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Filipino American Centennial Commemoration Commitee Members


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Filipino American Centennial
Commemoration at the Smithsonian
Institution

 
  In 1906, the first significant numbers of Filipino immigrants arrived in Hawai’i to work on the islands’ sugar plantations.  
 

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Public Programs

• Singgalot: Ties That Bind; Filipinos in America: From Colonial Subjects to Citizens May 18, 2006 to August 20, 2006.

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Community Events

• Learn about upcoming Filipino cultural events in the Washington, DC area.

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Press Release

• For more information about our upcoming events, please download our Press Release.

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Photo Gallery

• See pictures from recent events.

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2006 Keynote Speech

Dean T. Alegado, Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, goes into great detail about Singgalot.

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The Filipino-American Centennial Commemoration logo created by Leroid David reflects a century of challenge and change.
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Singgalot: Ties That Bind
From Colonial Subjects and "Nationals" to Citizens: One Hundred Years of Filipino Presence in America

This exhibit explores the challenges and issues that confronted Filipinos – following the annexation of the Philippines as a U.S. territory in 1898
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Filipino American Curriculum Guide

The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program announces the Filipino American Centennial Commemoration curriculum guide. Created in conjunction with the Filipino American Centennial Commemoration programs, the curriculum for middle school students provides teachers with the tools to incorporate Filipino American subject matter into their classes. Also included is a link for students who wish to learn Filipino American history on their own.
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Through My Father’s Eyes: The Photographs of Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado

 
These photographs provide an important document of Filipino American life and history and the community’s transformation from a generation of bachelors to a community that was defined by rich family life.
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