Santa Cruz Archive
On October 3, 2005, a community support rally for Head Start workers was held in front of the Santa Cruz County Community Counseling Center (SCCCC). The rally was followed by a board of trustees meeting where the workers asked the board to approve a fair contract.
We marched a few blocks to the KFC on Mission St. to call attention to KFC's cruelty to animals.
The event was a way for Shreveport, Bogalousa and New Orleans, Louisiana to say "Thank You" to Santa Cruz community members.
A community yard sale benefiting survivors of Hurricane Katrina took place at the United Methodist Church in Santa Cruz.
On Tuesday September 27, 2005, I went to the Santa Cruz Metro Center because I heard that the bus drivers were on strike.
About 100 people who are "sickened by the killing, torture, and costs of the illegal and immoral war in Iraq" held an anti-war demonstration in Santa Cruz.
On July 15, 2005, Santa Cruz County bus drivers' held an informational picket line at the Santa Cruz Metro Transit Center on Pacific Ave. in downtown Santa Cruz. An informational picket line was also held at the Watsonville Metro Transit Center at 475 Rodriguez.
The Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana, and the community at large, sponsored the WAMM March for Medical Marijuana in downtown Santa Cruz.
Peace activists in Santa Cruz working with Code Pink are organizing to get resolutions passed in support of a California National Guard recall from Iraq.