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Tuesday • August 19 • Capitola Library • 2005 Wharf Rd • CapitolaWednesday, August 20 • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa CruzDoors open at 6 pm, film at 6:30 pmWheelchair accessible • Donation • RSVP requested Gilda Sheppard’s film Since I Been Down brings to life the praxis of abolition within but not confined by prison walls. ToContinue reading ““Since I Been Down” Film Screening and Discussion – TWO SHOWINGS”

Friday  • July 18 (NEW DATE)  • 6-7 PMInstitute of Arts and Sciences • 100 Panetta Ave•  Santa CruzWheelchair accessible  • FreeJoin author Emile Suotonye DeWeaver for a book talk and signing of his first book, Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy and an Abolitionist Future.  During his twenty-one years in prison, DeWeaver covertly organized toContinue reading “Book Launch, Emile Suotonye DeWeaver”

Please join Santa Cruz Black for a screening of Stanley Nelson’s documentary, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, which sheds light on the Black Panther Party from the perspective of its members, its supporters, and those who sought to bring it down. 

Tuesday • June 17 • Capitola Library • 2005 Wharf Rd • CapitolaThursday, June 19 • Resource Center for Nonviolence • 612 Ocean St • Santa CruzDoors open at 5:30, film at 6 pmWheelchair accessible • Donation • RSVP requested Santa Cruz Black will be screening Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, directed by Johan Grimonprez. Nominated for the 2025 BestContinue reading “BLACK ON SCREEN – TWO SHOWINGS”

First, Honorary Grand Marshall Don Williams will lead the Second Line Sidewalk Parade starting at the BLM Mural, 809 Center St, at 12PM.

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.

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.