Anchorage Museum of History and Art Collection: Wien Description: View of Cessna 180 airplane with wheels on skis in front of glacier in Alaska, with man sitting nearby with winter gear. From verso: ' Note close up of Federal wheel-ski. Glacier in background. ' 1960s?. Photographer: Frank Whaley.

Join the Alaskero Partnership Organization and the University of Alaska Anchorage in celebrating Filipino American History Month with events in Anchorage throughout the month of October.  Events are free and open to the public.

My Wayward Journey Thus Far
October 2 - 28, 2011
3rd floor Consortium Library, 3211 Providence Drive
An art exhibit featuring the work of Julius Cavira

Filipino American History and Health
October 5, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Consortium Library, Room 307, 3211 Providence Drive
Brown bag presentation with the Alaskero Partnership Organizers (APO), a group of Filipino American faculty members and researchers.

Dr. Connie Mariano, author of White House Doctor: My Patients were Presidents
October 14, 2011
Coffee and tea: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the UAA Bookstore
Talk and author reception: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at UAA ARTS 150
Dr. Mariano is the first military woman to become the White House Physician to the President, the first woman Director of the White House Medical Unit, and the first Filipino American in US history to become a Navy Rear Admiral.  ASL interpreter will be provided for this speaker. 


The Evolution of Television: How TV Shapes our Lives in a New Digital Ecosystem
October 21 at 7 p.m.
A talk with Dr. Joy Chavez Mapaye

These events are sponsored by the UAA Center for Community Engagement and Learning, Diversity Action Council, Department of Health Sciences, College of Health, Office of Academic Affairs, School of Medical Education (WWAMI), Office of Diversity and Compliance, Community and Technical College, Filipino Community of Anchorage, Alaska, Inc.

Filipino American History month events around Alaska:

KODIAK
Challenges and Contributions of a Community: Filipinos in the Kodiak Economy
Saturday, October 15 at 7 p.m.
A lecture by Dr. Joefe Santarita, Fulbright Scholar at Kodiak College.  At the Baranov Museum, 101 Marine Way, Kodiak. 
For more information please call (907) 486-5920 or visit www.baranovmuseum.org.


If you are the sponsor of an event for Filipino American History month in your Alaskan community, please send event details to members@alaskahistoricalsociety.org.

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Filipino American History Month Events The schedule of events for 2011 Filipino American History Month: Filipinos Making History Today. Presented by the Alaskero Partnership Organizers and the University of Alaska Anchorage.

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