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From our previous newsletters ….

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  • Cultivating Care

    Cultivating Care

    4th Monday of the Month • Starts January 26 • 5:30-7:30 PM • Free Aptos Library • 7695 Soquel Drive  • Aptos • wheelchair accessible • Join us to actively build an anti-racist culture by understanding and dismantling white supremacy as it exists in ourselves and our culture. Read more

  • Listening Partnerships for Building Resilience Training

    Listening Partnerships for Building Resilience Training

    Sunday • January 25 • 2-4 PM • $50 • wheelchair accessibleCRC Office • 614 Ocean Street • Santa Cruz The stresses of living in this society, with its marked inequality and political enmity, can make it hard to continue in our desired roles as peacemakers, bridge-builders, and agents for positive change. How do we deal with anxiety, anger, resentment, and all the… Read more

  • How Long is Long Enough?

    How Long is Long Enough?

    Monday • January 19 • 5:30 – 7:30 • FreeBarrios Unidos • 1817 Soquel Ave • Santa Cruz Quntos Wilson and Layla Roberts were sentenced to life without parole in 1995 at the ages of 18 and 19 for a robbery in which no one was physically harmed and a mere $301 was stolen. Now approaching… Read more

  • 2026 MLK March for the Dream – Join NAACP Santa Cruz County

    2026 MLK March for the Dream – Join NAACP Santa Cruz County

    Monday • January 19 • 10-11 AM • wheelchair accessibleSanta Cruz City Hall – BLM Mural • 809 Center St • Santa Cruz NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch invites the community to join the 2026 MLK March for the Dream on Monday, January 19, 2026, beginning at 10 am. The theme is “Stepping Into the Future Together” following on last year’s theme… Read more

  • Pre-MLK March Community Sign-Making with RCNV **AND** Community Response Action

    Pre-MLK March Community Sign-Making with RCNV **AND** Community Response Action

    Saturday • January 10 • 12-4 PM • Sign Making • wheelchair accessible • FreeResource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa Cruz• Immediately After • 4-5 PM • Honor Everyone Harmed by ICESigns on Ocean St • Santa Cruz The Resource Center for Nonviolence invites you to gather to make signs on… Read more

  • Visions from Within

    Visions from Within

    Through February 28 • by appointment • FreeBarrios Unidos • 1817 Soquel Ave • Santa Cruz Visions From Within, on view at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos, showcases the creativity and resilience of individuals currently incarcerated. Through painting, drawing, and poetry, artists share deeply personal reflections on identity, hope, justice, and transformation. Through drawings, painting, and video, the… Read more