In 2008, the Hawaii State Legislature enacted into law that October will be designated Filipino-American History Month to annually commemorate the contributions of Filipino-Americans to Hawaiʻi and the United States.1 104 years ago in 1906, the first sakadas emigrated from the Philippines to Hawaiʻi to work on sugar plantations. Since then, Filipinos have become one […]
Michelle Cruz Skinner’s In the Company of Strangers (Bamboo Ridge, 2009) is the book of the month in February for the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii (JCCH) Book Club. Skinner’s book, a collection of short stories published by Bamboo Ridge Press in 2009, will be discussed by the author on “Thinking Out Loud,” a radio-call in program hosted by Willa […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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