Santa Cruz community comes together to repaint Black Lives Matter mural

Santa Cruz community comes together to repaint Black Lives Matter mural

Community members and local leaders, young and old, united in front of Santa Cruz City Hall on a foggy Saturday afternoon, paint rollers and brushes in hand, to give the Black Lives Matter mural on Center Street a fresh coat of paint.

Community comes together to repaint Black Lives Matter mural | The Pajaronian | Watsonville, CA

More than 40 volunteers spent hours Saturday refreshing the massive Black Lives Matter street mural that is sprawled along Center Street in front of Santa Cruz City Hall. Traffic, weather, vandalism and wear-and-tear has left the five-year-old bright yellow mural faded and chipped. Painting the mural was part of nationwide protests for racial justice and police accountability after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by Minneapolis Police in 2…

Community gathers to repaint Black Lives Matter mural

Community members and Santa Cruz city leaders gathered Saturday to repaint the Black Lives Matter mural in front of city hall, marking the fifth year since the public art piece was first created and the second time in two years it was repaired after an act of vandalism. The post Community gathers to repaint Black Lives Matter mural appeared first on Lookout Santa Cruz.