FOOD
FOOD AND
FOOD AND DANCE ARE HUGE ELEMENTS OF FILIPINO CULTURE. >> AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
MARK FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY
MONTH BY LEARNING A FEW FACTS
IN FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY.
HERE TO GIVE US AN INSIGHT ON
FILIPINO AMERICAN HERITAGE IS
MY GOOD FRIEND ROSIE DAUZ WHO'S
ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL DAY
ASSOCIATION HERE IN SACRAMENTO.
ROSIE, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WHEN DO YOU START BY TELLING
OUR VIEWERS ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE A FILIPINO AMERICAN
HISTORY MONTH?
>> OF COURSE OUR THANKS FOR
HAVING ME BOTH.
YOU KNOW AMERICAN HISTORY
MONTH.
A HUGE MONTH FOR US.
IT IS ACTUALLY THE PAST WHERE
THE FIRST FILIPINOS CAME TO
AMERICA BACK IN OCTOBER FIFTEEN
EIGHTY SEVEN.
I MEAN ORO BAY.
AND SO SINCE THEN YOU'RE NOW
LIKE THE SECOND LARGEST
AMERICAN GROUP IN THE NATION
AND THE THIRD LARGEST HERE IN
CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY.
TALK ABOUT WHAT BEING FILIPINO
AMERICAN MEANS TO YOU.
SO IT'S I WOULD SAY THAT'S
THAT'S A HUGE QUESTION STOLCH
NO AMERICAN TO ME BUT ABOUT MY
HISTORY, MY UPBRINGING, MY
CULTURE, HOW I THINK MY PARENTS
AND FAMILY ESPECIALLY IN MAKING
SURE THAT THOSE CULTURES AND
VALUES LIKE SPEAK WITH ME
THROUGHOUT MY WHOLE EXPERIENCE
AND BRINGING IT OUT TO MY
PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
SO YES, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE.
>> WELL, I'M FILIPINO AMERICAN
TOO AND AS WE BOTH KNOW, WE
LOVE SHARING OUR FOOD, OUR
CULTURE AND HISTORY WITH
PEOPLE.
LET'S GO AND DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS SURROUNDING
FILIPINO AMERICANS.
YEAH.
AND SO MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT
FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT AND
CHAVEZ.
CHAVEZ. BUT WHAT THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW IS THAT THOSE NOTES TODAY CUBAN
OVERALL IN THAT MOVEMENT.
RIGHT.
LARRY, IF WE WAS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST ADS ACTIVISTS THERE
WITH CESAR CHAVEZ AND IS THERE
IT DAY IS ACTUALLY OCTOBER 25TH
THIS GOVERNOR NEWSONE EHDS TO
MEET THAT THEIR PROCLAMATION
FOR AT PEOPE IN ALL OF THE HARD
WORK THAT THEY DID DURING THE
GREAT STRIKE MOVEMENT IN 1965
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALL
EQUAL WITH THE MOVEMENT AND
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ACTIVISM
THAT'S GONE ALONG WITH THAT A
LOT OF THE ACTIVISTS WERE THE
UNITED FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT
FOR.
YES.
FOR. YES.
FOR. YES. >> I MEAN JUST IN THE
COMMUNITY.
YEAH.
COMMUNITY. YEAH. A LOT OF THEM IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S ACTUALLY FILIPINO AMERICAN
NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OF BONDS WAS ABLE TO CREATE
THIS YEAR'S THEME FOR ACTIVISM
UNTIL WE ARE TRYING TO HIT PEPE
WITH ACTIVISM, SOME OF OUR
ACTIVISM SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND SO YOU NOTICE ACTUALLY I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN READ ANY
THURDAY.
SO SORORITY IN DAVIS
CREATED THIS SHIRT WE'RE
TALKING ACTIVISTS HERE IN
AMERICA AS WELL AS BILL.
RIGHT.
LIKE A A IS ANOTHER FEUD'S
ACTIVIST AS WELL AS WRITER THAT
PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE
PHILIPPINES ALL THE WAY BACK
DOWN TO ORGANIZED LIKE YOUNG.
AND SO I'M HOPING REALLY
HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THOSE
ACTIVISTS THROUGHOUT THIS
MONTH.
AND THERE ARE EVENTS THAT
HAPPEN HERE IN SACRAMENTO TO
CELEBRATE THE MONTH.
YEAH.
AND SO I'M PHILIPPINE NATIONAL
DAY ASSOCIATION LAUNCHED THEIR
ART EXHIBITION ALSO GETTING
TOGETHER TOGETHERNESS.
AND SO WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED OBOX
VERY TALENTED ARTISTS
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
ALL OF THEIR WORK IS ACTUALLY A
1810 GALLERY AND WE ARE DOING A
SOCIALLY DISCIPLINED SOCIALLY
THIS SHOWING SO EVERYONE CAN
COME IN AS LONG AS THEY HAVE A
RESERVATION.
YOU'RE ALSO DOING LOTS OF FUN
WORKSHOPS TALKING ABOUT HISTORY
AS WELL AS THE CULTURE AND
ARTWORK.
HOW DO YOU CREATE SPOKEN WORD
PIECES AS WELL AS DIATOM
WORKSHOPS AND SO IT CAN BE
FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE REST.
AND YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL DAY
ASSOCIATION.
SO WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU
TO EMBRACE THIS MONTH AND ALSO
TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH
OTHER PEOPLE?
>> I THINK THIS MONTH OR THIS
YEAR ESPECIALLY IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT NOMADIC
HISTORY MONTH BECAUSE WE REALLY
FILIPINO AMERICANS ARE VERY
TOGETHER.
RIGHT.
TOGETHER. RIGHT. WE LOVE TOGETHER.
WE LOVE TRYING TO BE TOGETHER
EVEN THOUGH WITH CLOTHING WE
REALLY KEPT IT TOGETHER LIKE WE
ARE ITCHING TO HAVE THIS BAND
TOGETHERNESS.
AND I THINK WITH THIS
HISTORICAL MODERN THAT WE HAVE
FOUND A WAY TO BRING
TOGETHERNESS INTO A
BRIDGEPORT'S PERIOD EVEN THOUGH
WE CAN'T BE TOGETHER.
THEY ARE STILL FIND WAYS TO PUT
TOGETHER WORKS, STILL FINDING
WAYS THAT GOT TOGETHER HERE
WITH THE GET OVER THIS COMP AND
BE VERY CONSISTENT IN THIS
STATE