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UPCOMING EVENTS Please see Calendar above for most current events! Thank you! CELEBRATE THE 38TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOOD NOT BOMBS May 23 - 27, 2018  Support the right of Food Not Bombs to share free food, info and ideas in Santa Cruz! PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION  Sign up to volunteer Here MARCH 2018 APRIL 2018 MAY 2018 JUNE 2018 PAST EVENTS July 4, 2015, 7:00pm Community Campout to protest criminalization of Homelessness and Closing Down of Essential Services of Homeless Services Center!!!! Meet at Post Office, 850 Front Street, Santa Cruz & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;   35 Years of Food Not Bombs - 35th Birthday Celebration - Filmed in Santa Cruz Hear this amazing story of one man's dream that reached out and touched the world. FOOD NOT BOMBS now has chapters all over the planet. Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 1, 2015...Santa Cruz Shelter earns... Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 18, 2015...Santa Cruz Homeless Breakfast protest draws police attention Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 11, 2015...Food Not Bombs Target Homeless Concerns Santa Cruz Sentinel, March 24, 2015...Food Not Bombs Celebrates 35 Years June 29 - 10:00am - Sentencing June 30 1:30pm -Restitution Support the Santa Cruz Highway 6! Santa Cruz Courthouse, 701 Ocean St Come have breakfast and support the Highway 6! FOOD NOT BOMBS STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR THE Highway 6 It is with strong admiration for the actions of the HWY 6 that Food Not Bombs, both of Santa Cruz and of the international movement, states its unconditional support for the six student-activists who put their lives on the line on March 3rd, 2015 on Highway 17 in protest of both excessive tuition hikes in the University and the terrorism of rampant police brutality which targets communities of color. Food Not Bombs as an international movement is committed to undermining any and all systems of power which seek their profits through violence and coercion. We recognize the inherent violence in disaccessing individuals from their rights to be educated by excessively raising the cost of tuition beyond the means of most students; this system privileges individuals with the economic resources to pay tuition over those who would be indebted by student loans for the rest of their lives should they choose to attend college. Furthermore, Food Not Bombs sees the intersectionality between the struggles of students to access their educations in the face of economic exploitation and those of communities across the nation who have stood up to state-sanctioned terror as part of Black Lives Matter. The system which perpetuates economic injustice through the mounting of student debt peonage is the same system which perpetuates police tyranny and brutality, both oppressions which primarily target people of color. Food Not Bombs stands with the HWY 6 in recognition that both oppressions have reached a point of crisis. We have deep respect for the completely non-violent act of civil disobedience these students risked their freedom for, and are honored to have these student-activists as members of our community. These students have placed themselves in a proud tradition of non-violent resistance, a tradition that history will always seek to appropriate while the state will always seek to repress and silence those brave enough to resist. We condemn both the academic sanctions as well as the criminal charges these students now face as a scapegoating of their free speech. And all for what? A few extra hours in traffic? Although this action was inconvenient for some, suffice it to say that the dual terrors of police murder and debt peonage are graver matters altogether. In Solidarity, Food Not Bombs June 8, 11, 18, 25 2015, 10:00am - 11:30am Emergency Breakfast Hwy 1 and Route 9 Come join us for breakfast to protest the criminalization of the homeless and the unjust laws in Santa Cruz. Homeless Services Center did not get their usual funding so they will be cutting off critical services such as meals and showers. Several disabled people will be out on the street beginning July 1st! Please join us to join our protest! Put on by Homeless Lives Matters which consists of several activists from Food Not Bombs, Homeless Persons Legal Project, HUFF (Homeless United for Peace and Freedom)! June 7, 2015, 12:00am - 5:00pm Gay Pride Day Downtown Santa Cruz Join us in the parade and stop by our booth! June 2, 2015, 6:00pm - 9:00pm Animal Film Festival - Cowspiracy Movie Del Mar Theatre, Santa Cruz Come see Cowspiracy with a panel discussion! May 24, 2015, Noon until 630pm Food Not Bombs Birthday Party!! Santa Cruz City Hall courtyard, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz  & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Come celebrate the 35th Birthday of Food Not Bombs! It all started on May 24th in Boston and now it's in over 1,000 cities throughout the world! There will be free haircuts, free showers, a large assortment of hot vegan food, free groceries, free clothing, free household items, music, as well as being filmed for a TV show! Bring a vegan dish if you wish! Angel Love Army will be putting on a REALLY REALLY FREE MARKET and giving out burritos! Free and welcome to all! Magicians, jugglers, puppeteers are encouraged to perform. If you wish to play music or know of a band that would love to play, let us know. All artist and community groups are encouraged to set up their info tables for FREE! You can also bring any item you want to give away to our Really Really Free Market. Unlike the UnFree markets proposed by the Trans Pacific Partnership our market is totally free. And so is the vegan food. Keith co-founded Food Not Bombs and has been tirelessly doing it non-stop for 35 years so please stop by and tell him THANK YOU for changing people's lives! January 27, 2015, 4:30pm RALLY and PRESS CONFERENCE AT CITY COUNCIL THIS TUESDAY!!!! Santa Cruz City Hall courtyard, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz SCRAM! (Santa Cruz Resistance Against Militarization!) will hold a press conference and rally about the City Council’s recent approval of SCPD’s request to purchase a Lenco BearCat, a military-style Armored Personnel Carrier. The press conference and rally will be held in the Santa Cruz City Hall courtyard on January 27, 2015 at 4:30 pm. SCRAM! will be revealing important evidence that they have uncovered through research and interviews. This new evidence calls into question some of the key representations that SCPD made to the City Council to justify the BearCat purchase. Immediately following the press conference and rally, SCRAM! members and others will address the City Council during the public comment period. SCRAM! is a new group of citizen-activists who are concerned about the increasing militarization of Santa Cruz law enforcement agencies. Currently, they are working to convince the City Council to rescind the approval of the BearCat purchase. Please sign our petition Our Facebook Event  March 1, 2015, noon until 6pm REALLY REALLY FREE MARKET Santa Cruz downtown Post Office Everything is free - not like the TTP We are giving away all different items completely free. More info on this later. This event is in solidarity against the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership). This agreement poses a great risk to users' freedoms and access to information on a global scale. More info on TPP November 23, 2014, 5:30pm DEFENDING OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES If you missed the event, you can watch it here: An evening with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Chris Hedges, with constitutional attorney, Daniel Sheehan and Food Not Bombs co-founder, Keith McHenry Inner Light Ministries - 5630 Soquel Drive - Soquel, CA Our Facebook Event November 10, 2014, 5:30pm PROTEST LEON PANETTA'S TALK Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High Street Santa Cruz DO YOU WANT TO STAND WITH THIS MAN OR STAND FOR PEACE? (Facebook Event) Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 11, 2012... "Not everybody in Santa Cruz was happy about Panetta's visit. About two dozen protesters from the Resource Center for Nonviolence, Food Not Bombs and others picketed the event, protesting what they called Panetta's "war crimes and crimes against humanity." Four protesters briefly disrupted the talk when they stood up and unfurled a long paper banner supporting peace and paraded past the stage and along the side of the room."   October 4, 2014, 12:00pm FREE Bottomlining Cooking Class taught by co-founder Keith McHenry! This class will explain how to very efficiently organize and cook dishes for a 100 people. Please learn from Keith's 34 years experience and hear his interesting stories. Please email us at santacruzfoodnotbombs@ gmail.com or call us at 831-515-8234 for address. September 20, 2014, 12:00pm FREE Bottomlining Cooking Class taught by co-founder Keith McHenry! This class will explain how to very efficiently organize and cook dishes for a 100 people. Please learn from Keith's 34 years experience and hear his interesting stories. Please email us at santacruzfoodnotbombs@ gmail.com or call us at 831-515-8234 for address. September 11, 2014, All Day BEER NOT BOMBS Benefit for Food Not Bombs What does BEER have to do with FOOD NOT BOMBS?  Everything since every beer you buy is a $1.00 donation to Food Not Bombs to help feed the hungry! Please join us and co-founder, Keith McHenry, for a beer and meet others within Food Not Bombs. You can also buy a signed copy of Keith's book, 'Hungry for Peace' and learn how you can help end hunger, war and poverty. Keith will be there from 5pm - 10pm 402 Ingalls St. Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Hours: 11:30am-10pm Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing August 23, 2014, 12:00pm FREE Bottomlining Cooking Class taught by co-founder Keith McHenry! This class will explain how to very efficiently organize and cook dishes for a 100 people. Please learn from Keith's 34 years experience and hear his interesting stories. Please email us at santacruzfoodnotbombs@ gmail.com or call us at 831-515-8234 for address. Saturday, June 7, 2014, 4-6pm Music and Dance - Sing along! Folk music with Robby and Friends During our meal At the Downtown Post Office June 1, 2014, Santa Cruz Gay Pride Day Check out our banner! May 24, 2014, March against Monsanto and Food Not Bombs 34th Anniversary March Against Monsanto and Food Not Bombs 34th Anniversary May 10, 2014, The Human Race 8am - Walk: Immediately after runners Begins & Ends at 2300 Delaware Ave If you pledge $25 or more you get a free Food Not Bombs T- Shirt Pledge or Make an Online Donation to Support Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs at The Human Race April 10, 2014, Earth Day 11am-4pm at San Lorenzo Park Visit Food Not Bombs booth!!! December 25, 2013, KSBW, Channel 8, Santa Cruz Christmas Meal on KSBW, Food Not Bombs in Santa Cruz December 25, 2013, Santa Cruz IndyMedia Hundreds Served at Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs Holiday Meal |
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