Downtown Streets Team Comes to Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz County tallied 2,249 houseless individuals in the 2017 Point-in-Time Census. Only 20 percent of these individuals reported being in a shelter when the survey was conducted — meaning the remaining 80 percent were unsheltered, some living in vehicles, makeshift shelters or on the...
MAH develops Abbott Square
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) asked residents in 2013 what downtown Santa Cruz was missing — the answer was a space for community. Out of this response, the idea of Abbott Square was born. With $5 million of support from community...
Panelists Provide Perspective
“Liberation,” Camila Chávez, César Chávez’s niece, said, “is about being what you want to be and loving who you want to love.” She paused, and her words hung over the crowd in the dim room. “Without persecution,” she added. About 100 people gathered at the...
City Hall Reaches out to Residents
Instead of the usual three-minute blip per person for public comments at the close of city council meetings, on May 4 the public had the opportunity to communicate and interact with city staff at a town hall meeting for two hours. Santa Cruz residents west...
Addressing White Privilege, Exploring Hidden Biases
“Racism, imperialism, contradictions,” the organizer read off of pieces of poster paper to a workshop full of people. The room slowly became quieter until everyone was completely silent, contemplating each word as the list continued on. The workshop called “Raced in America: White Culture, Privilege...