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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”

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”

Wednesday • Nov 5 • 12 – 2 PM • Free • wheelchair accessibleUCSC Cowell Hay Barn • 94 Ranch View Rd • Santa Cruz We gather in recognition of Amah-Ka-Tura, a symbol of the enduring legacy and successful efforts of Patrick Orozco and the Pajaro Valley Ohlone Indian Council. Today, we honor Patrick’s unwaveringContinue reading “50 Years since “Wounded Lee” in Watsonvillewith Indian Elder Patrick Orozco”

Wednesday • Nov 5 • 5 PM Doors • 6 PM Film • 7:45 Panel • DiscussionJoin 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.

Saturday  •  Nov 1  •  4 – 7 PM  • 
Resource Center for Nonviolence • Santa Cruz • Join the RCNV for La Ofrenda, a sacred gathering where memory meets movement, as they honor the ancestors of justice and kindle the flames of tomorrow’s freedom struggles.

Monday  •  Oct  27  •  7 PM  • 
London Nelson Community Center • Santa Cruz • Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Julian Brave NoiseCat who will share his stunning debut We Survived the Night.

Friday  •  October 24  •  6 – 10 PM  • 
Veterans Memorial Building  •  Santa Cruz  •  Join the People of the Americas Unite event at the Veterans Memorial Building to come together in a spirit of unity, compassion, and democracy to shape a more inclusive approach to immigration and foreign policy.

Tuesday • October 21 • Wednesday • October 22 • Santa Cruz Black’s last offering in their BLACK On Screen is Unapologetic, a film that challenges viewers to consider what being “unapologetic” demands of those who resist—refusing respectability politics and embracing the discomfort of speaking truth to power.

Thursday, October 16 • MAH • An evening of poetry, music, and art!
Reception starts at 6pm and programming begins at 6:30pm

Sunday •  Oct 12  •  5 – 7 PM  •  Musical Soulmates and Walnut Avenue Family and Women’s Center are proud to co-produce the third annual Let the Caged Bird Sing — a powerful concert in support of survivors during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.