The Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association, SOCCA, will not be presenting the Chinese New Year celebration in Jacksonville in February, 2022, Year of the Tiger. This decision was based on multiple factors, including the unpredictability of the pandemic and the difficulty in enforcing the current statewide COVID-19 guidelines given the nature of this community event. Past events over the last 15 years can be viewed on our website, www.socca.us.
SOCCA will continue to work with our local and out-of-town partners to present cultural and historical programs as they become available. On July 29, 2021, SOCCA co-sponsored with Friends of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and Southern Oregon University Anthropology Laboratory in a Zoom presentation by Chelsea Rose titled “The Chinese Railroad/Diaspora;” and on July 31 an escorted hike through the Buck Rock Tunnel. A video of “Introduction to Beijing Opera” presented by Ghaffar Pourazar at Grizzly Peak Winery is under production. These programs will be released on our website www.socca.us as the new year approaches.
SOCCA would like to thank the community and our sponsors for years of support. We wish everyone a happy and healthy Year of the Tiger in 2022.