Launching the project
For many years, decades now actually, several members of our community have expressed the need for a written history of Filipinos and Filipino Americans in Massachusetts. No one can forget the importance of this community before and during the People's Power Revolution, and meeting, and for some, spending time with, the Aquinos.
I was recently asked by a Filipino American woman from New Jersey, "Where are all the Filipinos around here?" Even though we are spread out all over the state and all over New England, Filipino Americans do have a presence here, and it is our project to write a history of "Boston" Filipinos. Though most of us live in the greater Boston area, Boston has often served as a meeting place for organizations (groups of medical professionals), a place where many of us went to college and met Filipinos from outside of Massachusetts, and a place where many of us work.
We ask participation from as many people as possible, and will over the next year, invite you to submit your personal and family histories in a variety of media (writing, audio recording, video recording, photographs, etc.). We are serious about accomplishing this project, and are interested in your story. We are also committed connecting these personal histories with the larger history of Filipinos in the United States.
Please check the site for updates on how to submit your story.
Salamat po!
I was recently asked by a Filipino American woman from New Jersey, "Where are all the Filipinos around here?" Even though we are spread out all over the state and all over New England, Filipino Americans do have a presence here, and it is our project to write a history of "Boston" Filipinos. Though most of us live in the greater Boston area, Boston has often served as a meeting place for organizations (groups of medical professionals), a place where many of us went to college and met Filipinos from outside of Massachusetts, and a place where many of us work.
We ask participation from as many people as possible, and will over the next year, invite you to submit your personal and family histories in a variety of media (writing, audio recording, video recording, photographs, etc.). We are serious about accomplishing this project, and are interested in your story. We are also committed connecting these personal histories with the larger history of Filipinos in the United States.
Please check the site for updates on how to submit your story.
Salamat po!
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