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--- On Fri, 3/13/09, Filipino American Library (FAL) <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Filipino American Library (FAL) <[email protected]> > Subject: [FilipinoLibrarians] SAT, APR 4 – FAL Book Launch of “Los Angeles’s > Historic Filipinotown” > To: "Filipino Librarians" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 7:00 AM > Please forward this to everyone who may be interested. > Copies of the > book, along with many other items, are available for sale > at FAL. > Also, please consider supporting our collection and > programs by > donating online at www.filipinoamericanlibrary.org. Thanks > everybody! - Jonathan Lorenzo > > ----- > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > March 12, 2009 > > CONTACT: > Jonathan Lorenzo > Filipino American Library (FAL) > Tel: 213-382-0488 > Email: [email protected] > > > BOOK LAUNCH OF LOS ANGELES’S HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN > > > LOS ANGELES (March 2009) – Carina Monica Montoya > commemorates one of > the most distinctive Asian/Pacific cultural legacies in the > city > through her new book Los Angeles’s Historic Filipinotown. > The > Filipino American Library (FAL), in partnership with the > Historic > Filipinotown Neighborhood Council, will present its Book > Launch on > Saturday, April 4 at 2:00pm at Lake Street Park (227 N. > Lake St., Los > Angeles 90026). Please RSVP for this free event by > contacting > [email protected] or 213-382-0488. FAL is also > accepting > advance orders for the book ($20/each plus shipping & > handling). > > The City Council of Los Angeles officially designated > Historic > Filipinotown on August 2, 2002. It is the first Filipino > community in > the United States to merit a named area with distinct > geographic > boundaries. Historic Filipinotown was once home to one of > the largest > Filipino enclaves in California, a place where many > Filipinos > purchased their first homes, raised families, and > established > businesses. The cultural continuity of the area’s > Filipino families > and businesses inspired the collective efforts of Filipino > organizations, Los Angeles community leaders, and > individuals to > establish Historic Filipinotown and maintain its vibrant > culture. > > In FAL Book Launches, authors introduce their Filipino > works of > literature with residents of Greater Los Angeles. Ms. > Montoya will > sign copies of Los Angeles’s Historic Filipinotown, which > will be on > sale that day. Snacks and drinks will be provided. > Admission is free > and donations are accepted online at > www.filipinoamericanlibrary.org. > Recent FAL Book Launches include Pareng Barack: Filipinos > in Obama’s > America by Benjamin Pimentel and Belong to Me by Marisa de > los Santos. > > Carina Monica Montoya, a native of Los Angeles and the > author of > Filipinos in Hollywood, collected the vintage images for > this volume > from Los Angeles historical organizations and families who > settled in > and around the area in the early years. Eric Garcetti, the > President > of the Los Angeles City Council, provides the foreword of > Los > Angeles’s Historic Filipinotown. It is part of Arcadia > Publishing’s > Images of America series that celebrates the history of > neighborhoods, > towns, and cities across the country. > > Founded on October 13, 1985 by “Auntie Helen” Agcaoili > Summers Brown, > FAL is the earliest and largest Filipino library in the > country with a > collection of more than 6,000 titles. Its mission is to > actively > promote the history, culture, and professional achievements > of > Filipinos and Filipino Americans through the book > collection, > leadership development, and cultural programming, thereby > contributing > to the achievement of a culturally dynamic, multiethnic > America. > > Given that FAL primarily survives on individual donations > and one > major annual fundraiser, it relies on its many supporters > to continue > its programs and services throughout the year. If anyone > would like > to give a donation online, please feel free to visit > www.filipinoamericanlibrary.org. > Checks may also be mailed to 135 N. Park View St., Los > Angeles, CA > 90026 and made payable to “Filipino American Library”. > All donations > are 100% tax-deductible. > > FAL is a division of the Filipino American Heritage > Institute > (Nonprofit Tax ID Number 95-4282571). It is open > Mondays-Fridays > 1:00-5:00pm and by appointment. For more information, > please contact > [email protected] or 213-382-0488. > > > (For pictures to include for publication, please contact > Jonathan > Lorenzo as indicated above.) > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FilipinoLibrarians?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
