FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
OCTOBER 2022

Celebrating the history, traditions, accomplishments, and legacy of Filipinos in America.

Spotlight: Glendale Community College

Mike Dulay provides an analysis of the psychological and historical factors that combine to form the Filipino-American Identity. This presentation sheds light on the “colonial mindset” and explores its negative effects on developing a strong ethnic identity and self-efficacy. This presentation was originally recorded in May 2021.

Professor Mike Dulay has taught courses in Psychology, Ethnic Studies, and Social Sciences since 1998.  His research interests focus on Racial Identity Theory, Asian American Studies, and the impact of power on individuals and groups in the United States. He is currently serving his fifteenth year as the Social Sciences Division Chair at Glendale Community College.

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. 

1. Good morning!/ Magandang umaga! 

1. Hi! or Hello! or How are you? / (informal) Kumusta? 

GENERAL RESOURCES

• Filipino American National History 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. 

LOCAL RESOURCES

• 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. 

• 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. 

• 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. 

• Filipino American Business Association of Glendale The Filipino American Business Association of Glendale, FABAG, is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and empowering Fil-Am businesses and our partners through business networking mixers, seminars, workshops, and more. We also enrich the community through cultural celebrations and community service. We are a diverse group of businesses ranging from small businesses to corporations. Our members are an eclectic mix of ethnicities and talents who work together to benefit society in general.