Tag: Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)

Guest commentary — Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) — Rest in Power Renee Nicole Good

by Community Contributor • January 9, 2026 • Comments Off

Dear Community,

We mourn the loss of Renee Nicole Good at the hands of ICE agents in Minneapolis. Our thoughts are with her children and family. In her, we see the countless legal observers and rapid responders here in our own hometowns who have selflessly volunteered and courageously risked their own lives to defend our immigrant community from the inhumane raids of this administration.

There is no justification for federal agents killing a woman exercising her legal right to observe their actions. This is the horrific result of a widespread pattern of ICE agents threatening, arresting, and using physical force against concerned community members, regardless of citizenship status. It is clear from our own experience in the Central Coast of California, and across the country, that this is not an isolated incident or the bad behavior of one officer. Excessive use of violent force, disrespect for due process and civil liberties, and aggressive militarized tactics are rooted in ICE’s training and culture. This entire agency, “Border Czar” Tom Homan, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and President Donald Trump must be held accountable for turning cities and towns across the United States into war zones for political theater.

Guest commentary — Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) — Buy CA for CA – We’re Standing on Business

by Community Contributor • November 26, 2025 • Comments Off

Whether you work in the field or an office, run a small business or a kitchen, raise children or are grinding through school – your hard work fuels the 4th largest economy in the world. The California you’ve built should work for you – not billionaires and corporations.

Small businesses, workers, and families like yourself keep our state running, not the billionaires. Our wallets should support the people who treat us with respect, pay fair wages, and reinvest in our communities.

That’s why today we’re launching Buy California For California, a campaign to use our buying power to support community over cruelty.

Until the end of the year, we’re asking you to boycott businesses that profit from our pain and instead spend your hard-earned cash on the people from our neighborhoods, who really fuel our cities, care for their workers, treat customers with respect, and reinvest in their community.

Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) — We’re Hiring! Join the movement for justice on the Central Coast

by Community Contributor • October 21, 2025 • Comments Off

At CAUSE, we believe that real change begins at the local level – when everyday people come together to organize, speak out, and build collective power in our communities.

Here on the Central Coast – and across the state and nation – we face urgent challenges. But we have the power to defend what matters and push for local progress that reflects our values. That’s why we are hiring.

Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) — When tenants organize, we win stronger protections!

by Community Contributor • August 29, 2025 • Comments Off

We know it’s hard right now. The federal government is harming our communities in so many ways. Housing costs are out of control, immigrant families are still under attack, and it can feel like no one in power is listening.

But this is exactly why we organize.

Organized immigrant tenants and workers are more important than ever. Unethical landlords and bosses can exploit the fear caused by ICE raids to pad their profits, hoping no one will speak out. But when we unite, we build trust, leadership, and courage – we win transformational change.

Especially in times like these, we have to celebrate our wins. This year across the Central Coast, tenants organizing with CAUSE have won historic victories!

Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) — When they raid, we rise

by Community Contributor • July 17, 2025 • Comments Off

It’s been one week since our communities in Camarillo and Carpinteria were turned into war zones.

As I’m sure you know by now, heavily armed agents from ICE, CBP, DHS, and the National Guard raided workplaces and stormed through fields and neighborhoods, tearing farmworkers away from their families. They came in armored vehicles, masked and armed just like soldiers prepared for battle. They used tear gas, flash grenades, and rubber bullets on our neighbors – including pregnant women and children.

A City Councilmember was injured. A member of Congress was denied entry. A child was hit by shrapnel. A local veteran was detained for days without due process. A CSU professor was arrested. One worker was hospitalized and tragically died. 361 workers were disappeared by the armed and masked federal agents.

Join us outside the Santa Maria Strawberry Festival on April 27 – Justice Can’t Wait

by Community Contributor • April 23, 2025 • Comments Off

This May Day, we’re showing up loud and clear in solidarity with farmworkers at the Santa Maria Strawberry Festival, and we want you there with us.

While the festival celebrates strawberries, it leaves out the very people who make the harvest possible. Farmworkers power a multi-billion-dollar industry in California, yet they’re still fighting for wages they can live on.

This isn’t just about fairness – it’s about people power. And when we show up together, we shift what’s possible through our collective voice and power.

Farmworkers in Santa Maria demand dignity, fair wages, and an end to deportations in commemoration of César Chávez Day

by Community Contributor • April 7, 2025 • Comments Off

SANTA MARIA — On Sunday, March 30, the Santa Maria community peacefully rallied alongside farmworkers and allies, standing firm to demand dignity—not just for their labor but for their humanity. Everyone, no matter where they were born, deserves respect, fair wages, and the opportunity to live without fear.

“We are all here today united to use our voices to fight back against the deportations. We are fighting for our kids; we are fighting for ourselves because we are all essential and deserve the right to live safely, without fear,” said Gabriela Vivar, Farmworker Leader with Alianza Campesina.

CAUSE, Future Leaders of America among groups receiving McCune Foundation grants

by Amigos805.com • May 8, 2013 • Comments Off

VENTURA — The Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) and Future Leaders of America are among community organizing and social justice initiatives in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties receiving a total of $345,000 in grants from McCune Foundation, the…