MISSION STATEMENT
NCBI MC brings together across group lines including race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, and class. We provide training and education in schools and the community to increase understanding, promote acceptance, and reduce prejudice. We collaborate with public and private organizations to nurture leadership for social justice and provide opportunities for healing from the impact of oppression.

A Community Remembers Mrs. Helen Rucker

As we lay the extraordinary Dr. Helen Louise Bouligny Rucker to rest, it is my sincerest hope that this special Tribute Edition of the Monterey Bay Black Folks Event Calendar — [https://conta.cc/4p8SRN9](https://conta.cc/4p8SRN9…) — will serve as a worthy historical record of her life and legacy as well as a testimony of the love of her people and community.
 
The Black Folks Calendar newsletter returns for two special editions honoring the late great Helen Rucker.
Here is the link for the 11/26/25 issue: (https://conta.cc/4acWE7p)
 
Today’s issue (11/26/2025) includes a Looking Back section in which all previous Black Folks Calendar articles about Helen Rucker are re-published. It also includes my personal reflections as well as this call to the public for submissions for the tribute issue called “A Community Remembers Mrs. Helen Rucker.”
By Steven Nelson Goings

Mrs. Helen Rucker's Funeral

In Memory of Helen Rucker

Social Justice Community Calendar

Current Sources

Contact Anita Crawley acrawley@comcast.net if you would like to add your organization’s events to this calendar.