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This 2006, the Smithsonian Institution commemorates the centennial of Filipino migration to the United States with seven public programs at the Smithsonian and seven more in cities with large Filipino American populations, including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Diego, New York, Las Vegas and Honolulu. These public programs range from scholarly discussions and film showings to cultural performances providing historical overviews of Filipino Americans in the United States.

 

 
     


 

Public Programs: Upcoming Smithsonian Filipino American Centennial Commemoration Events

 

San Francisco, California

Saturday, May 5, 2007
Symposium 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Jazz Reception 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
California State University, California Maritime Academy Rizza Auditorium
200 Academy Drive Vallejo, California

The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program, in collaboration with the Bay Area Filipino Centennial Committee and the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), cordially invite you to attend 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.

Panelists will speak about their own experiences of the Filipino American experience. Speakers include: 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.

Following this final program, please join the panelists, speakers, and guests for a reception featuring jazz music and Filipino delicacies. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Mel Orpilla at 707.477.1159.


For a list of past events, please click here.

 

 

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