Carson, CA – On Saturday, October 24th, SouthBay Pavilion Mall, located on 20700 Avalon Blvd., will host The Delano Manongs event in honor of the October 25th Larry Itliong Day. Larry Itliong was one of the great leaders of the Delano Grape Strike in the 1960’s. Although much of the credit was given to Cesar Chavez, many did not know that it was Larry Itliong who motivated and ultimately organized the strike.
On October 6th 2010, the City Council of Carson became the very first in the United States to pass the agreement to recognize the 25th day of October as Larry Itliong Day. The passing of this resolution was also captured by ABS-CBN’s “Balitang America,” a well-respected Philippine news channel that is viewed both in the U.S. and in the Philippines. Numerous Pilipino based organizations including AADAP (Asian American Drug Abuse Program), YFSC (Youth Family School Community), FANHS (Filipino American National Historical Society), The Sampaguita Youth Dance Troupe, the Filipino American Library, and more, joined together to get multiple resolutions passed in honor of Pilipinos.
SouthBay Pavilion mall is also in support of this movement, and as a result, will be hosting the celebration of this event. Jonny Itliong, son of Larry Itliong, will be sharing experiences and memories of his father. He will also show the trailer of a documentary film by Marissa Aroy entitled “Delano Manongs." Jonny Itliong’s goal is to raise awareness and funds to move forward with the documentary, which features plenty of the unforgotten Pilipino heroes of the United Farm Workers in the 60’s.
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By sweeney_mae on October 21, 2010 - 3:13pm
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I am new in Carson and the first thing I did was contact all the Filipino groups. Sad to say, I cannot seem to find the right group that can bring the Filipino Youth out :(. There are plenty of Fil/Ams in Carson and I need to see more of the younger generation involved. I hope that this will be a way to get them to be involved.