Pareng Barack: Filipinos in Obama's America - Book Launch January 25, 2009

The Filipino American Center of the San Francisco Public Library, the Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (FACES), and Manilatown Heritage Foundation present:

Pareng Barack: Filipinos in Obama's America
S.F. Bay Area Book Launch

Free Event

Meet the Author
Q&A
Book Signing

Books will be available for purchase, and all proceeds will benefit the host non-profit organizations.

Ben Pimentel, author of Mga gerilya sa Powell Street and U.G., was a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle for 14 years and now covers technology for MarketWatch. He also co-produced Toxic Sunset, a documentary about the environmental damage caused by the U.S. military bases in the Philippines, which won the Golden Gate Award at the 1994 San Francisco International Film Festival. His new book, Pareng Barack: Filipinos in Obama's America, is about how Filipinos responded – often with excitement, sometimes with fear and dread – to Barack Obama's historic campaign. It is also about the Filipino journey in America, how it has intersected, sometimes collided, with those of other communities, and how it has taken a dramatic turn as America enters a new era of anxiety and hope.

For more information, contact Lea Francisco, FACES,
[email protected] (415) 378-0909,

Official Website: http://www.facessolidarity.org/images/stories//pbarackbooklaunch1.jpg