Join the DWMC for this exciting and empowering event as we hear from Monterey County Black Caucus (MCBC).
MCBC ‘s mission is to heal and empower the Black community, by providing a safe space for Monterey County residents to unpack and reflect upon current and historical issues by cultivating leadership through resident information/resource/education sessions and mentorship. MCBC also advocates for racial equity and inspiring Black culture through creative arts and honoring our Ancestors.
In this discussion, we will learn more about who MCBC is and the powerful work they are doing. We will also learn ways to participate and partner with them to create greater equity within our cities and county.
Speakers include:
Da'Ja Robinson, Black Power Building Organizer for Building Healthy Communities Monterey County, Administrative Support Coordinator with The Helen Rucker Center for Black Excellence at CSUMB, Healing Circle Facilitator for Wellness Wednesday at Seaside High School, Digital Marketing and Graphing Designer for Juneteenth Monterey County, Founding Member and Community Organizer for The Monterey County Black Caucus. 17 years of organizing, community relations and public engagement experience. Helping and supporting the youth to establish personal goals and creating action plans to help them achieve academic success. Providing resources, visibility and leadership. Organizing and advocating to combat anti-black racism, discrimination, violence and hate in the community to achieve transformational and lasting change.
Skylar Chubbs graduated in the pandemic 2020 was accepted at UC Santa Barbara where she stayed one semester before coming back home to organize during the Black Lives Matter Movement. This organizing led to Seaside City Council setting aside 1/2M $ for Community to reimagine safety. She is the Youth Organizer for Building Healthy Communities and Monterey County Black Caucus where she leads Seaside Rising Youth Leadership Academy.
Seaside native Rosalyn Green was recognized as DWMC’s 2023 Extraordinary Civic Leader. For more than 35 years, she has been a leader of activism, advocacy and organizing to end systemic racism, anti-blackness, and gender inequities. As part of the Seaside Faith-Based Community, she has been unrelenting in building partnerships and pooling resources to strengthen community and decrease economic disparities; to these ends, she founded the Monterey County Black Caucus and co-founded the Monterey County Black and Brown Solidarity Coalition. She serves as Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Director of Regional Black Power Building and Justice Reinvestment.
She was appointed by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors as District 4 Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights Commissioner and as an uncontested candidate to serve as Monterey Peninsula College District Trustee where she currently serves as Chair. Ms. Green is deeply vested in capacity building, youth support, leadership development, and public policy initiatives. She is Vice-Chair of the California Community College Black Caucus, Executive Education Chair for NAACP Monterey County, and is a member of several Statewide Coalitions for Education and Anti-Blackness. She also organized The Village Project, Inc., Parent Advisory Council, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD) African American Parent Advisory Council and SUHSD African American Advisory Council. And she is the Board Chair of Ladies First, a mentoring program for “Girls of Color”.
Our Featured Non-Profit
Our featured nonprofit this month is Community Human Services. For over 50 years this local nonprofit has provided substance abuse treatment and prevention, mental health and homelessness services to those most in need, with a focus on women, families, and youth. Next month they are opening Shuman HeartHouse, the first shelter for homeless women and families with children in Monterey, with a free community open house on Saturday, November 4th (RSVP here). Learn more about who they serve and how you can help.
