SURJ-Santa Maria is partnering with the Racial Justice Committee (RJC) of the Santa Barbara County Public Defenders Office. (To participate in the free webinar, sign up at this link: https://forms.gle/pNqFBkLYZYerYZCNA.) Journalists may report on arrests and police violence, but what happens after that? Other inequities in the justice system are invisible to us--and that lack […]

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures for an evening with the Founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard for Protecting Public Land in Conversation with Hal Herring on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 at 5 PM. A moderated conversation with Yvon Chouinard and featuring clips from Patagonia’s recent film, Public Trust. In a time of growing polarization, Americans still […]

Join us as we think strategically about how to use donor data and the latest research in giving to determine the best path forward for fundraising in 2021. Let’s recalibrate so that we are well-positioned to fundraise through the pandemic and beyond. REGISTER HERE.

The Hispanic Heritage Foundation will be hosting an Afro-Latinx Charla this Thursday, February 11th from 4:00pm to 5:15pm EST. Please join us for this Charla, you can register here hhf.page.link/erws. The Charla will focus on the Afro-Latinx perspective on racial injustice and proactive approach to identify solutions through sharing of personal experiences, ideas, and actions through compelling […]

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures for an evening with Sociopolitical Comedian and Host of CNN’s United Shades of America W. Kamau Bell to discuss Ending Racism in About an Hour on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 at 5 PM. W. Kamau Bell is a stand-up comedian and the host and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning […]

Our national issue of Civil Rights has a long-standing historical connection with the African American experience in our country. This experience is critically important in knowing how to address the national, state, and local discourse on the issues of race and racism for the purpose of addressing institutional and systemic change. Knowing history through first-hand […]

This month, we will be featuring youth poets and Santa Barbara County Poetry Out Loud finalists, Sydney Carlson and Maya Samarasena! Join us for a night of cultural exchange! We will begin with community artist performances, followed by creative conversations around art, culture, and social justice in the Santa Maria Valley. Come network with local […]

Through the work and envisioning of black leaders, especially black queer women, the past years have ushered in an era of mass protest and worldwide demands for a reality where Black Lives Matter. This panel engages with black organizers, community leaders, and scholars to discuss the radical possibilities of a future where all Black lives […]

Living Democracy Talk: 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦: 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 by Reuben Jonathan Miller 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥; 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘡𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 While more people are incarcerated in the United States than in any other nation in the history of the western world, the prison is but one (comparatively) […]

Vivir La Democracia: 𝘈 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰: 𝘙𝘢𝘻𝘢, 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘰 𝘺 𝘭𝘢 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘰 con Reuben Jonathan Miller 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘰. 𝘍𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘡𝘰𝘰𝘮. Si bien hay más personas encarceladas en los Estados Unidos que en cualquier otra nación en la historia del mundo […]

Join UCSB Arts & Lectures as they present Visual Artist, Photographer and Advocate LaToya Ruby Frazier for Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 at 5 PM. Acclaimed photographer and MacArthur Fellow LaToya Ruby Frazier depicts the unsettling reality of today’s America: post-industrial cities riven by poverty, racism, healthcare […]