The Salaver Family Story

A Picture of the Salaver Family

        This webinar event I attend to, is called Generations of Consciousness, Culture & Community: The Salaver Family Story. This event took place ,online zoom meeting on October 24,2020 6:00 PM. The event consists of many speakers/host. All of the speakers, were related to each other, since this organization, is merely speaking of the Salaver Family Story, so majority of the speakers, were siblings, and cousins, explaining, how the Filipino culture established in the United Sates. The seminar is breakdown to, how the Salaver Family started in the Bay area, hardship they pertain, upon living in the U.S,  and how they partake a  strike for the education system, in the 1960s strike for more colors to attend college. I honestly had never been so eyed open about filliping culture, until I've attend this seminar. I've always been exposed to the Filipino culture on the food side, and family value perspective, yet not the history, and how much they've went through, to create a stable community in the U.S. 

        Through this seminar, I like how they breakdown the struggles, to overcome hurdles, as a Filipino American. The Salaver spoke upon, how it was difficult to immigrate to the U.S, stayed in labor camps, illegal marriages; if married to opposite race, low labor pay, starting at $0.44 an hour/ 48hrs per week, and limited of race ethnic to obtain education opportunities. Those were the main ideas, that was discussed through the seminar. What really stood out to me was how, California, did not legalize opposite race marriage. Is unbelievable , that many Filipinos had to go to a different state, for marriage, if not marrying the same race. There will be individuals, that strive to assume Filipinos, are quite in good stance; financially and such, yet many do not acknowledge the fight they conquered through, to sustain a decent lifestyle in today's world. There aren't a thing to dislike about the seminar, it is a lovely experience, to dive deeper into the Philippine Culture.  I appreciate the variety of topics, in the seminar, however I would love to hear more about the history, of why many Filipinos decide to reside in the Bay Area, San Fransisco, Ca. 

        To sum it up, this seminar had taught me, to share that each ethnic group, has their own struggles. In todays society, majority of Filipinos are nurses, which creates a assumptions for others, to think they are well-off , or live a comfortable life, however, we must understand their cultural background, to understand how hard work, will manifest the lifestyle, that each individual deserves. Below, I've included their official website link, so that, their informations and in depth stories, can be found. 

https://manilatown.org/about-us/history/