What is the Hub?
Started in 1994, The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living is a registered non-profit and community center based in Santa Cruz, CA. It includes a collaborative network of projects supporting skill-sharing, appropriate re/use of resources, and interconnected, creative communities.
Mission
The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living is a decentralized nonhierarchical community network that builds solidarity with and creates safer spaces for communities facing coercive forces, through creative culture, compassion, and collaboration.
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Vision
A thriving network of projects rooted in mutual aid, creativity, and collective care– where life beyond capitalism grows through shared resources, deep relationships, and sustainable coexistence with the earth.
Values
Decentralized, scrappy, and cooperative, we root our work in solidarity, creativity, and trust. We move with consent, honor autonomy, and support one another with care and accountability. We are anti-capitalist, organizing without hierarchy to build collective power and mutual care. We work toward a world where all have the chance to thrive, free of coercive systems. No one is turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF).
Land Acknowledgement
The Hub Community Center is located in downtown Santa Cruz, CA, which is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.
Amah Mutsun Land Trust
Consider making a monthly donation to the Amah Mutsun Land Trust to support the tribe’s Indigenous stewardship and cultural relearning work. You can also sign up for the Amah Mutsun Land Trust email list for more information and opportunities to get involved.
The Humunya Foundation
Contribute to The Humunya Foundation of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. It was created to fund raise, facilitate Tribal cultural activities, and conduct outreach to the public. It is 501 (c)(3) Private Foundation under the Internal Revenue Code. As such, donations made to the Humunya Foundation are tax deductible.
Hub History
The Hub’s roots are in people working together to co create a more livable world, and was founded in 1994 at 2048 N. Pacific by people that were passionate about human powered transportation and community collaboration. Our original constellation of projects included: PedX, the Bike Church, the Santa Cruz County Cycling Club, Bike To Work, and People Power.
The Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Transportation incorporated as a nonprofit in 2000, moving to Pacific Avenue from our previous location on Walnut Avenue in 2006. We changed our name to the Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable living in 2017 to better reflect our evolving values and intentions. The Hub has been building and celebrating community for over 25 years!