Joy Schendledecker
Joy Schendledecker ran in 2022 for Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz. Joy lives in Santa Cruz, working as a mom, artist, and community organizer. Joy is a member of the Working Families Party and Democratic Socialists of America, and serves on the organizing committees of Sanitation for the People and Santa Cruz Cares, helping to fundraise, coordinate volunteers and resource distribution, and advocate to reduce the harms of inequality and neglect on some of the city’s most marginalized residents.[1]
Abolition Landscapes
DSA Ecosocialist Working Group: Abolition Landscapes, May. 17, 2022.
he Ecosocialist Working Group of DSA Santa Cruz organizes to fight capitalism and build local power for climate, environmental and multi-species justice. They work to spread an understanding that capitalism and imperialism must be fought against to promote the health of our planet and all of its people through public information campaigns, agitprop, literature, and mutual aid.
The DSA Ecosocialists will be represented at this event by T.J. Demos and Joy Schendledecker.[2]