
The new issue of the Filipino American National Historical Society Journal, Volume 12, focuses on the theme of bridges, taking inspiration from the 1994 speech by founding FANHS president Fred Cordova that honors the Bridge Generation, or second generation of Filipino Americans, for their pioneering work. As guest editor Lily Ann B. Villaraza writes in her introduction to the issue:
Bridges teach us to meet trepidation with tenacity and resolve; they challenge us to face our fears and to move with intention and purpose. Some of these works bridge us to the past; others call on us to think about our collective future. Some of the works bring marginalized narratives to the forefront; others demonstrate connection across generation, ocean, and time. All of these works, in one way or another, bridge our personal understanding of the Filipino American experience to other people’s understanding of the Filipino American experience.
The issue is now available digitally via Project MUSE and in print via subscription with the University of Hawai‘i Press.
Volume 12
From the Editor
Lily Ann B. Villaraza
IN MEMORIAM
In Memoriam: Alex Edillor
Herb Delute
COLLABORATING WITH OUR ANCESTORS
The Bridge Generation and Building Bridges
Fred Cordova
The Bridge Generation and Building Bridges in the Twenty-First Century
Terese Guinsatao Monberg, Patricia Espiritu Halagao
FANHS 1st Conference: “Growing Up Brown” Transcript
Loréa Acuszaar
Loréa T. Acuszaar Biography
Karen Johnstone
TALK STORIES
Growing Up Filipino: Perspectives from a Third-Generation Filipina Born and Raised in America
Darva (Otlang) Gruber
In Search of My Soul; Filial Piety (Poetry)
Andres Tangalin
Growing Up as Bridge Generation Members: Two Daughters in Chicago
Barbara M. Posadas
Bergano Versus City of Virginia Beach
Allan Bergano, Edwina Lapa Bergano
An Intergenerational Roundtable: Passing on Filipino American History and Identity
Peter Jamero
The Mind Reading Act
Maritess Zurbano
COMMUNITY RESEARCH
Kayumanggi Volunteers at Agbayani Village (Multimedia)
Manuel Galeste
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
Filipino Americans with Disabilities: Bridging Two Worlds Together through Research
Joseph Abueg
The Forgotten Generation: The Bridge Generation in Comparison to Manong/Manang-Generation Filipino Americans
Peter Jamero Sr., Jay Colond
Building Bridges among Filipinos in Kodiak, Alaska
Joefe B. Santarita
Recipe for Resourcefulness, Resistance, and Resilience: From Survival Gardens to Decolonial Filipina/o/x Foodways in Hawaiʻi
Shannon Cristobal
FANHS IN ACTION
Moving Mountains, Oceans, and Deserts: Connecting FilAm Communities in Orange County and Inland Empire
Michael R. Manalo-Pedro, Cynthia Abundabar Ting, Gabbie Vera Cruz Aquino-Adriatico
Student-Innovated (R)evolution: Cross-National Filipinx American Educational Activism
Marissa Halagao, Tianna Mae Andersen, Mariah Iris Ramo, Raymart Billete

















