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@zacharyscorner
Nora built her first ofrenda this year. When she woke up the day after día de los muertos, she stood at the alter for almost an hour smelling the flowers and looking carefully at all the people and things on the ofrenda. She kept repeating the word “Hi” over and over again.
“I can feel Zachary in my heart.” —Frankie
Avery was 7 years old when her friend Zachary was killed in the cross walk of this Berkeley intersection. She had gone to preschool with Zachary for years and they were neighbors at student family housing. For the past decade, Avery has built an ofrenda here at Zachary’s Corner, even making the sugar skulls and decorations by hand. Today she asked me to join her. I’m thankful Zachary has friends like this, who will never forget him. #diadelosmuertos
Zachary Cruz's Family Launch Campaign for Pedestrian Safety
On Feb. 27, 2018, nine years to the day that 5-year-old Zachary Cruz died after being hit by a motorist on a crosswalk in Berkeley, his father, family and supporters called on people everywhere to "drive like your kid died here."
Website: http://oursdid.org Facebook: http://facebook.com/oursdid Twitter: http://twitter.com/oursdid Instagram: http://instagram.com/oursdid
Video produced by http://berkeleyside.com
The Zachary Michael Cruz Foundation is proud to announce a new project called OursDid.org, launching on February 27, 2018, the 9th anniversary of Zachary’s death.
OursDid.org’s purpose is simple: to show you the places across the country where someone's kid, grandkid, brother, sister, friend, or loved one lost their life to road violence while walking or biking. OursDid.org tells the stories of those who died in preventable collisions on American streets.And we show you the faces of those left behind. Once you have seen these places, heard these stories, and met those of us who struggle every day in the shadow of road violence, we ask you to take action. We ask you to DRIVE LIKE YOUR KID DIED HERE. Because #OURSDID.
Join us online on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!
Merry Christmas Zachary! Thank you to our (mysterious) friends for honoring Zachary's memory this way at the intersection of Derby and Warring.
"There's a big hole in my thinking / Lately I been seeing things / Maggie, I'm still searching for our son." --Craig Finn, <Faith in the Future>
“I suggest you try transcendental meditation through which all things are possible.” Share ArticlePocket
This is Winky. Or perhaps it's Blinky or Stinky. Hard to say. These identical triplets live underground at http://zacharyscorner.com. Their favorite thing in the world is playing games with humans. Like hide and seek or wack-a-mole. Zach has been studying them for a long time now. Can you help him discover the other games they enjoy? The updated site blasts off at 9 PM PST tonight!
Zach's been making lots of friends up there. And I want to introduce you to a few of them in the coming days as we countdown to launch of http://zacharyscorner.com! One new friend is this little guy, named FlooZoo. FlooZoo and ZMC became fast friends. Probably because at first glance both seem like sweet, happy-go-lucky kids. But behind the grin, there's a mischievous side. Both love to hide their precious booger collections all over the Galaxy. And both tell great knock knock jokes about gaseous clouds... Hope you'll join us in t-minus 3 days at Zachary's Corner!
Apply Today for the 2015 Zachary Cruz Memorial Scholarship at Cal
ATTN ucberkeley TRANSFERS & STUDENT PARENTS: $10,000 in scholarships up for grabs this Fall! Application available today: http://bit.ly/cruzscholarship2015 For more information visit http://zmcfoundation.org/memorial-scholarship-berkeley/
On what would have been his son's 12th birthday, March 12, 2015, ZMCF director Frank Cruz joined A...
On what would have been his son's 12th birthday, March 12, 2015, ZMCF director Frank Cruz joined Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, Safe Routes to Schools, and other local officials at Berkeley Arts Magnet Elementary School to speak with youngsters about safer walking and biking practices...
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Just a note to let you know that an updated version of Zachary’s personal website is coming soon! [FC]
The Ghosts Inside of You.
The first age of solar system exploration is in the books. NASA's New Horizons probe flew by Pluto this morning (July 14), capturing history's first up-close looks at the far-flung world — if all went according to plan. To celebrate, NASA unveiled the latest photo of Pluto, showing a reddish world with a stunning heart-shaped feature on its face.
Today would have been a very exciting day for 5-year-old Zach! Before he died, Pluto had recently been downgraded to "dwarf planet" status and Zach knew all about that sad news. He was a budding young astronomer, fascinated by NASA, the universe, and outer space. He had several space t-shirts and wore one in his last year of life that had an image of Pluto on it. The ironic caption read: "Pluto: Never Forget." Zach didn't. And today, we see the first pictures in human history of the farthest limit of our solar system. And look what we found: A spectacular heart shaped "feature."
They don't even know what it is yet. But it makes me think of love, and that reminds me of my first born son, Zachary. Take a moment and look at the sky today. Think of how small we are. Think of all the things we still don't know anything about. The infinite and unknown. I miss you Zachary. I hope you're a part of that now. [FC]
Miles is still young enough to play with some of your old toys. At six and a half, he is just a little older than you were when you died. The last few days, he has been playing with your Bob The Builder tool belt and tool box. We have tried to help Miles build a connection with you through the physical objects you left behind and so we mention to him when he is enjoying a toy or an experience you enjoyed. I think of these things as the artifacts of your life. In important ways, they prove that you were here... This morning, while Miles was playing handy man around the house in his Spiderman pajamas, he shared some of your toys with the little brother you didn't get to meet, little Frankie, who is just a baby. I took a picture and felt thankful that your brothers can share these artifacts. If you can know this, I hope you find it pleasing. "The sound that's been keeps echoing, it never disappears." [Dad]
I went to church last night, to celebrate your 12th birthday, which officially arrives tomorrow, March 12th. Well, I didn't literally go to church. I went to a small, dark, dingy rock and roll club in San Francisco called Bottom of the Hill.
But it might as well have been a Pentecostal meeting the way I shouted and danced and clapped and cried and sweated and sang along to the music of kevinpdevine from Brooklyn, New York. And I did all this without a single glass of whiskey at the show. Who needs whiskey when you're filled with the holy spirit of rock and roll?
Kevin's brother, Michael, passed away in the 90s. Kevin talked to me once after we lost you about how hard Michael's death was for his mom and dad. Incredible empathy. Kevin's dad also died a few years back. He writes a lot of songs about them. They all remind me of you and my Dad. Sometimes his songs help me understand my own anger and sadness and emptiness. Sometimes they give me hope and provide evidence of beauty and grace and the possibility of redemption. Leaving my church last night, I felt born again. Here are some of the verses from last night that I'm still thinking about today...
"So as I inch towards resolution I'm not sure which life feels right The narrow noose or the waiting water The hanging hex or open eyes My brother Michael he went one way And at the fork I heard him say, 'Don't you follow, don't go making my mistakes' And I realized what he meant Don't kill yourself to raise the dead It never works, you'll only end up joining them It never works, you'll only end up joining them."
--You'll Only End Up Joining Them http://open.spotify.com/track/1FFxD3Jbzd5UDfLzH4iQn4
"So what if the end just ends? It's worthless to worry then To wrestle yourself to death again and again Now every single time that you open your mouth Give yourself a breath while you're working it out The answer's in between all the concrete and clouds It's anywhere you want, it's next to you now." --Between the Concrete & Clouds http://open.spotify.com/track/6VyNV3PA5szC8SIzbGbAxG
(I hope you're next to me now.)
xoxo
Dad