We hope that you will join us for this yearβs Pilipinx American History Month activities! Please share these events with your friends, family, colleagues, and students.
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Academic Year 2025-26 / PAHM Series Presents
Bayanihan Rising: Q4 Networking
Wednesday, October 8 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Community Learning Center | Bldg 100
Join us for an evening of community building and connection, embodying the Pilipinx
spirit of bayanihan, working together for the common good.
- Check out some of our panelists for the evening by !
- for Bayanihan Rising Mixer
Kain Na! Meryenda Miyerkules Mixer
Wednesday, October 22 | 11 am - 12:45 pm
Oceanside Campus | Bulding 14, Rooms 290 & 293
Share food and stories while learning about the Delano Manongs in the Farm Workers
Movement, with a special focus on Larry Itliong and the Agricultural Workers Organizing
Committee (AWOC). Discover the pivotal role of Pilipinx American labor leaders in
the fight for workersβ rights.
- for Meryenda Miyerkules Mixer
Dear America Campus-Wide Book Club
Tuesday, October 28 | 12:30- 1:30 pm
Oceanside Campus | Bulding 14, Rooms 290 & 293
Weβre launching our campus-wide book club, featuring Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigration
rights activist. Born in the Philippines in 1981, Vargas moved to the U.S. at the
age of twelve and later discovered that he was undocumented. His powerful memoir provides
an intimate glimpse into the immigrant experience in America. In the first session
of this series, weβll focus on Part 1 of this compelling work.
- for the "Dear America" Book Launch.
Kamalayan Book & Media Exhibit
Oceanside Campus | Learning Commons & Online
Weβre also thrilled to highlight the fantastic efforts of our Library partners, who have created what we have named the βKamalayan Book & Media Exhibit.β βKamalayanβ means βconsciousnessβ in Tagalog/Pilipino. You can find a year-round . Throughout October, many items will be on display at the library. We encourage you to explore this valuable collection and expand your understanding of Pilipinx history and culture.
About the Committee
More events are being added throughout the year, so please stay tuned. The PAHM planning committee is comprised of students, faculty, and staff. To learn more about how to integrate any of the events into your class, program, or club, please email studentequity@miracosta.edu.
Contact
For details about Pilipinx American Heritage Month Series events or to get involved in upcoming History & Heritage Month planning, please contact:
Kristina Londy
klondy@miracosta.edu
History and Heritage Programming are a service of the Department of Student Equity. For general inquiries about all Student Equity programs and services, please contact us at studentequity@miracosta.edu or call our main office at 760.757.2121 x6900.
