Community Organizing

Free Skool Santa Cruz

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 19, 2023) by Wes Modes

Free Skool calendar came out quarterly for 10 years

A radically different approach to living and learning, Free Skool Santa Cruz is a grassroots educational project beyond institutional control. It is an opportunity to learn from each other and share what we know, to foster communities of mutual support and autonomy….

SubRosa Community Space

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 19, 2023) by Wes Modes

SubRosa is an anarchist community space on the main street of downtown Santa Cruz

An anarchist and radical space offering anarchist books and literature, coffee and tea, shows, art, and a garden courtyard social space….

Union of Benevolent Electrical Workers

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 24, 2023) by Wes Modes

Tech Community: UBEW provides mutual support to anti-authoritarian groups making radical social change through direct action, community involvement, and education….

textalert

Posted on November 19, 2023 (July 20, 2024) by Wes Modes

An Activist Text Notification System: Responding to the need that activists have to rapidly inform group members about actions and updates during protests, members of UBEW created textalert…

Freakshow

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 16, 2019) by Wes Modes

An Independent Publication: Freakshow, being a Diverse Collection of the Curious & Peculiar, was an independent publication of DIY adverts….

Adventure Club

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 11, 2019) by Wes Modes

Adventure Club is post-apocalyptic revolutionary logistics training. Think of Adventure Club as radical skill-share, ranges from rather tame to semi-hardcore direct action. …

Inspiration Comes in the Night

Posted on November 18, 2019 (October 3, 2024) by Wes Modes

A weblog about art, technology, and the creative process…

Last Night DIY Parade

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 19, 2023) by Wes Modes

Last Night is a decentralized, collective, open, public New Year’s Eve celebration in Santa Cruz, California. Last Night is a completely organic event, organized and put on at a grassroots-level. No city-sponsorship. No corporate donors….

Santa Cruz Community Safety Workgroup

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes

A Community Workgroup: “Without police, wouldn’t there be chaos?” and “What about the bad people?” We get asked these legitimate questions all the time. It’s time we began to wrestle with some possible answers….

Blue Light Safety Project

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes

Blue light house. Photo by Kevin A Slotemaker

A Community Project: The Blue Light Safety Project is a Santa Cruz local community effort to provide temporary safe spaces for people who are feeling unsafe….

Police Obsolescence Workgroup

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes

An ongoing workgroup working toward a world without police. Some of the efforts of this workgroup include CopWatch, know your rights, police accountability, alternatives to calling the police, and education about police, courts, and jails….

Demystifying Anarchy

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 17, 2019) by Wes Modes

Demystifying Anarchy featured a panel of self-identified anarchists who spoke about what anarchy means to them and how they see the world. …

Anarchist Convergence

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 17, 2019) by Wes Modes

Collective Event: Santa Cruz is a hub of anarchist culture and resistance, with a long history of radical struggle and active anarchist projects spanning decades. A four-day anarchist convergence in May 2009 for community building and sharing radical ideas….