Category: Immigration
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One Filipino at a Time
by Ysa Quiballo and Jerry Clarito Transcript Five three, Five three, Cincuenta y tres, Cincuenta y tres, Letter G Okay, so my name is Jerry Clarito and I’m the chairman of the board of directors. But at the same time (I am) were wearing the hat of the Executive Director which means I have to…
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PILIPINO KA BA?
by Almira Astudillo Gilles This month, I will start my ethnoastronomy research among the Ivatan people in Batanes. Batanes is the smallest and northernmost province of the Philippines and is composed of the main islands of Batan, Sabtang, and Itbayat. Only people of Ivatan lineage can reside there unless they are married to one. Batanes…
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Immigration Call to Action
by Connie Triggiano These days, the Filipinos’ very own hallowed virtue of “damayan,” or “helping each other,” is being tested — it is summoning each Filipino American to live up to damayan’s profound calling amidst the threat of widespread deportation of the undocumented in the US — some 370,000 of them being Filipinos, according to…
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The Threat of Deportation Looms Large, Spreads Fear in Immigrant Communities
by Connie Triggiano Every new year offers a hopeful pathway to ditching the depths, surmounting life’s setbacks of the previous year, and latching on to the promise of better times. As the year 2025 beckons, Filipino American communities in the US are gearing up to face a battery of challenges the most daunting of which…
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Christmas Trees That Spawned a Friendship
by Connie C. Triggiano We were three friends, with three Christmas trees together, on three Advent weekends, along with three sets of Christmas ornaments and three different arrays of native snacks and drinks that sealed a friendship in balmy-weathered San Francisco in the early 1980s. It began in our Humanities class during a special winter…
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Pilipino Ka Ba: Our Kababayan’s Keeper
by Almira Astudillo Gilles A Pew study found that Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in the U.S., forecasted to be the largest immigrant group by 2065. In a 2024 article published in the Journal of Immigration and Minority Health, the authors tackled the challenges of mental health care for Filipino Americans and…
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Ang Pagsalin sa Wikang Filipino ay Di Biro
ni Ogot Sumulong Isang nakagawian kong gawin tuwing bumibiyahe sa Pilipinas ay ang pagbisita sa ilang bookstores sa Quezon City. Hindi naman ako napagkakaitan ng galak nang huling nag-usyoso sa Filipiniana section nila kamakailan. Tatlong aklat ang inampon ko paglabas ng tindahan. May kanya-kanya silang paksain subali’t may isang sinulid na tumuhog sa kanila na…
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Generations – Conversations with Filipinos young, old, and in between. Third episode
by Lulu Santiago In this episode, I share my conversation with Ava Bernardo (Freshman – 14, Filipina) and Tavian Sancho (Freshman – 14, Filipino). Lulu: How do you think knowing your culture’s language helps connect with your ancestors? Tavian: To me, I personally think knowing my culture’s language helps connect with my ancestors since my…
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Ang Pilipinas at ang Asya noong Panahon ng Rebolusyong 1896 (Isang kuro-kuro tungkol sa aklat)
ni Ogot Sumulong Kung makikita natin ang Philippine Revolution sa konteksto ng Asya noong pagsara ng piyudal na ika-19 dantaon at pagsimula ng “modernong” ika-20 dantaon, maaaring lalo pa nating matatanto ang lalim at bigat ng pagkakabuo ng kauna-unahang, bagama’t di nagtagal na, makabayang republika sa Asya noong 1899. Ang aklat ni Nicole Cuunjieng Aboitiz…
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Filipino Americans — the invisible voters
by Connie C. Triggiano In research studies, the answer is usually derived from a top-of-mind question. For instance, “what comes to mind when we refer to Asians?” Most likely than not, every other Asian is cited: Chinese, Koreans, Japanese. Maybe one or two more come up: Indians, Vietnamese. What about Filipinos? Oh yes, of course.…