Located within the University of California-Davis's Asian American Studies Department, the Bulosan Center and Welga Archive document "the Filipino and Filipino American experience," with a particular focus on labor and activism. The Center is named after Carlos Bulosan, "a migrant worker, labor activist, and writer," whose work helped "galvanize [low-wage] workers, as well as the Filipino community more broadly, to organize themselves to fight against exploitation." The project's name is also significant; "welga" means "strike" in Tagalog, and honors the Filipino Americans who contributed to the labor and farmworker movements. The site provides multiple resources, including: a historical timeline, an exhibition on Filipina activists and organizers, and various library guides, among others. Archive users can also browse by collection or item type (e.g., "documents" and"oral histories"). Additionally, visitors are welcome to submit their own reflection on their experience with Filipino American labor history. The archive is operated by director Robyn Rodriguez and archivist Allan Jason Sarmiento.
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