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Ep.66: Covid, Dorothy Velasco, Pete Hamill, Race, Environment, Affirmative Action, Harvard, and Ted

Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

Release Date: 08/08/2020

Ep. 105: Little Manila Rising For All; Exec. Dir.Dillon Delvo with Emil Guillermo show art Ep. 105: Little Manila Rising For All; Exec. Dir.Dillon Delvo with Emil Guillermo

Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

Dillon Delvo, executive director of Little Manila Rising, talks to Emil Guillermo about how the Stockton non-profit has expanded its mission to do more and to help more people in South Stockton. From preserving Filipino American history and historic buildings, the LMR's mission now includes public health initiatives and environmental efforts in community air monitoring. Beyond that, the non-profit has its eyes on owning and developing land and projects to benefit the broader South Stockton community. Delvo said Little Manila Rising just wants to do what other groups are doing around the state,...

info_outline Ep. 104: Asian American Filipinos' Continuing Trauma Over the U.S. Colonization of the Philippines show art Ep. 104: Asian American Filipinos' Continuing Trauma Over the U.S. Colonization of the Philippines

Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

Emil Guillermo talks with Eleanor Wikstrom, an editor/writer with the Harvard Crimson, about her article on the open secret of the U.S. colonization of the Philippines and the role Harvard and higher ed elites played in educating the people on their own history from a white perspective. Wikstrom describes the impact of learning that history has had on her as a young American Filipina. Guillermo shares his story of Harvard (1970s) to show the generational impact of colonial history. More at www.amok.com

info_outline Ep. 103: Environmental Justice Warriors: Little Manila Rising's Matt Holmes show art Ep. 103: Environmental Justice Warriors: Little Manila Rising's Matt Holmes

Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

Little Manila Rising is a non-profit based in Stockton, Calif. focused on environmental justice. LMR fights for the people of their community to abate the pollution from the area's freeways and ports. It has begun to work with UC Merced on air monitoring. Matt Holmes, along with Dillon Delvo heads up the environmental effort. He talks to Emil Guillermo.

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Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

"Try Harder" director Debbie Lum talks to Emil Guillermo about Lowell High School and the college admissions process captured in the film's profile of five students. What are AAPI going through to get to the elite colleges of their choice? Emil, a Lowell alum, compares his experiences with those of the students in the film.

info_outline Ep.101: Little Manila Rising Goes Door-to-Door to Get Out the Vaccine; Protects the Community by Fighting Misinformation. show art Ep.101: Little Manila Rising Goes Door-to-Door to Get Out the Vaccine; Protects the Community by Fighting Misinformation.

Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

Amy Portello Nelson talks with Emil Guillermo about Little Manila Risings' "Get Out the Vaccine" drive. Modeled after the "Get Out the Vote" idea, the program goes door to door to give people good information about the virus and vaccines. And it's working, vaccine rates went from the low 30 percent range to more than 50 percent in the zipcodes canvassed. Now the plan is to keep going through the end of November. But it's not easy. Some are hesitant, and one resident even pulled a gun.

info_outline Ep. 91: Little Manila Rising's Youth: From Stockton to Stanford And Back On a Mission show art Ep. 91: Little Manila Rising's Youth: From Stockton to Stanford And Back On a Mission

Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

Little Manila Rising is an non-profit organization in Stockton, Calif. servicing primarily the South Stockton community. After a recent youth conference, Emil Guillermo talked with Celine Lopez, a recent Stanford graduate, who hopes to use her senior thesis in Urban Studies as a foundation for policy-making in her hometown. Celine talks about how she rediscovered her pride and self-worth as a Stocktonian at Stanford and why she wants to return to the Central Valley.

info_outline Ep.81: How Little Manila Rising, An Environmental Justice Advocate in Stockton, CA, Makes A Difference show art Ep.81: How Little Manila Rising, An Environmental Justice Advocate in Stockton, CA, Makes A Difference

Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

A Filipino American group called Little Manila Rising is part of a "people-powered" Green Revolution that's changing how the community gets involved in environmental justice. Recently, community members, empowered by state money through AB617, rejected a $5 million proposal from the Port of Stockton. The community stood up to the polluters. LMR's Dillon Delvo tells how and why it happened, and about how LMR transformed its mission to fight for environmental justice.

info_outline Ep. 71: Do You Know Angelo Quinto? He's the Asian American/Filipino American George Floyd show art Ep. 71: Do You Know Angelo Quinto? He's the Asian American/Filipino American George Floyd

Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

Angelo Quinto died after a policeman had a knee to the back of his neck for 5 minutes. Emil Amok is Emil Guillermo, journalist, commentary, performing artist reads from the column he wrote on www.aaldef.org/blog about Quinto, the need for re-thinking policing, and what this means for Asian Americans. Prof. Dan Gonzales of SF State Univ joins in to comment on this, the recent rash of anti-Asian hate incidents in the U.S., and other news. For more go to www.amok.com #angeloquinto

info_outline Ep.70: Phil Tajitsu Nash on E.O. 9066 and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans show art Ep.70: Phil Tajitsu Nash on E.O. 9066 and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans

Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

Japanese Latin Americans were left out of the redress settlement, but now they have standing to go forward to seek justice. Emil Amok Guillermo talks to Phil Tajitsu Nash, professor, lawyer, and activist about why FDR signed E.O. 9066 that incarcerated Japanese Americans in the first place. And about the case of the Japanese Latin Americans (JLAcampaignforjustice.org). Also discussed: how society allowed internment, and the solidarity movement for justice. Go to amok.com

info_outline Ep.67: Farewell to Corky Lee-- My goodbye and my 2017 interview with Corky show art Ep.67: Farewell to Corky Lee-- My goodbye and my 2017 interview with Corky

Emil Amok's Takeout from Emil Guillermo Media

Corky Lee died on Jan.27 of Covid. He was 73. Journalist and commentator Emil Amok Guillermo gives his farewell to Corky, a photojournalist who documented the Asian American experience and dedicated his life to what he called "photographic justice."

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Emil Amok is the moniker of Emil Guillermo, the Asian American journalist of Filipino descent, who is the writer of the longest running column on Asian America in the ethnic media.