counsilor at Mira Mar Mesa College talked about her book "Filipinos In San Diego". To be honest I was
really excited to go because I've never gone to a book reading ever in my life, so as you can tell by
now this was on a whole new adventure of for me to explore. So as
I was sitting there listening to this powerful Filipina woman talk
about a book she and other authors wrote about the history
of Filipinos in San Diego and the way their people struggled to keep
their culture, familes, and letting people know just how magnificent
and as important as any other. She talked about the stories behind
each picture; she talked about the actions the people did and what
they went through at that very moment; the struggles they went
through, the protesters that took action in the community, and the
families that tried to keep one another together at difficult times. She pointed out something interesting that
caught my interest; it was about how her family and so many others that were deeply involved in the
community movement and I found that very appealing because my elders lived in that generation and worked
along side the filipinos but were also in the chicano movement. I was told stoiries about this time period over
and over again by my family and how everything changed the whole aspect of the community. And
how this put my generation onto a path where we can say that we're proud of you and ourselves from where
we come from; yes each generation is acculturated by many aspects of the change of time but as well, it is
our heritage that keeps of fruitful of knowledge that will never be lost as long as we are reminded from where
we come from. Towards the end of the book reading I was thrilled to know that I could talk to the authors
and share to them what I enjoyed from the whole experience and share to them a bit of my family history. I
was also thrilled to know that our familes had gone through similar experiences and that they could relate. I
would post up pictures from when my family lived in that sourt of era but I haven't got the chance to ask for
them. When I got to talking to these authors i notice immediatly that they were really down to earth and really
easy to talk to. What I enjoyed the most from all of this was getting to know the history of all these familes
and honestly got me thinking deeply about my family that put a big smile on my face.
Your Bayan Buddy signing out at a ridiculous time,
Patricia 8D
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