Category: Immigration
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Pilipino Ka Ba?
by Almira Astudillo Gilles November is a difficult month. It starts with the Feast of All Souls and All Saints in the Catholic Church. In the Philippines, families and friends visit the graves of their beloved, bringing food to tide them over while they spend a prolonged time reminiscing. In the U.S., the practice of…
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Generations – Conversations with Filipinos young, old, and in between. Second episode
by Lulu Santiago In this episode, I talk with Arlyn (Freshman – 14, Filipina/Visayan) and Maxwell (Freshman – 14, Filipino) Lulu: What sports/artists have the most impact when bringing young Filipinos together? Arlyn: From what I’ve noticed so far, lots of Filipinos gain large amounts of passion and attention to basketball. Gatherings and parties related…
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Little known chapter in Philippine History: President Quezon in 1939 rescues over 1200 Jewish Refugees from Holocaust
by Connie C. Triggiano The Philippines’ greatest shining moment slithered through the darkest hours of World War II when the country rose to the moral challenge of opening its doors to thousands of Jews escaping from Holocaust chambers of Nazi Germany. This little-known rescue of the Jews in the lead-up to the Holocaust in 1939…
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Paggunita ng Filipino American History sa Taong 2024
ni Ogot Sumulong Ang Oktubre ay buwan ng Filipino American History. Ayon sa balita, ang kauna-unahang pagdiriwang nito ng Filipino American National Historical Society ay naganap noong buwan ng Oktubre 1992. Oktubre ang pinili dahil ito ang buwan noong 1587 na napadpad nakarating sa Amerika ang ilang na tinawag na “Indios Luzones”. Panandang bato ng…
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Pilipino Ka Ba?
by Almira Astudillo Gilles October is Filipino American History Month, which commemorates the arrival of the first Filipinos in Morro Bay, California on October 18, 1587. A galleon trade route operated between 1565 and 1815, connecting Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Manila was at the center of one of these routes, transporting goods from China…
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Ang legacy ng Setyembre 21, 1972
Ogot Sumulong Sa karamihan, ibinaba ni Pangulong Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (“FM”) ang batas militar noong ika-21 ng Setyembre, 1972 nang nilagdaan niya ang Proclamation 1081. Ang araw na iyon, Huwebes, ang simula ng halos labing apat na taong one-man rule (sa iba, diktadurya ito) ni FM hanggang sa napatalsik siya sa Malacanang Palace noong ika-26…
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For Filipinos in America, love travels in a box
Connie C. Triggiano September ushers in autumn and a riveting reflection about the cycle of life amid darkening shadows and silent afternoons. It prompts consciousness about the passing of the seasons, a foreboding feeling made profound by the wailing of time and an intense pining for loved ones some great distance away. For the Filipinos…
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Pilipino Ka Ba?
Food for Thought: Assimilation by Almira Astudillo Gilles A couple of weeks ago during Kapihan sa Rizal Center, I asked the seniors who were gathered there what the Rizal Center meant to them. The predominant answer was that it’s a “home away from home,” a place for camaraderie with fellow Filipinos. While this answer is…