THE FILIPINO CENTURY BEYOND HAWAII

International Conference on the Hawaii Filipino Centennial

Ala Moana Hotel, 410 Atkinson Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96814; Phone: (808) 955-4811

December 13-17, 2006

December 13, 2006 (Wednesday)

Arrival & registration of participants at Ala Moana Hotel

3:00-7:00 pm Pick up of conference packet from Secretariat Desk

December 14, 2006 (Thursday)

7:00 – 8:00 am Continue Registration

7:30 – 10:00 BRUNCH (Included in reg. fee)

8:15 – 8:25 Welcome Remarks – Elias Beniga, Filipino Centennial Celebration Committee Chair

8:25 – 8:50 Opening Address – Dr. Denise Eby Konan, UH Manoa Interim Chancellor

Introduced by Dr. Edward Shultz, Interim Dean, School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, UH Manoa

8:50-10:00 PLENARY: “Filipino Personal Narratives through Documentary

Films”(Stephanie Castillo, Guest Speaker)

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break

10:15 – 11:45 BREAK-OUT PANELS (Rooms, Topics, Chairs and Presentors)

● Panel 1 [Anthurium]– Who is a Sakada? (Roundtable: Carolyn Weygan-Hildebrand)

1) Lyna Burian – The Sakada Activities of Filipino Association of University Women (FAUW)

2) Charlene Cuaresma – The Sakada Legacy Recognition Project

● Panel 2 [Plumeria] – 100 Hundred Years of Filipino Migration: Continuities & Disjunctures (Emma Porio)

Discussant: Virginia A. Miralao

1) Maruja M. B. Asis - Organizing Filipinos: Migrants’ Associations and their Changing Milieus

2) Ma. Cecilia G. Conaco - “Filipino Social Identity Metamorphosis in the Context of Migration

3) Stella P. Go - The International Movement of Filipinos: To the United States and Beyond

● Panel 3 [Carnation] - Ethnicity and Nationhood in Migrant Narratives in the U.S. (Erlinda K. Alburo)

1) Macrina Abenoja - Lucky Come Hawaii! Life Satisfaction among Cebuano-Speaking Elderly Filipinos on Oahu

2) Jackie Pias Carlin - Conditions on the Sugar Plantations on Maui

3) Clarita R. Carlos - Challenges of the Filipino Elderly in Hawaii: Retirement, Pensions, Welfare Services and Family Relations

4) Erlinda Kintanar-Alburo - Plantation Life in Hawaii and the Politics of Representation

● Panel 4 [Pakalana] – Roots: The Sakada Connection (Roundtable: Cornelia Anguay)

1) Romel Dela Cruz - Under the Bough of a Salamagi Tree: The Legacy of the 1946 Sakadas

2) Fred Soriano- Tata Gorio: The Unveiling of a Sakada Statue

3) Jay Sasan - Final harvest: From ‘Cut Caneniro’ to Plantation Manager

● Panel 5 [Gardenia] – Hawaii and Philippines in 1898 - Tom

Coffman's Nation Within (Sheila Forman)

Discussant: Marcus Daniel

● Panel 6 [Ilima] – Ilocano Language, Change and Empowerment (Josie Clausen)

1) April Joy Cipriano & Olivia Ang - Bilingualism in Pangasinan: A Good Thing or a Bad Thing?

2) Darlene Marie E. Mortel - 45 Kaliber Proof: Reading Resistance to Create Change

3) Lorie B. Sibolboro, Estephanie G. Celi & Alicia Corpuz-Nague - Voice Affixes in Ilocano

4) Alma M.O. Trinidad - The Places of Empowerment for Fil-AmYoung Adults: Extra Curricular Activities and Mental Health Promotion

11:50 – 1:00 Lunch Break (Participants on their own)

1:15 – 2:45 CONTINUATION OF BREAK-OUT PANELS

● Panel 7 [Gardenia] – Maui Filipino Labor History (Roundtable: Artemio Baxa)

1) Gilbert Coloma Agaran & Fred Evangelista - Oral History, Myths and Legends in the Developing Sakada Saga

2) Vince G. Bagoyo – Contributions of Filipinos to Maui Labor History

3) Antonio V. Ramil – Filipinos in the News: The First 10 Years, 1906-1916

● Panel 8 [Plumeria]– Filipino American Identity (Jonathan Y. Okamura)

1) Maria Eufrecina P. Barros - Ilocanos PlusHawaii Dot Com: Identities and Images on Cyberspace

2) Purificacion G. Delima - Ilocano (Filipino) Identity in the English Language: Tracing Generations of Acculturation

3) Jonathan Y. Okamura - A Century of Misrepresenting Filipino Americans in Hawaii

4) Ma. Socorro Q. Perez - Ilocano Immigrants’ Renegotiation of Space

● Panel 9 [Anthurium] – Pedagogy and History of Philippine Education (Virgie Chattergy)

1) Pia Arboleda - Gaikokujin Kyoushi ga Manabu (The Foreign Teacher Learns): Reflections on Teaching Filipino in Japan

2) Virgie Chattergy - Education of Filipinos - The Colonial Years: Comparative Description of Spanish and American Educational Orientation

3) Anthony Medrano - Philippines in Hawaii: Education in Colonial Times

● Panel 10 [Pakalana]– Akyat: Philippine Studies on the Rise in Northern California (Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III)

1) Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III - Prayers to Pera: A Remittance Survey of 1500 Filipino-American Catholics in the San Francisco Bay Area

2) Evelyn I. Rodriguez - Primerang Bituin: Philippines-Mexico Relations at the Dawn of the Pacific Rim Century

3) Marie Lorraine Mallare and Aethel Cruz– Voices of the Past: The Plight and Struggle of Filipino WWII Veterans in the United States.

4) Sid A. Valledor - Globalization and the Migrant Labor Movement in the United States: The Forgotten Philip Vera Cruz.

● Panel 11 [Carnation] – Filipino Service Workers in the Hotel Industry and the Hotel Workers Rising Campaign (Roundtable: Hernando Ramos Tan)

Members: Deanna Espinas and Dolores Reyes

● Panel 12 [Ilima] – From Nations to Territories: Hawaii, the Philippines and the U.S. Empire in the Pacific (Vina Lanzona)

Discussant: Jon Osorio

1) Kimberly Alidio - The Temperate and the Torrid: Early Twentieth-Century American Comparisons of Hawaii and the Philippines

2) Paul Kramer - Empire and Exclusion: Race, Migration and State-Building in Philippine-American History

3) JoAnna Poblete-Cross - Colonial Challenges: Puerto Rican and Filipino Labor Complaints in Hawaii, 1900 to 1940

2:45 – 2:55 Coffee Break

3:00 – 4:30 ● Panel 13 [Pakalana] – Saga of Filipino International Communities (Gerard Finin)

1) Adelamar N. Alcantara - Filipinos in the United States: In Pursuit of the American Dream

2) Gerard A. Finin - Filipinos in the Pacific Islands

3) Sida Sonsri - The Filipino Community in Thailand

4) Takefumi Terada - Filipino Catholic Communities in Japan

● Panel 14 [Anthurium] - Contested Identity, Americanism and Filipino Diaspora (Allan Punzalan Isaac)

1) Aurelio S. Agcaoili - Tropes of Tensions in the Land of Exile: Filipino Labor and Race Relations in Philippine-American Literature

2) Allan Punzalan Isaac - Gold Star Mothers and the Filipino American Politics of Mourning

3) Fred Magdalena - Global Pinoy, Global Village: Disenchanting the Enchanted

● Panel 15 [Plumeria] – Archiving/Preserving Filipino Culture (William Richter)

1) Christine Balmes - The Philippine Collections of the Frank Murphy Museum

2) Matthew Kester - Reconstructing the Sakada through the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association’s Archives

3) Erwin Legaspi - Restoring and Preserving Philippine Cultural Heritage Sites

● Panel 16 [Carnation] – Economic Issues: Labor Policy and Care Home Industry (Ernesto C. Lucas)

1) Darlyne Bautista - The Philippine Labor Export Policy: Development or Underdevelopment?

2) Ernesto C. Lucas - The Structure, Conduct and Performance of the Care Home Industry in Hawaii

● Panel 17 [Gardenia] – Turumba Revisited (Video: Ruth Mabanglo, Speaker)

● Panel 18 [Ilima] – English and Ilocano: “Clash” of Linguistics (Michael L. Forman)

1) Elizabeth A. Calinawagan - English and Ilocano: After 100 Years of Language Contact

2) Josie P. Clausen - Ilokano Ideophones

3) Ricardo M. Nolasco - What an Ergative Grammar of Ilokano Would Look Like

End of first day, participants on their own for dinner and evening (Nearest eating place is Ala Moana Shopping Center’s Makai Food Court)

December 15, 2006 (Friday)

7:30 – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast (Included in reg. fee)

8:30 – 10:00 CONTINUATION OF BREAK-OUT PANELS

● Panel 19 [Carnation] – Human Trafficking, Colonialism & Balikbayan Boxes (Kathy Nadeau)

1) Elena Clariza - Human Trafficking in Mindanao

2) Karina Hof - Thinking Outside the Balikbayan Box: How Hospitality and Sacrifice Figure in the Philippine Diaspora.

3) Theresa M. Ronquillo - Deconstructing Colonialism in the Borderlands: Identity Negotiation among Filipino Americans

4) Jimiliz Maramba Valiente - Colonial Legacies: Filipino and American Presents/Presence in the Balikbayan Box

● Panel 20 [Ilima] – Filipino Migration to the United States (Sonia L. Aranza)

1) Adriano A. Arcelo - Filipinos in the U.S. Bay Area

2) Maria Fe Caces - Revisiting Filipino Immigration to Hawaii from the 1960s through the 1980s: Social Networks and Lessons

● Panel 21 [Plumeria] – Military/Security Issues and the Mindanao Conflict (Linda Richter)

1) Marconi M. Dioso - The U.S. Army's Use of Military Commissions in the Philippines during the Filipino-American War

2) Eric D. Johnson - The Abu Sayyaf Group and Maritime Terrorism

3) Anthony Medrano - Children, War and the ‘Bare’ Space of Mindanao

4) Vincent K. Pollard -Redefining Security: Lessons for Future Generations from the Anti-Bases Movement

● Panel 22 [Pakalana] – Family, Identity & Other Social Issues in Filipino Overseas Communities (Quirico S. Samonte, Jr.)

1) Romulo Aquino - The Philippine Studies Mission: Preserving the Filipino Immigrant Legacy

2) Quirico S. Samonte - The Biography as Vehicle for Preserving the Legacy and Identity of Filipino Immigrants

3) Adelwisa L.Agas Weller - Preserving Filipino Immigrant Legacy from a University Perspective: The Role of the Philippine Studies Group at the University of Michigan

● Panel 23 [Anthurium] – Special Presentation: The Silent Natives of Fuga (Video: Karie Garnier)

● Panel 24 [Gardenia] – Communicating with the Filipino Community through Radio (Roundtable: Tony Sagayadoro)

1) Nic G. Musico - The Filipino Radio as Forum for Issues of the Day

2) Tony L. Sagayadoro - Communicating with the Filipino community: The Radio as Medium

3) Emme Tomimbang - Growing Up Filipino-American: My Media Roots in Radio

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break

10:15 – 11:45 ● Panel 25 [Gardenia] – Humanitarianism and Empowerment (Cecile L. Motus)

1) Sonia Aranza - Hawaii on My Mind: Reflections on an Immigrant Childhood

2) Potri Ranka Manis and Nonilon V. Queano - Looking Back, Moving Forward to an Empowered Filipino Community in the United States

3) Cecile L. Motus - Is There Life After Living Aloha in Hawaii?

● Panel 26 [Ilima] – Contesting the Philippine State across Transnational Political Space - Political Mobilization in the Filipino Diaspora (Dean T. Alegado)

1) Dean T. Alegado - People Power II and the Transnational Filipino Community: The Role of Transnational Community Network

2) Geline Avila - The Legacy and Contributions of the Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino to Filipino Transnational Activism

3) Enrique de la Cruz -The Anti-Marcos Movement in the United States

4) Jorge Emmanuel - FACES (Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity) and New Perspectives on Environmental Advocacy

● Panel 27 [Plumeria] – The Filipino Community in Canada (Sheila Zamar)

1) Neneth Banas - Capacity Building among Filipino Youths in Canada

2) Maureen Cristin S. Justiniano - Filipinos in Winnipeg: The Impacts of Filipino Migration on the Transformation of Canada’s Landscape

● Panel 28 [Pakalana] - Hanapepe Revisited (Serafin Colmenares, Jr.)

Discussant: Chad K. Taniguchi

1) Belinda A. Aquino - Understanding the "Hanapepe Massacre"

2) Kristy Ringor - The War at Hanapepe

3) Emme Tomimbang - Documenting the 1924 Hanapepe Massacre

● Panel 29 – Filipino-American Issues in the U.S. Legal Profession (Abelina Madrid Shaw)

Discussant: Mario Ramil

1) Carlos Dequina - Buddy, Can You Spare A Billion? How to Achieve Tax-Exempt Status for a Fil-Am Organization

2) David Forman - More than English Spoken Here

3) Abelina Madrid Shaw - Filipino Americans in the US Legal Professions

● Panel 30 [Anthurium] – Filipino Americans in Other Media (Thelma A. Sugay)

1) Josephine Atienza - Issues and Challenges Faced by U.S. Filipino Immigrants: How They are Interpreted and Portrayed in Movies

2) Bernardo Bernardo - Defining the True Spirit among Fil-Am Immigrants: Role of a Fil-Am Performer

3) Thelma Aranda Sugay - Media Marketing:  A Look into the Psyche of the Fil-Am as Advertiser and Consumer

12:00 – 2:30 PLENARY LUNCHEON (Included in reg. fee)

“The Implications of the 1946 Sugar Strike in Hawaii to the 21st Century."

(Ah Quon McElrath. Retired Social Worker and former Member of the Board of Regents, University of Hawaii, Keynote Speaker. Introduced by Dr. Dean T. Alegado.)

2:30 – 2:50 Short Break

3:00 – 4:30 CONTINUATION OF BREAK-OUT PANELS

● Panel 31 [Carnation] – The Immigrant Experience and Filipino Professionals (Gloria Juliana Maramba)

1) Mila Alcazaren - Teaching the Filipino Language to Heritage Students on Guam

2) Ben Aranda - The Role of a Fil-Am Professional in Uplifting the Status of Fil-Am Immigrants in America

3) Gloria Juliana Maramba - The Intersection of Personal Immigrant Experience and Professional Endeavors

● Panel 32 [Ilima] – Philippine-American Relations:The International Visitors Program (Teresita G. Bernales)

Teresita G. Bernales - The International Visitor Leadership Program: An Overview

Karen Kelley - IVLP Philippines: How IVs are Selected, What visitors learn, IVLP Alumni in the Philippines, How Alumni Give Back

Rusyan Jill Mamiit - Anecdotal Experience on How IVLP Impacted My Life

● Panel 33 [Anthurium] – Health and Healing in the Fil-Am Community (Bienvenido R. Jongco)

1) Bienvenido R. Jongco - Promoting Health for All Filipinos: The UPMASA Legacy

2) Virgil J. Mayor Apostol - Revival and Reintroduction of Filipino Traditional Healing Practices into Filipino-American Society

● Panel 34 [Gardenia] – Special Presentation: Singgalot - The Ties that Bind (Dean T. Alegado)

● Panel 35 [Pakalana] – Consuelo: Foundation of Little Miracles (Rose Cruz Churma)

1) Patti Lyons - Who was Consuelo Zobel Alger? Portrait of a Humanitarian

2) Geri Marullo - Charting the Future and Strengthening Links Between Hawaii and the Philippines

3) Ray Dean Salvosa - Together We Achieve the Ordinary: The Consuelo Partnership Model

● Panel 36 [Plumeria] – Individual Papers on Philippine History and Culture (Belinda A. Aquino)

1) Bernadette B. Anneb, Dedicacion B.Banua & Samuel Rey Robert D. Duldulao - The Role of GUMIL in Preserving Philippine Literature

2) Ricardo D. Trimillos - Music and Ritual: Marking Filipino Identity

3) Damon L. Woods - Vigan: Center of Hispanization and Commerce in the Ilocos

End of second day, participants on their own for dinner and evening

LIBRARY EXHIBIT: “Filipinos in Hawaii: The First 100 Years,” Hamilton Library, University of Hawaii at Manoa. (Curated by Alice Mak, Philippine Studies Librarian). Also on display will be Singgalot: Ties that Bind, Smithsonian-sponsored exhibit curated by Prof. Dean T. Alegado. Starting Nov. 30, 2006 – Jan. 31, 2007. See website: http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/about/hours_fall06.html

TRADE EXPO: There will be a Philippine Trade Expo at the Hawaii Convention Center (Dec 13 – 16) next to the hotel that participants can attend free. Call Vergel Adonis at (808) 371-6033 for more information or see website: www.philtradeexpo.com

ANNUAL PASKO FESTIVAL: This event is also free and will be held at the Kapiolani Park in Waikiki on Saturday, Dec. 16. Take any bus going towards the Waikiki area and ask the bus driver to let you off at the park (towards the end of Waikiki, near the Honolulu Zoo). Have exact change of $2 for the bus fare.

GALA DINNER: Dec. 17, 2006 (Sunday), Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom (Included in conference registration fee of $175/$195). Those interested in dinner ONLY, contact Jun Colmenares at (808) 586-7305 or email <serafin.colmenares@doh.hawaii.gov>

Dec. 18, 2006 (Monday) – Check out from Ala Moana Hotel (until 11:00am)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• The Ala Moana Hotel is located at 410 Atkinson Drive, Honolulu, HI 96814; Phone: 808-955-4811 (Next to the Ala Moana Shopping Center). Group rates per night are: $139 single/double occupancy, $174 triple occupancy, plus taxes. Call toll free 1-800-367-6026 (ask for reservations) or see link: www.hawaii.edu/cps/alamoanahotel.html. ALSO see Ala Moana Hotel Group Rooms Policy, i.e., Cancellation, Prepayment, etc.
• PRE-REGISTRATION FEE OF $175 (NOT REFUNDABLE AFTER DECEMBER 1, 2006); REGULAR OR ONSITE REGISTRATION FEE IS $195.

Registration includes: Brunch (Dec. 14), Continental Breakfast and Luncheon (Dec 15),

Coffee/Pastries (Dec 14-15), Conference bag of materials,

AND Centennial Gala Dinner (Dec. 17) Also free admission to the Philippine International Trade Expo and Pasko Festival

CHECKS OR INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS MADE OUT TO:

HAWAII FILIPINO CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE

Send to: Attn: Clemen Montero

Center for Philippine Studies, UH Manoa

1890 East-West Road, Moore Hall 415

Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S.A.

INQUIRIES: Clem Montero (Logistics/Registration), Dr. Fred Magdalena (Program) at cps@hawaii.edu, or telephone (808) 956-6086

ALL OTHERS: Dr. Belinda A. Aquino, Conference Chair, lyndy@hawaii.edu or call (808) 956-2686. CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.hawaii.edu/cps/centennial-conference.html