Monday • Feb 23 • Doors open 5pm • 6pm to 8:30 PM • CineLux Scotts Valley Café & Lounge • Join a free community screening of documentary The Mask You Live In (IMDB), exploring the challenges boys and young men face in staying true to themselves while navigating society’s narrow expectations of masculinity.
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Enter the New Year of the Fire Horse: Honoring Chinese American Legacies
Saturday • Feb 21 • 3 pm – 5 pm PM • Doors open 2:30 PM • Free
Resource Center for Nonviolence & ONLINE • 612 Ocean Street • Santa Cruz • Explore Chinese-American legacy with Stanford Professor Gordon H. Chang, Flex Kids Culture founder Rui Li, and developer George Ow, Jr.
DreamGirls: A Musical
Friday, Feb 20 – Sunday, Mar 1 • Pay what you like
UCSC Theater Arts Center Mainstage • Doors open 30 minutes prior to start •
Move into the spotlight with Dreamgirls, the electrifying musical sensation that brings the soul, sparkle, and spirit of Motown to the stage.
Black History Month Film Series – every Thursday in February
Local DJ and community builder Father Taj is hosting the 4th Black History Month Film Series beginning at 6:30 pm every Thursday in February at the 418 Project.
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.
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 andContinue reading “42nd Annual UCSC MLK Convocation”
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 theContinue reading “Listening Partnerships for Building Resilience Training”
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 approachingContinue reading “How Long is Long Enough?”
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 themeContinue reading “2026 MLK March for the Dream – Join NAACP Santa Cruz County”
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, theContinue reading “Visions from Within”
Showing Up for Racial Justice-Santa Cruz County, CA 