Sept 20 • 8 PM Read more
“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