Milpitas Unified board adopts resolution recognizing October as Filipino American History Month, honors Larry Itliong Day

Elise Mina, president of the Milpitas High School Filipino Club Buso, presented Resolution 20 26 11 and the Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education adopted it at a meeting held Oct. 28, 2025. "And today, we're gonna be reading resolution 20 26 11 recognizing October as Filipino American History Month honoring Larry Itliong Day on 10/25/2025," Mina said as she introduced the text.

The resolution frames the observance with a series of "whereas" clauses that recount Filipino American history and local community connections. It cites an asserted earliest documented Filipino presence in the continental United States on Oct. 18, 1587, describes the Filipino American National Historical Society's 1763 date for the first permanent settlement at Saint Malo, La., and notes Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian American group in the U.S., ‘‘approximately 4,100,000’’ people with more than one million in the Bay Area, as recorded in the resolution text.

The document also highlights Filipino American military service across U.S. conflicts and states that "25,000 Filipinos who fought under the United States flag during World War II" and that nine Filipino Americans have received the Congressional Medal of Honor. It describes Larry Itliong's role joining Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association and later participating in formation of United Farm Workers–related organizing efforts.

The resolution references a 2015 bill signed by Governor Jerry Brown that designates Oct. 25 as Larry Itliong Day and urges district campuses to recognize the date annually, including teaching and discussion of Itliong's contributions to local history. The text also names the Milpitas High School Buso Club as the presenting organization and lists local Filipino community leaders and school officials as examples of community leadership noted in the resolution.

The resolution text states it was "Passed and adopted by the Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education at a meeting held on 10/28/2025 by the following vote." The transcript of the meeting records the adoption language but does not include the vote tally, a mover, or a second in the provided excerpt.

The adopted resolution asks district school sites to observe Filipino American History Month and to commemorate Larry Itliong Day on Oct. 25 going forward. The board's formal next steps or implementation plans (such as guidance to schools or curricular materials) were not specified in the provided transcript.