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Philip Vera Cruz Oral History Transcript, Interview 1
Oral history interview of Philip Vera Cruz, conducted by Linda Mabalot. Vera Cruz accounts Filipino migrant labor patterns in Western United States,…
The Union Makes Us Strong
Article detailing the history of the United Farm Workers and its relationship between FIlipino Americans and other ethnic groups.
Installing adobe walls at Agbayani Village
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home.
Agbayani Village during construction, Image 2
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home.
The Manongs at the Agbayani Village construction site 
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home.
Completed roof tiles at Agbayani village 
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home. This photograph shows completed…
Tile work at Agbayani Village 
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home. This photograph depicts volunteers…
Volunteer placing roof tiles at Agbayani Village 
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home. This photograph depicts volunteers…
Sebastian Sahugan during the Agbayani Village construction 
Manong Sebastian Sahagan, veteran of both AWOC and UFW, pictured at Agbayani Village. Sahagan served as a photgrapher for UFW.
UCLA students at Agbayani Village 
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home. This photograph depicts volunteers…
Volunteers digging drainage ditch at Agbayani Village 
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home. This photograph depicts one of many…
Agbayani Village during construction
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home.
Agbayani Village volunteer working on the outer flooring 
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home. This photograph depicts one of many…
Pipe installation at Agbayani Village 
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home.
Volunteer meeting at Agbayani Village 
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home. This photograph depicts a brief…
Volunteer caravan at Agbayani Village
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home.
Volunteers installing roof tiles at Agbayani Village 
After the conclusion of the 1965-1970 Delano Grape Strike, the UFW set out to assist the original Filipino strikers. Volunteers from across the state converged to the Forty Acres, to help build the retirement home.
Picket line during the 1973 Grape Strike
UFW organizers on a picket line during the 1973 strike. After a series of "Sweetheart" contracts between Delano's table grape growers and the Teamsters, the UFW once again took to the picket lines, organizing various protest in California and around…
Agbayani Village volunteer meeting
UFW volunteers meet to discuss the progress of Agbayani Village. The Paulo Agbayani Retirement Village was a UFW project that provided housing for aging, Filipino strikers of the Delano Grape Strike. People from all races and classes congregated at…
Philip Vera Cruz & UFW members at Agbayani Village
Photograph of UFW 2nd Vice President Philip Vera Cruz and UFW members and volunteers. One of Vera Cruz' duties as 2nd Vice President was to oversee the construction of Agbayani Village, a retirement home for aging Filipino strikers.
The Manongs of Agbayani Village, 2
Group photograph of the Manongs of Agbayani Village. From left to right: unnamed, Willie Barrientos, Philip Vera Cruz, Marcos Ramos, Marriano Esquira, unnamed, Marcel Domingo, Catalino Taclibon , Sebastian sahagan, Severino Manglio, Celedonio La…
Manong Sebastian Sahagan
Manong Sebastian Sahagan, veteran of both AWOC and UFW, pictured at Agbayani Village. Sahagan served as a photgrapher for UFW.
Manong Candido Feliciano
Manong Candido Feliciano, veteran of both the AWOC and UFW, at Agbayani Village.
Manong Marcel Domingo
Manong Marcel Domingo, veteran of AWOC and UFW, posing at Agbayani Village.
Manongs Willie Barrientos and Ben Abad
Manongs Willie Barrientos and Bend Abad, veterans of both AWOC and UFW, pose at Agbayani Village.
Manong Catalino Taclibon
Manong Catalino Taclibon, veteran of both AWOC and the UFW, poses at Agbayani Village.
Manong Sebastian Sahagun
Manong Sebastian Sahagun poses at Agbayani Village. Sahagun served as Agbayani Villages photographer, along as one of the photographers for AWOC and later the UFW.
Agtang (Lorraine) Oral History Interview
Lorraine Agtang was a UFW organizer during the 1970s and served the first manager for Agbayani Village. In this oral history interview, Lorraine recounts her early experiences as a farmworker, along with her experiences in both the 1965 Delano Grape…