Nov 11 ‘23 topic is Filipino Americans

Note: October was Filipino American Heritage Month!

Filipina nurses make up 4 % of the American nursing workforce but suffered 30% of the Covid fatalities among that workforce. Philippine-born nurses work disproportionately in emergency rooms, ICUs, and long term care facilities. They come from a country that needs them more than the US does, and use nursing as a ticket to migrate to the US. The US set up the Philippine medical system as a colonial power.

All the following content is from the Philippines or by Filipina Americans, with the exception of the last article, which is by Asian Americans. 

Read this article about a Filipina nurse chose to stay with the elderly ward as hamas attacked Israel

View the trailer for the award-winning movie by Emmy-award-winning filmmaker Michele Josue

From imperialism to inpatient care: Work differences of Filipino and White registered nurses in the United States and implications for COVID‐19 through an intersectional lens

Check out Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History by Catherine Ceniza Choy at Duke University Press.

Workplace Discrimination and Burnout Among Asian Nurses in the US

Exploration of content, created by BIPOC (Black people, Indigenous people and other People of Color), such as books, articles, youtube videos, art works, music, TV shows, podcasts, comic books, films, blog posts, etc. with a focus on our monthly theme.

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Come and share what you've explored on your own or just listen to what others have to share.

October: Black Power

September: works by Muslims in America.

August: Supreme Court decision on Affirmative Action.

Books

The Keeper by Tannanarive Due, Steven Barnes and Marco Finnegan
Kindred by Octavia Butler
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr.

Films

Black Panther and Wakanda Forever

Smithsonian Institution video called "Afrofuturism the Origin Story" available to stream via various means (iTunes, Amazon, Smithsonian channel, etc.) Here is the trailer: (1) Smithsonian Channel premieres AFROFUTURISM: THE ORIGIN STORY - YouTube They will also have an exhibit starting in March of 2023 and running for a year at  National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC: Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures

Videos

(1) Intro to Afrofuturism | Part 1 What is Afrofuturism - YouTube

(1) Afrofuturism Explained: Not Just Black Sci-Fi | Inverse - YouTube

Other material people shared that might be of interest:

1.TV show: "Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space" (PBS American Experience)
Tuesday January 17 on PBS (in San Francisco this is KQED)