Pilipino Student Union tradition
Kapatirang Pilipino
UC Santa Barbara
1978
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The KP family at UCSB
Since 1978, Kapatirang Pilipino has helped seed a whole community of Pilipino organizations at UCSB. KP is the elder among them — and today it stands alongside sibling and successor groups that carry the kapwa spirit into new spaces.
The larger context
Kapatirang Pilipino is one chapter of a much wider story. These pages trace the places, people, and movements of Filipino America that our chapter belongs to.
History map
Historic sites of Filipino America across the United States — from the manong generation and the farmworker struggle to today's cultural districts.
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Notable figures
The organizers, laborers, writers, and public servants who shaped Filipino America — with scholarly sources for each.
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References
Sources and further reading — the scholarship behind this site and the primary records documenting PSU/KP at UCSB.
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