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October is Filipino American History Month (FAHM) and the FAHM 2020 theme is "The History of Filipino American Activism". On October 13, 2020, I was able to participate in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Sacramento, one of many across the country, honoring our valiant Filipino World War II veterans, whose service record was rescinded shortly after the war. A movement for full equity has taken place since then. Pictured here Manong Bert and Manang Luz, past presidents of the Association of Filipino and American World War II Veterans (AFAWVet) and AFAWVet Auxiliary, surrounded by some brothers of Chi Rho Omicron, a Filipino American fraternity. Manong Bert and Manang Luz were 96 years old and married for 74 years in this photo. After coming to US in the late 90s, they worked and maintained jobs and income to provide affidavit of support to petition all of their children. All their children are here today. I met them in the early 2000s when we began organizing for full equity for Filipino World War II veterans and to provide direct services to them along with members of the Bayanihan Clinic, Rizal Lions Club, Filipino Americans in Health Careers (FAHC), Kappa Psi Epsilon, Chi Rho Omicron, Student Action for Veterans Equity (SAVE) and other members of the community. #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth #FAHM2020 #FANHS https://www.instagram.com/p/CGS9_oHpPAA/?igshid=11194lmfc7v3d

For its 2019 Filipino American History Month theme, the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) recognizes “Pinay Visionaries: Celebrating Filipina American Women” and their contributions to history and the Filipina/o American community nationwide. Throughout history, Pinay — Filipina American women — leaders, laborers, scholars, scientists, and activists have been the backbone of the Filipina/o American community. These Filipina Americans have overcome racial and gender discrimination, and have persevered to contribute to their respective fields. This year, we celebrate Filipina American women across the United States, including Pinays like: Dr. Dorothy Laigo Cordova – Founder and Executive Director of the Filipino American National Historical Society. She began organizing and advocating for the Filipino American community since the 1950s. Her vision has paved the way for FANHS, Filipino American History Month, and Filipino American Studies. Victoria “Vicki” Manalo Draves – the first Asian American Olympic gold medalist. She won two gold medals in platform and springboard diving in 1948. Dr. Felicisima “Ping” Serafica – the first Filipina American professor of psychology to receive tenure in the US. She helped establish one of the Philippines’ first hospitals for children with mental disabilities and the country’s first interdisciplinary mental health clinic. Thelma Buchholdt – the first Filipina American elected to a legislature in the United States in 1974 and the first Asian American elected to serve as President of the National Order of Women Legislators. Dr. Dawn Bohulano Mabalon – the first Filipina/o to receive a Ph.D. in History from Stanford University. She was a professor, a historic preservationist, and the author of Little Manila is in the Heart and Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong. Read more at http://fanhs-national.org/filam/2019-filipino-american-history-month-theme-pinay-visionaries/ #FANHS #FAHM2019 #PinayVisionaries #PinayPower https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Wz45bJ3yZ/?igshid=2lavcshuhghi

Flashback 2010 Aug 2 #Seattle @fanhs_national archives with #FANHS Founding President Uncle #FredCordova and @keptabsorbed 📷: @lorenzdumuk Missing you all and daily see the value of family/community history. 🥰💕💕🐰 (at Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0qn9YKAOd-/?igshid=1d48qs2o4jneo

Thank you Lonnie Rillamas Patubo for your continued effort to recognize the great contributions that many Filipino Americans have given to the great story that is the United States. I am looking forward to this documentary, the Delano Manongs, about Labor organizer Larry Dulay Itliong and how he lead a strike of Filipino farmworkers in 1965. More info: https://www.delanomanongs.com/about We need a Larry Itliong Day in Arizona. #Filipino #farmworkersmovement #larryitlong #FANHS (at Mesa, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsNlqsOhj-V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x5bsmsczuqvi

Celebrating Filipino American History Month at High Tech High. #fanhs #filipinoamericanhistorymonth #boysan (at High Tech High Chula Vista)

#ForCommunities2017 Great meet-up with SF writer #OscarPeñaranda & brother, and journalist #CriseldaYabes at U.P. Diliman 02/03/17. #FANHS #Manila #quezoncity (at Via Mare U.P. Diliman)

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fred-cordova-advocate-for-filipino-community-dies-at-82/

Thank you, Tina Bee for sharing this news. Judy is my daughter's ninang. She's my sister in Christian. Super proud of Judy patacsil speaking at the White House on Filipino American History Month on behalf of FANHS (Filipino American National Historical Society). #fanhs #filipinoamericanhistorymonth #judypatacsil #patacsil #boysan (at The White House)