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Title: Remembering the Struggle: Honoring the Watsonville Cannery Strikers through Celebration
START DATE: Friday August 01
TIME: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Location Details:
Watsonville Downtown Plaza
Event Type: Party/Street Party
Contact NameCarmina
Email AddresspvacStrikeExhbit [at] gmail.com
Phone Number(831) 536-4436
Address
Viernes Cultural of Watsonville will be hosting this free event at the Watsonville Downtown Plaza. The community is invited to participate in a public celebration of the Watsonville cannery strike and to honor the struggles of the cannery workers from 1985-1987. Participants will enjoy the music, song, and poetry of local performing artists as well as invited speakers. The former strikers will lead a procession at 6:30pm to the Pajaro Valley Gallery .

The Pajaro Valley Gallery will also be holding its Opening Reception for the "Remembering the Struggle" art exhibit on August 1st at 7pm at 37 Sudden Street, Watsonville, CA 95076.

For more information please contact Carmina at (831) 536-4436 or pvacStrikeExhibit [at] gmail.com



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