October 18, 2005

• Things are about to get BIG. Here's an e-mail I sent for approval to send Department-wide:
  
  In 1992, the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) declared October as Filipino American History Month, celebrating the first permanent settlement of Filipinos in the Continental United States. The earliest documented proof of this presence falls on October 18, 1587, with landings on the shores of California in Morro Bay, according to Lorraine Jacobs Crouchett in the July 1923 edition of the Quarterly of the California Historical Society.
  
  In doing so, FANHS recognized that our nation's past would not be the same if not for the critically economic, cultural, social and other notable contributions Filipino Americans had made in countless ways toward the development of United States history. They also acknowledged that it is imperative for youths to have positive role models and to instill in them the importance of education, complemented with the richness of their ethnicities and the values of their legacies.
  
  Inspired by this precedent and the formation of other ethnic celebration committees such as the Black History Month Committee and the Hispanic Heritage Planning Committee by California Department of Education employees, I seek individuals to aid in planning an array of events for Filipino American History month in October 2006.
  
  If you are interested on being on the planning committee, or in helping in any way, please contact me at (916) 319-0800 or at broy@cde.ca.gov.

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