Tag archives: Healing Justice
For week two of Black History Month, we bring our focus to Healing Justice SB, a nonprofit organization that will celebrate its five-year anniversary this May. Founded May 2020 by Krystle Farmer Sieghart, Simone Akila Ruskamp,and Leticia Forney Resch,their mission is, “To uplift all Black African Americans to affirm that they are deserving of safety, […]
Call for Black Fashion Designers for Black is Beautiful 2025 Gala Healing Justice Santa Barbara’s 2nd Annual Black is Beautiful Gala will feature local Black Fashion Designers in support of the gala’s 2025 theme, “Beauty Through the Decades.” The event is scheduled for February 22, at the SB Hilton Beachfront Resort. The program is hosted […]
“Black History is World History” We read and hear this, but are we listening? Are we showing up to support the Black/African community we share this town with, to learn and heal, to ensure they feel safe and free to be who they are to live and thrive here? To begin our important work in […]
Santa Barbara City Council looks into forming civilian review board The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer more than two months ago has shaken a nation that is still dealing with the fallout. Thousands of protesters remain in the streets of Portland in a tense standoff with police and federal agents […]
