{"id":994,"date":"2006-04-14T22:14:30","date_gmt":"2006-04-15T02:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apanews.si.edu\/?p=994"},"modified":"2014-12-30T22:05:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T22:05:25","slug":"filipino-american-activism-and-the-american-labor-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/filipino-american-activism-and-the-american-labor-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino American Activism and the American Labor Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\"Augusto\n<\/td>\n\n\"Bill\n<\/td>\n\n\"Cindy\n<\/td>\n\n\"Tony\n<\/td>\n\n\"Agos\"\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Augusto Espiritu<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Bill Sorro<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Cindy Domingo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tony Sarmiento<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Agos<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Early Filipino American history is largely a story of struggle as plantation workers and farm workers. Larry Itliong and Philip Vera Cruz were among the early immigrants who became leaders of the farm workers. Filipinos initiated the strike that became the famous Delano grape strike of 1965.<\/p>\n

Time:<\/span>
\nFriday, April 14, 2006, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
\n 
\nLocation:<\/span>
\nMeyer Auditorium
\nArthur M. Sackler Gallery
\nand Freer Gallery of Art
\nJefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Four renowned panelists gathered to discuss the rich history of Filipino American labor activism. They covered important events such as labor organizing among cannery workers in Alaska, and the activism of the next generation in the campaign to save the famed International Hotel in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

The panelists also addressed contemporary issues facing Filipinos and Filipino American workers and the future of Filipino Americans in the labor movement. The panelists included Augusto Espiritu, history professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bill Sorro, community activist and board member of Manila Heritage Foundation; Cindy Domingo, board member of National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, co-founder of the Carlos Bulosan Historical Project, and legislative aide to King County council member Larry Gossett; and Tony Sarmiento, president and executive director of Senior Service America, Inc. and former assistant director of the AFL-CIO Education Department. The moderator was Gloria Caoile, former assistant to the president of AFSCME, AFL-CIO and current board member, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA).<\/p>\n

The program also featured the musical group Agos with Rico Ortanez, Badette Navasca Ortanez, and Joe Penano. Agos is a Filipino American band that seeks to promote cultural and social awareness through music.<\/p>\n

The event was presented by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program and co-sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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