San Francisco Bay Area Symposium—A Century of Challenge and Change: The Filipino American Story
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, in collaboration with the Bay Area Filipino Centennial Committee and the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), presented the final San Francisco Bay Area Symposium—A Century of Challenge and Change: The Filipino American Story—in celebration of a hundred years of continuous Filipino immigration to America.
Time:
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Symposium 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Jazz Reception 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Location:
California State University, California Maritime Academy
Rizza Auditorium
200 Academy Dr.
Vallejo, California
Panelists spoke about their own experiences of the Filipino American experience. Speakers included: Larry Asera, whose family immigrated to Hawai‘i in 1906 and is now five generations deep in America; Nazario Orpilla, a 100 year-old manong who arrived in America in 1926; Vangie Buell, the granddaughter of an African American Buffalo Soldier; and Filipino American war brides who arrived after World War II.
A reception featuring jazz music and Filipino delicacies immediately followed the program.
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