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Filipinos in America: From Colonial Subjects to Citizens

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» New York, NY – April to November 2006
» Los Angeles/Southern California – March to December 2006
» Honolulu, HI – June 29, 2006 and September 29, 2006
» San Francisco, CA – October 6, 2006
» Las Vegas, NV – October 8, 2006
» Seattle, WA – November 17 and 18, 2006
» San Diego, CA – TBD

May 18, 2006 – August 20, 2006
S. Dillon Ripley Center Concourse
1100 Jefferson Dr., S.W.
Washington, DC

This exhibition explores the challenges and issues that confronted Filipinos following the annexation of the Philippines as a U.S. territory in 1898 as colonial subjects and “nationals,” as well as their struggles to acquire full citizenship status as immigrants in this country throughout the last century.
It will highlight the unique contributions of Filipinos in the development of Hawai'i' and West Coast agribusiness industries, seafood and cannery industries in Alaska, in the U.S. military, public service, in literature and arts, sports, and more recently, as doctors and nurses in America's health care industry. Through a hundred photo murals and images, the social history and the development of the Filipino community in the United States will be vividly portrayed. Dean Alegado, associate professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, curated this exhibition.

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Sunday, July 16, 2006, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Discovery Theater, S. Dillon Ripley Center
Smithsonian Institution
1100 Jefferson Dr., SW
Washington, DC

Two Filipino American children's book authors/illustrators will delight audiences, young and old, with storytelling and readings. Book illustrator Jose Aruego (Milton the Early, Herman the Helper) will explore the humorous animal characters from his books and Almira Astudillo Gilles will do the reading from her latest work Willie Wins, an endearing story of a Filipino American father and son and their love of baseball.

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Friday, July 28, 2006, 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Lecture Hall, S. Dillon Ripley Center
Smithsonian Institution
1100 Jefferson Dr., S.W.
Washington, DC

This program deals with the challenges faced by immigrants who came after the Immigration Act of 1965 as they settled in the United States. Post-1965 Filipino immigrants, including doctors, nurses, and other overseas workers, faced different challenges from the first wave of immigrants. Panelists will also discuss community and political empowerment, multi-racial issues, social and community activism, and youth issues.

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Friday, October 20, 2006, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
10th St. and Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC

Join us for the world premiere of Sandaan, a documentary created for the Filipino American Centennial by Sonny Izon. This public program provides a visual history of Filipino Americans and their crucial contributions to this country in filmmaking. The program will conclude with a tribute to two pioneering filmmakers: Linda Mabalot and Ray Gatchalian.

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Filipino American Literary Writers (December)

Friday, December 8, 2006, 6:30pm-8:30pm
National Museum of the American Indian
Contemporary Filipino American writers talk about their inspiration and their impact on American literature.

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New York, NY – April to November 2006

New York celebrates the Centennial with several events throughout the year linking Filipino Americans in the tri-state area. These include historical and contemporary panel presentations, film screening, exhibits, cultural and artistic presentations, parades and festivals, and the uniquely New York event-- lighting of the Empire State Building in Philippine colors. For more info, please visit www.pcgny.net or call Deputy Consul General Millie Stamaria-Thomeczek of the Philippine Consulate General at 212-764-1330 ext.306 or email newyork@pcgny.net.

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Los Angeles/Southern California – March to December 2006

Los Angeles / Southern California, home of the largest Filipino population outside the Philippines, celebrates the Centennial with several events linking Filipino Americans from Ventura to San Bernardino Counties. For more info, please visit www.filamcentennial-la.org or call Ms. Lita Patayon of the Philippine Consulate at (213) 637-3020 or email yey.coronel@filamcentennial-la.org.

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Honolulu, HI – June 29, 2006 and September 29, 2006

Smithsonian APA Program will be co-sponsoring the Filipino American Authors' Reception at the 11th Biennial National Conference of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), “Sakadas and Beyond: Connecting Our Past to Inspire the Future” at the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel on June 29, 2006. For more info, please visit http://www.fanhs-national.org or call (206) 324-9011.

“Sandaan,” the movie that tells the story of the Filipino American in the last 100 years, and produced by Sonny Izon, will be shown on Friday, Sept 29 by the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA), at their 2006 Convention at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Waikiki. For more info, please visit www.naffaa.org or call 202-986-1153.

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San Francisco, CA – October 6, 2006

Filipino Centennial Symposium (Amb. Alfonso Yuchengco Annual Lecture Series) will present the history of Filipinos in the United States starting from the Sakadas in Hawaii's plantations to the turn of the millennium where Filipino Americans now make up the second largest Asian community in the United States. The second part of the symposium will discuss contemporary issues facing the Filipino American community from senior citizens' rights including the WW II veterans' fight for full equity to women's and youth issues, to discrimination and political empowerment. For more information, please visit http://www.pacificrim.usfca.edu/events/centennial.html or contact Mona Lisa Yuchengco at (415) 422-6401 or msyuchengco@usfca.edu. Additional SF Centennial events, please contact chair Marivic Bamba at bambavi@gmail.com.

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Las Vegas, NV – October 8, 2006

“Sandaan,” the film that traces the history of the Filipino American in the last 100 years and produced by Sonny Izon, will be shown and followed by a Q&A Forum with a reception. 2:00pm - 6:00pm, Flamingo Library, Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Cosponsored by LVCCD, NAFFAA Las Vegas Chapter. For more info, please contact Rozita Lee, 702.732.3631 rozitalee@aol.com or Aurora J. Wong, 702.362.0650 ajosewong@aol.com.

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Seattle, WA – November 17 and 18 2006

"Hawai'i and Beyond: The Filipino American Centennial," discussion co-sponsored by University of Washington, Seattle and Filipino American National History Society. For more information, please contact Steve Sumida, sumida@u.washington.edu.

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San Diego, CA – TBD

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