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Emil Guillermo: Giving a workshop and performance at the Filipino American National Historical Society Conference in NYC, June 24.

I’m giving a storytelling  workshop and performing an excerpt of my “Amok” monologue, “All Pucked Up: A short history of the American Filipino,” at the Filipino American National Historical Society conference  in New York City on June 24.

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Read about it here, on my blog post on the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund site.

 

Also, I reflect on  Vincent Chin, 34  years later.

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 Read the column on Remembering Vincent Chin.

 

 

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Emil Guillermo: Default judgment in L’Amande Bakery suit, as court awards $15 million in damages to 11 former workers. Filipino owners abandoned suit and are believed to be in the Philippines.

The 11 visa workers have won a default judgment worth more than $15 million  against the prominent Filipino family that brought them to the U.S.

Read the story here.

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Bakery owners have not responded to request for a comment.

 

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Emil Guillermo: R.I.P. Prince. Still can’t believe it. The world has lost one of the great pop geniuses of our time. A true Global Idol, everything you hear today owes a debt to Prince. See what the President said.