Virtual Movie Night: Living While Dying 4/7/2021 6:00 PM - 4/7/2021 7:30 PM

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:24 GMT

Join us for a free documentary screening followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and a panel of local experts. From the filmmaker, “As a baby boomer, I became curious about death and decided to pick up my camera and film four friends with terminal illnesses who chose to live out their days in hospice care at home. Along the way, I sought the advice of an aboriginal elder and a deathwalker in Australia, witnessed a mass cremation in Bali and asked my 90-year old mother to sit in a coffin while we discussed her end-of-life wishes."

Webinar: Advance Healthcare Planning In Light of COVID-19 4/13/2021 10:30 AM - 4/13/2021 11:30 AM

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:12 GMT

This is a difficult time where so much feels out of our control. With the presence of COVID-19 in our community, now is a good time to make sure you have an up-to-date Advance Healthcare Directive. If you’ve already made an Advance Directive but haven’t laid eyes on it for few years, now is a good time to make sure it still matches your circumstances and wishes.

2020 Hindsight Panel 4/20/2021 6:00 PM - 4/20/2021 7:15 PM

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:41:24 GMT

2020 Hindsight Panel

In conversation with contributors from the newly published book 2020 Hindsight: Looking Back on a Tumultuous Year in Santa Cruz County, edited by Shmuel Thaler, Wallace Baine, and Kevin Painchaud, let’s take a page from the past, turn the page on 2020, and continue forward into the promise of 2021 and beyond, together.

You can pick up your own copy of the book, available for purchase at Bookshop Santa Cruz https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ and www.hindsightsantacruz.com
All proceeds from the book will go to the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County's Fire Relief Fund.

Our featured panelists include:

	Shmuel Thaler has been a staff photographer at the Santa Cruz Sentinel since 1987 and was the 2016 Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year. His photographs have appeared in every major newspaper in the United States. Shmuel spent much of 2020 documenting the CZU August Lightning Complex fires, Black Lives Matter actions, the election and the pandemic for the Sentinel. His photograph of Santa Cruz Police Chief Andy Mills and Mayor Justin Cummings went viral and was seen by millions.
	Kevin Painchaud is a professional photographer who has worked for various publications for the last 30 years. His photographs have been seen on news sites nationwide, including ABC News, CBS News, CNN and MSNBC. Kevin is currently staff photographer for Lookout Santa Cruz, shoots for Growing Up In Santa Cruz and previously shot for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Kevin is also an Emmy nominated director/producer.
	Wallace Baine is a veteran writer, editor, and columnist who has covered arts and culture in Santa Cruz County for the Santa Cruz Sentinel and Good Times, and is the co-founder and host of the Gail Rich Awards. He now works as City Life Correspondent for Lookout Santa Cruz.
	Joy Flynn serves on the Second Harvest Food Bank board of trustees and is a friend of the Walnut Avenue Women’s Center (auxiliary board). Most recently she has begun work with the county’s criminal justice council and is on the CARES Justice Council enacted by Supervisor John Leopold and is a panelist for Neighborhood Courts, the county’s restorative justice program. Joy is a founding member of the Santa Cruz County Black Coalition for Justice and Racial Equity. In 2020, she led the first peaceful action in the City of Santa Cruz after the public execution of George Floyd, which received national attention and began a movement for awareness and change needed in our community. Joy is a recipient of the Officer Jim Howes Community Service Award and a Jefferson Award Honoree.
	Rachel Anne Goodman is a Peabody award-winning radio producer and a founder of KSQD Radio. She has been involved with several nonprofit organizations and spent three years as Assemblymember Bill Monning’s district director. Currently, Rachel teaches journalism at Cabrillo College and lectures in Community Studies and Science Communications at UCSC. As a fire survivor, she is honored to have been included in the 2020 Hindsight project.
	Dr. Misty Navarro is an emergency room physician who works at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System. She has been there for 12 years and currently serves as their vice-chair of emergency medicine. Dr. Navarro received her medical degree from University of California Davis School of Medicine.
	Steve Bennett, Director of Operations, Advertising, and Community Partnerships at the Santa Cruz Sentinel will moderate.

In the meantime, pick up your own copy of the book, available for purchase at Bookshop Santa Cruz https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ and www.hindsightsantacruz.com

All proceeds from the book will go to the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County's Fire Relief Fund.

Virtual Death Café 4/21/2021 5:00 PM - 4/21/2021 6:00 PM

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:01:42 GMT

Grab a mug of your favorite tea and meet us on Zoom to discuss death in an effort to affirm what’s important about life. A Death Café is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is not a grief support group or counseling session, just some folks getting together to talk about death. The Death Café movement includes events all over the world. Learn more at deathcafe.com. Registration required.

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Virtual Movie Night: Living While Dying 4/7/2021 6:00 PM - 4/7/2021 7:30 PM

Webinar: Advance Healthcare Planning In Light of COVID-19 4/13/2021 10:30 AM - 4/13/2021 11:30 AM

2020 Hindsight Panel 4/20/2021 6:00 PM - 4/20/2021 7:15 PM

2020 Hindsight Panel

Virtual Death Café 4/21/2021 5:00 PM - 4/21/2021 6:00 PM