Cynthia Bonta -- her activist story -- Part One Podcast By  cover art

Cynthia Bonta -- her activist story -- Part One

Cynthia Bonta -- her activist story -- Part One

Listen for free

View show details

The mother of state Attorney General Rob Bonta is well known in Alameda as a spokeswoman for Filipino culture and an activist on behalf of immigrant and renters rights and the Sister City Committee. In the first of a two-part interview, Cynthia Bonta describes her part in the 1965 Delano grape strike, the fight against the regime of Ferdinand Marcos and even enlightens us about the brutal U.S. defeat of Philippine Independence in 1899.


Links & Resources
• PBS documentary recommended in this episode: Delano Manongs

Podcast Host: Laura Thomas

No reviews yet