Conscience and Action Speak Out at Parks and Rec 
Basic Dignity is a Human Right...
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:14PM
Bathroom Baloney--Expanded Speech to City Council on its anti-homeless restrooms policies 
A highly shortened version of this speech was given Tuesday evening at City Council. It anticipated and announced the Thursday June 14th noon protest demanding reopening of the Louden Nelson Center and San Lorenzo Park bathrooms for public use. This was done without public notice, discussion, or vote....
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 6:57PM
In Memory of DavidMinton Silva, August 16, 1943 - March 11, 2018 
Memorials were held in Santa Cruz during the month of May for DavidMinton Silva, who passed away on March 11 in Mozambique, Africa. For decades, David was a strong presence in local politics and the activist community in Santa Cruz, touching many with his gentle soul, and the ability to express solidarity and support for many different causes and individuals in the field of civil rights and social justice. The issue most near his heart was homelessness. [Top photo: In 2012, DavidMinton Silva ...
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:12PM
Homeless Rights HoeDown Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (June 12-14) Various events including Tuesday's Homelessness Marathon and City Council Speakout, Wednesday'a HUFF meeting and Juneteenth Celebration, and Thursday's Picketing Prejudice at Parks and Rec HQ are up for observaton and participation in the next few days....
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:51PM
Angola 3 Newsletter: Keep On Keeping On We have just released the latest issue of our newsletter, focusing on 'Soledad Brother' John Clutchette's release from a California prison, Robert King and Albert Woodfox's visit to Santa Cruz CA, Jena 6 Defendant Theo Shaw's graduation from law school, Angola Prison inmates demanding an end to slavery, NRCAT's Torture Awareness Month, and the passing of Tiyo Attallah Salah-El....
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 4:30PM
Barrios Unidos Tiny Houses Project Unveiling 6-9-2018 
The event was held on Saturday afternoon June 9, 2018 in Santa Cruz California. The even was held to show the first model of a tiny house. There was food, music, and speakers that spoke of the housing issues that exist in Santa Cruz and in the rest of California. The speakers included Daniel "Nane" Alejandrez, David Foster (executive director of the local Habitat for Humanity), and some people who have experienced the housing problems in there own lives....
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:51PM
ACLU Statement of Opposition to Anti-Homeless Measures at Louden Nelson Center and Park In April, ACLU Chair Peter Geldblum sent a letter to the City's Parks & Recreation Department expressing revulsion and concern regarding the recent closure of the bathrooms and other restrictive actions burdening the public and especially local homeless folks. I post it here....
Posted: Sat Jun 9, 2018 1:53PM
End Solitary Santa Cruz County Community Outreach 
Homeless Garden Project Farm
Shaffer Rd. near Delaware, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(If driving, enter Shaffer from Delaware; you cannot cross railroad track from Coastal Highway.)...
Event Date: Sun Jun 24, 2018 12:00PM
Posted: Wed Jun 6, 2018 3:36PM
Armistice Day Santa Cruz with Medea Benjamin 
Santa Cruz Town Clock
Water St. & Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:00AM
Posted: Wed Jun 6, 2018 10:56AM
Salinas Valley community calls on Agricultural Commissioner for better protections from health-harming pesticides 
Concerned residents hold rally and resource fair for pesticide literacy and safety, focusing on protecting farmworkers, pregnant women and children...
Posted: Wed Jun 6, 2018 10:12AM
Annual Honoring of the Elders Gathering #32 
The Gathering was held June 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 2018
Keeping the traditions alive!
Here are some of the over 400 pictures that I was able to take at this years gathering!...
Posted: Tue Jun 5, 2018 6:27PM
Local residents on Congressional Accompaniment Tour to Palestine/Israel Local residents Peter Klotz-Chamberlin, Tom Helman, David Furnish, and Joshua Grossman accompanied Congressman Jimmy Panetta's Executive Assistant Rose Leopold to Palestine and Israel April 27-May 4. They visited cities and villages under Israeli military occupation--Jerusalem, Susiya, Hebron, Khan Al Ahmar, and others. They observed Israeli military court proceedings with children. They met Palestinians, Israelis and also UN and US officials. They will report Friday, June 8, 7pm at RCNV, and...
Posted: Sun Jun 3, 2018 3:26PM
March for Teachers in Monterey 
Fremont and Camino el Estero near MPC, Monterey...
Event Date: Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:00PM
Posted: Sat Jun 2, 2018 12:17AM
More Californians getting sick from pesticides, according to latest state report Agricultural cases up 50%; Monterey County third highest in California...
Posted: Fri Jun 1, 2018 12:56PM
Managing for Monarchs in the West 
A new guide to protecting the monarch butterfly from the Pacific to the Rockies....
Posted: Fri Jun 1, 2018 12:40PM
Frequent West Coast Whale Entanglements Continued Through 2017 
California Dungeness Crab Commercial Fishery Remained Most Common Culprit...
Posted: Fri Jun 1, 2018 12:30PM
Creating Positive Peace: Workshop Aims to Mainstream Nonviolence 
The Resource Center for Nonviolence hosts a bi-annual training about Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolent principles and methodologies to teach conflict reconciliation strategies to enrich the lives of individuals and communities. The RCNV is having their Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation Training Fall Session the weekend of November 17th and 18th, 2018, and the Santa Cruz community is invited to mark their calendars....
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 5:30PM
Staff of Life 49th. Anniversary Party 
Here are some pictures of the day that I was able to capture of the in and outs of the day....
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 6:53PM
Support Abbi: fighting the right of the poor to have their possessions on the sidewalk Santa Cruz County Courthouse 701 Ocean St. Dept. 3...
Event Date: Thu May 17, 2018 4:00PM
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 8:16AM
Angola 3 Newsletter: Kiilu Nyasha Remembered, Eric Brown, and A3 in Santa Cruz 
The new issue of the Angola 3 newsletter has just been released....
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 10:06PM