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 his

American Filipinos' Ongoing Trauma from the U.S. Colonization of the Philippines

Jan 3rd, 2022 1h 16m

In California, 2022 brings new requirements for ethnic studies at the community college and high school levels. It could become a model for schools around the country. It's too late for one Oakland student who has since graduated and gone to Ha

Environmental Justice Warrior: Little Manila Rising's Matt Holmes talks to Emil Guillermo

Dec 15th, 2021 1h 2m

Note: See Index below for quick access Little Manila Rising, a community non-profit in Stockton, Calif., is taking an aggressive stand to protect its Filipino American community from environmental racism. Matt Holmes heads up the environmental

"Try Harder" director Debbie Lum talks to Emil Amok about the college admissions process at SF's Lowell High School

Dec 7th, 2021 1h 16m

"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 of diverse backgrounds. What are AAPI going through to get to the elite college

Little Manila Rising Fights Covid with Good Information Door-to-Door

Sep 9th, 2021 59m 44s

Amy Portello Nelson talks with Emil Guillermo about Little Manila Rising's "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 i

Little Manila Rising: Young Boomerangs Come Home to Stockton On a Mission

Jul 16th, 2021 1h 35m

Little Manila Rising is an non-profit organization in Stockton, Calif. servicing primarily the South Stockton community. After a recent youth conference produced by Little Manila youth, Emil Guillermo talked with Celine Lopez, a newly-minted S

Little Manila Rising, Stockton's Environmental Justice Warriors

Apr 22nd, 2021 1h 10m

An Earth Day/Earth Month Special! A Filipino American group called Little Manila Rising is part of a "people-powered" Green Revolution that's changing how the community in Stockton, Calif. gets involved in environmental justice. Recently, commu

Do you know Angelo Quinto? He's the Asian American/Filipino American George Floyd

Feb 27th, 2021 1h 43m

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-th

Why WW2 Japanese American Incarceration Fight Is Not Over Yet

Feb 21st, 2021 1h

Why were Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II? President Franklin Roosevelt's signing of Executive Order 9066 on Feb. 19, 1942 paved the way. And while some where given redress payments in 1988, the battle continues for a few hun

Emil Amok's Takeout: Emil Guillermo's Farewell to Corky Lee's Asian American Lens; Plus my 2017 interview with Corky

Jan 30th, 2021 1h 39m

Corky Lee died on Jan. 27 of Covid. He is now the undisputed Asian American photographer laureate. There was no sense of a modern Asian American civil rights movement before Vincent Chin inspired a generation to stand up and be seen. Corky Lee

Emil Amok: On Covid, Dorothy Velasco, Pete Hamill, Race, Environment, Harvard and Ted

Aug 8th, 2020 2h 18m

Emil Amok's Takes on the latest Covid news, Dorothy Velasco's passing, Pete Hamill, Race, Environment, affirmative action, opening of schools, Harvard, Emil's speech and his friend Ted. Read more at amok.com; Or at https://www.aaldef.org/blog

Emil Amok's Takeout: John Lewis' "Good Trouble." Trump's "Bad Troublle."

Jul 31st, 2020 1h 33m

Trump wasn't yelling, "We're No. 1." when the country surpassed 150,000 Covid-19 deaths. He didn't even bother to show up at John Lewis' funeral. Emil talks about the news and more. Plus another experiment into Covid friendship as he has a reun

Emil Amok's Takeout: How the Slants Helped Native Americans Beat The Washington Football Team

Jul 17th, 2020 1h 7m

Emil Guillermo talks to Simon Tam of the Slants about how his case to trademark what was thought to be a disparaging name didn't hurt but helped in the battle to change the name of the Washington NFL team. Emil also talks to author, journalist

Emil Amok's Takeout: Hamilton, July 4th, Mt. Rushmore; Plus, TED talk

Jul 5th, 2020 1h 42m

You are not alone. Emil Amok Guillermo is a journalist, commentator, and humorist. Emil Amok's Takeout is where he works out his talk show days and gives you his take on everything. See his columns at http://www.aaldef.org/blog. Twitter @emilam

Amok on Trump's Make America Sick Again Rally, Father's Day, the Pandemic, White Privilege, and another Ted Talk

Jun 20th, 2020 2h 3m

Journalist/commentator/humorist Emil Amok Guillermo gives his take on everything from Trump's "Make America Sick Again" rally, Father's Day, White Privilege, and Juneteenth. He talks to a friend he hasn't seen in more than 40 years named Ted,

Ep.61: #BLM, George Floyd, Trump's Reaction, and why FIlipinos should be in solidarity with BLM

Jun 6th, 2020 1h 49m

Emil Guillermo has written his "Amok" column covering race, culture and ethnicity for the last 25 years in the Filipino and Asian American media. Professor Daniel Phil Gonzales of SF State's College of Ethnic Studies talks about George Floyd,

Emil Amok's Takeout: George Floyd, #BLM, Trump, Filipino American Solidarity

Jun 6th, 2020 1h 49m

Ep.60: Emil Amok: My Kind of TED Talk

May 30th, 2020 1h 43m

Emil Amok Guillermo talks with his old friend, University of Kentucky Philosopher Ted Schatzki about life, Covid, and George Floyd. They met at college and last saw each other when Emil gave a shocking speech. They reunited after 40 years when

Emil Amok's Takeout: My Kind of TED Talk on race, COVID, and George Floyd

May 30th, 2020 1h 43m

Emil Amok Guillermo and the Original American Filipino-Native Borns: Peter Jamero

May 23rd, 2020 2h 3m

A special Filipino American National Historical Society Museum program as Emil Guillermo, museum director, talks to author Peter Jamero, one of the first Filipinos born in America. Filipinos were first brought to America in large numbers in the

Emil Amok's Takeout: Emil Talks to a Philosopher, Part 2; Harvard; The Need to Prop up American Small Business

May 18th, 2020 1h 37m

Is America too big to fail? Should the government do all it can to prop up the little guy as it has Big Business? Some of the questions in part 2 of "Emil Amok talks to a Philosopher About our Lousy Covid Life." Check out Emil's columns on at w

Ep.58: Emil Amok Talks to a Philosopher about Covid, Pt.2

May 18th, 2020 1h 37m

Emil Amok on Stephen Miller, E.J. Ramos David on Colonial Mentality, Asian Americans, Skin Whitening, and more.

May 11th, 2020 1h 17m

We're colonized by Covid but we're fighting back--by staying home! Professor E.J.Ramos David, author of "Brown Skin, White Minds," talks to Emil about colonial mentality, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and skin-whitening. David is also

Honoring Essential Asian Pacific Americans on APA Heritage Month

May 2nd, 2020 2h 30m

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in 2020 is like no other because of the Covid Crisis. We talk to Gem Scorp, an essential Asian American, and Filipino nurse, about fighting the virus as a nurse in NYC's Elmhurst Hospital. But then faces ra

Emil Amok and a Philosopher Philosophize about Covid, Asian Americans, and more

May 1st, 2020 1h 4m

Prof. Ted Schatzki is in the Philosophy Department of the University of Kentucky. A former classmate of Emil's, the two talk about Covid and the future. Shelter long enough and it becomes a philosophical question. See Emil's writing at http://w