Press Releases and Events

Welga Project Presentations

May 5, 2017
“The Welga Project,” Invited Speaker
California Teachers Association,  Joint Ethnic Caucus Issues Conference
Manhatttan Beach, CA

April 20, 2017
“Filipino Activism in California: A Look at the Welga project”
National Council for Public History Annual Meeting
Indianapolis, IN

March 31, 2017       
“Filipino American Contributions to the United Farm Workers,” Invited Speaker
Public Allies
Oakland, CA

March 4, 2017          
“Democratizing Ethnic Studies,” Panelist
All People Celebrate Ethnic Studies Today and Tomorrow
Woodland, CA

October 25, 2016     
Invited Speaker
Filipino American History Month Celebration
San Diego State University 

September 10, 2016           
Bold Step II: A Anniversary of the Delano Grape Strike, Invited Speaker
Delano, CA 

April 28, 2016
The Welga Project
Session Presenter and Chair
Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies
Miami, Florida 

October 31, 2015     
“The Welga Project,” Invited Speaker
Filipino American Educators Association of California
Sacramento, CA

October 3, 2015       
Filipino American History Month, Invited Panelist
3rd Filipino American International Book Festival
San Francisco, CA 

September 8, 2015  
Bold Step,: A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Delano Grape Strike, Invited Speaker
Delano, CA

April 20, 2015
The Welga Project, Invited Panelist
Cultural History Awareness Program Series
Bakersfield College, California 

October 24, 2014     
Welga! Project Launch,
EastSide Arts Alliance, Oakland, CA


Curriculum Development workshops: These are the workshops that the Welga Project has initiated, in partnership with the Filipino American Educators Association of California, to create AB 123 curriculum that draws from the archive.

April 2, 2017
AB 123 Curriculum Development Meeting
Union City, CA 

August 12, 2016
AB 123 Curriculum Development Meeting
Union City, CA 

 

 Welga Digital Archive Presentations:

October 2015
Welga! Filipino American Labor Archives
, information booth
Sacramento Archives Crawl
Sacramento, California

June 20, 2015
The Welga Digital Archive
Society of American Archivists, California Student Chapter Meeting and Conference
Sacramento, California

Summer 2015
"The Welga Digital Archive"
Publication, Society of American Archivists

April 16, 2015
Welga! Accessing Filipino American Farmworker History through Digital Archives
National Council for Public History Annual Meeting
Poster Presentation
Nashville, Tennessee