Anakabayan San Diego partnered with the National Federation of Filipino American Associations presents:
Ang Ating Kalagayan The Social and Economic Profile of U.S. Filipinos by Dr. Peter Chua.
Dr. Chua will be presenting on the recent demographic profile (2008/2009) for Filipinos in SD area as an update to the Ating Kalagayan book. Ang Ating Kalagayan presents the often invisible social conditions of Filipinos in the United States and their need to build an equitable future in a multiracial country and rapidly changing world. This book brings together the most comprehensive demographic data available on U.S. Filipinos, unique tabulated information on economic classes and social groups of U.S. Filipinos, and knowledge and analysis from ordinary people, academic researchers, and members of grassroots organizations.
Peter Chua is an associate professor of sociology at San José State University, San José, CA, USA. He has written widely on global inequalities, gender justice, and Third World sociology. He was a co-convenor of the Critical Filipina/Filipino Studies Collective. Presently, he is member of a local Filipino educators organizing group.
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