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Save The Knoll March
On August 14, community members in Santa Cruz gathered downtown and marched to the Market Street construction site owned by KB Homes. Remains of a Native American child were unearthed at the site on August 2.
At 12:30 pm approximately 100 community members gathered at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Laurel Street in Santa Cruz to express outrage about the new KB Homes development on Market Street.
On August 2, the remains of a Native American child were unearthed at the Market Street site by construction crews hired by KB Homes.
Community members made their way down Pacific Avenue to the Town Clock for a stop, and then marched down Water Street and Ocean Street to Grant Street Park where a short demonstration and prayer ceremony was held. Two police motorcycle patrols on Hubbard Street observed the marchers and followed the demonstration to Grant Street by using the backstreets.
Marchers then made their way to the Market Street construction site owned by KB Homes.
While at the construction site, another prayer ceremony was held, and a private security agent arrived. Approximately 10 minutes later a SCPD patrol vehicle arrived, and the officer called for back up, which brought two or three more patrol vehicles.
The prayer ceremony lasted for approximately 20 minutes, at which point the demonstrators left the construction site without incident and made their way back towards downtown.
During the prayer ceremony, it was asked that no photography take place. The police were asked to respect this also, on religious grounds, but an officer continued to take pictures.
The concept of 'trespassing' was discussed during the prayer ceremony, but many if not most of the demonstrators were unclear as to whether or not they were trespassing at the construction site.
During the prayer ceremony, questions were put to the community: "What would you do if these were your ancestors? What would other people in the community do if the graves or burial grounds of their relatives were to have homes built on top of them?
Another speaker during the prayer ceremony said that this was about saving the places where, "we can pray." In Santa Cruz, the Market Street site is that place.
Community members are asking for either the city to buy the property or for KB Homes to donate it so that it can be preserved as a sacred site for people to pray and gather at.
For more info go to: http://savetheknoll.org/
All of the photos I take are creative commons images, feel free to use them.
Alex Darocy
alex [at] alexdarocy.com
http://www.alexdarocy.com
On August 2, the remains of a Native American child were unearthed at the Market Street site by construction crews hired by KB Homes.
Community members made their way down Pacific Avenue to the Town Clock for a stop, and then marched down Water Street and Ocean Street to Grant Street Park where a short demonstration and prayer ceremony was held. Two police motorcycle patrols on Hubbard Street observed the marchers and followed the demonstration to Grant Street by using the backstreets.
Marchers then made their way to the Market Street construction site owned by KB Homes.
While at the construction site, another prayer ceremony was held, and a private security agent arrived. Approximately 10 minutes later a SCPD patrol vehicle arrived, and the officer called for back up, which brought two or three more patrol vehicles.
The prayer ceremony lasted for approximately 20 minutes, at which point the demonstrators left the construction site without incident and made their way back towards downtown.
During the prayer ceremony, it was asked that no photography take place. The police were asked to respect this also, on religious grounds, but an officer continued to take pictures.
The concept of 'trespassing' was discussed during the prayer ceremony, but many if not most of the demonstrators were unclear as to whether or not they were trespassing at the construction site.
During the prayer ceremony, questions were put to the community: "What would you do if these were your ancestors? What would other people in the community do if the graves or burial grounds of their relatives were to have homes built on top of them?
Another speaker during the prayer ceremony said that this was about saving the places where, "we can pray." In Santa Cruz, the Market Street site is that place.
Community members are asking for either the city to buy the property or for KB Homes to donate it so that it can be preserved as a sacred site for people to pray and gather at.
For more info go to: http://savetheknoll.org/
All of the photos I take are creative commons images, feel free to use them.
Alex Darocy
alex [at] alexdarocy.com
http://www.alexdarocy.com
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I find it interesting that the request was made of others not to take pictures of the burial site, yet you took pictures of the site and then included it in your article. Perhaps this was an oversight. You may want to edit the article in order to keep things consistent.
Also, aren't you the Alex Darocy that keeps deleting changes made my the monitors of Indybay Santa Cruz to Becky Johnson's Wiki page? You know, the ones where Indybay tries to delete the comment by Ms. Johnson that she is one of the founders of Indybay despite the fact that the people at Indybay know who the founders really were. I have noticed that Indybay has tried to set the record straight two times yet you keep reverting it back to Becky's version that she is the founder of Indybay.
Also, aren't you the Alex Darocy that keeps deleting changes made my the monitors of Indybay Santa Cruz to Becky Johnson's Wiki page? You know, the ones where Indybay tries to delete the comment by Ms. Johnson that she is one of the founders of Indybay despite the fact that the people at Indybay know who the founders really were. I have noticed that Indybay has tried to set the record straight two times yet you keep reverting it back to Becky's version that she is the founder of Indybay.
The request was made to not photograph the PRAYER CEREMONY (as I wrote in the article here), and I did not. I stepped outside of the circle and took pictures of the police and security guard without getting any of the Prayer Ceremony in the photos at all.
One correction with regards to the article, the company in question is called KB Home and not KB Homes.
I am the administrator of the Santa Cruz Wiki, but I am not going to discuss anything to do with the wiki in this thread.
One correction with regards to the article, the company in question is called KB Home and not KB Homes.
I am the administrator of the Santa Cruz Wiki, but I am not going to discuss anything to do with the wiki in this thread.
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