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  • Healing Our Communities: Restorative Practices in Santa Cruz County

    Healing Our Communities: Restorative Practices in Santa Cruz County

    Thursday • April 25 •  6-8 PM • Cabrillo College Horticulture Center • Aptoswheelchair accessible • FREETabling: 5:15-6pm & 8-8:20 pm Join a community forum organized by the Community Corrections Partnership Shared Safety Workgroup: Resource Fair: Explore various restorative justice & practice models. Overview: Understand the significance of restorative practices & restorative justice. Panel Discussions: Witness individuals sharing their experiences with restorative… Read more

  • Move Money: MILPA

    Move Money: MILPA

    MILPA Collective (MILPA) is, first and foremost, a movement space designed for, and led by, formerly incarcerated and system-impacted individuals. They are committed to supporting next-generation infrastructure and leadership within communities, organizations, and systems. We center cultural healing, racial equity and LOVE in our practices and advocacy.Please learn more and support their transformative work at MILPA Collective Read more

  • Santa Cruz Black Film Series:  Against All Odds

    Santa Cruz Black Film Series:  Against All Odds

    Two Showings:Tuesday • Apr 16 • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa CruzANDWednesday • Apr 17 • Capitola Library • 2005 Wharf Rd • Capitola6:30 PM, doors open at 6:00 • FREE • wheelchair accessible B.L.A.C.K. On Screen is a five-documentary film series focusing on the themes behind our acronym BLACK: Building Legacies of Access in Communities of Kinship. Through June, screenings will be the 3rd Tuesday at the… Read more

  • Cultivating Care

    Cultivating Care

    Sunday • April 14 • 6:30 PM • In-Person at the RCNV • 612 Ocean St. • Santa Cruz • wheelchair accessible • FREE Join us for a rare, in-person meeting and potluck (we’re usually on zoom) to celebrate spring and continue to build new culture. We will share food, ideas and hopefully leave feeling more connected and inspired to keep… Read more

  • Revolution of Values: Revisiting Dr King’s “Beyond Vietnam” Speech 

    Revolution of Values: Revisiting Dr King’s “Beyond Vietnam” Speech 

    Thursday • April 4 • 7:00 PM • In-Person at the RCNV • 612 Ocean St. • Santa Cruz • Wheelchair accessible • FREE In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s profound legacy, the Resource Center for Nonviolence, co-sponsored by the NAACP Santa Cruz County, invites you to Revolution of Values: Revisiting MLK’s Beyond Vietnam In Our Fight Against… Read more

  • Support Needed This Week on Santa Cruz County Rail and Trail

    Support Needed This Week on Santa Cruz County Rail and Trail

    Last week Supervisors Manu Koenig and Bruce McPherson voted against their constituents’ wishes by not approving recommendations for rail lines 10 & 11, jeopardizing the $70 million public transportation grant. Now is the time to write, call and make noise. See below for the actions you can take! From Friends of the Rail & Trail:… Read more