ULI San Francisco joins the nation in celebrating Filipino American History Month and our Filipino community this October. In 2009, Congress recognized October as Filipino American History Month to observe and mark the anniversary of the first recorded evidence of Filipinos in America, and to commemorate the arrival of the first Filipinos in Morro Bay, California on October 18, 1587. Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian-American community in the U.S. and the third-largest racial group in California.

We take this time to support and honor the legacies, accomplishments, and culture of our Filipino American peers, and we invite you to read, watch, listen, and act with us this month.

Read

• Filipino Americans hope for more recognition with new arch in L.A.’s Historic Filipinotown
• How one Filipino American Artist influenced the work of a generation of others
• Filipino American National Historical Society

Watch

• Do you know the history of Filipino Immigration?
• Little Manila: Filipinos in California’s Heartland
• Huelga (1965)
• Angel Island Profile: Eliseo Felipe

Listen

• Filipino American Heritage…er Month
• Jaime’s Story
• Larry Itliong and the Great Delano Grape Strike

Act

• Explore SOMA Pilipinas
• Learn about Filipino American Society of Architects and Engineers of Southern California
• Check out SF Eater’s 13 Exceptional Filipino Restaurants in San Francisco and the East Bay

Thank you to Lisa Cholmondeley and Rosalynn Hughey for compiling these resources!