In April 2020, UCLA Department of Asian American Studies announced a new, interdisciplinary Pilipino Studies minor (https: //international.ucla.edu/cseas/article/221314) to launch in Fall 2020.

To celebrate the new minor, Professor Lucy Burns and Professor Christine Balance (Cornell University) co-organized a screening on June 4, 2020 of the play adaptation of Carlos Bulosan's short story "The Romance of Magno Rubio (https: //international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/14441)," produced by New York's Theater Ma-Yi. The screening was followed with Q&A and discussion with Dr. Joi Barrios (UC Berkeley) and actors Jojo Gonzalez, Ron Doming, and Ramon de Ocampo.

This speaker series titled "the Philippines and its Elsewhere" was presented by the UCLA Department of Asian American Studies, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, and UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies from 2017-2018. Sponsors include the UCLA International Institute, Institute for American Cultures with support from the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, UCLA Office of Instructional Development, UCLA Library, and the Department of Comparative Literature. 

• This is for the Mostless (https: //international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/12967): (https: //international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/12967) Book reading with Jason Magabo Perez (CSU San Bernardino)
• The Role of University Exchange Programs in the Making of a 21st Century Global Citizen: (https: //international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/13020) A panel discussion featuring Professors Rick Bonus (University of Washington), Ninez Ponce (UCLA), and Stephen Acabado (UCLA)
• Primates from an Archipelago (https: //international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/13001): (https: //international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/13001) Book reading with Irene Suico Soriano, UCLA Asian American Studies Center.
• The Afterlives of Martial Law/Disco Manila Party: (http: //https: //international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/13053) Listening Party with Professor Christine Balance (Associate
  Professor in Asian American Studies, UC Irvine) and DJs Raket and Rambol
• A Dialogue on the Challenges of Minoritized Academic Fields at this Time: (https: //international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/13134) Panel featuring Professors Neferti Tadiar (Barnard College) and Allan Punzalan Isaac (Rutgers University)
• Dreaming in Filipino: Languages and Literatures beyond English: (https: //international.ucla.edu/cseas/event/13214) Panel featuring Dr. Maria Josephine Barrios-LeBlanc (UC Berkeley), Dr. Nenita Domingo (UCLA) and Professor Kie Zuraw (UCLA)
• Refugee Re/Enactment: (https: //criticalrefugeestudies.com/resources/blog/on-refugee-re-enactments) Performance by Tiffany Lytle and panel discussion
• 100 Years of Protest at UCLA: (http: //www.chicano.ucla.edu/events/panel-100-years-protests-ucla) Panel featuring York Chang (Chief Counsel, Service Employees International Union Local 1000; Artist), Robert Karimi (The People's Cook), and Dr. Jolie Chea (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow)