Walnut Avenue is excited to be a part of the "Business After Hours" Women in business networking events this year, on Wednesday October 8th, 2025 from 5:00PM-7:00PM as we host this wonderful collaboration of community!

Join Walnut Avenue and the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce for an evening of connection, conversation, and community impact as we gather at the Walnut Avenue Family Women’s Center! We'll learn more about vital services and resources—especially meaningful as we recognize October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Enjoy an inspiring guest speaker and a special musical performance as part of this meaningful evening. Light refreshments will be served. Let’s come together to support, uplift, and inspire!

Join Walnut Avenue and Musical Soulmates at this concert event in support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the survivors in our community. Our third Annual Let the Caged Bird Sing  takes place on Sunday, October 12th at Kuumbwa Jazz (320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz). 

Musical Soulmates and Walnut Avenue Family and Women's Center are thrilled to announce that we are co-producing this beloved event. This is a bold new step! We are excited to walk hand in hand into our purpose-filled, collective healing.

We look forward to welcoming you to a vibrant, gorgeous, and healing  evening of Neo-Soul with the Musical Soulmates Performers Collaborative. The evening of music is curated and designed to bring joy and energy to the room while holding space for and bearing witness to survivors, acknowledging the connection between colonialism and racism to domestic violence, empowering survivors, and bringing healing and transcendence to all. 

Live music, silent auction, candle light vigil and a lot of connecting in our community!