Local pride events scheduled throughout May and June
–Central Coast Pride has announced the launch of its 25th Anniversary Pride Celebration “Strong. Proud. United.” now set to run throughout the month of May leading up to June, which is National LGBTQ Pride Month. This marks a change from past celebrations which have traditionally occurred during the month of July and accommodates more student involvement.
This year, Central Coast Pride is a committee of the Gala Pride & Diversity Center, a local 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, working in partnership with LGBTQ Campus Life (PRIDE) at California Polytechnic State University. A student and Cal Poly Pride Ambassador, Ila Moncrief, is chairing the committee. Both the Gala Pride and Diversity Center and LGBTQ Campus Life work to support and empower people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions to strengthen and unite the central coast community. The events outlined in the calendar are aimed at elevating th
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After more than a year of closure, Point San Luis Lighthouse will reopen its doors to the public May 1.
The lighthouse has been closed to group tours since the initial statewide pandemic shutdown in March 2020.
Since the closure, it has been open to virtual walking tours for those who are able to paddle out to the lighthouse on kayaks.
But Executive Director Deb Foughty said docents are excited to start offering public van tours this Saturday.
She said all of the docents, also known as lighthouse keepers, are volunteers who are fully vaccinated and retired.
“They’re giving back to their community so they wanted to be safe,” Foughty said. “They were good staying home. But we stayed in communication. We Zoomed a lot just to keep in touch because they’ve all become good friends with one another. And they are all really interested in getting back out there.”
Transcript: In conversation with Linton Kwesi Johnson
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Although it happened before I was born, the New Cross fire in 1981 and the National Black People’s Day of Action that followed are landmarks in my identity; growing up in a Caribbean family in the 1980s, they are part of our collective memory. New Cross is fundamental because it contains all the features of racism that black people in Britain have long suffered: the racial violence, police abuse, neglect by the state; in turn, it tells us of the community’s resistance. Forty years on, recalling the events seems vital, especially in this moment of renewed optimism after the Black Lives Matter protests, because the legacies of New Cross still resonate.