Feb 4, 2025 · Thairie Ritchie, a well known Santa Cruz community organizer, reportedly self-immolated Jan. 20 atop the Black Lives Matter mural on Center Street in downtown Santa Cruz, only a...

Feb 3, 2025 · More than 300 people gathered Sunday to grieve and honor Thairie Ritchie, the prominent local civil rights activist who set himself on fire Jan. 20 atop Santa Cruz's Black Lives Matter street mural. As Ritchie faces a "a long and challenging recovery," several speakers recalled his activism and renewed demands for the City of Santa Cruz to ...

4 days ago · In lighting his own flesh on fire in a seemingly placid and sunny seaside college town where unredressed racial violence lurks beneath the surface, Thairie Ritchie bore witness to a world that is on fire and hurtling toward the abyss, write activists at Santa Cruz Black. He self-immolated while standing on the Black Lives Matter street mural, which cars heedlessly drive over every day in front ...

Sep 26, 2021 · On Good News Santa Cruz, Thursday, September 23, 2021 Christine Barrington interviews activist, community organizer, and fellow KSQD talk show host Thairie Ritchie about the Community Forum he organized this past weekend at Mission Plaza examining how Santa Cruz meets collective traumas as a communi

Thairie Ritchie, a cherished community leader in Santa Cruz, has devoted his life to supporting and uplifting those around him. Known for his resilience and spirit, Thairie now needs our community to rally around him as he has done for so many.

Jun 19, 2023 · When George Floyd was murdered in 2020, community activist Thairie Ritchie helped lead the local protest movement for racial justice in Santa Cruz. Three years later, speaking on the eve of Juneteenth, a federal holiday marking the end of slavery after the Civil War, Ritchie, 27, says he doesn’t feel there has been much significant change in ...

Jun 17, 2023 · Thairie Ritchie is a current Community Organizer and Activist. He organized the Juneteenth March in 2020. He is a former Co-Host of the Unheard Voices program at KSQD,and currently lead organizer of the March Towards Love and …

4 days ago · Skip to comments. Santa Cruz Black honors activist Thairie Ritchie Lookout Santa Cruz ^ | Feb11, 2025 | Nat Low Posted on 02/11/2025 7:06:06 AM PST by artichokegrower. In lighting his own flesh on fire in a seemingly placid and sunny seaside college town where unredressed racial violence lurks beneath the surface, Thairie Ritchie bore witness to a world that is on fire and hurtling toward the ...

Jul 14, 2020 · Thairie Ritchie, Esabella Bonner and Ayo Banjo (l-r) are at the forefront of the fight for racial justice. PHOTO: TARMO HANNULA. In recent months, Black Lives Matter protests have erupted across Santa Cruz as thousands of citizens demand an …