UOP Asian, Pacific Islander & Desi Student Success

Happy birthday Larry Itliong. Larry was a Filipino-American labor organizer. He organized West Coast agricultural workers starting in the 1930s, and rose to national prominence in 1965, when he, Philip Vera Cruz, Benjamin Gines and Pete Velasco, walked off the farms of area table-grape growers, demanding wages equal to the federal minimum wage, that became known as the Delano grape strike. He has been described as "one of the fathers of the West Coast labor movement." He is regarded as a key figure of the Asian American movement.

Just in case you needed to know

On October 19 (every year), for “LGBT Center Awareness Day”, a national day of action focused on awareness around the work of LGBT community centers everywhere. The day was planned to help bring national attention to the Community Center Movement within the LGBT movement, which serves over 40,000 people weekly, and highlight the ways that people can get involved or utilize their local centers.

check out ways to support at: https://www.centerawarenessday.org

Did you know?
On Oct. 14th, 1964 – Rev. Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an African American civil rights leader to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating a policy of non-violence resistance to racial prejudice in America. He is also known to be the youngest person to receive the award at the age of 35.

The National March on Washington for Le***an and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on October 14, 1979. The first such march on Washington, it drew between 75,000 and 125,000 gay men, le****ns, bisexuals, transgender people, and straight allies to demand equal civil rights and urge the passage of protective civil rights legislation.

Let's celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a holiday that celebrates the history and contributions of Native Americans.

OCTOBER IS FAFSA Month!!!!! Don't forget to complete your FASFA Application.