Saturday • April 19 • 5 – 7:30 PM • FREE Luna Gallery • 107 B The Alameda • San Juan Bautista A free informational event about the efforts of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to protect their most sacred mountain, Juristac, from a proposed mining project near the Pajaro River and Highway 129. There will be speakers, a short film, andContinue reading “Juristac Event: Amah Mutsun Efforts to Protect Sacred Lands”
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How Fairy Tales Became White
Tuesday • April 8 • 6:30 – 7:30 PM • FREE • wheelchair accessibleDowntown Library • 224 Church St • Santa Cruz Please join Professors Micah Perks and Kimberly Lau for a conversation about fairy tales, fantasy, and the ways that historically and culturally specific ideas about race contribute to the making and maintenance of their white worlds. Note:Continue reading “How Fairy Tales Became White”
Reimagining Public Safety: Session 1 -Defining Community
Join Aliyya Hatcher and Jasmine Schlafke for the Word is Bond Collective’s first session of the year. Saturday • March 15 • 12:30 – 3:30 PM
Movement Mixer!
Tuesday • March 18 • 5:30-7:30 • wheelchair accessibleAbbott Square • 118 Cooper St • Santa Cruz Join us and many other local grassroots organizations working on a variety of issues in Santa Cruz and beyond. This is a mainly social event and we are encouraging attendees to eat and drink together as we get to know eachContinue reading “Movement Mixer!”
Watsonville Cannery Strike
Saturday • March 15 • 1:00 – 4:30 • FREE • wheelchair accessibleWatsonville Public Library • 275 Main St, 4F • Watsonville In September 1985, in response to their employers drastically slashing salaries and health benefits, almost 2,000 workers at two canneries in Watsonville, the vast majority Mexicanas, went on strike. Over an 18-month period, these rank-and-file workersContinue reading “Watsonville Cannery Strike”
La Mujxr Migrante
Saturday • March 8 • 2 – 6 PM • Fundraiser • Wheelchair AccessibleBarrios Unidos • 1817 Soquel Ave • Santa Cruz International Women’s Day Fundraiser with Barrios Unidos.There will be a film screening with panel discussion, tabling, food, and music. The event will raise funds for women and families whose lives have been significantlyContinue reading “La Mujxr Migrante”
Our Freedom Can’t Wait!
The Struggle for Black Liberation: Past & Present
February 27 – April 3 • Tues and Thurs • 3:30 – 5:30 PT • ONLINE
FREE (donations accepted)
NAACP Gospel Night
Saturday • Feb 15 • 6:30 PM • Wheelchair accessible • Ticketed eventHigh Street Community Church • 850 High St • Santa Cruz An Evening of uplifting music benefitting the local branch of the NAACP Scholarship Fund. Tickets here
Musical Soulmates: “You’re My Everything”
Friday • Feb 14 • 8 PM • Wheelchair accessible • Ticketed event Museum of Art and History • 704 Front St • Santa Cruz n addition to a delightful evening of soulful music and small delicacies, this performance of Musical Soulmates is amplifying awareness about Santa Cruz Black, a local organization dedicated to Black initiatives through community engagement.Continue reading “Musical Soulmates: “You’re My Everything””
Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective with author Waubgeshig Rice
Tuesday • Feb 11 • 4 PM • ONLINESponsored by the Santa Cruz Public Libraries You’re invited to a riveting online conversation with journalist and bestselling author Waubgeshig Rice to chat about his newest book Moon of the Turning Leaves, the hotly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow. His new bookContinue reading “Dystopian Tropes from an Indigenous Perspective with author Waubgeshig Rice”
Showing Up for Racial Justice-Santa Cruz County, CA 