Little Manila Foundation - Stockton California An Epicenter of Filipino America

Since April of 1999, a potent core of Filipino Americans and allies have been working hard to preserve what is left of Little Manila, where many prominent Filipinos lived and worked during the 1920s through the 1960s. I heard before that, outside the Philippines, Little Manila contained the largest population of Filipinos. Now reduced to a few city blocks, the organization has been able to bring national attention to the area, designated the Little Manila Historic Site by the City of Stockton, a listing of the site in the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2003 list of America's Most Endangered Historic Places.

This June 12, 2008, just in time for Philippine Independence Day (celebrating the declaration of independence from Spain), and until June 30, 2008, a lobby display will be put up in the California Department of Education building located at 1430 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814-5901, entitled "Stockton, California-An Epicenter of Filipino America". The display will measure 12.5 feet wide and 7 feet tall and cover various facets of the Filipino American community in Stockton, CA, and why it is an important part of American history. We hope that you can see the display in person, and we will be sure to get detailed images of the display for your edification as soon as they can be released (after the display is taken down).

Long live Little Manila!

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