Stockton was home to the largest community of Filipinos outside of the Philippines and they were segregated to a four-block area called Little Manila in downtown Stockton. In this episode, we feature the voice of Dillon Delvo a second-generation Filipino American and co-founder of Little Manila Rising. Dillion and fellow co-founder the late Dr. Dawn Mabalon formed Little Manila Rising to both preserve the history and reclaim the last remaining buildings of Little Manila.

Dillon shares his passion, insights and organizational work around advocacy, education, arts, and culture as part of Little Manila Rising’s efforts to revitalize the Filipina American community in Stockton. The Filipina American community is the largest Asian community in California. For more information on Little Manila Rising please visit their website https://www.littlemanila.org

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