See http://BostonFilipinos.blogspot.com for updates, photos, and directions on how you can contribute to the project.
Launching the Project
For many years, decades now actually, several members of our community
have expressed the need for a written history of Filipinos and Filipino
Americans in Massachusetts. No one can forget the importance of this
community before and during the People's Power Revolution, and meeting,
and for some, spending time with, the Aquinos.
I was recently
asked by a Filipino American woman from New Jersey, "Where are all the
Filipinos around here?" Even though we are spread out all over the
state and all over New England, Filipino Americans do have a presence
here, and it is our project to write a history of "Boston" Filipinos.
Though most of us live in the greater Boston area, Boston has often
served as a meeting place for organizations (groups of medical
professionals), a place where many of us went to college and met
Filipinos from outside of Massachusetts, and a place where many of us
work.
We ask participation from as many people as possible, and
will over the next year, invite you to submit your personal and family
histories in a variety of media (writing, audio recording, video
recording, photographs, etc.). We are serious about accomplishing this
project, and are interested in your story. We are also committed
to connecting these personal histories with the larger history of
Filipinos and Filipino Americans in the United States.
Please check the site for updates on how to submit your story.
Salamat po!