If so, then you've come to the right place.
I am proud to be Filipino but I haven't had a chance to learn about my Philippine heritage
I want to know more about Filipino history in the United States
I want to connect with other Filipinos who share my passion for my identity, history and collective experience
I want to be learn about how I can get more involved in serving the community
I want to ensure that I can pass on knowledge about my roots and foster Filipino pride in my children
After playing a leading role in growing Filipino Studies in higher education as a scholar, educator, writer and founder of the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies, Dr. Rodriguez has decided to devote herself more fully to extending Filipino Studies to the broader community. A long-time community organizer, Dr. Rodriguez is passionate about ensuring that Filipino Studies doesn't stay in the university's "ivory tower."
Content Available Now!
What follows is a preliminary outline of the topics we will be covering based on Dr. Rodriguez's expertise, important developments in the field of Filipino Studies as well as community input. If you don't see something you'd like to learn, reach out to us! Sign-up for the free preview "(Re)Claiming Our Space: Filipinos and the Fight for Housing Justice" to see what sorts of content you can expect from the course.
In the meantime, you can check out some free resources that I have always made available to the community based on the university-level course I have been teaching for the last decade. I will bring some of these resources (and also expand upon them) into this course offered through the School for Liberating Education.
Know History, Know Self: Course Overview
How to use this course (Navigating Thinkific)
A Little Bit About Me
A Critical Approach
FREE PREVIEWReading: PACE Demands for Filipino Studies (1968)
Reading, Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum
Remembering Our Collective Filipino American (Hi)Stories
FREE PREVIEWAn Introduction to a Critical Filipinx Perspective - Readings
What is YOUR origin story?
FREE PREVIEWReimagining Filipino History at St. Malo, Louisiana GUEST LECTURE
Journeys to St. Malo: A History of Filipino Louisiana by Michael Menor Salgarolo
Filipino LA (Website)
A Sampling of Books on the Filipino-American War
Lecture on Philippine American War
"How the U.S. Prison System traces its roots to the Philippines?" with Dr. Benjamin Weber
FREE PREVIEWReading: "African-American soldiers and Filipinos: racial imperialism, Jim Crow and social relations," by S. Ngozi Brown
Early Black-Filipino Solidarity in the U.S.
US Imperialism and Filipino Migration
Early Filipino Migration Experience - Readings
Reading: "Chronology of Filipinos in America Pre-1898," by Eloisa Gomez Borah
A Sakada Story
Peacock: Exeter, the Anti-Filipino Riot
Contemporary Filipino Migration Experience - Readings
Reading: "Filipino Americans, Foreigner Discrimination, and the lines of Racial Sovereignty," by Angelo Ancheta
"'Don't Stay Out in the Sun': Understanding Filipinx and Colorism" with Dr. Joanne Rondilla
FREE PREVIEWHow is Filipino/Filipina/Filipinz Freedom tied to Black Liberation
Brown Skin, White Masks: Colorism and Internal Colonization
Brown is Beautiful: Decolonizing our Minds and Bodies
Tatlong Bagsak: Combating Anti-Blackness in Filipina/x/o Communities
Be the Imposter: Ancestral Wisdom for Renegade Researchers with Dr. Robyn Rodriguez
FilipinX: Transforming and Unsettling Identities
Filipinos on the Frontlines: COVID-19
The Second Generation - Readings
Decolonizing Children's Book Publishing with Justine Villanueva
FREE PREVIEWReading, "WHERE IS THE DIVERSITY IN PUBLISHING? THE 2019 DIVERSITY BASELINE SURVEY RESULTS"
Reading: "Cooperative Children's Book Center: Diversity Statistics"
“Is it mental illness, or is it your trauma from colonization?” Healing Generational Trauma and Making Space for Emotions
Parenting with Pride: Resources for Children
Resources for Mental Health Support for Filipino Families
Beyond Adobo and Lumpia: Filipino Food in the Diaspora
Flip Hop: Filipinos in Hip Hop - Rappers, B-Boys, DJs, and more
The Importance of Larry Itliong
Filipino Americans on Film
Little Manila, Historic Filipinotown: Creating Islands of Belonging in a Sea of Hostility
"Unite to Fight (How To Run a Campaign)" with Raymond Castillo
Filipino American Activism & Resources for Getting Involved
Filipino American Prose & Poetry
Igorotak: Why My Father's Ifugao Identity Became an Issue with J.A. Ruanto-Ramirez
Baybaylan: Gender and Sexuality before Colonization
Decolonizing as a Spiritual Path
Reading: "Bridging Indigenous and Immigrant Struggles: A Case Study of American Samoa," by JoAnna Poblete-Cross
Indigenous Writing Systems: Baybayin
"What Being Indigenous Has Taught Me" with Kirin Macapugay
