🇵🇭 Filipino American Social Organizations 🇺🇸
Quick Overview!
Social organizations were vital in the Pajaro Valley Filipino American community. They offered support and education and fostered unity through cultural events and advocacy efforts. They played a crucial role in enhancing community well-being.
🔍 Guiding Questions 🔍
- How did Filipino Americans in the Pajaro Valley express their identities as both Filipino and American? Provide an example based on your observations of the photographs and/or oral history sources.
- How was femininity expressed in Filipino American social organizations? How did second-generation Filipino Americans navigate gendered expectations?
- Do you or your family belong to a social organization? How does that social organization build community among members?
📚 Suggested Secondary Source Readings and Additional Resources 📚
Mabalon, Dawn Bohulano. "Making a Filipina/o American World in Stockton Links to an external site." in Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013.