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All chapters of Foundations and Futures include lesson plans and curricular tools that are designed for high school students and grounded in ethnic studies pedagogy. Feel free to search our repository of primary sources and material that helps bring Asian American and Pacific Islander histories and experiences into the classroom.
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Caesar Chavez, UFW officials
Image of UFW official taken in 1977. Dolores Huerta, Richard Chavez, Mack Lyons, Philip Vera Cruz, Marshall Ganz, Cesar Chavez, Gil Padilla, and Pete Velasco
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Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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United Farm Workers Officials, 1976
Standing, left to right: Marshall Ganz, Phillip Vera Cruz, Richard Chavez, Pete Velasco Sitting, left to right: Mack Lyons, Cesar Chavez, Gilbert Padilla, Eliseo Medina, Dolores Huerta
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Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Philip Vera Cruz attends a meeting
Philip Vera Cruz (left) attends a meeting with unidentified man
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Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Agbayani Village, Construction, Delano, California, 1972
Filipino Farm Workers gather to plan the construction of Agbayani Village, Delano, California. The Paolo Agbayani Village was created to house retired Filipino farm workers who had no family in the United States. Back row, 5th from right: Phillip Vera Cruz.
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Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Agbayani Village dedication speakers, June 1974.
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta speak to each other on stage at the Agbayani Village dedication. Standing with them are (l to r): Eliseo Medina, Philip Vera Cruz, Pete Velasco, Mack Lyons, Richard Chavez, and unknown.
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Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Dedication ceremony at the Paolo Agbayani Retirement Village, 1974
Filipino farm workers celebrate the dedication of the Paolo Agbayani Retirement Village, Kern County, California, June, 1974.
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Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Sign for the Agbayani Village
Decorations and a sign that reads “Mabuhay Agbayani Village, 1965 – 1972”. Photograph location and date unknown. (Mabuhay is a Tagalog word that can be translated as “long live” “welcome” “viva” or “cheers”)
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Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Filipino American Political Association (FAPA) Convention
Paul Schrade of the Delano chapter speaks at the Filipino American Political Association (FAPA) Convention in April, 1969.
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Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 5
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Margie Lew on joining the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
In this interview excerpt, Margie Lew (born 1921) discusses the lack of Chinese American history in her history textbooks growing up. She also reflects on her excitement upon learning about the first meeting of the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC) in 1975.
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William Gow is a community historian with the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and the author of this essay. Watch his introduction to find out more about what led him to become a community historian. “Introduction,” How to Record an Oral History series, (William Gow, 2025).
