"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."
— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project
"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."
— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project
WATSONVILLE– Lighting Talks: 150 Years of Watsonville
November 8, 2018 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Free
Click on image for full size PDFWATSONVILLE– The library has partnered with the City of Watsonville and the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for an event in which noted community members will talk on topics centered around farm worker experience, local history, migration to Watsonville, art and education. The community will be able to ask questions. Thursday, November 86:00 – 8:00 pmMain Library Meeting Room Immigrant Experience Through the Arts programs are made possible by a grant from California Humanities, an independent nonprofit organization and a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.The grant Library Innovation Lab: Exploring New Ways of Engaging California’s Immigrant Communities is offered by California Humanities to encourage California libraries to develop creative and innovative programs that will respond to the needs and circumstances of today’s immigrants and immigrant communities and foster more inclusive communities within our state.