Santa Cruz Vigil Against the Execution of Stanley Tookie Williams
The Santa Cruz Chapter of Death Penalty Focus displayed banners that read, “The State will kill Stanley Tookie Williams in your name tonight!”
The Santa Cruz Chapter of Death Penalty Focus displayed banners that read, “The State will kill Stanley Tookie Williams in your name tonight!”
Anti-corporate Christmas carolers performed greatest hits, including Consumer Wonderland and God Bless You Very Wealthy Men in front of the GAP.
Rallies and marches were held nationwide in solidarity with the counter-recruitment activists in the Supreme Court case.
Santa Cruz is one of more than 300 cities worldwide calling for an end to the death penalty.
I came across a sad scene of willful and vengeful destruction of an important community resource.
Many motorists honked in support of the demonstration about forest destruction caused by the millions of catalogs distributed for Victoria’s Secret.
A small group of animal rights activists demonstrated in front of the KFC on Mission St., a busy road which is also Highway 1 in Santa Cruz.
The military learned about the protest and thought it would be a better idea to stay away from it, rather than be the focus of the demonstration.
Workshops addressing activism and change in the local and global context, as well as keynote speeches from Daniel “Nane” Alejandrez and Nzingha Dugas.