Combating Issues Of Voting And Housing Among Filipino...

Combating Issues of Voting and Housing among Filipino Americans in Los Angeles Filipino is the second largest Asian ethnic group in the United States and the largest Asian ethnic group on California. In 1925, the governments accepted Filipinos’ citizenship with a condition of serving up to three years in the U.S Navy (Cee at el, 2015). After years of fighting, in 1946, Filipinos were able to become U.S citizens and to vote and own properties (Cee at el, 2015). Even though, Filipinos-Americans were eligible to vote, majority of them were not registered to vote because they did not know the importance of voting to their community. In 2016, Filipino Advocate for Justice showed the 50% of eligible voter of Filipinos Americans are not registered to vote in the Bay area which significantly affects the benefits of the Filipinos community in the United States. In Los Angeles county, a few Filipino organizations have workshops to educate Filipinos about Prop 57, 58, and JJJ and their benefits. During the election, those organizations held workshops to educate Filipino Americans how to register to vote and the importance of being voters. They also educated them the main points of each Prop. Different topics of elections are taught at the workshop. In the first workshop, they teach the participants about the history of the number of Filipino Americans that participated and how they voted. Then, at the following workshops, they focus on those important Propositions including PropShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagesand Paul Buhle, eds., The New Left Revisited David M. Scobey, Empire City: The Making and Meaning of the New York City Landscape Gerda Lerner, Fireweed: A Political Autobiography Allida M. Black, ed., Modern American Queer History Eric Sandweiss, St. Louis: The Evolution of an American Urban Landscape Sam Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past Sharon Hartman Strom, Political Woman: Florence Luscomb and the Legacy of Radical Reform