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Lessons from NaFFAA 2014

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I attended the National Federation of Filipino American Association (NaFFAA) in San Diego last week to support a panel for the Congressional Gold Medal for the WWII veterans. I brought my parents because it was their anniversary and it was my mom’s birthday.   I later realized that their presence helped ease the dual generation and cultural gap I have with other Filipinos and my own diaspora as an American Filipina. My father said he had relatives in San Diego and I said that it had been years since he had seen them.   Did he even have their phone number?   Would they even return his call should he call?     My cousin, who happened to be in San Diego at the time, asked me if I learned anything at the conference.   She was our gracious guide and chauffer.   I felt comfortable connecting with her because I reached out to her a year ago and she was closer to my age.   We found each other on Facebook and have been threatening to catch up with each other ever since.   To