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- Bremerton's Filipinos Build a Mutual-Aid Society — and a Young Ally Wins Their Hearts
A new Filipino association in Bremerton adopts a platform of unity and self-help, honors a Japanese-American woman who organized their Rizal Day celebration, and sets its sights on Philippine independence.
- The Filipino Community That Organized Like Fireworks and Vanished Like Smoke
Seattle's Filipino editor calls out a pattern of flashy associations that burn bright, elect officers before the election, and leave nothing behind but speeches.
- Counting the Invisible: A Census of Filipinos in the Pacific Northwest
A 1929 study estimates roughly 7,000 Filipino workers scattered from Seattle to Alaska — and admits the numbers are guesswork, because many hid their identities from the people counting them.