From Hashtag To Hope
By Connor Jang and Georgia Johnson “What might we achieve if we believed that freedom could come about in our lifetime?” Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder Alicia Garza asked the audience of nearly 400 at the Santa Cruz Civic Center. “Black history is important, but...
‘From Ferguson to Palestine’ to Santa Cruz
By Montse Reyes & Ramona Parrotta “There has been an unbroken line of racist police killings since the era of slavery,” said scholar, author and activist Angela Davis during her keynote “Racism, Militarism and Poverty: From Ferguson to Palestine” at the 31st annual Martin Luther...