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The Delano grape strike ultimately succeeded. After five long years, the growers signed a contract that made significant concessions to the farm workers, including a pay raise, health-care benefits, and safety protections from pesticides. But many of the benefits disproportionately benefited Mexican-American laborers. Hiring hallsset up as a result of collective bargainingdisproportionately favored permanent residents (i.e. Mexicans) over seasonal workers (i.e. Filipinos). ...Fed up with the direction of the union, Itliong resigned from the UFW in 1971. In the end, Larry probably should’ve been president of the union, says Garcia. There’s a pain, says Gadiano. Cesar is revered. And the sad part is Larry Itliong and the Manongs’ role has been diminished to a footnote in history. But we started a movement that was incredibly positive. It helped farm workers not only in California, but around the United States. And people forget.

Star War's Princess' Lea's hairstyle was inspired by Native Americans! Amazing!

Dear mama: happy birthday. Your second one in COVID. Wish I could celebrate with you there. Miss you.

Los Angeles' Filipinotown has the PWC Jeepney (and will soon be the first to cross the HiFi Gateway Monument in LA) and Raya and the Last Dragon has the "Tuk-tuk". Now SF's SOMA Pilipinas has the Pinoy Tricycle! Sakay na! ***... Finally a Filipino tricycle makes history as it crosses the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time April 5, 2021 By Jeanne Perez A Fil-am made Pinoy tricycle was spotted in the US and is the first to cross the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge The tricycle is a public artwork made to connect with Filipinos and their Filipino-American experience It will be featured in a web series as well as a documentary Who would have thought that a Filipino created a Pinoy tricycle in California and it has been making waves on its highways? Yes, it has finally materialized and was proudly made by Pinoys. According to its social media account, this tricycle named TNT Traysikel is a mobile public artwork that operates as a cultural marker for the SOMA Pilipinas Cultural Heritage District in San Francisco. The vehicle recently made a meet-up with the Norcal Pinoy Riders and 60 of them showed up, wherein one of its routes was passing through the well-known Golden Gate Bridge. The historical moment was documented. News quickly traveled to the Philippines and it has been shared multiple times; mostly by automobile enthusiast groups. Some netizens jokingly reacted about the vehicle traversing at the center of the highways of San Francisco. Buti diyan pinapayagan ang tricycle sa highway. Sana all! Hanggang diyan ba naman sa ibang bansa nakagitna pa rin ang tricycle. Sabi nang gumilid eh. But wait. The TNT traysikel isn’t just an ordinary automobile we usually spot in our local streets. It is the star of an upcoming web series, TNT SideCaraoke; a rolling interview show about Filipinos and the Filipino American experience and a documentary TNT in America. The Pinoy pride was made by artists Michael Arcega and Paolo Asuncion. It was funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission/Individual Artist Commission with additional financial subsidy from Awesome Foundation, San Francisco State University and Balay Kreative. What do you think of this Philippine entry on the streets of Los Angeles?

Stephen Curry. To help show solidarity with the Asian community, the Golden State Warriors guard worked with the Bruce Lee Foundation to create the hand-painted... yellow and black customized sneakers that depict the martial arts icon and champion of equal rights. They plan to auction the game-worn sneakers in the coming weeks and will work with an organization to disburse all of the proceeds to the families of each of the eight victims. See more

From Baby Yoda to Bernie Sanders (mitten meme edition), Fried Rice Art's rice portraits are taking TikTok by storm

Disney's "Raya and the Last Dragon" and the story of a malevolent force turning people into stone while a shape-shifting guardian and magical creature is the key to its undoing; may have been inspired by this Philippine Classic tale, which was primary text we all learn in our first year in High School in the Philippines!