Moving Through Conversation with Drew Muse: A Benefit for the BLM Mural

1060 River Street,Santa Cruz CA 95060

18 March, 2023

Description

In 2020 there was an overwhelming outcry for justice which resulted in our community coming together to paint a street mural that would reflect a message of our commitment to ensuring that all Black lives not just solely matter, but feel safe and beloved in the pursuit of equity for all. In June of 2021, we came together again to repaint this mural and hear more intentionally about what we can do as a community to embody our values and take action towards anti-racism. Shortly after, the mural was vandalized. In 2022, the court ruled in favor of restorative justice sentencing. The marks against this symbol of insurance towards a safer community reveal our deepest fears: racism and hate are continuing to be pervasive. The Santa Cruz Equity Collab’s mission is not only to organize efforts around sustaining the mural but to continue to spotlight areas of inequity within our community and address the need for change. While recognizing this urgency, we also remain aware that real change takes perseverance, humility, and time. Moving Through Conversation is a part of this goal: evaluating the relationship we have with ourselves, our community, and our commitment to anti-racism. Moving Through Conversation is a practice of movement and healthful engagement through dialogue. The intention behind this practice is to collectively hold space for one another in the comfort of our community following a yoga flow. The goal is to work through the resistance, to trust yourself to reflect on what is coming up, release what is not serving the collective and to build upon the information you receive from yourself and others.