Monday, October 8, 2007

OCTOBER IS FIL AM HISTORY MONTH - SD & LA activities

The Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) San Diego Chapter celebrates Filipino American History Month.

Activities include a film presentation of "Bolinao 52" at the San Diego Asian Film Festival this October 11. Bolinao 52 is a documentary about Vietnamese boat people stranded in the Pacific Ocean in 1988.

For more information on San Diego events, contact: Judy Patacsil ~ jpatacsi@sdccd.edu

In LOS ANGELES, "History in the Moment: A Free Community Symposium in Honor of Filipino American History Month" include sessions on "Filipino American Visual Literacy in Public Art" by Eliseo Art Silva and "Making Their Way Through Southern California : A Photo Collection of the Manong and Manang Generation." The event will be held on October 27 at CSU Northridge Satellite Student Union (SSU) - Fernandeno Room.

FOR MORE DETAILS: Please visit: http://www.fanhs-national.org/ http://www.fanhsla.org/ http://www.csun.edu/

(Thanks to Art Pacho for the info.)

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