The Tobera Project's 2021 "Watsonville is in the Heart" calendar. A 2022 calendar is in the works. —photo by Johanna Miller

WATSONVILLE—On Aug. 28, Watsonville is in the Heart will host a Community Call Out event.

Join organizers to share family artifacts, documents, vintage photographs and oral stories from the Manong Generation of the Pajaro Valley, to be preserved in the digital archive and a 2022 calendar.

Watsonville is in the Heart is part of a greater project, called the Tobera Project, aimed at educating and raising awareness of the plight, struggles,  vitality and contributions of the Filipino immigrants who first settled into the region in the early 1920s.

The event, made possible with help from Arts Council Santa Cruz County and Cal Humanities, will be held from noon to 4pm at the Notre Dame School Cafeteria, 656 Main St. in downtown Watsonville. 

For information email to***********@gm***.com . For updates follow the group on Facebook. 

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