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Chicago's Filipino American community honored three Pinay Visionaries, from left, Estrella Alama, Adeline Fajardo and Veronica Leighton. |
Three Filipina Americans were dubbed Pinay Visionaries, who had an impact on the Filipino American community in Chicago as part of that region's celebration of Filipino American Month.
Estrella Alamar, Adeline Fajardo, and Veronica Leighton, were honored by the Philippine Consulate General and partner organizations for their roles in the Chicago community in ceremonies at the Philippine Consulate.
“Your presence here signifies your dedication, your commitment to really strengthen and unify the Filipino communities here in the United States, particularly here in Chicago and to also highlight our contributions to your adopted country,” said Consul General Gina Jamoralin.
Ruben Salazar, of the Philippine-American Cultural Foundation, for his part said: The awardees have the character, the vision because they all had a background working with the Filipino community. It is important because we need to honor our elderly and people who’ve been here before us, who made it appropriate for us to be able to be a community here in the US, so history is important.
Pinay Visionaries was the theme for this year's observance of Filipino American History Month, designated for October, the month on Oct. 18, 1587, the earliest recorded landfall of Filipinos, when sailors of a Spanish galleon explored part of the area at Morro Bay, California.
Author Alamar, who wrote a book chronicling the history of Chicago's FilAm community and the founder of the Filipino American Historical Society in Chicago said, “We want the future generations to know the importance of Filipino American history.”
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