The second Santa Cruz Forum on Community Safety and Compassion will be about homelessness and community responses. It will also be at Santa Cruz High School, 7 PM, April 24. Speakers include Rev. Steve Defields-Gambrel of The Circle Church, Christine Sippl, Program Manager of Homeless Persons Health Project, Susan Brutschy, President of Applied Survey Research which conducts the Homeless Census, Felipe Ponce and Danny Contreras telling personal stories of life in Santa Cruz without housing. Cosponsors include NAACP, United Way of SC County, Charter for Compasion, Women’s Health Center, Santa Cruz Community Counseling Center, Community Action Board, Homeless Services Center, First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, The Circle Church, Peoples’ Democratic Club, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. BRING YOUR NEIGHBORS.
