Related Community Events

Check out the following related events put on by an informal coalition of organizations in the spirit of remembering the struggle!

August 20

Overcoming Racism and Building a Racially Just County
Contact: Joseph Barndt (831) 345-6349

August 21

6pm | Twentieth Anniversary Civil Rights Celebration: Dolores Cruz v. City of Watsonville 1988-2008
Fundraiser for the Pajaro Valley Cesar Chavez Democratic Club
Green Valley Grill, 40 Penny Lane in Watsonville
Tickets $35, Contact: Luis Alejo (831) 726-6032

August 22

6:30-8pm | Remembering the Watsonville Cannery Strike and Voting Rights Struggle: an evening with Cruz Gomez
Hosted by the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, Pajaro Valley Chapter
United Presbyterian Church, 112 East Beach Street, Watsonville (Parking in church lot, back of Watsonville Cabrillo Lot)
Free event, Community Potluck--bring a dish!
Contact: Jeanne Piraino, (831) 724-3846