National Museum Of Filipino American History To Open In Stockton This Fall
The first Filipino stepped foot in America in 1587 arriving on a Spanish galleon. Then in the early 20th century waves of Filipinos came to Hawaii and California and by 1930, 45,000 Filipinos were living here -- many of them in Little Manila in Stockton.
City of Bainbridge Island signed proclamation for FAHM
A PROCLAMATION by the Mayor of the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington, declaring the month of October as Filipino American History Month
State of Washington signed proclamation for FAHM
This proclamation recognizes the fifth consecutive celebration of Filipino American History Month in Washington State and is dedicated to the late Mr. Frederick Cordova of Seattle, the founding president of the Filipino American National Historical Society; and ...
October Marks Filipino American History Month
The theme was chosen to recognize the countless Filipinos that have contributed and worked in the agricultural, food service and culinary industries from the great culinary exchanges of the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade of the 1500 - 1800s...
State of Alaska signed proclamation for FAHM
Filipino American History Month in Alaska, and call upon Alaskans to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of Filipino Americans to the arts, business, education, technology, public service, and the many ways in which they enrich our communities and our great state.
FANHS Collaborations
Student focused workshop. A collaboration of Filipino American Student Advisors who connected at a FANHS National Conference in San Diego last July.
In Memoriam: FANHS Trustee Emerita Frances "Fran" Alayu Womack
Frances “Fran” Alayu Womack, long-time member of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) passed away on September 7, 2014, at the age of 83.
FANHS GEARS UP FOR 2015: Focusing on landmark law
The Filipino American National Historical Society’s (FANHS) board of trustees at its national conference held in San Diego, approved the “50th Anniversary of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965” as its official theme for Filipino American National History Month in October, 2015.
CONFERENCE-AT-A-GLANCE
Check out the Conference-at-a-Glance schedule now online to plan your 2014 FANHS Conference. Learn something new, reunite with old friends, and have fun!
FANHS Post-Conference Forum on Filipino American Psychology
Sunday, August 3, 12 noon- 5 PM at Kona Kai Hotel | San Diego | Free to FANHS Conference Registrants
FILIPINAS! Voices from the Daughters and Descendants of Hawaii's Plantation Era
A reading by the storytellers featured in FILIPINAS! Voices from the Daughters and Descendants of Hawaii's Plantation Era. Sunday, June 8, 2014 | University of Hawaii, Manoa | Hamilton Library | Room 301
FANHS Speaks Out on the New Film CESAR CHAVEZ
FANHS argues that the film misses an opportunity to offer a nuanced and accurate history of the farmworkers movement that was born of the Filipinos’ 1965 Grape Strike because it does not emphasize the importance of the historic multi-ethnic alliance between Mexicans and Filipinos in the UFW.
