Community Archive
The City of Santa Cruz took measures trying to prevent the weekly gathering and drum circle in Parking Lot #4 alongside the Farmer's Market.
While the Dakota did not ask for a permit for the four days, the property manager has provided one. Despite the permit and the ceremonies that are happening on site, there continues to be heavy surveillance by Homeland Security, Hennepin County Sheriffs, and riot-police from various police agencies.
The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign rally held at Mears Park and the march that followed were heavily infiltrated by plainclothes police.
Poor and homeless people of every race, background and age, students, social workers, union members, lawyers, religious leaders, artists and others who stand for social and economic justice.
People throughout the Monterey Bay Area marched, danced, and sang, with style and grace, at the historic, first annual, Watsonville LGBTI Pride Celebration.
Marciano Cruz was born in Oaxaca, Mexico. For over 20 years, Marciano has been working to improve the lives of people in the greater Santa Cruz community.
Hundreds of families, students and workers participated in May Day activities in Watsonville which included a rally in the plaza with speakers.
Hundreds of students and workers rallied at UCSC and marched to Santa Cruz to demand rights for immigrants, workers and students.
Centolia Maldonado Vasquez and Bernardo Ramirez Bautista gave presentations in Greenfield and at UC Santa Cruz on indigenous Mexican migration to the U.S.