#Filipino-American History Month

[heavenboy09]

October was chosen to commemorate the arrival of the first Filipinos who landed in what is now Morro Bay, California on October 18, 1587. It is also the birth month of Filipino American labor leader Larry Itliong.

In California and Hawaii, where many Filipino Americans reside, Filipino American History Month is widely celebrated. Many Filipino American organizations in these states often initiate their own independent celebrations. 2006 was a pivotal year as it marked the centennial celebration of Filipino migration to the United States.

While some used the term Filipino American Heritage Month interchangeably with Filipino American History Month, FANHS cites that the month should be properly focused on "history" instead of "heritage." Whereas history includes the events, experiences, and lives of people and their impact on society, "heritage" is solely about cultural traditions handed down from the past.

Happy Filipino American History Month 🇵🇭

#FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth #FAHM #Phillippines #FilipinoLife

#Filipino-American History Month #filipino american #Filipino #Filipino Life #FAHM #Spotify

[filipeanut]

In the US this October, Filipinos celebrate Filipino-American History Month. I always think about my dad around this time, Albert Balbutin Sr, who rode a steamship from the Philippines to San Francisco Bay in April of 1929. I was told it took about a month, and it was only until a few years later that the Golden Gate Bridge was finally built. As you can imagine he was quite old by the time I was born, but I remember stories of him climbing coconut trees back in Camiguin where he grew up. Life was simpler for him back then, as he would later work various jobs in America from farms, steam ships, and factories.

#FAHM #fahm2022 #Filipino-American History Month #ArtPH #Golden Gate Bridge #Filipino Manongs #San Francisco history #California

[filipinosamflynn]

FILAM HISTORY MONTH IS HERE!!! RUN AWAY BEFORE I... I TRANSFOR...!

#filam #fil-am #fil am #filipino #philippines #fahm #filipino american history month #filam history month

[toonrandy]

Here’s Eileen, also known as the Sewer Queen!

#filipino american history month #sewer queen #craig of the creek #cotc #cotc fanart #my art #fan art

[yosb]

thank you to everyone who helped fund our graphic novel within 6 hours of launch!!! believe the hype, and get your clover press x kwento comics's THE MASK OF HALIYA graphic novel on kickstarter for filipino american history month!

im currently working on penciling issue 6 with an awesome lineartist, colorist, and letterer team, and i hope all y'all new and returning readers will love it

#kickstarter comics #filipino american history month #filipino mythology #indie comics #comic book art #comic book artist #women in comics #clover press #kwento comics #the mask of haliya #comics #comic books

[nanowrimo]

The Importance of Filipino Stories: Celebrating Filipino American History Month

October is Filipino American History Month. With more than 4.2 million individuals of Filipino descent here in the U.S., we know there are at least 4.2 million stories to cherish and celebrate! Today’s story comes from Josie Gepulle, our fall 2022 Editorial intern and proud Filipino American. It wasn’t until I was in my second year of college that I got my first reading assignment on Filipino American stories.

At my university, I was taking a history course entitled “American Radicals and Reformers.” Halfway through the semester, I learned about Larry Itilong, a Filipino migrant laborer who went on to lead the five-year Delano Grape Strike in California and later co-founded the United Farm Workers of America.

I’m pretty sure my jaw actually dropped hearing about this. An actual Filipino American made his way into the history books, one who had a profound impact on the labor movement. 

That’s also when it really hit me: there was a lack of Filipino stories in my life.

I grew up in a small suburban Texas town. I was the first and only Filipino my community saw, so I don’t really blame anyone for their ignorance. It was frustrating, however, to receive several comments like, “Are you sure you’re Asian? You don’t look like it at all.” or “Where is the Philippines anyway?” I didn’t understand at that time because I’m proud of my heritage, but what does that mean to a world that doesn’t even know you exist? The most recognition I’ve gotten is from veterans recalling war buddies or travelers who visited Manila once.

I learned the history of the Philippines from my dad, not school. The Philippines, it seems, had no place in the story of America, despite being one of its former colonies. Even the mainstream media barely acknowledged our culture and our community. Any reference to the Philippines seemed to only refer to Manila and how the language was Tagalog. I couldn’t relate to that. My parents are from Bacolod, a city in central Philippines, where the community spoke Illongo. The narrative America wanted to tell about the Philippines, as limited as it was, was not one I could fit into.

It took me a long time to identify as a Pinoy writer. That same year at college when I learned about Larry Itliong, I attended a special event where I heard Jose Antonio Vargas, the famed journalist and immigration rights activist, and openly undocumented Filipino American, give a talk about his book, Dear America: Notes from an Undocumented Citizen. He, too, was a storyteller and writer, just like I wanted to be.

I finally realized I wasn’t alone. I didn’t need to be the author who put the Philippines in the history book. Several writers already did that for me. Carlos Bulosan wrote the famous America Is in the Heart, establishing the Filipino American perspective in literature. Then there are the writers of today, like Elaine Castillo with her book America Is Not the Heart, a clear callback to Bulosan. While Filipino Americans may have different interpretations of their identities, these stories are very much in dialogue with each other.

Each story, including mine, is only a small piece in a much larger puzzle. My own perspective that only represents a tiny fraction of Filipino history. The Philippines is made up of 7000+ islands and has 120+ spoken languages. We have our own history and mythology that existed long before the Americans came and long before the first colonizers, the Spaniards, arrived as well. While colonialism has tried time and time again to erase our stories, remembering our traditions and history is how they live on. We don’t want these stories to become forgotten simply because they’re left out of school curriculums. However, I do have to take a moment to be grateful for virtual spaces, especially those for writers. While my family is no longer the only Filipino family in my city, it was online where I met my very first Pinoy friends. Together, we traded experiences, laughing at the little tics that our families share. That, too, is an important part of the story. My friends and I aren’t famous, but aren’t those cherished moments together part of our experience as well?

And well, NaNoWriMo is the perfect time to explore your own stories, isn’t it? I remember being drawn to the challenge a long time ago, when I was a tiny middle schooler who felt so lonely in the giant world. NaNo made me believe that my story truly mattered, not just to everyone in the Philippines and America, but to me, the person who all my writing is eventually for. There’s no way I, or anyone for that matter, can accurately describe the story of every single Filipino, let alone Filipino American, out there. But you can talk about your story. Personally, I want to write characters who speak Ilonggo or grew up the only Filipino in their class. Maybe your characters will speak Cebuano or Ilocano. No matter what, Pinoys will get to be main characters! They’ll have grand adventures or share quiet moments with their loved ones. We’ll share our culture, our heritage with the world.

Together, our story will be told. Dungan ta sulat!

Josie Gepulle is a longtime NaNoWriMo fan, spending her teenage years lurking on the YWP forums and procrastinating her novel writing. She loves hearing the unique stories that come from writers all over the world and believes every voice is worth listening to. She enjoys the many different forms storytelling comes in, doing everything from analyzing TV shows to drawing her favorite characters. She can be found scribbling notes or doodling with an array of pens by her side. If you’d like to learn more about Filipino American History Month, here are some more sites to explore.

10 Ways to Celebrate Filipino American History Month

National Today

Filipino American National Historical Society

FAHM Resources and Creators to learn from (IG Post)

#nanowrimo #writing #amwriting #filipino american history month #inspiration #by nano intern #josie gepulle #motivation

[catchinglizards]

spamsilog <3

by me, @catchinglizards

#diy #screen printing #breakfast of champions #kurt vonnegut #spamsilog #filipino american history month

[aniniwan]

this past October, for Filipino American History Month (FAHM), i had my very first solo art show entitled “HALIMAW” (Tagalog for “monster”). it is with Mata Art Gallery, and it is still free to view online. if you’re into creepy horror art, and Filipino mythology, you might like my work hehe.

you can also watch videos of my process on the gallery’s Instagram. and if you’d like to see more of my work, i am also on IG. 🖤

#FAHM #Filipino American History Month #Filipino #Filipinx #horror art #art #illustration #creepy art #Filipino mythology

[d-criss-news]

75 Most Influential Filipino-Americans of 2022

HALL OF FAMERS LIFETIME RECOGNITION

Darren Criss – Emmy & Golden Globe Winning Actor/Recording Artist

#darren criss #a list of filipinos for filipino american history month #most influential filipino americans #press #oct 2022

[datshitrandom]

Darren Criss appears in the Most Influential Filipino-Americans Hall of Famers of 2022 list by Blogtalk with MJ Racadio | 📸

A list of the most visible Filipino Americans that use their influence to do good while representing their heritage and elevate the status of Filipinos in the United States.

#Darren Criss #MIFA Hall of Famers 2022 #Filipino American History Month #Blogtalk with MJ Racadio #old pic #from #lmdc tour 2018 wc announcement #pretty eyes #pretty caveman #please do not repost

[snackugaki]

Titles Under Consideration

“For the love of fuck, do NOT burn a jar of Vick’s VapoRub as a candle, VapoRub is for RUBBING, they have separate products to use as wax melts, and for for a humidifier ffs.”

“You have a bruise? Vick’s. A bug bite? Vick’s. A burn? Vick’s. You want to lay a curse on some pota? Vick’s.”

“It’s October, motherfuckers!”

“Happy Filipino American History Month”

“My face when it’s October, and Filipino American History Month and I was considering doing another comic like last time but no ideas came to me until 4 days in about St. Malo, the first Filipino settlement in the U.S set to the lyrics of Bahay Kubo. But now there’s not enough time to do an in-depth mini-comic so now you either let it slide or frantically slap together something because this will haunt you ‘til next Filipino American History Month. (Even though postponing would give you time to deliberately dedicate time to crafting  a full story instead of a sad collection of vague artistic panels where the reader has to piece together a narrative)”

“Fil-Am Kulam”

“Fil-Am Kulam (fuck, that’d make a badass comic title)”

“Fil-Am Kulam (wag mo akong isumpa bhest, i just like tacky word play)”

#illustration #FAHM #filipino american history month #this always happens #i beat my head trying to figure out something to do for FAHM and nothing #but let it be a week IN and suddenly I have all these ideas and then no remaining time to execute them #and its exciting shit I WANT to do #but I wouldn't finish on time #which SHOULDN'T be the restriction I'm making it out to be #but I just want to be a topical artist just ONCE #JUST ONCE to be on time for like A Thing #to NOT be late on a trend or a hype train or whathaveyou #surprise I draw more than just turtles #where the fuck is my light source? #lol idk #shining through 5 dimensions 3 prisms and bouncing off 8 walls

[filipeanut]

Here is Albert Balbutin Sr., Ernie Balbutin, and Delphin Balbutin, left to right. Their vibrant and classy suits, as Mina Roces put it, “transformed them from lower-class agricultural laborer or Alaskan cannery worker to fashionable dandy and temporarily erased the stigma of manual labor.” After the US colonized the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century, around 150,000 Filipinos, mostly men, immigrated to the US for work. Around the same time, 122 million board feet of Philippine lumber and timber was exported from the Philippines to the US and other countries. Forests in the Philippines dwindled from 70% forest cover at the start of US colonization, to almost half forest cover by 1932. Illustrated in the graphic are the remaining birds living in Camiguin, some endemic or only found there. Many known for their beautiful plumage.

Immigration info: SAGE Enyclopedia of Filipina/x/o American Studies. Roces 2016.

Forest info: Ponce 1939, Bankoff 2007.

Birds: Camiguin Hanging-Parrot, Black-naped Monarch, Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (all subspecies endemic to Camiguin).

#fahm2022 #FAHM #Filipino-American History Month

[big-mom-energy]

Union City, California, is having a cultural festival this coming weekend and my martial arts class is doing a raffle. If anybody in the East Bay is interested in learning Filipino Stick Fighting this is a great opportunity for a free class and bag of gear!

#raffle #union city #eskrima #filipino martial arts #itilong vera cruz #filipino american history month #lapulapu

[toonrandy]

This month of October is Filipino American History Month! Over the next few days I’ll draw some Filipino cartoon characters! Here’s Stella Zhau from The Loud House — this time I’m doing something different by presenting her in The Ghost and Molly McGee style!

#nickelodeon #fan art #my art #the loud house #tlh #stella zhau #filipino american history month #nicktoons

[mangoesandstuff]

Mickey and friends celebrate Filipino American History Month and share a chicken adobo recipe

Art by Bianca Austria

#Filipino American history month #fahm #fil-am #Disney #Philippines

[just-another-obsessed-fangirl]

fucked up that the covid vaccine is making me experience symptoms like has it even considered that it's filipino american history month???

#me and my kuya when something mildly inconveniences us in october: and on filipino american history month???????? #anyway.my body is aching. #personal