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AMAH MUTSUN TRIBAL BAND

Weed ‘Em Out! Cascade Creek Work Day Saturday • May 3 • 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM • Free Cascade Ranch • 3100 Cabrillo Hwy Pescadero • Join Pie Ranch and Amah Mutsun Land Trust to remove eucalyptus sprouts and other invasive species from Cascade Creek on Año Nuevo Point! Read more
UNDERSTANDING ZIONISM: a 6-PART STUDY for the PALESTINE MOVEMENT

Online classes Tuesdays and Fridays • April 29-May 15 • 6:30-8 pm • PLUS a culminating event at the RCNV on Wed, May 21 Tuesdays and Fridays • April 29-May 15 • 6:30-8 pm • Free • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Wheelchair accessible • Join the Palestinian Youth Movement and the People’s Forum in a rigorous study of Zionism in… Read more
The Humanities Institute at UCSC presents the 2025 Deep Read: James by Percival Everett

Online and In-Person • Various Dates: April 22, April 29, May 4 Winner of the 2024 National Book Award, James is a reimagining of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Everett’s novel is a fugitive slave narrative told from the perspective of Twain’s enslaved character as he fights for freedom and dignity in an undignified world. Together, we’ll consider how Read more
Juristac Event: Amah Mutsun Efforts to Protect Sacred Lands

Saturday • April 19 • 5 – 7:30 PM • FREE Luna Gallery • 107 B The Alameda • San Juan Bautista A free informational event about the efforts of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to protect their most sacred mountain, Juristac, from a proposed mining project near the Pajaro River and Highway 129. There will be speakers, a short film, and Read more
How Fairy Tales Became White

Tuesday • April 8 • 6:30 – 7:30 PM • FREE • wheelchair accessibleDowntown Library • 224 Church St • Santa Cruz Please join Professors Micah Perks and Kimberly Lau for a conversation about fairy tales, fantasy, and the ways that historically and culturally specific ideas about race contribute to the making and maintenance of their white worlds. Note: Read more
Reimagining Public Safety: Session 1 -Defining Community

Join Aliyya Hatcher and Jasmine Schlafke for the Word is Bond Collective’s first session of the year. Saturday • March 15 • 12:30 – 3:30 PM Read more