Diversity Coalition San Luis Obispo County

11/03/2026

🗳️ Last hours to vote!!! 📣 Don't relinquish your power!! ✊🏽 Find the nearest drop off location, or your in person polling place at vote.org

🙏🏽 If you are in a state where you are made to wait in line for hours, you are our heroes! If voting is easier in your state, there are no excuses!

☀️ California has same day voting registration. Go to your county election office to register and vote!!

🚨 Don't miss your chance to be a guardian. Vote!

Art through Amplifier
Be A Guardian Vote
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2020, Amplifier, Nia Tero and IllumiNative teamed up to launch a new large-scale public art campaign to elevate Indigenous land stewardship! It also celebrates the vital relationship between Indigenous sovereignty and Black liberation, particularly as our globe passes through multiple material crises of our own making and the November elections are top of mind.

10/31/2026

🎥 American Doctor at The Palm Theater this Monday, November 2nd, at 7 p.m. 🛣️ Get your tickets at thepalmtheatre.com THE PALM

About the film:
Despite their vastly different cultural, religious, and personal backgrounds, the three doctors are united by their medical oath and personal desire to help civilians caught in the crossfire.

The Doctors:
- Dr. Thaer Ahmad: a Palestinian-American emergency room physician from Chicago;
- Dr. Mark Perlmutter: a Jewish-American orthopedic surgeon from North Carolina; and
- Dr. Feroze Sidhwa: a Pakistani-American trauma surgeon from California!

10/30/2026

Memphis residents are organizing to have a voice in decisions affecting their neighborhoods, including Elon Musk's xAI Data Centers.

What can Memphis teach us about shaping the future of our own communities?

On November 12, we're bringing that conversation to SLO!

Join us for a screening of filmmaker Justice A. Whitaker's short documentary on Memphis's fight for environmental justice, followed by a community conversation and a special virtual message from Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson.

We'll explore what's happening in Memphis, how residents are organizing for change, and what lessons we can bring home to the Central Coast.

Who decides? Who benefits? Who bears the cost? And how can we shape our communities' future?

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕠 Doors open at 5:30 PM
📍 Unitarian Universalists SLO
🎟️ FREE EVENT: RSVP at diversityslo.org

10/28/2026

🙏🏽 We are saddened to hear of the passing of Dolores Huerta, a history-changing labor leader, civil rights advocate, and community organizer who spent her life showing us what collective action can accomplish.

🤎 As we continue conversations about the importance of community organizing here on the Central Coast, her legacy feels especially relevant. Dolores understood that lasting change doesn't happen on its own. It takes people coming together, building relationships, developing leadership, and organizing for the future they want to see.

✊🏽 Dolores didn't just advocate for change. She worked directly with communities to recognize and exercise their own power.

🙏🏽 We honor her life not only by remembering what she accomplished, but by continuing the work.

¡Sí, se puede! Siempre.

Dolores Huerta, 1930–2026.

10/28/2026

🗳️ Last week we talked with SLO County Clerk Recorder, Elaina Cano, about voting and immigration. Hear what she shared about local concerns, and federal subpoenas here.

As immigration enforcement intensifies across the Central Coast, concerns about voter intimidation, election security, and access to the ballot are…

10/27/2026

In Memphis, residents are organizing against the environmental impacts of Elon Musk's xAI data center, and fighting for a voice in decisions affecting their neighborhoods.

What can Memphis teach us about shaping the future of our own communities?

On November 12, we're bringing that conversation to SLO!

Join us for a screening of filmmaker Justice A. Whitaker's short documentary on Memphis's fight for environmental justice, followed by a community conversation and a special virtual message from Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson.

We'll explore what's happening in Memphis, how residents are organizing for change, and what lessons we can bring home to the Central Coast.

Who decides? Who benefits? Who bears the cost? And how can we shape our communities' future?

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕠 Doors open at 5:30 PM
📍 Unitarian Universalists SLO
🎟️ FREE EVENT: RSVP at diversityslo.org

10/27/2026

Last week, antisemitic, Islamophobic, homophobic, and ableist speech and gestures, including N**i salutes, were on display at an event at Cal Poly.

Thank you, Mustang News, for your straightforward coverage. How we report on hate and discrimination matters. These acts need to be described clearly and factually, including in the headlines, rather than minimized or buried in the details of a story.

This is just one of several articles Mustang News has published about what happened. It's encouraging to see student journalism leading the way in reporting on these events clearly, openly, and through all their platforms.

Hate is not welcomed here.

Protesters clashed with TPUSA supporters at the PAC last night as attendees made N**i salutes toward demonstrators outside.

10/26/2026

EIGHT DAYS to election day. Eight days left to vote! Turn those ballots in, ASAP!

November 3rd is the last day to vote, don't leave it to the last minute 🗳️

Art by: Tracie Ching

10/22/2026

What can Memphis teach us about shaping the future of our own communities?

In Memphis, residents are organizing against the environmental impacts of Elon Musk's xAI data center, and fighting for a voice in decisions affecting their neighborhoods.

On November 12, we're bringing that conversation to SLO!

Join us for a screening of filmmaker Justice A. Whitaker's short documentary on Memphis's fight for environmental justice, followed by a community conversation and a special virtual message from Tennessee State Representative Justin J. Pearson.

We'll explore what's happening in Memphis, how residents are organizing for change, and what lessons we can bring home to the Central Coast.

Who decides? Who benefits? Who bears the cost? And how can we shape our communities' future?

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕠 Doors open at 5:30 PM
📍 Unitarian Universalists SLO
🎟️ FREE EVENT: RSVP at diversityslo.org

10/20/2026

🗳️ Today, October 19, is the last day to register online to vote in California!

Just in time for the November 3 election, our newest SLO Equity Podcast episode is out!

We sit down with Elaina Cano, SLO County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer, to discuss immigration enforcement, voter intimidation, election security, and what voters need to know.

🎧 Immigration and Elections: When Fear Reaches the Ballot Box

Listen at diversityslo.org/sloequity or wherever you get your podcasts.

✅ Register today: registertovote.ca.gov

Miss the online registration deadline? Same Day Voter Registration is still available in person through Election Day.