On April 14, 2025, the Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project (FileVetRep) participated in an educator’s seminar and workshop held at the stately Founders’ Room at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois to help bring the stories of Filipino World War II veterans to the classrooms in alignment with Illinois Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act which mandates the inclusion of Asian American history in public K-12 education. Valerie Mendoza, FilVetRep’s Duty to Country (DTC) Outreach Coordinator, made the presentation to about 25 educators from the Chicago area. A small group discussion followed the PowerPoint presentation by Valerie. The South Asian American Policy & Research Institute also participated in the workshop. The event was a huge success.
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The Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project (FilVetREP), is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, community-based, all-volunteer national initiative whose mission is to obtain national recognition of Filipino and American WW11 soldiers across the United States and the Philippines for their wartime service to the U.S. and the Philippines from July 26, 1941 to December 31, 1946. For more information about Filipino WWII veterans and how to get involved, visit our website at www.filvetrep.org or find us on Facebook or Twitter.