Filipino American History Month
FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
OCTOBER 2024
Celebrating the history, traditions, accomplishments, and legacy of Filipinos in America.
KAYAMANAN NG LAHI PHILIPPINE FOLK ARTS
Thursday, October 24 • 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM • Casa Verdugo Library
Translated as treasures of our people, Kayamanan Ng Lahi's mission is to inspire transformation through cultural understanding and artistic expression so that we empower ourselves, our families, and our communities, and enrich society. Experience the richness and diversity of Philippine culture through dance, music, and song. Sponsored by the Music Center. All Ages.
MAKE A BAHAY KUBO CRAFT
Thursday, October 10 • 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM • Casa Verdugo Library
In celebration of Filipino American History Month, design a Bahay Kubo - the iconic traditional style home for families living in the countryside of the Philippines. While supplies last.
The Bahay Kubo is a home with a door and windows and is typically made out of natural materials such as such as wood, bamboo and cogon grass. It helps families adapt to the rainy seasons of the islands' tropical environment. For this program we will use sticks, cardboard, and raffia. Ages 3 - 12
Do you want to learn how to speak Filipino/Tagalog?
Mango Languages is a language learning tool that offers instruction in more than 70 languages. English as a second language (ESL) courses are also offered.
Access Mango Languages online or download the mobile app. To use Mango Languages, you will need to create an account.
Here are a couple of examples in Filipino/Tagalog.
Good morning!/ Magandang umaga!
Hi! or Hello! or How are you? / (informal) Kumusta?
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LOCAL RESOURCES
SoCal Filipinos is a network of Filipinos in Southern California who seeks to connect the Filipino community in Southern California through their shared experience by providing meaningful content, workshops, panels and events.
Filipino-American Business Association of Glendale is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and empowering Fil-Am businesses and partners through business networking mixers, seminars, workshops, and more.
Carlos Bulosan Book Club is a project of the Friends of Echo Park Branch Library. The Echo Park Branch Library, part of the Los Angeles Public Library system, is located in the heart of Filipinotown and houses the Philipino Heritage Collection. The Book Club meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month.
Lost L.A. is a local PBS program that features lesser-known histories of people and places in Los Angeles. Included are episodes on Historic Filipinotown and Little Manila.
Embracing the value of kapwa (shared being), the mission of the Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts and Culture’s (FilAm ARTS) is to facilitate community synergy and transformation by advancing the arts and diverse cultural heritage of Filipinos through arts services, presentation, and education. FILAM ARTS organizes the annual Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture.
Advancing Justice-LA is the nation’s largest legal and civil rights organization for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
LA vs Hate is a community centered, artist driven campaign to support all residents of Los Angeles County. Led by the Human Relations Commission, the LA vs. Hate Campaign partners with community partners from every district of the county representing a diverse coalition of voices committed to ending hate.
Tuesday Night Project (TNP) is an Asian American grassroots and volunteer-based organization fiercely devoted to bridging communities by providing programming and interactive spaces for people to connect through artistic expression and strong, creative, community partnerships.
The Asian Pacific Resource Center (APRC) is a special collection of the County of Los Angeles Public Library the emphasis of the collection is on the Asian American / Pacific Islander American experience, with core holdings on the history, art, and culture - of China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Hawaii, and American Samoa.
Stop DiscriminAsian (SDA) started as a small group of friends in New York and Los Angeles who were looking to each other for support after enduring anti-Asian attacks in March 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group expanded to art workers in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, and has since collaborated with other groups fighting racism, within the arts and beyond. Collectively, they descend from regions that include present-day China, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, South and North Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
GENERAL RESOURCES
Filipino American National Historical Society mission is to promote understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation and enrichment through the identification, gathering, preservation and dissemination of the history and culture of Filipino Americans in the United States.
Stop AAPI Hate, the center tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
Asia Society is the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context.
The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience offers an authentic and unique perspective on the American story.
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco connects art to life. Their mission is to inspire new ways of thinking by connecting diverse communities to historical and contemporary Asian art and culture through our world-class collection, exhibitions and programs.
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center brings history, art and culture to you through innovative museum experiences and digital initiatives.
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