ACR 169 Summary

• Designates October 2014 as Filipino American History Month and recognizes the 427th anniversary of the first Filipino presence in continental United States on October 18, 1587

• Documents Filipino American contributions to California and the United States including agricultural labor, military service during World War II (approximately 200,000 Filipino soldiers), nursing, and shipyard work

• Highlights major historical Filipino American communities and sites including "Manilatown" in San Francisco, "Little Manila" in Stockton (designated as first historical site of its kind in 2000), and "Historic Filipinotown" in Los Angeles (2002)

• Recognizes Filipino American leadership in social justice movements including the 1965 Delano Grape Strike, Third World Liberation Front at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University, and resistance to martial law in the Philippines from 1972-1986

• Notes that Filipino Americans represent the largest Asian American and Pacific Islander group in California and the third largest in the United States, with nine recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor