Previous Happenings

From our previous newsletters ….

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION & PARADE

First, Honorary Grand Marshall Don Williams will lead the Second Line Sidewalk Parade starting at the BLM Mural, 809 Center St, at 12PM. Read more
Black Surf Santa Cruz Liberation Paddle Out

Sunday • June 15 • 12-5 PM Cowell Beach • Santa Cruz • Free • Want to Support the LPO? Here’s what is needed: volunteers, donations, raffle items, corporate sponsors. Read more
Connect with the Earth, Dance with the Clay with Alicia Rodriguez

Join the director and teacher of Taller Guaguarey (Clay Arts Center) in Cayey, Puerto Rico, for an informal conversation about her work, the center, and the vital role it plays in a community impacted by U.S. colonial policies and the climate crisis. Read more
Native American Boarding School Healing CoalitionHealing, Prayer, Action

Saturday • June 7• 9:30-11 AMOnline • Free A few weeks ago, the US federal government withdrew all the funding that had been designated to investigate the federal Native American boarding schools. The devastating impacts (such as ongoing grief for missing, murdered, and disappeared children, inter-generational trauma, addiction, suicide + stolen land, language, culture, and identity)… Read more
Black Lives Matter Mural Repaint

Join the SC Equity Collab to process the world we have and help create the world we want. Stay tuned for details for the BLM Mural repaint. Read more
UC Santa Cruz POWWOW

Sunday • May 18 • 11 AM – 6 PM • wheelchair accessible Kaiser Permanente Arena • 140 Front St • Santa Cruz • Free • Hosted by the American Indian Resource Center • The UCSC Powwow 2025 will be a unique opportunity for UCSC and greater community to engage and celebrate Native American/Indigenous culture, song and dance. Read more