Our Time in America

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We begin this year's Filipino American History Month (FAHM) our usual way: by posting an updated FilAm History Timeline. This 2024 edition has new entries (in red). Our timeline is the most comprehensive there is. If you're a student, an academic, a researcher or a writer, make sure you save a copy. It's a valuable reference that chronicles the Filipino presence in US shores.

"Lola's Spaghetti," "Ulam" and "Dreamweavers" -- these are the three short films by FilAms that reached the finals of the Asian American Film Lab's 72-Hour Shootout, an intense competition that gave aspiring filmmakers a mere three days to write, shoot and edit a film for submission. From New York City, Elaine Joy Edaya Degale writes about this August event where she won as best screenwriter for "Dreamweavers."

In his recent exhibit called "Pinoy Traits" at the Pinto Art Museum in Antipolo, the social realist painter Melvyn Culaba adds a touch of humor and lightness to this batch of paintings, "without sacrificing the seriousness of their message," his words. We repost here the story of his exhibit written by S.C. Fojas of the Manila Bulletin. 

Through our eleven years of posting stories about the Filipino diaspora, we've had some very interesting articles that we know you would like to read again. Below are three of them. 

Our Video of the Week is a video documentary on the Battle at Leyte Gulf: October 23- 26, 1944 -- still the largest naval engagement in the history of the world. 

Read Again:

Where Exactly Did ‘Filipinos’ First Land in California?

Forget Them Not

Murder Most Foul

In The Know

Philippines says to evacuate thousands from Lebanon if Israel invades
https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2572957/world?

Maj. Floren P. Herrera ’13 Selected for 2024 Nininger Award
https://www.westpointaog.org/news/maj-floren-p-herrera-13-selected-for-2024-nininger-award/

AANHPI civic engagement increases as hate crimes persist
https://asamnews.com/2024/09/25/asian-american-native-hawaiian-pacific-islander-hate-crimes-report-civic-political-engagement/

AANHPI face rising safety concerns amid surge in hate crimes
https://asamnews.com/2024/09/28/aanhpi-face-rising-safety-concerns-amid-surge-in-hate-crimes/ 

Kamala Harris ad targets Fil Am voters in Nevada
https://asamnews.com/2024/09/27/nevada-swing-state-6-electoral-votes-fil-ams-could-sway-election/

Tyketto vocalist comes to defense of Journey’s Arnel Pineda
https://asamnews.com/2024/09/27/rock-legend-dont-stop-believin-performance-panned/

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Our Votes Matter

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Fact: "In the 2020 and 2022 elections, Democrats won Asian Americans’ votes in national elections by noticeably smaller margins than in years past." Author/academic James Zarsadiaz, in his op-ed piece first published in the Los Angeles Times, traces the history of Asian Americans’ increasing slant towards the Republican Party, an interesting shift worth watching. But will the recent upheaval in the US presidential elections -- the phenomenal ascendance of Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate -- alter this trend? As Filipino telenovelas would urge: Abangan ang susunod na kabanata (watch for the next episode).  

The Philippine call center industry in the Philippines is big business and already a permanent presence in the nation's economy. It's just fitting then that an award-winning fictionist - Glenn Diaz, a professor at Ateneo de Manila - makes a call center the setting of this crime thriller, The Quiet Ones. New York-based writer/academic Elaine Joy Edaya Degale reviews the book. 

We continue to spotlight Filipino artists, this time a pointillist born and bred in the Philippines' art capital, Angono, Rizal. Dolpee Alcantara Jr.'s signature technique and vivid colors are discussed by first-time contributor Leodovico Padua Masuli. 

Our Video of the Week, another of The Filipino Story's inspiring episodes: "I Didn't Want to be Filipino."

Anti-Asian Hate Watch

North Valley JCC shooting: 25 years later, the enduring fight against hate continues
https://abc7.com/post/north-valley-jcc-shooting-25-years-later-enduring-fight-hate-continues/15167111/

Nassau County mask ban: Many concerned over 'possibility of bias and hate crimes'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nassau-county-mask-ban-many-235320938.html

New York City mayor hosts dialogue to address unmatched levels of hate crime
https://www.philippinenews.com/new-york-city-mayor-hosts-dialogue-to-address-unmatched-levels-of-hate-crime/

Funding provided by the State of California.

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