Join us after worship for a facilitated interview, passage reading, and audience Q & A with author Simone Akila Ruskamp on her book “We Were Here. We Are Here.”

Come along on a walk through Santa Barbara as poet laureate Sojourner Kincaid Rolle shares about the rich Black history of the Central Coast. 

Readers may be surprised to learn that the California coast was once home to a thriving Black community similar to Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, called the Haley corridor. Children and adults of all ages will be introduced to concepts ranging from restrictive covenants to gentrification, and the urgency of community archiving and preservation.