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Introduction of Filipino American Studies at San Francisco State University (Page 3)
PACE (Phillippine-American Collegiate Endeavor) announces the establishment of Filipino American Studies at San Francisco State University. Student leaders include: Pat Salver, Ron Quidachay, Bob Ilumin, and Virginia Evangelista.
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Introduction of Filipino American Studies at San Francisco State University (Page 2)
PACE (Phillippine-American Collegiate Endeavor) announces the establishment of Filipino American Studies at San Francisco State University. Student leaders include: Pat Salver, Ron Quidachay, Bob Ilumin, and Virginia Evangelista.
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Introduction of Filipino American Studies at San Francisco State University (Page 1)
PACE (Phillippine-American Collegiate Endeavor) announces the establishment of Filipino American Studies at San Francisco State University. Student leaders include: Pat Salver, Ron Quidachay, Bob Ilumin, and Virginia Evangelista.
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El Plan de Santa Barbara
The Chicano Coordinating Council on Higher Education wrote El Plan de Santa Barbara (1969), which led to the creation of Chicana/o Studies program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, becoming the blueprint for Chicano Studies on other campuses.
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Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) strike demands
Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) strike demands.
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Discussion on the 1968-1969 Third World Liberation Front Strike
Oscar Penaranda, Judge Ronald Quidachy, and Professor Daniel Gonzales look back on their participation in the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) strike and the impact on future generations of students.
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“FilGrad” Filipino American graduation ceremony, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
“FilGrad” or Filipino American graduation ceremony held annually at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to honor students and their families. Although Filipino Americans are greatly underrepresented as graduates, students and faculty at the university, “FilGrad” is a celebration of the progress that is being made.
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Luxury stores at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu
The cultural and economic globalization of Hawaiʻi is visually evident at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu. With its upscale boutiques and designer shops catering to free-spending tourists, Ala Moana Center is one of the largest shopping complexes in the US.
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Overcrowded Waikīkī Beach
Tourists crowd the beach at Waikīkī on the island of Oʻahu. About ten million tourists travel to Hawaiʻi each year, making the state, its economy, and people overly dependent on the tourist industry.
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Barack Obama Local Style T-shirt from Crazy Shirts
T-shirts that were sold following Barack Obama’s visit to Hawaiʻi in 2008. Obama, who was born in Honolulu, went body surfing, ate shave ice, and wore rubber slippers (flip-flops) during his visit, all superficial indicators of local identity and culture.
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Barack Obama gives a “shaka” hand sign
Barack Obama greeting the welcoming crowd with the “shaka” hand sign, a popular gesture among some local people, after his arrival in Honolulu in 2008.
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Kekuni Blaisdell speaks at Hoʻokūʻokoʻa 1985
In this clip from “July 4th at the Palace” by Puʻuhonua Society, Dr. Richard Kekuni Awana Blaisdell, speaking at Hoʻokūʻokoʻa 1985, a historic gathering on Hawaiian sovereignty, counters the idea that the independence movement is a radical notion, citing Hawai‘i’s two thousand-year old history as a nation.
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Ka Lāhui Hawai‘i Onipa’a Peace March, 1993
In 1993, Native Hawaiians marched to ʻIolani Palace, the former home of the Hawaiian monarchy. At center front (left to right) are Mililani Trask, the late Kanalu Young, and the late Haunani-Kay Trask.
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Roland Kotani portrait, 1988
Former state Representative Roland Kotani at opening day of the State Legislature in 1988.
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Pete Tagalog, State Capitol Demonstration, 1972
Pete Tagalog, one of the leaders of the Ota Camp anti-eviction struggle, speaking at a demonstration they held at the state capitol in 1973.
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Kalama Valley anti-eviction protest
The last stand by pig farmers and their supporters in the Kalama Valley anti-eviction struggle before they were removed by the police. Kalama Valley was the first of several such local community-based protests against land developers during the 1970s.
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Waiahole Waikane Newsletter, p3
The anti-eviction struggle by local farmers and their supporters at Waiahole-Waikane Valleys on Oʻahu was another community-based campaign against real estate developers that was settled by state intervention.
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Waiahole Waikane Newsletter, p2
The anti-eviction struggle by local farmers and their supporters at Waiahole-Waikane Valleys on Oʻahu was another community-based campaign against real estate developers that was settled by state intervention.
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Waiahole Waikane Newsletter, Cover Page
The anti-eviction struggle by local farmers and their supporters at Waiahole-Waikane Valleys on Oʻahu was another community-based campaign against real estate developers that was settled by state intervention.
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Chronological summary of Kalama Valley struggle, p2
Chronological summary of Kalama Valley struggle of pig farmers against eviction by the Bishop Estate in the early 1970s, which was the first of several such community-based campaigns during that decade.
