Global Community Programs Guide for Slug Grads
Thousands of students are about to enter an exciting and uncertain stage of adulthood. For many, the prospects of obtaining a career plan immediately after graduating is a tall order filled with weeks of job applications and stress. A popular alternative to leaping into the…
Violent Crime Rises in Santa Cruz County
Two violent encounters occurred near the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk last weekend, along with three shootings in Watsonville from last Thursday to Sunday and six cases of gun-related crimes at the Live Oak/Soquel Corridor over the last few months. According to various police departments throughout…
An Educational Approach to Cinco de Mayo
Tamales and horchata vendors lined the courtyards at Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park for Cinco de Mayo where about 50 people gathered to listen to a well-practiced youth brass band from Oaxaca. The event aimed to promote education and reclamation of the Mexican holiday…
Mobilizing Hundreds: The Pilipinx Response To a Crisis Call
The UC Santa Cruz chapter of Anakbayan will be leading a march at noon on May 3 from Hahn Student Center to raise awareness around the detainment and alleged torture of Pilipino human rights organizer, Jerome Aba. Aba landed in San Francisco Airport (SFO) on…
Second Annual March for Science
Amanda Brambila approached the microphone at City Hall as the final speaker in the Santa Cruz March for Science with UC Santa Cruz’s Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans (SACNAS) chapter following with banners and picket signs. “Behind me are STEM students from…
New Bill Would Limit Police Firearm Use
This article has been updated since the original publishing date to include the perspective of the Santa Cruz Police Department and the bill’s text. In response to the Sacramento police shooting of Stephon Clark — a 22-year-old unarmed Black man — California legislators proposed a…
Santa Cruz County’s Rapid Response to ICE
Your Allied Rapid Response (YARR) is a community organization that has been advocating for immigration justice since late 2016, but its work has become more urgent than ever in recent months. After the federal government assumed a strong anti-undocumented immigration stance this past year, U.S….