To celebrate Filipino American History Month the School of Social Work would like to recognize our Filipinx faculty by sharing their scholarly work and other resources for the public.
Filipinx Americans are second-largest Asian American group in the United States and the celebration of Filipino American History Month commemorates the first recorded presence of Filipinxs in the continental United States, occurring when “Luzones Indios” came ashore from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza and landed at what is now Morro Bay, California. In 2009, U.S. Congress recognized October as Filipino American History Month in the United States.
Across the United States, Filipino American National Historical Society chapters, colleges and universities, museums, and community groups commemorate Filipino American History Month with various activities and events to bring awareness of the significant role Filipinos have played in American history.
Portland State University students can learn about Filipinx culture through a PSU Student Organization, Kaibigan, and PSU general community can learn more about more opportunities to engage in the local/state Filipino and PIAA communities by checking out The Division of Global Diversity & Inclusion’s past community convening event for Pacific Islanders, Nativie Hawaiians, Asians, and Asian Americans.
PSU social work students can also join the Filipinx Social Work Collective to connect, build kapwa, and amplify the lived experiences of Filipinx social workers! We are hosting a social gathering at CSWE. Please email Dr. Lalaine Sevillano for more details!
Below are resources and scholarship from the School of Social Work's Filipinx faculty: Alma M. Ouanesisouk Trinidad, Antonia R.G. Alvarez, and Lalaine Sevillano.
Alma M. Ouanesisouk Trinidad, PhD, MSW
Dr. Trinidad will be one of three keynote speakers at the upcoming International Multidisciplinary Research Conference on Languages, Histories, & Culture: Celebrating Diversity & Empowering Indigenous Peoples & Communities hosted by Kalinga State University, Philippines next month.
On November 24-25, Kalinga State University will host an International Multidisciplinary Research Conference on Languages, Histories, and Cultures. This conference is the university’s contribution to the commencement of the Decade of Indigenous Peoples, a celebration initiated by the United Nations. As a university serving multiple people from various ethnolinguistic backgrounds, they are committed to the thrust of the United Nations as well as the mandate of the Philippine government in advancing the cause of indigenous peoples in the country. It is on this note that they have identified scholars, cultural workers, and academics whose background is in these areas of advocacy work that they want to sustain for all our peoples.
Here are other resources for social work practitioners and scholars which Dr. Trinidad has co-authored:
- Trinidad, A.M.O. (2022). Building a Critical Pinay Islander Framework of Myntoring: A Scholar Warrior’s Navigational Guide, Shima, 16(1), 182-198.
- Cadiz, S. & Trinidad, A.M.O. (2020). Picturing Forgotten Filipinx: Family Photographs Resisting U.S. Colonial Amnesias. Genealogy, 4(4), 111.
- Duldulao, A., Nicdao, E., & Trinidad, A. (2014). Human Services Needs of Filipino Americans, In L.H. Cousins (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
- Morelli, P., Trinidad, A., & Alboroto, R. (2014). Asian Americans: Filipinos, Encyclopedia of Social Work. New York, NY: National Association of Social Workers & Oxford Press.
Antonia R.G. Alvarez, PhD, LMSW
Here are a few examples of Dr. Alvarez’s work emphasizing Filipino, Asian-American, and queer scholar of color health and well-being! We also featured Dr. Alvarez’s work on stories of resistance in a recent news post.
- Recent article from our community partners about our Binhi Project work.
- Alvarez, A.R.G., Narcsio, J.O, Rosales, C.A., Manning, S., Hizola, K.L., Ruelas, T., Chung, Y., Havill, T., Santos, M., Ara, O., Community Advisory Board (2022). Ang pagtanom ug binhi (“The planting of seed”): Health implications of food sovereignty movements in the Philippines. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 11(1).
- Azhar, S., Farina, A., Alvarez, A.R.G., Klumpner, S. (2021). Asian in the time of COVID-19: Creating a Social Work Agenda for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities. (Special Issue of Social Work: Pandemics, Economics, Systems, and the Future of Social Work).
- Azhar, S., Alvarez, A.R.G., Farina, A., Klumpner, S. (2021). "You're so exotic looking": An intersectional analysis of Asian American and Pacific Islander stereotypes. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work.
- Alvarez, A.R.G. (2017). Keeping them out, letting you in: Fighting academons through critical queer reflexivity, performative poetics, and uncovering a scholar of color identity. Affilia, 32(2), 251-258. DOI: 10.1177/0886109916678029
- Geller, K. S., Alvarez, A.R., Nigg, C. R., Oasay, A., & Timbobolan, J. (2014). Parent and friend influences on the multiple health behavior of adolescents living in Hawai`i. California Journal of Health Promotion, 12(2), 55-68.
Lalaine Sevillano, PhD, MSW
Dr. Sevillano has presented on Pilipinx American and Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American issues in the past and will be presenting next week at CSWE about Pilipinx Americans.
Awards
- 2022 Asian, Pacific Islander Social Work Education Association (APISWEA) Doctoral Fellowship for my dissertation on internalized oppression and its impact on the well-being of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi Americans, while considering the role of critical consciousness. This three-paper dissertation includes a study about the relationship between colonial mentality and bio-psycho-social-spiritual health among Pilipinx Americans.
Peer-reviewed
Presentations/Invited Presentations
- Sevillano, L., & Paez, J. (2022, November). Restoring kapwa: A systematic review of colonial mentality among Pilipinx Americans and their well-being. [Paper presentation]. Council on Social Work Education, Anaheim, CA.
- La Torre, J., Tabag, K., Fortunado-Kewin, M., Aquino-Adriatico, G., Sevillano, L., & Bañada, R. (2022, November). Cultural and community responsive curriculum: Transforming social work education and research. [Workshop]. Council on Social Work Education, Anaheim, CA.
- Sevillano, L. (2022, November). Resisting the New Yellow Peril: Internalized Racism and Critical Consciousness in Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi Americans. APISWEA convening at Council on Social Work Education, Anaheim, CA.
- Sevillano, L. (2022, November). Using critical race theory to un-model the model minority myth. [Oral presentation]. American Public Health Association, Boston, MA.
- Paez, J., Sevillano, L., & Valdez, J. (2018, February). Creating liberation-based learning spaces: Deconstructing colonialism in edukasyon. [Conference presentation]. Los Angeles County’s Department of Mental Health Filipino Well Being Training Summit, Los Angeles, CA.
Other Media
- Sevillano, L. (2020, June). Mapping my role as a disruptor in the social change ecosystem. Guest on Soul-cial Work Summer podcast.
- Smith-Maddox, R., Sevillano, L., & Padilla, Y. (2020). Equity-minded competence in higher education. Published in Educator Resource on Council on Social Work Education’s Center for Diversity and Social & Economic Justice website.