ABOUT FANHS

To promote understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation and enrichment through the identification, gathering, preservation and dissemination of the history and culture of Filipino Americans in the United States.

PURPOSES

To research, gather, disseminate and promote Filipino American history, conduct research and studies, provide a repository for research and gathered materials, promote and disseminate published works, promote and hold forums and public programs and to conduct businesses and fund-raising events to accomplish these purposes.

PRIORITIES

• Research with documentation of the Filipino presence as early as 1587 and of Filipinos' permanent settlement as early as 1763 in the Continental U.S.
• Membership including 26 chapters throughout the nation: Oregon, Hampton Roads in Virginia, Seattle, Metropolitan New York, Midwest, New England, Alaska and Sacramento Delta, San Francisco, East Bay, Santa Clara Valley, Vallejo, California Central Coast, Stockton, Fresno, Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, San Diego, Central Valley in California, Rio Grande in New Mexico, Wisconsin, Michigan, St. Louis and Philadelphia.
• Public Programming including photo exhibits, oral history, lectures, symposiums, forums, journal writing and university/college credit courses.
• Archival Collections in the establishment of the National Pinoy Archives in Seattle (1987).
• Historical Site Designations including San Malo in Louisiana and Morro Bay in California.
• Public Service including consultations, referrals, student internships and sharing of historical materials by volunteer national staff.
• Documentaries, evidenced by the major award-winning video, "Filipino Americans: Discovering Their Past for the Future" (1994).
• Annual observance of Filipino American History Month in October nationwide.
• Long-Range goals have begun for the establishments of the National Pinoy Museum in Stockton, California, and the National Pinoy Library in Seattle