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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NO on AB68 — Stop the Mandate for SRO’s in Every Schools Please send by April 9
Check out our No on AB 68 Toolkit for ways to register your NO.
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”
Dear District Attorney Rosell: Do the Right Thing
Please sign-on to this letter to Santa Cruz County District Attorney Rosell, calling on him to minimize harm from the passage of Prop 36. We’re aiming to gather 200+ signatures by April 10th (new date!)
The 24-hour Economic Blackout
Friday • Feb 28 • All day, Everywhere • FREE Let’s show corporate oligarchs where their money comes from and that we’re appalled by their capitulation. Organized by The People’s Union WHAT NOT TO DO: WHAT YOU CAN DO: WHY THIS MATTERS!
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”
Redistribute Wealth: Campesina Womb Justice/YARR (Your Allied Rapid Response)
Each month SURJ Santa Cruz County suggests a local organization that is doing excellent work strengthening racial and economic justice in our county. If you’re able, please consider making a donation– healthy for you, healthy for our community. Thank you! Campesina Womb Justice and YARR have set up a countywide collaboration focused mutual aid forContinue reading “Redistribute Wealth: Campesina Womb Justice/YARR (Your Allied Rapid Response)”
SURJ Santa Cruz County Action Alert List
The SURJ Action Alert List is for everyone who cares about showing up for racial justice in Santa Cruz County, especially for people who might not have time to join a SURJ working group or committee, but who want to be connected and support SURJ’s work in this county. SURJ Action Team members will receive action alerts via email with local callsContinue reading “SURJ Santa Cruz County Action Alert List”
Join SURJ’s Spring 2025 Redistributing White Wealth Circle
Spring 2025 • April-June While reparations from the government may take a long time, individuals and groups across the country are innovating ways to make repairs and redistribute/return resources from White folks to Black (and Indigenous) communities as an essential step on the path of dismantling white supremacy culture and its wide-reaching repercussions while buildingContinue reading “Join SURJ’s Spring 2025 Redistributing White Wealth Circle”
Showing Up for Racial Justice-Santa Cruz County, CA 