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From our previous newsletters ….

Film Screening: The Eternal Song

Wednesday • February 11 • Doors at 6:30 PM • Screening at: 7:15 PM • Free Merrill Cultural Center • UCSC • The first in a 12-film documentary series, The Eternal Song is a cinematic journey through timeless lands and Indigenous cultures. Read more
Read this Op-Ed: Let’s decriminalize mental illness: Santa Cruz doesn’t need a mental health jail

Lookout recently published an op-ed written by a couple of members of our Care Not Cages group, responding to a recent Lookout interview with Sheriff Clark where he floated an idea to build a mental health jail. We know that jail is not treatment, and incarceration only deepens trauma and mental illness. From the article’s… Read more
42nd Annual UCSC MLK Convocation

Tuesday • January 27 • 5:30 PM • Doors open 5 PM • FreeSanta Cruz Civic Auditorium • 307 Church St • Santa Cruz This annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with presentations about equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. This year we welcome legendary reggae percussionist, Larry McDonald. Larry McDonald is a legendary Jamaican percussionist whose life and… Read more
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

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?

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