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Oct
28
2025

Filipino American History Month: The Fight to Save the International Hotel

When: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT

Where: Kresge Hall, 1515, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Jasmine Zou   (847) 467-7114

Group: Asian American Studies Program

Category: Lectures & Meetings, Academic, Multicultural & Diversity, Global & Civic Engagement

Description:

October is Filipino American History Month! 

Come hear Emil De Guzman discuss his new book, Red Sky: Recollections of the International Hotel, which details the fight to save San Francisco's International Hotel during the height of the Asian American Movement. 

First as a student activist, then as I-Hotel Tenant Association member and distinguished community leader, De Guzman shares his recollections of the protests against the International Hotel evictions in San Francisco's Manilatown from 1968-1977 and its rebuilding 36 years later. 

Light refreshments provided!

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