Octogenarian Sheila Carrillo remembers the joy, the promise of Israel, a new Jewish homeland, elicited in her Jewish family when she was a child. In 2016, her views on Israel shifted greatly after she started learning about the lives of Palestinians. Now she actively campaigns against the current war in Gaza and for Palestinian liberation.
Sheila Carrillo
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
The day the Santa Cruz homeless crisis knocked on my front door
In April, a homeless woman knocked on Sheila Carrillo’s door on the Westside of Santa Cruz. She was stunned, but then realized something else: She knew the woman. She gave her food and a shower and helped her get to a treatment center. But Carrillo wonders what will become of her and so many others who recently lost their homes when the city cleared out the Sycamore Grove encampment.