BLACK SURF SANTA CRUZ INC

Santa Cruz, California, 95063-2026 United States

Mission Statement

Our mission is to promote physical, spiritual, and communal wellness and healing through surfing, recreation, education, and advocacy.

About This Cause

Our mission is to "promote physical, spiritual, and communal healing through surfing, education, and recreation." We center Black community members and other historically and presently excluded people of color in our programming. We adhere to a guiding principle of "Let’s learn together" to invite the entire Santa Cruz County community to create inclusive and justice-oriented surf, ocean recreation, and marine sustainability spaces. Our program emphasizes joy and liberation to increase mental wellbeing and feelings of belonging and psychological safety. There are a multitude of systemic factors that have played a role in the lack of diversity in the ocean and surfing community that continue to this day, including segregation, redlining, access barriers such as no equipment, and blatant racism and ignorance experienced in the water. BSSC was founded to change this norm.

BLACK SURF SANTA CRUZ INC
Po Box 2026 1215 N Branciforte Avenue
Santa Cruz, California 95063-2026
United States
Unique Identifier 874556850