Community Headliners
HELEN AGAOILI SUMMERS BROWN
Documentaryon Helen Summers Brown (1915-2011) by Florante Peter Ibanez (2005). Helen was the founder of the Filipino American Library (FAL) in LA’s Historic Filipinotown (HiFi).
Filipina American Pioneer in Education
Helen Brown’s collection Filipino American Library (FAL)housed at USC Digital Library
Historic Filipinotown Eastern Gateway 2022
Arcadia Books Collection
Unidad Park in Historic Filipinotown
Community Organizations
Filipino American Community of Los Angeles (FACLA)
SIPA (Search to Involve Pilipino Americans)
FASGI,Inc (Filipino American Service Group)
PWC (Pilipino Workers Center)
PALAD (Pilipino American Los Angeles Democrats)
Fil Am Arts
Filipino American Symphony Orchestra (FASO)
Sunday Jump with Eddy M. Gana Jr. (a community open mic series for the spoken word)
History & Background of the LA Filipino American Community
Filipino Americans in Los Angeles (1903 – 1980)
How L.A.’s Little Manila Disappeared Without a Trace
Carlos Bulosan Footprints in Los Angeles
Filipinotown: Voices from Los Angeles by Carlene Sobrino-Bonnivier Read More
10 Things the 1940 Census Reveals about Carlos Bulosan by M.T. Ojeda
Walking with Carlos Bulosan: A Tour of Carlos Bulosan’s Los Angeles by Eloisa Gomez Borah (Chapter 12 – Filipinotown…)
Joseph Bernardo
Dr. Bernardo, a history professor at Loyola Marymount University, did his PhD. dissertation on the history of the Los Angeles Filipino American community.
The Making of Historic Filipinotown in LA
This is an extensive history of Little Manila/Historic Filipinotown dating from the 1920s to the present-day Historic Filipinotown.
Benicio Catapusan
A graduate student at USC (University of So California) who wrote his masters thesis (sociology) on Filipinos’ occupations and recreational activities.