East Bay Chapter History

Our personal accounts intersected with historical events on a timeline spanning the 1930’s to the present. It served as a visual backdrop for a series of presentations at venues such as:

Chaptered on September 1991:

Our chapter is diverse and multi-generational. A unique focus of our chapter is gathering and telling stories of second generation Filipino Americans in the East Bay.

July 1992:  Chicago San Francisco FANHS National Conferences

July 1992:  Chicago San Francisco FANHS National Conferences

August 1994:  San Francisco FANHS National Conferences

May 1993:  45th Annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators Conference

October 1993:  A Celebration of Filipino American Heritage, UC Berkeley

1994:  International Women’s Day Celebration, International House UC Berkeley

1998:  This “Work in Progress” culminated with the publishing of these oral histories in.

May-June 1995:  “If you want to know who we are… WE ARE AMERICA!“ – Filipino American History through Posters, 1930s to 1990s, an exhibit at the Asian Resource Gallery, Oakland, CA

1996 and 1998: Participation and preparation for bi-annual national conferences in New York City and Portland (respectively)