July 7th - 10th are International Days of Solidarity with the South Central Farm. A rally in solidarity with the South Central Farm will take place on Sunday, July 9th at 2:00pm at the clock tower in downtown Santa Cruz. People will parade through town handing out flyers and displaying posters and signs before gathering for a final rally with speakers and discussions about the current status of the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, threatened green/wild spaces in Santa Cruz and local community garden projects.

Bring instruments, drums, noisemakers, signs, banners and verve. Some people will be dressed as vegetables or dressed in green. Donations for the Radcliffe Elementary School Community Garden may be brought to the rally for pickup. Read more about Sunday's Rally and Parade

South Central Farmers Statement of Solidarity with Santa Cruz Rally
http://indybay.org/newsitems/2006/07/09/18286621.php

Leslie Moraga, South Central Farmers media coordinator, gives a statement of solidarity with Santa Cruz protestors. This message will be broadcast at today's South Central Farmers solidarity rally in Santa Cruz.

http://indybay.org/uploads/2006/07/09/scf_scruz_solidarity_statement.mp3

It was a sunny afternoon on Sunday, July 9th, and as part of the international days of solidarity with the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, around 45 people paraded through downtown Santa Cruz, carrying colorful anti-development signs and banners, handing out leaflets, taping posters up everywhere, and playing improvised drums.

A majority of sidewalk onlookers were curious and willing to read the handouts, and a few joined in. The rally began at the clocktower and grew in numbers until spilling out on to Front St. at 3:00pm. Comfortably filling most of the asphalt, the assembly proceeded down Front to Laurel Street, turning to come back northward up the crowded Pacific Avenue drag and finally ending in a courtyard area across from the Post Office. Marchers congregated in the courtyard to listen to speakers, announcements, and a statement from the farmers, broadcasted from the mobile bike cart PA system.

Speakers touched on the topics of public space in Santa Cruz, the current status of the S.C. Farm, related historical struggles, local guerilla farming plans, memories of past spaces lost to developers, the Radcliff Elementary School Garden, local areas threatened by development, and an introduction to seedballs. A large quantity of the clay-based balls, made up of native wildflower seeds, were distributed among the crowd. People went their separate ways with the "seed bombs" in hand, placing them thoughtfully throughout the city as a small guerilla gardening action. Add a comment to this report back

Audio: South Central Farmers Statement of Solidarity with Santa Cruz Rally

Photos: Signs of Solidarity with the South Central Farm || Developers Don't Give A Fuck About Us

see also: Days of Solidarity Follow Plowing Under of South Central Farm