October - Filipino American Heritage Month - Cross-Cultural Competence Guide - LibGuides at Hagerstown Community College

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Melissa de la Cruz

Writer

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Manila Luzon

Drag Queen and Reality TV personality

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Dante Basco

Actor and Producer

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Thelma Garcia Buchholdt

First Filipino American legislator in the U.S

Larry Itliong

Labor Organizer and Civil Rights Leader

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Fe del Mundo

First Asian and female student at Harvard Medical School

Josie Natori

fashion designer and the CEO and founder of The Natori Company

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Cristeta Comerford

First asian person and woman to be the White House executive chef

Eva Noblezada

Actress and Singer

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Al Robles

Poet and Community Activist

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Caterina Fake

Entrepreneur and Businesswoman

Co-founder of Flickr and Hunch

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Paolo Montalban

Actor and singer

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Vanessa Hudgens

Actress and Singer

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Maria Ressa

Journalist, CEO of Rappler and Nobel Peace Prize winner

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Alex Tizon

Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

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Jose Antonio Vargas

Journalist, Filmmaker and Immigration Rights Activist

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Dawn Mabalon

Historian

Whilce Portacio

Comic Book Writer and Artist

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Lynda Barry

Cartoonist

Olivia Rodrigo

Singer-songwriter and Actress

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Dave Bautista

Actor and Retired Professional Wrestler

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Bruno Mars

Singer, Songwriter and Record Producer

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Trinity Ordona

College Teacher, Activist, Community Organizer, Ordained Minister

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Resources

About Filipino American History Month
The Filipino American National Historical Society celebrates the month with lists of possible activities and a brief history of the celebration.
This Filipino American Life Podcast
The podcasters are from different disciplines and deeply rooted in their local Filipino community. Topics covers an extensive list of topics from history to culture to entertainment and relevance to the Filipino community and/or culture.
Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies
The Bulosan Center's mission draws from the life’s work of Carlos Bulosan, worker, writer and activist. Focuses on the Filipino experience in the United States and the broader diaspora. The site now serves as an archival site to learn about the center's history.
Welga Archive
The Welga Digital Archive - Bulosan Center for Filipino American Studies focuses on preserving and presenting the broad aspects of the Filipino American experience.
FilAm ARTS
FilAm Arts (The Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts and Culture) is dedicated to advancing Filipino-American artists and culture bearers, by sharing resources, providing platforms and building community.
Katipunan
Katipunan, the Filipino-American Association of Maryland, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to uniting the Filipino-American community in Maryland via our social, cultural, education, and charitable programs.
Mabuhay, Inc.
MABUHAY, INC. was organized in response to a felt need in the Filipino American community for a support group — a network of individuals, families and their friends who have similar concerns about assimilation into the American mainstream

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Cross-Cultural Competence Guide: October - Filipino American Heritage Month

Filipino American Heritage Month

(October)