Free Skool Santa Cruz at SubRosa! And elsewhere!
SubRosa is a collectively run anarchist community space -
let's create together the world(s) we want to live in now.
Free Skool Santa Cruz 2024 session information available now! 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.
Links to website page with list of classes https://freeskoolsantacruz.wordpress.com/2024-fssc-list-of-classes-so-far/ and google calendar class information – https://freeskoolsantacruz.wordpress.com/free-skool-calendar/ and info at https://www.instagram.com/freeskoolsantacruz
In early August, we will open process for additional classes through autumn equinox. Please email questions to: freeskoolsantacruz@gmail.com
***Members of the SubRosa collective are involved in this revived and not entirely new, not all too different version of Free Skool Santa Cruz – a project in mutual aid learning and sharing. And SubRosa/the Hub is a site of a significant amount of classes (although not all!).
6 Classes through June!
-Bicycle Frame Bag Workshop – Sunday, June 23rd / 4 – 7pm with Kelly Archer (thebikechurch@gmail.com)
Description: Learn how to sew your own bicycle frame bag! Experienced biker-sewers will provide a pattern, instruction, and assistance as you sew your own custom frame bag. BYO-bike. Limited to 6 people max for sewing machine station (first come first serve for station, others can watch instruction). All materials will be provided. Donations welcome, but not required. Brought to you by The Fabrica and The Bike Church.
Location: The Fábrica, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
Requirements: a bike with space for a frame bag (e.g., no rear suspension), and experience with a sewing machine (visit Fabrica open hours on Saturday before event for intro).
Accessibility: Masks required at The Fabrica. Wheelchair accessible.
-Soupshare – Tuesday, June 25th / 3:30pm with Angela & pals(https://www.instagram.com/froggy.doll)
Location: SubRosa, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA – aka Goth Denny's aka Post-Punk IHOP aka New Wave Jeffrey's aka Folk Punk Bea's Koffee Kup
Description: Let's build systems of interdependence and community! Come hangout at this potluck and share food together. Don't feel like you have to bring anything though! Solidarity is not transactional. Outdoor and indoor space available with lots of seating options.
-WTF! (women, trans, femme) Bike Days - Every Tuesday / 5 - 8pm with WTF Bike Church mechanics (thebikechurch@gmail.com)
Location: The Bike Church, 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Description: We will be open to anyone identifying as female, trans, femme, non-binary and gender-queer ❤ if you do not identify as any of the above, come by the shop a different day!
Note: The Bike Church is a community bicycle shop and tool collective where people can learn to repair their bicycles with the help of knowledgeable mechanics. https://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org/
-Intro to Bikes! – Wednesdays, June 26th & July 31st & August 28th / 6 – 8pm with with Kelly Archer (thebikechurch@gmail.com)
Location: The Bike Church, 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Description: Come learn about basic bike mechanics and maintenance! We will go over the fundamental systems of a bicycle (e.g., wheels, drive train, brakes) and practice basic repairs. Facilitators will tailor the session based on the interests of who shows up, so bring questions, or even better, your bike!
Note: wheelchair accessible, mask optional.
-Hand Stitch Club – Friday, June 28th / 3 – 5pm AND Monday, July 15th / 5 – 7pm with Elaina (https://www.instagram.com/the_fabrica_)
Location: The Fábrica, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
Description: Hand Stitch Club! Social stitching circle for mending, hand quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidery, etc. bring your own project or find supplies at the shop.
Accessibility: there are no stairs at the Hub, but there are some small bumps at doorways. The doorways aren't extremely wide, but do accommodate many wheelchairs. There is a restroom with grab bars. The shop has plenty of seating. The closest bus stops are Front & Spruce (2 blocks) and Laurel & Center (4 blocks), or about 0.5 miles from the Metro Center at Front & Soquel. Masking optional, masks provided.
-Aulinta: An Introduction to a Critical Utopia – Saturday, June 29th / 11am – 1pm AND Monday, July 8th / 6pm with Blaize Wilkinson (stblaize@gmail.com)
Location: SubRosa, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
Description: The Aulinta Project is a multi-year social art practice, involving over 100 contributors. The project posits an alternate-present timeline, where decisions made in the 1970s have resulted in a nearly-post-scarcity, more decolonial, and more liberating world. This event will have the project founder, Blaize Wilkinson, give an introduction to the project, its history, its current status, its goals, and its future. Audience participation in the questions of goals and future will be solicited. Both past, current, and future participants are welcome and there will probably be something for nearly everyone?
Note: This event will take place inside. Masks are encouraged.
-Solidarity in Resistance: The Palestinian, Armenian, and Kurdish Struggles Against Genocide – Sunday June 30th / 3 – 5pm with Rojava Solidarity Santa Cruz (https://www.instagram.com/rojavasc)
Location: SubRosa Courtyard, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
Description: In this discussion we will explore the interconnected struggles and shared histories of these marginalized groups facing oppression and conflict. Bring your questions and curiosity as we aim to deepen our understanding of the geopolitical forces at play and the resilience of the Palestinian, Kurdish, and Armenian communities. Together, we will gain a better understanding of the current historical situation and strategize ways to amplify their voices and support their fight for justice and human rights.
And there's some shows coming up at SubRosa! Email announcement about that coming up soon!
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-And out Fábrica Open Hours, Mondays, 12 - 3pm and Saturdays, 2pm - 5pm and Sundays,11am - 2pm (except 2nd Sunday of month) // repeats weekly (SubRosa's neighbor at theHub Community Center)
Description: The Fábrica is a community workspace where folks can come to learn and share knowledge about textiles arts. This includes Sewing, Knitting, Quilting, Embroidery, Crochet, and Bookbinding, among other arts. The workshop is operated by volunteers and funded by donations from participants. We have sewing machines as well as generous amounts of fabric, zippers, notions, and the other tools and supplies one needs for most sewing and yarn-based projects. There is no charge to use the shop, but please consider a $5-10 donation to help with our operating costs. Contact info below.
-And another neighbor - Bike Church // Open Hours, Thursday - Monday, 12–5pm (Repeats every week)
AND W.T.F. (Women, trans, femme) bike days are back! Every Tuesday starting from 5 - 8pm - we will be open to anyone identifying as female, trans, femme, non-binary and gender-queer <3 if you do not identify as any of the above, come by the shop a different day! :)
About our wonderful neighbor, The Bike Church (enter on Spruce St) - "The Bike Church is a project of the Hub and has been Santa Cruz's only community bike shop since 1998. Our shop functions in a DIY/DIT (Do-It-Together) manner: we provide the tools, space and instruction for individuals to fix their own bike with the guidance of knowledgeable mechanics. We ask for a donation of $5-15 per hour to use the shop--no one is turned away for lack of funds. We provide used and new parts for affordable prices, and have many used bikes for sale. We give away kids bikes for free. Our shop is run by a collective of mechanics and apprentices who are all paid equally. We use consensus meetings to make decisions about the running of the shop." Contact info below.
<Contact info for our neighbors at The Hub, 703 Pacific Ave>
-The Bike Church --- http://bikechurch.santacruzhub.org // https://www.facebook.com/thebikechurch/ // https://www.instagram.com/thebikechurch/
-Hard Core Compost --- https://www.compost.bike // https://www.instagram.com/hardcorecompost/ // www.facebook.com/compost.bike/
-The Fábrica --- https://thefabrica.org // https://www.facebook.com/thefabrica/ // https://www.instagram.com/the_fabrica_
-PedX Courier & Cargo --- http://pedxsc.com/ // https://www.facebook.com/pedxsc/ // https://www.instagram.com/pedalersexpress/
-Tenant Sanctuary --- https://tenantsanctuary.org // https://www.facebook.com/tenantsanctuary/ // https://instagram.com/tenant_sanctuary_sc
The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living includes a constellation of projects that support skill-sharing, appropriate re/use of resources, and interconnected, creative communities - since 1994! http://www.santacruzhub.org // https://www.facebook.com/santacruzhub/ // https://www.instagram.com/santacruzhub/
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SubRosa is a collectively run anarchist community space, a place to meet others and challenge our assumptions and act on our passions. We strive to create a vibrant environment for events, classes, meetings, organizing, performance, art, studying and more. SubRosa also offers radical literature for sale, and houses the Anarchist Lending Library. We welcome folks to join us in fostering an environment free from coercion, sexism, queer&homophobia, racism, ableism and other hierarchies.
http://www.subrosaproject.org/
https://www.facebook.com/subrosaproject
https://instagram.com/subrosa_space
SubRosa is part of the Hub Community Center, in downtown Santa Cruz, CA which is the unceded homelands of the Awaswas-speaking Ohlone people known as the Uypi, who stewarded these lands since time immemorial. Centuries of colonial violence led to the removal and displacement of the Uypi. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.
Do you want to join SubRosa in solidarity with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band?
-Contribute to The Humunya Foundation of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, a 501 (c) (3) Private Foundation under the Internal Revenue Code. As such, donations made to the Humunya Foundation are tax deductable. The Humunya Foundation was created to fund raise, facilitate Tribal cultural activities and conduct outreach to the public. More information http://amahmutsun.org/foundation
-Sign up for the Amah Mutsun Land Trust email list for more information and opportunities to get involved.
-Consider making a monthly donation to Amah Mutsun Land Trust to support the tribe's Indigenous stewardship and cultural relearning work.
-Check out http://www.protectjuristac.org/how-to-help/ to protect Juristac, an Amah Mutsun sacred site threatened by a proposed mining operation in Santa Clara county. Actions include: Sign the petition to protect Juristac, an Amah Mutsun sacred site threatened by a proposed mining operation in Santa Clara county.
https://www.amahmutsunlandtrust.org and http://amahmutsun.org and http://www.protectjuristac.org/ and https://instagram.com/protect.juristac
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