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==Career==
==Career==
In 1999, Mabalon, and Dillon Delvo, co-founded The Little Manila Foundation, in order to preserve what remained of the Little Manila neighborhood of [[Stockton, California]].<ref name=AJ2018>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Fil-Am community mourns the death of historian and author, Dawn Mabalon |url=https://www.asianjournal.com/usa/dateline-usa/fil-am-community-mourns-the-death-of-historian-and-author-dawn-mabalon/ |work=Asian Journal |location= |date=August 14, 2018 |access-date=October 7, 2018 }}</ref> Mabalon was a faculty member at [[San Francisco State University]];<ref name=Guillermo2018>{{cite news |last=Guillermo |first=Emil |date=August 14, 2018 |title=Fil-Am historian, activist Dawn Mabalon, 46, dies during Hawaii vacation |url=http://usa.inquirer.net/14714/fil-historian-activist-dawn-mabalon-46-dies-hawaii-vacation |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |location= |access-date=October 7, 2018 }}</ref> she was a [[associate professor]] of history.<ref name=TheRecord11Aug2018/><ref>{{cite news |last=Mashinchi |first=Ken |date=August 12, 2018 |title=Stockton’s Filipino Community Honors Late Professor and Author |url=https://fox40.com/2018/08/12/stocktons-filipino-community-honors-late-professor-and-author/ |work=KTXL |location=Stockton |access-date=October 26, 2018 }}</ref> She focused her work on history of Filipino Americans, Filipinos in Stockton, and Filipinos role in the 20th century labor movement.<ref name=Guillermo2018 /> Mabalon was also on the board of trustees of the [[Filipino American National Historical Society]].<ref name=AJ2018/>
In 1999, Mabalon and Dillon Delvo, co-founded The Little Manila Foundation in order to preserve what remained of the Little Manila neighborhood of [[Stockton, California]].<ref name=AJ2018>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Fil-Am community mourns the death of historian and author, Dawn Mabalon |url=https://www.asianjournal.com/usa/dateline-usa/fil-am-community-mourns-the-death-of-historian-and-author-dawn-mabalon/ |work=Asian Journal |location= |date=August 14, 2018 |access-date=October 7, 2018 }}</ref>


Mabalon was a faculty member at [[San Francisco State University]];<ref name=Guillermo2018>{{cite news |last=Guillermo |first=Emil |date=August 14, 2018 |title=Fil-Am historian, activist Dawn Mabalon, 46, dies during Hawaii vacation |url=http://usa.inquirer.net/14714/fil-historian-activist-dawn-mabalon-46-dies-hawaii-vacation |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |location= |access-date=October 7, 2018 }}</ref> she was a [[associate professor]] of history.<ref name=TheRecord11Aug2018/><ref>{{cite news |last=Mashinchi |first=Ken |date=August 12, 2018 |title=Stockton’s Filipino Community Honors Late Professor and Author |url=https://fox40.com/2018/08/12/stocktons-filipino-community-honors-late-professor-and-author/ |work=KTXL |location=Stockton |access-date=October 26, 2018 }}</ref> She focused her work on history of Filipino Americans, Filipinos in Stockton, and Filipinos role in the 20th century labor movement.<ref name=Guillermo2018 /> Mabalon was also on the board of trustees of the [[Filipino American National Historical Society]].<ref name=AJ2018/>
In 2010, photographs taken by Mabalon were published on ''[[SFGate]]'' about a Filipino American band Skyflakes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Broder Van Dyke |first=Michelle |date=May 20, 2010 |title=The Skyflakes: Filipino American quintet |url=https://www.sfgate.com/music/bandwidth/article/The-Skyflakes-Filipino-American-quintet-3187905.php#photo-2325865 |work=SFGate |location=San Francisco |access-date=October 10, 2018 }}</ref> In 2013, the Filipino Women's Network listed her among their "100 Most Influential Filipinas in the World".<ref name=TheRecord11Aug2018/> In 2014, she received an honorable mention for the [[Frederick Jackson Turner Award]] for her book ''Little Manila Is in the Heart'';<ref name=AJ2018/> that same year Mabalon was profiled in the book ''Remarkable Women of Stockton''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mary Jo Gohlke|title=Remarkable Women of Stockton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQF3CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT98|date=March 4, 2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Incorporated|isbn=978-1-62584-947-2|page=98|chapter=Dr. Dawn Mabalon}}</ref>


==Other activities==
In 2015, Mabalon was interviewed about the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]] by ''Voice of America'', as she and her spouse were visiting the area at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bryant |first=Lisa |date=November 15, 2018 |title=Paris Tourists Saddened but Defiant in Wake of Attacks |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/paris-tourism/3059639.html |work=Voice of America |location= |access-date=October 19, 2018 }}</ref> In 2017, Mabalon, along with Gayla Romansanta, wrote a children's book about [[Larry Itliong]]; the book was published a year later.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/larry-itliong-delano-grape-strike |title=The Forgotten Filipino American Activist Behind the Delano Grape Strike |last=Mejia |first=Paula |date=May 17, 2018 |website=Atlas Obscura |publisher= |access-date=October 26, 2018 |quote=}}<br/>{{cite news |last=Correa |first=Carlos |date=November 14, 2017 |title=Who Is Larry Itliong? Publisher Hopes To Shine Light On Filipinos’ Role In California History |url=https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/11/14/who-is-larry-itliong/ |work=KOVR |location=Sacramento |access-date=October 26, 2018 }}<br/>{{cite news |last=Galila |first=Wilfred |date=November 16, 2017 |title=Children’s book on Fil-Am labor hero Larry Itliong is in the works |url=https://usa.inquirer.net/8113/childrens-book-fil-labor-hero-larry-itliong-works |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |location= |access-date=October 26, 2018 }}</ref> In 2018, Mabalon visited the Delano campus of [[Bakersfield College]], which is in the area where the [[Delano grape strike]] began, for an event about archiving; at the event she spoke to encourage Filipino Americans to preserve their family histories, with the goal of expanding historical narratives.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garcia |first=Olivia |date=April 29, 2018 |title=
In 2010, photographs taken by Mabalon were published on ''[[SFGate]]'' about a Filipino American band Skyflakes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Broder Van Dyke |first=Michelle |date=May 20, 2010 |title=The Skyflakes: Filipino American quintet |url=https://www.sfgate.com/music/bandwidth/article/The-Skyflakes-Filipino-American-quintet-3187905.php#photo-2325865 |work=SFGate |location=San Francisco |access-date=October 10, 2018 }}</ref>

In 2015, Mabalon was interviewed about the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]] by ''Voice of America'', as she and her spouse were visiting the area at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bryant |first=Lisa |date=November 15, 2018 |title=Paris Tourists Saddened but Defiant in Wake of Attacks |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/paris-tourism/3059639.html |work=Voice of America |location= |access-date=October 19, 2018 }}</ref>

In 2017, Mabalon, along with Gayla Romansanta, wrote a children's book about [[Larry Itliong]]; the book was published a year later.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/larry-itliong-delano-grape-strike |title=The Forgotten Filipino American Activist Behind the Delano Grape Strike |last=Mejia |first=Paula |date=May 17, 2018 |website=Atlas Obscura |publisher= |access-date=October 26, 2018 |quote=}}<br/>{{cite news |last=Correa |first=Carlos |date=November 14, 2017 |title=Who Is Larry Itliong? Publisher Hopes To Shine Light On Filipinos’ Role In California History |url=https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/11/14/who-is-larry-itliong/ |work=KOVR |location=Sacramento |access-date=October 26, 2018 }}<br/>{{cite news |last=Galila |first=Wilfred |date=November 16, 2017 |title=Children’s book on Fil-Am labor hero Larry Itliong is in the works |url=https://usa.inquirer.net/8113/childrens-book-fil-labor-hero-larry-itliong-works |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |location= |access-date=October 26, 2018 }}</ref>

In 2018, Mabalon visited the Delano campus of [[Bakersfield College]], which is in the area where the [[Delano grape strike]] began, for an event about archiving; at the event she spoke to encourage Filipino Americans to preserve their family histories, with the goal of expanding historical narratives.<ref>{{cite news |last=Garcia |first=Olivia |date=April 29, 2018 |title=
Filipina American historian to visit Delano, discuss importance of preserving family histories |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/delano-record/news/filipina-american-historian-to-visit-delano-discuss-importance-of-preserving/article_75fd126a-4a59-11e8-996a-e73166c598b3.html |work=[[Delano Record]] |location=Delano, California |access-date=October 22, 2018 }}</ref>
Filipina American historian to visit Delano, discuss importance of preserving family histories |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/delano-record/news/filipina-american-historian-to-visit-delano-discuss-importance-of-preserving/article_75fd126a-4a59-11e8-996a-e73166c598b3.html |work=[[Delano Record]] |location=Delano, California |access-date=October 22, 2018 }}</ref>


==Honors and awards==
In 2013, the Filipino Women's Network listed her among their "100 Most Influential Filipinas in the World".<ref name=TheRecord11Aug2018/> In 2014, she received an honorable mention for the [[Frederick Jackson Turner Award]] for her book ''Little Manila Is in the Heart'';<ref name=AJ2018/> that same year Mabalon was profiled in the book ''Remarkable Women of Stockton''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mary Jo Gohlke|title=Remarkable Women of Stockton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQF3CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT98|date=March 4, 2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Incorporated|isbn=978-1-62584-947-2|page=98|chapter=Dr. Dawn Mabalon}}</ref>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==

Revision as of 23:39, 16 December 2018

Dawn Bohulano Mabalon
Woman in front of a cathedral
Mabalon in Paris, November 2015
Born(1972-08-17)August 17, 1972
DiedAugust 10, 2018(2018-08-10) (aged 45)[2]
Occupation(s)Professor, historian
SpouseJesus Perez Gonzales[1]
Academic background
Alma materStanford University
Academic work
DisciplineAmerican History[1]
Sub-disciplineAsian American Studies[1]

Dawn Bohulano Mabalon (August 17, 1972 – August 10, 2018) was an American academic who worked on documenting the history of Filipino Americans.[2] Mabalon was the co-founder of The Little Manila Foundation, which worked to preserve Little Manila in Stockton, California.[2]

Early life and education

Mabalon was born to Filipinos who had immigrated to the United States from the Philippines; her father was a guerrilla during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.[3] Mabalon's grandfather, Pablo “Ambo” Mabalon, ran the Lafayette Lunch Counter;[4] it was frequented by Carlos Bulosan, ran as a Filipino restaurant until 1983, and was later torn down in 1999.[5][6] Mabalon's maternal grandmother, Concepcion Moreno Bohulano, was the first school teacher in the United States of Filipina descent.[5][7] Mabalon was also the niece of the Cordovas;[8] they were some of the founders of the Filipino American National Historical Society.[9]

During high school, Mabalon was involved in extracurricular activities, including leading her high school's Asian Club, student council, and editor of Hi-Lite.[1] In 1991, Malabon was involved in a January issue of Sassy, being described as a "editor-in-chief".[10] Graduating from Edison High School, her post-secondary education involved attending San Joaquin Delta College, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and earning her doctorate at Stanford University.[3] Mabalon's master's thesis was titled Filipina Pioneers: The Pinay in Stockton, California, 1929-1946, and was written at UCLA in 1997.[11] Mabalon's doctoral dissertation was titled Life in Little Manila Filipinas/os in Stockton, California, 1917-1972, and published in 2003.[12]

During her time at UCLA, Mabalon was active in the Filipino community on campus, working to ensure that Tagalog continued to be an available language taught at the university.[13] While a student at Stanford, and living in the Haight-Ashbury district, her car exploded due to its interaction with a gas leak.[14]

Career

In 1999, Mabalon and Dillon Delvo, co-founded The Little Manila Foundation in order to preserve what remained of the Little Manila neighborhood of Stockton, California.[5]

Mabalon was a faculty member at San Francisco State University;[3] she was a associate professor of history.[7][15] She focused her work on history of Filipino Americans, Filipinos in Stockton, and Filipinos role in the 20th century labor movement.[3] Mabalon was also on the board of trustees of the Filipino American National Historical Society.[5]

Other activities

In 2010, photographs taken by Mabalon were published on SFGate about a Filipino American band Skyflakes.[16]

In 2015, Mabalon was interviewed about the November 2015 Paris attacks by Voice of America, as she and her spouse were visiting the area at the time.[17]

In 2017, Mabalon, along with Gayla Romansanta, wrote a children's book about Larry Itliong; the book was published a year later.[18]

In 2018, Mabalon visited the Delano campus of Bakersfield College, which is in the area where the Delano grape strike began, for an event about archiving; at the event she spoke to encourage Filipino Americans to preserve their family histories, with the goal of expanding historical narratives.[19]


Honors and awards

In 2013, the Filipino Women's Network listed her among their "100 Most Influential Filipinas in the World".[7] In 2014, she received an honorable mention for the Frederick Jackson Turner Award for her book Little Manila Is in the Heart;[5] that same year Mabalon was profiled in the book Remarkable Women of Stockton.[20]

Legacy

In August 2018, Mabalon died while snorkeling off of Kauai.[3] Mabalon had been vacationing with her family prior to her death.[21] At the time when she died, she was with her sister and had an asthma attack.[22] Attempted use of her inhaler did not alleviate symptoms.[22] Getting her ashore, 911 was called, CPR was attempted by paramedics, and she was transported to an emergency room;[22] she died at the hospital she had been taken to.[23] Mabalon, was buried at San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery.[24] In early October, Mabalon was memorialized at San Francisco State University.[25][26] The work of Mabalon, of documenting the history of Filipino Americans, continue despite her death, at the Little Manila Center, which she had co-founded.[27]

Before Mabalon died, she authored three books, and was working on a fourth.[25] Her works elevated the status of Little Manila in Stockton, California, and documented discrimination experienced by Filipinos, and others Asians, in California;[25] this lead to Little Manila being listed as one of America's Most Endangered Places.[25][28] The San Francisco Chronicle described Mabalon as "a major figure to California’s Filipino Americans".[25]

Bibliography

  • Dawn B. Mabalon, Ph.D.; Rico Reyes; Filipino American National Historical So (2008). Filipinos in Stockton. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5624-6.
  • Dawn Bohulano Mabalon (May 29, 2013). Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-9574-4.
  • Dawn Bohulano Mabalon; Gayle Romasanta (October 2018). Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong. Bridge & Delta Publishing. ISBN 978-1-73219-932-3.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The Passing of Dr. Dawn Bohulano Mabalon". Department of History. San Francisco State University. August 10, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Khokha, Sasha (August 17, 2018). "Leaving a Legacy: Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Filipino-American Champion and Historian". The California Report. San Francisco: KQED. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Guillermo, Emil (August 14, 2018). "Fil-Am historian, activist Dawn Mabalon, 46, dies during Hawaii vacation". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  4. ^ Carpizo, Almendra (June 14, 2017). "Little Manila being brought back to life". The Record. Stockton, California. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Fil-Am community mourns the death of historian and author, Dawn Mabalon". Asian Journal. August 14, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  6. ^ Robert Ji-Song Ku; Martin F. Manalansan; Anita Mannur (September 23, 2013). Eating Asian America: A Food Studies Reader. NYU Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-4798-1203-5.
    Antonio T. Tiongson; Edgardo V. Gutierrez; Ricardo Valencia Gutierrez (2006). Positively No Filipinos Allowed: Building Communities and Discourse. Temple University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-59213-123-5.
    Perez, Frank Ramos; Perez, Leatrice (Winter 1994). "Filipinos in San Joaquin County" (PDF). The San Joaquin Historian. VIII (4): 3–18. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c Filipas, Nicholas (August 11, 2018). "Filipinos celebrate Barrio Fiesta with heavy hearts". The Record. Stockton, California. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  8. ^ Jimenez, Mariel Toni (August 22, 2018). "Dawn Bohulano Mabalon's Short Life Burned Brightly". Positively Filipino. Burlingame, California. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  9. ^ "Fred and Dorothy Cordova". Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project. University of Washington. 2018.
  10. ^ Eskin, Leah (December 25, 1991). "Who's The Boss". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  11. ^ Mabalon, Dawn (1997). "SRLF / LD 791.8 A75 M113". Filipina Pioneers: The Pinay in Stockton, California, 1929-1946 (Masters). University of California, Los Angeles.
    "Digital Indexing Projects". Asian American Studies Center. University of California, Los Angeles. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  12. ^ Dawn Bohulano Mabalon; Stanford University. Dept. of History (2003). Life in Little Manila Filipinas/os in Stockton, California, 1917-1972. Stanford University.
  13. ^ Lefkowitz, Allison (October 20, 1994). "Students fight for continuation of Tagalog". Daily Bruin. University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  14. ^ Benhard, Marcella (November 12, 1997). "Grad student okay after car blows up". The Stanford Daily. Vol. 212, no. 39. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  15. ^ Mashinchi, Ken (August 12, 2018). "Stockton's Filipino Community Honors Late Professor and Author". KTXL. Stockton. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  16. ^ Broder Van Dyke, Michelle (May 20, 2010). "The Skyflakes: Filipino American quintet". SFGate. San Francisco. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  17. ^ Bryant, Lisa (November 15, 2018). "Paris Tourists Saddened but Defiant in Wake of Attacks". Voice of America. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  18. ^ Mejia, Paula (May 17, 2018). "The Forgotten Filipino American Activist Behind the Delano Grape Strike". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
    Correa, Carlos (November 14, 2017). "Who Is Larry Itliong? Publisher Hopes To Shine Light On Filipinos' Role In California History". KOVR. Sacramento. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
    Galila, Wilfred (November 16, 2017). "Children's book on Fil-Am labor hero Larry Itliong is in the works". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  19. ^ Garcia, Olivia (April 29, 2018). "Filipina American historian to visit Delano, discuss importance of preserving family histories". Delano Record. Delano, California. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  20. ^ Mary Jo Gohlke (March 4, 2014). "Dr. Dawn Mabalon". Remarkable Women of Stockton. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-62584-947-2.
  21. ^ Diokna, Ed (August 12, 2018). "Noted FilAm historian Dawn Mabalon passes away". AsAmNews. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  22. ^ a b c Guillermo, Emil (August 17, 2018). "Sister describes Fil-Am historian's last moments in Kauai". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  23. ^ Phillips, Roger (August 14, 2018). "Family, friends still trying to make sense of Dawn Bohulano Mabalon's death". The Record. Stockton, California. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  24. ^ Phillips, Roger (August 16, 2018). "Filipina leader Mabalon to be remembered next week". The Record. Stockton, California. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
    Jamero, Peter (September 29, 2018). "Peter's Pinoy Patter - October 2018". Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  25. ^ a b c d e Nolte, Carl (September 22, 2018). "Mourning Filipino Americans' fervent scholar". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  26. ^ Mejia, Valeria (October 10, 2018). "Community praises the life of Dawn Mabalon". Golden Gate Express. San Francisco State University. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  27. ^ Rao, Sameer (October 16, 2018). "New Podcast Shares Uniquely Filipino-American Stories". Colorlines. race forward. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  28. ^ Glionna, John M. (May 31, 2003). "Saving a Harsh Picture of the Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 10, 2018.