Nexi: Filipino Radicalism in Two Generations Second Generation and Immigrant Needs, Issues

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Nexi Filipino Radicalism in Two Generations
Second Generation and Immigrant Needs, Issues

• history, consciousness and political motivation
• The 50s, McCarthyism, anti-communism and
  sociopolitical contradictions of Cold War US
• US government persecution of ILWU 37, Seattle
• Victory in federal court
• Itliong, Veracruz and PACE (SF State College)
• before AWOC
• the Grape Strike and the Civil Rights Movement
• the 60s as culmination of discontent
• Post-1965 Filipino immigrants
• First and 1.5 youth needs, issues
• PACE at SFSC, 1967
• radical politics and social change
• the I-Hotel and the national Left agenda
• hypothesis national Left agenda housing

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Filipino Identity, Racial Politics and The
Anti-Marcos Era

• - The I-Hotel 1968-1977
• local issue Asian American issue, at first
• SF State College Strike 11/68-3/69
• Asian Americanism EOP, affirmative action
• Establishment of the first School of Ethnic
  Studies
• interethnic support for local community issues
  and needs
• Student activism, UFW and I-Hotel politics
• UCB Student Strike, Pilipino American Alliance
  (PAA)
• Ethnic studies at UCB, Davis, UCLA, LA State,
  etc.

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Filipino AmericanAdvocacy Politics

• Fraternal organizations
• Direct service agencies
• Founded by liberal/radical students and social
  service workers
• Manilatown Senior Services Center (1969)
• Joaquin Legaspi, Jovina Navarro, Violeta
  Marasigan
• United Filipino Association (1968), Rev. Antonio
  Ubalde
• I-Hotel Tenants Association (1972), Emil
  deGuzman
• Bayanihan, United Filipino Youth
  Organization,Samahan, Hanapin at Maglinkod,
  Pilipino Organizing Cmte. (1969-1971)

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PACE, SFSC Student Strike1968-1969

• Philippine American Collegiate Endeavor
• community service, political action
• Patrick Salaver, founder (1967)
• Original coordinators Robert Ilumin, Alex Soria,
  Ronald Quidachay, Manuel Difuntorum (Orvy Jundis,
  art, weapons collector)
• Formation of the Third World Liberation Front
• Second leadership group (1968) Edward delaCruz,
  Edward Ilumin, Juanita Tamayo, Virginia
  Evangelista, El Evangelista, Edna Salaver Vida
  Chann
• Campus and Community
• Educational Opportunity Program
• School of Ethnic Studies
• Asian American Studies
• Bayanihan Youth (SOMA), Filipino American Mission
  Org.
• International Hotel

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Advocacy Politics 2

• Asian Law Caucus (1972)
• Ken Kawaichi, Dale Minami, Neil Gotanda
• Salazar, et.al. v. Blue Cross Insurance Co.
  (1974)
• Pilipino Organizing Committee (SoMa)
• West Bay Filipino Multi-Services (1976)
• Anita Sanchez, David Ilumin, Leonard Luna
• Ed delaCruz
• Ang Katipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino
• Anti-Marcos refugees, political asylees
• NCRCLP, MFP
• Gender, sexuality and radicalism
• growth of national power, extremism
• Anti-KDP resistance
• Pragmatic progressivism versus ideological
  rigidity
• For the record Kalayaan and Ang Katipunan

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Community DevelopmentPolitical and Economic
Franchise

• RP politics
• Social reform and radicalism
• Marcos and Martial Law
• Political polarization
• Middle, Right versus Left
• Fil-Am Councils
• Community Service organizations/agencies
• From campus to community
• Advocacy politics
• FAPA NaFFAA
• KDP
• POC
• PACE, PAA
• Filipino ethnic professional associations
• Teachers
• accountants, dentists, engineers and architects,
  businesspeople
• Civil service workers, managers