Upcoming Events

Our events are designed to enhance your overall health and well-being through educational talks, networking opportunities, and fun activities that promote physical and mental wellness.

Feed 2 Birds
Aug
29
to Oct 17

Feed 2 Birds

The Homeless Garden Project is offering our Black Health Matters community weekly bags of produce from now through mid-October. We have 13 total shares available and you can claim yours below – first come, first serve!

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Liberation Paddle-Out
Jun
18

Liberation Paddle-Out

Black Surf Santa Cruz is hosting our third annual Liberation Paddle Out event in celebration of Juneteenth at Cowell Beach. The Liberation Paddle Out is a full day celebration in concert with the annual Santa Cruz Juneteenth celebration at the London Nelson Center to invite both BSSC members and the general public for a day out on the ocean.

The LPO is free event and a full day of fun and will include beach games, live DJ on the beach, a beach clean-up, sand castle making competition, paddle-out/paddle-out lessons, free equipment (while supplies last), prizes, and so much more.

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Santa Cruz Juneteenth
Jun
17

Santa Cruz Juneteenth

SCC BHMI will have a table at Santa Cruz Juneteenth this year. Join us at Santa Cruz Juneteenth on June 17, 2023 for a vibrant celebration of African American heritage. Enjoy live music, basketball clinics, soul food, a parade, and artistic showcases - all honoring the spirit of freedom. This FREE event is open to everyone. Save the date, spread the word, and celebrate freedom and community at Santa Cruz Juneteenth 2023. We look forward to seeing you there!

Learn more at https://www.santacruzjuneteenth.com/

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Sowing the Seeds: Beginning Herbal Gardening Workshop
May
6

Sowing the Seeds: Beginning Herbal Gardening Workshop

BHMI invites our Black community members for a special workshop with Oakland-based urban gardener Keilani Drakeford. Keilani will guide us through a comprehensive, hands-on learning process designed to teach us about the logistics of gardening, the importance of developing a relationship with our food, and the resistance that is growing and tending our own food as Black folks. This workshop will be held at our dear community partner’s working farm Homeless Garden Project. 👏🏾

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Major Shoutout and Thank You to @homelessgardenproject for another great season of the Feed2Birds program so far. It has been a joy working with them to bring free, fresh, organic produce to our community. HGP even increased our shares this year to r
Sponsoree Spotlight ! 👏🏾 BHMI is thrilled to support @mozeart and creative partner @migenteca as one of our sponsorees. The work they have done to bring their Melanated Expressions exhibit to life has been amazing 🤩 We hope you made it out to t
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED 👋🏽🙋🏽‍♀️♥️ Calling all available volunteers to help us distribute produce from the Homeless Garden Project to our county community! Duties include picking up produce in Santa Cruz on Tuesday afternoons and distributin
Happy Juneteenth 2023!! As we wrap up an incredible weekend of celebration, SCC Black Health Matters Initiative is proud of our community and the commitment by so many to uplift and honor Black life, our shared history, and our mental health and we
Another BHMI movie theater take over, but this one was for the girls 🧜🏾‍♀️🤧✨ Earlier this month we booked out a theater and filled it with Black girls, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and besties to celebrate @ hallebailey ‘s role as th
Another sponsoree BHMI is proud and honored to support 👏🏾❤️‍🔥 Community - come out and celebrate with one another at this beloved annual event at the London Nelson Center. Let’s fill the space with Black folks convening in JOY and honor
Healthy produce for YOU! 🍓🥒🥕🥬♥️ BHMI is thrilled to be a recipient of the @homelessgardenproject grant program Feed 2 Birds again this season. Through the program we are able to provide 7 FREE bags or shares of produce from the HGP far
We did it! After 2 years of planning, BHMI was finally able to take some of our YA’s on a super special trip: horse back riding in Half Moon Bay! And what an incredible experience it was 🤧 After our Healing With Horses program with BHMI Advis
BHMI is a proud founding sponsor of the @blacksurfsantacruz Liberation Paddleout! Bella is also one of our very own founding advisors and we are honored to work with her and support her mission with Black Surf. She’s making 🌊 in Santa Cruz cou
Finally sharing some gems from our workshop with @keilanidrakeford 🙌🏾🌱♥️ Keilani did an incredible job curating this workshop for our community. We learned about Seed banks/free seed resources/proper seed storage, compost, Herbs (what they
THANK YOU for donating to support some of BHMI’s beloved Youth Ambassadors in their efforts to raise funds for a long-awaited senior BSU trip. They had a fantastic time touring, exploring, and being with one another. If they can see it, they c

Let’s Collaborate

If you have an idea for an event or a way that Black Health Matters Initiative can impact the community, feel free to reach out and let us know. Our team is ready with the necessary resources to make events in Santa Cruz a success.