Asian Pacific Heritage

Carlos Bulosan

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Carlos arrived in Seattle on July 22, 1930 at the age of seventeen, traveling by ship from the Philippines . With only three years of education, Carlos spoke little English and had barely any money left. Carlos become a self-educated and prolific writer determined to voice the struggles he had undergone as a Filipino coming to America.

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Carlos Bulosan Biography
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EVENT: Volunteers Launch Weekend “Blitz” To Save Oaks From Deadly Disease

Saturday, April 28, 2012 By Howard Dyckoff, Oakland Voices Correspondent Oakland is famous for its oak trees but those are at risk due the algae-like disease called Sudden Oak Death (SOD) syndrome, which has devasted coastal forests in Northern California. Oak trees are needed [...]
 
  

  

    


  
  	    

      Update: 2012 East Oakland Project
    

  
  
  
  

	      
    
            
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Thanks to everyone who applied to our 2012 East Oakland project, and to our 2010 West Oakland project graduates as well as all of the organizations – including East Oakland Building Healthy Communities – who helped us recruit. Our application [...]