October is Filipino American History Month! Celebrate with FANHS throughout the USA

After decades of advocacy led by the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) and friends, the U.S. Congress and Senate passed resolutions making October Filipino American History Month in 2009.   http://fanhsis25.blogspot.com/2009/11/h-res-780-passes-on-110209-filipino.html
http://fanhsis25.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html   See additional links to FANHS Chapter activities via http://fanhs.net/
NEWS FLASH for October 2011

On October 5, 2011 The Senate adopted the following by unanimous consent:

·         A resolution designating October 2011 as “Filipino American History Month”. (S.Res. 287)
Link to full text S. Res. 287: Filipino American History Month

FANHS SAN DIEGO CHAPTER
Happy Filipino American History Month to all of you!

Oct 1 Fil-Am Fest -Paradise Hills

Oct 4 San Diego City College @ 11:10 - "Filipinos in San Diego" Presentation

Oct 8 FANHS SD Chapter Meets 11AM in I-110 & Potluck with FILAMEDA, 12:30 in I-105 Miramar

Oct 15 FANHS Four Waves Presentation, 1PM- House of Philippines- Balboa Park - FREE

Oct 23 FANHS SD co-presents, San Diego Asian Film Festival - "Left by the Ship" @ 5PM

Oct 28 Filipino American Authors Panel, 6:30PM - Miramar College Room I-101
For questions or additinal information, contact: Judy Patacsil jpatacsi@sdccd.edu  fanhs18@yahoo.com

FANHS WISCONSIN CHAPTER
Filipino American History Month Celebration: cultural exhibits, Filipino martial arts, Milwaukee Got Talent + much more on Saturday, October 15, 2011, 11am to 5pm / The Philippine Center, Zablocki Park Pavilion
3717 W. Howard Avenue / Greenfield, WI 53221

FANHS STOCKTON (CA) CHAPTER
October 15 – Saturday -- 12th Annual Community Recognition Awards Luncheon–China Palace Restaurant, 5052 West Lane, Stockton – 11AM to 3PM -- $30/person ($15 for children 8yrs to 12yrs, 7yrs & under free) Honorees: Anita Bautista, Ted Lapuz, Marina Ladesma, and Dr. Elvira Lao (posthumously) -- Awards ceremony, door and raffle prizes – for tickets and more information call 209-463-3613, 209-956-1728 or 209-462-3489

FANHS Stockton, California news: Giants Lincecum's Filipino roots in Stockton!

Dr. Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Associate Professor of History at San Francisco State University, FANHS National Trustee and Little Manila Foundation Co-Founder writes:
"...Starting pitcher is none other than Timothy Lincecum, one of major league baseball's best ever pitchers. I had always heard that Tim Lincecum was part Filipina/o, and so I did some internet digging. Lots of media reports say that Lincecum's grandparents were immigrants from the Philippines. In fact, his roots in Filipino America go even deeper than that. Tim Lincecum is fourth generation. And this is what I found:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/341831-manny-pacquiao-and-tim-lincecum-two-filipinos-at-the-top-of-their-game
Please read through to the end of the article, where you will read about Rebecca "Becky" Asis, Tim Lincecum's mother, a third generation Pinay born in Seattle (according to ancestry.com records).
From the article:
A second-generation Filipino-American, Becky is one of Balleriano and Philomena Asis' 10 children—eight girls, and two boys.
     Balleriano was born in Honolulu, Hi., his father Genaro Asis was born in Mindanao, Philippines; his mother Alberta Alcoy was born in Cebu City, Philippines.
    Philomena was born in Stockton, Calif., her father Leoncio Marcigan was born in Batangas, Philippines; her mother Anustasia Dominguez was born in Siquijor, Philippines.
     Some of you may remember the Asis family as one of the pioneering families in Stockton. Alberta Alcoy Asis went to Hawaii in the 1910s with her mother as a sakada and married Genaro Asis, who was a leader in the 1919 sugar strike. The Asis family later migrated to the Stockton area and then the Seattle area. Alberta Asis was one of the founding members of the Maria Clara Lodge of the Caballeros de Dimas Alang in Stockton in the 1920s and her oral history is in our FANHS archives (BA/NC81-Fil-009CA). I wish we knew more about his mother's maternal relatives, the Dominguez/Marcigan family from Stockton. My research found that Leoncio and Anastasia arrived in Los Angeles in 1924 from Hawaii. Their daughter Philomena was born in November, 1930 in Stockton. Perhaps some of you may remember them in Stockton?
     Go GIANTS! (with apologies to our FANHS national president who can still root for the Phillies!) And happy Filipino American History Month!"

NEWS FLASH : SF Gate blogger quotes Dr. Dawn Mabalon:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hawaii/detail?entry_id=75782
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FANHS Stockton Chapter and the Little Manila Foundation 
To honor Larry Itliong on Sunday, October 24

More info: http://littlemanila.org

FANHS Stockton Chapter's Annual Awards' Luncheon on October 17

More than 100 people attended FANHS Stockton Chapter's Annual Awards' event on October 17 at China Palace Restaurant in Stockton, California. Pictured here are (l-r) Anita Bautista, FANHS Stockton Chapter President; Marife Domingo, FANHS Pennsylvania Treasurer; Violet Dutra of FANHS Stockton; Joan May Cordova, FANHS National President (a Stockton native now living in Philadelphia); Dillon Delvo and Elena Mangahas of the Little Manila Foundation http://littlemanila.net/ Later, many guests also attended the Stockton premiere of D.Lee Inosanto's http://thesenseimovie.com/

FANHS National Trustees meet in Stockton, CA

MANY THANKS to all who welcomed the FANHS national trustees to Stockton, California! What a productive and fun meeting!
Many thanks to Professor Emily Lawsin for this post!
"Day 3 of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) Board of Trustees Meeting, with Trustees, Chapter members and friends from all over the country, at the Filipino Center Plaza, Stockton, California, Monday, July 27, 2009. (This photo shows only half of the 50+ people in attendance.) Agenda included planning for the future site of the FANHS National Museum (in Stockton), preserving the FANHS National Pinoy Archives (in Seattle), and discussing next year's FANHS National Conference (in Seattle July 2010). We also had an incredible tour of Stockton's historic Little Manila, where we met a 103-year-old Manong at the Filipino Federation of America, and saw spirit-filled artifacts at the Legionarios del Trabajo's Daguhoy Lodge (founded in 1926). Maraming Salamat to the FANHS Stockton Chapter, Central Valley Chapter, Sacramento Chapter, and Sonoma Chapter for being such great hosts! For more on Filipinos in Stockton, see: http://www.littlemanila.net/ For more on FANHS, see: http://www.fanhs-national.org/ or http://fanhsis25.blogspot.com/

In this photo: Herb Jamero (FANHS Central Valley), Lourdes Cereno (FANHS Oregon President), Titania Buchholdt (FANHS Alaska), Simeon Mamaril (FANHS Oregon), Fran Alayu Womack (FANHS National Secretary & FANHS Midwest), Art Villarruz (FANHS Central Valley), Mel Orpilla (FANHS Vallejo), Joan May T. Cordova (FANHS National President & FANHS Pennsylvania), Nena Calica (FANHS LA), Dely Alcantara (FANHS Rio Grande New Mexico), Vangie Buell (FANHS National Vice President & FANHS East Bay), Moreno Balantac (FANHS Stockton), Letty Bantillo Perez (FANHS Stockton), Baylan Megino (FANHS East Bay), Emily P. Lawsin (FANHS Michigan), Concordia Mamaril (FANHS Oregon), Princess Emraida Kiram (FANHS Wisconsin), Patricia Espiritu Halagao (Hawai'i), Luna Jamero (FANHS Central Valley), Dorothy Cordova (FANHS Executive Director, Seattle), Melvin Arthur LaGasca (FANHS Stockton), Fred Cordova, Bob Luna (FANHS Central Valley President), Christine R Marasigan (FANHS Alaska), Maria Terri Torres (FANHS Stockton). Missing but in attendance are: Dawn Mabalon (FANHS Stockton & Little Manila Foundation), Ron Buenaventura (FANHS National Secretary & FANHS San Diego), Linda Revilla, Bobby Roy, and Pam Bulahan (FANHS Sacramento Delta), Fran Tibon Estoista (FANHS Sacramento Delta President), Delia Repolla (FANHS Sonoma County Presdient), Al Acena (FANHS National), Eduardo Datangel (FANHS San Francisco President). Other trustees sent email: Ray Obispo (FANHS Hampton Roads, Virginia), Oscar Penaranda (FANHS San Francisco), Nestor Enriquez (FANHS New Jersey), Gil Pilapil (FANHS Midwest), and Enrique Dela Cruz (FANHS LA).

FANHS Chapter news

FANHS Leaders to Speak at Filipino Intercollegiate Networking Dialogue (FIND) Conference at Drexel University, Philadelphia - March 28, 2009

http://www.findinc.org/conference2009/speakers.htm

UPDATE: Students organized a highly successful FIND conference at Drexel University. CONGRATS to all!! Here are photos from the 28 March 09 event: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AbsW7Ju3atlEiI

Throughout FIND’s history, many FANHS (Filipino American National Historical Society) leaders have supported FIND as speakers and donors. Dr. Fred Cordova, Dr. Dorothy Fujita-Rony, Oscar Penaranda, Peter Bacho, Dr. Dawn Mabalon, Dr. Patricia Espiritu Halagao, Timoteo Cordova and others have all been speakers and workshop leaders at FIND since the early 1990s. Generations of FANHS youth -- including many students of FANHS Trustee Ray Obispo -- have also served as FIND organizers and leaders. This year, FANHS leaders speaking at FIND include Professor Emily Lawsin of FANHS Michigan Chapter (opening keynote plenary session), Dr. Allan Bergano FANHS Hampton Roads Founding President (closing keynote plenary session), and workshop leaders FANHS Hampton Roads President Veronica Salcedo, former FANHS Trustee Brad Baldia, Gem Daus who gave a workshop at the FANHS national conference in Anchorage, and Dr. Joan May Cordova, FANHS National President. CHEERS and many thanks to all the students who worked so hard to create this conference! Roberto Jamora, UVA senior who worked with FIND's program committee, has been a young FANHS leader since 8th grade. Special thanks :-)


Filipino American National Historical Society-Wisconsin Chapter
Third SARIMANOK AWARDS

http://www.asianwisconzine.com/032109FANHSVideoReport.html

On March 21, 2009, the Filipino American National Historical Society(FANHS)-Wisconsin Chapter honored Wisconsin's

Outstanding Young Professionals and Distinguished Community Service Awards, at Marriott Milwaukee West, in Waukesha, Wisconsin.


SAVE THE DATE FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS

FANHS Midwest Chapter
Biennial regional conference at Ohio State University on October 16 or 17, 2009

FANHS San Diego Chapter presents "Filipino Americans: History & Scholarly Perspectives," with featured speakers, Dr. Patricia Espiritu Halagao, FANHS National Trustee and Dr. Joan May T. Cordova

April 18, 2009 - Miramar College 10440 Black Mountain Road San Diego, CA 92126 Room I-101

Please also note this event at the University of California, San Diego:

Monday, April 13

Dr. Joan May Cordova: "Filipinos in the Fields — Conflicts and Coalitions"
Noon – 1:30 p.m., Cross-Cultural Center (map)
Info: Contact
nmagpusao@ucsd.edu

http://blink.ucsd.edu/Blink/External/Topics/Policy/0,1162,15949,00.html

FANHS Stockton Chapter
Annual Golf & Picnic Fundraiser for the FANHS National Museum - May 9, 2009

FANHS Hampton Roads Chapter

July 1 – 5, 2009 Summer Symposium, “Sigue: Our Moment is Now”

Virginia Wesleyan College in Virginia Beach, Virginia

FANHS Rio Grande Chapter
Biennial Pamana Awards - August 8, 2009


FANHS Central Coast Chapter Annual community picnic - April 25, 2009
Also working with UC Merced and Davis students.

Reflections on Filipino American History Month, 2008

As FANHS begins its 26th year during this season of hopeful new beginnings, I'll share some reflections on Filipino American History Month -- a concept that FANHS created in 1988.

On the first of October in 2008, Barack Obama wrote: "I appreciate the opportunity to join the Filipino American National Historical Society and its
friends in celebrating Filipino American History Month. This celebration is a wonderful opportunity to honor the values and traditions of Filipino Americans, and your role in the story of America..." The complete letter written by President Elect Obama may be found here:
http://obama.3cdn.net/67f8901ffa513f7a92_6km6bh7gj.pdf


FANHS Stockton (CA) Chapter
Terri Torres wrote:
"October was a great month for Stockton FANHS - we had exhibits at the local library, participated in the lobby display for the play "The Romance of Magno Rubio" - a great play, by the way! We also co-sponsored a symposium about Carlos Bulosan with Dawn Mabalon and a booksigning of Riz Raymundo's "Tomorrow's Memories" - both at the library. We also participated in Pleasanton's first Filipino American History month event - showing the PBS doc "Little Manila", and met with students from Berkeley at the Daguhoy Lodge and spoke a little about our history, again, with Dawn and others from the Little Manila Foundation. We also held our annual FANHS Stockton Community Recognition Awards, for the 9th year, and honored 5 Filipino Americans for their contributions to the Stockton area. They were Raquel "Nancy" Andres, Gloria Carido Nomura, Pilar Reynon, Tony Somera, and posthumously, Larry Itliong. Each chapter pres should have gotten our October newsletter with a little info about each honoree. It turned out very well! This is also a fundraiser for our chapter expenses. It's been a busy month!"





FANHS East Bay (Berkeley - Oakland, CA) Chapter
A message from Vangie Buell, FANHS East Bay Chapter & FANHS National Vice President:
"We have been extremely busy especially in the planning of the launching of our book Filipinos in the East Bay which was launched at International House at UC Berkeley on Sept 25 (about 300 attended) and it was a multi-media event with "Little Brown Brothers" Jazz band, folk singers, and spoken word poets, along with our power point presentation of the book..an exciting event. Of course lots of food."

FANHS Pennsylvania Chapter
FANHS PA officers -- the youngest of our FANHS national network of 28 chapters -- organized a successful first Filipino American history (ten course :-) banquet with more than 100 guests on October 17. The inspiring event featured guest speaker Juanita Tamayo Lott (of Washington, DC) and drew community leaders from St. Augustine Church Choir, Asian Americans United (AAU), Filipino Executive Council of Greater Philadelphia (FECGP --24 orgs), Philippine Folk Arts Society (PFASI), Drexel University's School of Ed & Multicultural Collaborative, Asian Arts Initiative (AAI), Asian American Women's Coalition (AAWC), Scribe Video Center, OCA Philly Chapter, MUTYA, FISDU, TUPAC, University of Maryland College Park, and Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition (SEAMAAC). Cheers to all who attended, volunteered, donated raffle and silent auction prizes. Whoo-hoo! Thanks to David Lee who took the 435 great photos posted here: http://picasaweb.google.com/DLEbayPics/FAHNS#



FANHS Vallejo (CA)Chapter


Filipino American Film Festival
October 18 & 19 - Vallejo, California

sponsored by
The Filipino American National Historical Society and Seafood City




The featured film on October 18: "Little Manila: Filipinos in California's Heartland." Produced and directed by Emmy Award winning film-maker, Marissa Aroy

Also featured: "Strange Land ," produced and directed by Emmy Award winning film-maker Stephanie Castillo.

"Broken Promises," by Kabataang maka-Bayan USA . It is a film about the plight of Filipino WWII veterans and the impact of the US Government's Recission Act;

"Arkiteknik," a film about emerging Filipino American fashion and design by Anthony Legarda; and

"Balikbayan (Homebound)," by Larilyn Sanchez and Riza Manalo, about one woman's last journey back home to the Philippines.

"The Gift of Barong: A Journey from Within," by Dan Moreno and Benito Bautista. The film won Best Cinematography at the New York International Film Festival.

"The Great Pinoy Boxing Era," directed and produced by Corky Pasquil.

The third featured film is the award-winning film, "The Fall of the I-Hotel," by Curtis Choy.

Featured short films included:

"Lolo's Present," by local film-maker Eli Africa, and

"Little Brown Man," by Howie Severino.


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These are just a few of the Filipino American History Month activities sponsored by FANHS Chapters throughout the US. There are so many more. For most of us involved in FANHS, each month brings opportunities for gathering, creating, and promoting Filipino American history.

Please join us!

~Joanie

Dr. Joan May Timtiman Cordova
FANHS National President
forourcommunities@gmail.com