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  • I-Hotel tenants gather in interior courtyard. Two tenants stand with watering cans next to plant beds. Another tenant stands in open window.

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    I-Hotel Tenants

    I-Hotel tenants (left to right) Claudio Domingo, Anacleto Moniz, and Luisa de la Cruz (also known as Mrs. D), together as a community embodying the bayanihan spirit.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 3
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  • I-Hotel tenants gather in interior courtyard. Two tenants stand with watering cans next to plant beds. Another tenant stands in open window.

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    Manongs at Lucky M Pool Hall

    Manongs at the Lucky M Pool Hall, one of many establishments along Kearny Street in Manilatown where community members gathered.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 3
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  • Rows of I-Hotel tenants and supporters line entrance of the hotel. Above them, strung across the brick facade, is a sign reading "Stop Eviction!"

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    Stop Eviction at I-Hotel

    In an important act of community resistance, I-Hotel tenants and community allies lined up in front of the I-Hotel in 1977 to resist its closure and demolition.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 3
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  • A three page, typewritten document, entitled "The List of 15 Demands," outlines the 10 demands of the BSU and the 5 demands of the TWLF.

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    TWLF Strike Demands p3

    This document shows the 10 demands of the BSU and 5 demands of the TWLF, which together became the TWLF strike demands to create relevant educational content that included the histories and cultures of communities of color. They further valued both academic and experiential knowledge where students could learn by working on social problems in communities.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • A three page, typewritten document, entitled "The List of 15 Demands," outlines the 10 demands of the BSU and the 5 demands of the TWLF.

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    TWLF Strike Demands p2

    This document shows the 10 demands of the BSU and 5 demands of the TWLF, which together became the TWLF strike demands to create relevant educational content that included the histories and cultures of communities of color. They further valued both academic and experiential knowledge where students could learn by working on social problems in communities.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • A three page, typewritten document, entitled "The List of 15 Demands," outlines the 10 demands of the BSU and the 5 demands of the TWLF.

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    TWLF Strike Demands p1

    This document shows the 10 demands of the BSU and 5 demands of the TWLF, which together became the TWLF strike demands to create relevant educational content that included the histories and cultures of communities of color. They further valued both academic and experiential knowledge where students could learn by working on social problems in communities.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Leaflet with headline "Mass Strike Called." Two subheadings, "10 Student Demands" and "Students Ask to Walk Out," appear below.

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    TWLF Strike Leaflet

    This leaflet called for students to walk out of classes on November 6, 1968, the first day of the TWLF strike at San Francisco State College. It lists the 10 BSU-initiated demands adopted by the TWLF.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Typed Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Asian American Political Alliance.

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    Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA) position paper

    The Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA).

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Typed Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action.

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    Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action (ICSA) position paper

    The Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action (ICSA).

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Typed TWLF strike position paper for Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor.

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    Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE) position paper

    TWLF strike position paper for Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE).

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  • Large, wooden sign with white lettering reads "Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge." Sign is posted outside on flat ground covered in vegetation.

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    Module 2: US Territories in the Pacific

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

    Chapter:

    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Micronesian leaders and U.S. Secretary of State stand for group photo behind press conference table. Flags from each respective country hang behind.

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    Module 3: Geopolitics of the Pacific Islands

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

    Chapter:

    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Three people, shown in profile with their faces turned away from the camera, sit beneath sign reading "Chamorro Self-Determination."

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    Module 4: The Fight for Sovereignty in the Pacific Islands Today

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

    Chapter:

    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • A crowd gathers outside for group photo near statue of standing man. People carry signs calling for peace in Guam, with Guam's flag flying in crowd.

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    Module 5: Everyday Decolonization in the Pacific Islands

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

    Chapter:

    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Students dressed in Hawaiian flags dance hula kahiko around a kumu hula, a teacher seated on a woven lauhala mat who is singing and playing ipu heke.

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    Chapter Overview: Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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  • Kānaka ʻŌiwi stand on Puʻu Moaʻulaiki, an elevated hill overlooking the ocean, and look out towards the other islands of Maui County.

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    Module 1: Kānaka ‘Ōiwi Maoli: Hawaiʻi Identity

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

    Chapter:

    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • Painting of Ka'anapali, Maui. Kānaka ʻŌiwi bring in their catch and wa'a kaulua while a wa'a heads out. Behind them are poi fields, rainbow, and hale.

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    Module 2: Ea Hawaiʻi: Kānaka ʻŌiwi Governance

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • Seated in a boat, four male protestors in life vests are escorted from Kahoʻolawe’s Kūheʻeia Bay by a member of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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    Module 3: Kahoʻolawe: Rebirth of the Sacred

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ʻŌiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • A waʻa kaulua, or Hawaiian double-hulled voyaging canoe, with red and blue sails, sails across the ocean on a sunny cloudless day.

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    Module 4: Flourishing of Kānaka ʻŌiwi Culture

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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