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CALENDAR October / November 2024 National Higher Education Month Remember the professor who changed your perspective, or the staffer who made you feel safe or at home? October is National Higher Education Month, a time to highlight and celebrate the dedicated and inspiring faculty and staff who help students pursue their American Dream. Breast Cancer Awareness Month Breast cancer affects one in eight women in the U.S. every year and 2.3 million women worldwide. The latest federal data shows the rate of new diagnoses in Asian American and Pacific Islander women is rising much faster than that of other racial and ethnic groups; researchers as yet do not know why. Campaigns and programs throughout October support people diagnosed with breast cancer, educate people about risk factors, stress the importance of regular screening and fundraise for research. Oct. 13 is nationally recognized as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, and Oct. 17–23 is Men's Breast Cancer Awareness Week. Details at breastcancer.org, breastcancernow.org and komen.org. Mural at Morningside Elementary School in Delano depicts Larry Itliong, who organized the successful 1965 Delano grape strike and went on to help lead the United Farm Workers; Larry Itliong Day in California is celebrated on Oct. 25. Artist: Eliseo Art Silva. National Breast Cancer Foundation Filipino American History Month The month of October honors Filipino Americans' many contributions to the United States. This year 's theme, from the Filipino American National History Society (FANHS; fanhs-national.org/filam/) is "Struggle, Resistance, Solidarity, and Resilience." In the 1920s, thousands of Filipino agricultural workers and service laborers moved to California; their abysmal working and living conditions led to notable Filipino involvement in the labor and civil rights movement over the years. Some 4.1 million Filipino Americans reside in the United States today, with 38% of those in California. Resources to teach about the Filipino American experience: FANHS; Filipino American Education (filameducation.com); the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis (bulosancenter.ucdavis.edu). 7 O C T O B E R / N O V E M B E R 2 0 24 In the Know