{"id":5894,"date":"2019-05-20T23:46:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T03:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/?p=5894"},"modified":"2023-01-25T02:06:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T06:06:55","slug":"2019-05-20-naffaa-sponsors-larry-itliong-national-book-tour-event-in-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/2019-05-20-naffaa-sponsors-larry-itliong-national-book-tour-event-in-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"NaFFAA Sponsors Larry Itliong National Book Tour Event in Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, May 20, NaFFAA joined national and community partners in celebrating the historically significant book<span bis_size=\"{&quot;x&quot;:724,&quot;y&quot;:14,&quot;w&quot;:3,&quot;h&quot;:16,&quot;abs_x&quot;:907,&quot;abs_y&quot;:409}\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong. <\/i>As the first book about Larry Itliong, co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) with Cesar Chavez, the book gives a glimpse of Filipino American history and the solidarity between Filipino and Mexican farm workers that created the largest farm labor movement in the history of the United States.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5896\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5896 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_200400-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_200400-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_200400-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_200400-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_200400-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_200400.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees of the event watch a performance from Wayway Linsahay of the Talaandig tribe using the kumbing jaw instrument.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sponsors of the D.C. event included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance D.C. Chapter;<\/li>\n<li>Can\u2019t Stop Won\u2019t Stop Consulting;<\/li>\n<li>Filipino American National Historical Society;<\/li>\n<li>Filipino Young Professionals of Washington, D.C.;<\/li>\n<li>Mabuhay;<\/li>\n<li>National Federation of Filipino American Associations;<\/li>\n<li>Rita M. Cacas Foundation;<\/li>\n<li>University of Maryland Asian American Studies Program; and<\/li>\n<li>Washington, D.C. Mayor\u2019s Office of Asian Pacific Islander Affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sponsors of the nationwide tour included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bridge and Delta Publishing;<\/li>\n<li>University of California Davis Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies;<\/li>\n<li>Filipino American National Historical Society;<\/li>\n<li>Little Manila Rising; Pin@y Educational Partnerships; and<\/li>\n<li>PapaLoDown Public Relations Agency.<span bis_size=\"{&quot;x&quot;:275,&quot;y&quot;:1200,&quot;w&quot;:3,&quot;h&quot;:16,&quot;abs_x&quot;:458,&quot;abs_y&quot;:1595}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5899\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5899 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_193203-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_193203-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_193203-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_193203-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_193203-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190520_193203.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Deguzman, Director of the DC Mayors Office on APIA Affairs, and Gayle Romasanta, co-author of Journey for Justice, hold a fireside chat around the book, the vision, and the late Dr. Dawn Mabalon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span bis_size=\"{&quot;x&quot;:318,&quot;y&quot;:1248,&quot;w&quot;:461,&quot;h&quot;:136,&quot;abs_x&quot;:501,&quot;abs_y&quot;:1643}\">The event featured a tribute to the late, Dr. Dawn Mabalon, author of the book, a series of performances and speeches from community leaders, such as Tito Jon Melegrito with Tanghalang Pilipino, Marlan Maralit (New Virginia Majority), Gem Daus (FANHS National) , and Ben Deguzman (DC Mayor&#8217;s Office on APIA Affairs). The event ended with a Q&amp;A and book signing with co-author and publisher Gayle Romasanta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Contact the <a href=\"http:\/\/fanhs-national.org\/filam\/journey-for-justice-the-life-of-larry-itliong-book-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Filipino American National Historical Society<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bridgedeltapublishing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bridge+Delta Publishing<\/a> for more information on book tour dates in other cities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5952\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5952\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fanhs-national.org\/filam\/journey-for-justice-the-life-of-larry-itliong-book-tour\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5952 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Journey-for-Justice-Book-Tour-Poster-2019-02-25-276x300-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cities on the National Book Tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, May 20, NaFFAA joined national and community partners in celebrating the historically significant book\u00a0Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong. As the first book about Larry Itliong, co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW) with Cesar Chavez, the book gives a glimpse of Filipino American history and the solidarity between Filipino [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":5968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,93,81],"tags":[202],"class_list":["post-5894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-capital","category-naffaa-events","tag-naffaa-r2"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5894"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10897,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5894\/revisions\/10897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angatpangasinan.com\/alps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}