Finally, a cultural center

Last month, Filipino Americans in Middleburg, Florida inaugurated their $1-million cultural center on Brannan Field Road. This is one of two or three other centers that Filipino Americans have established in the state of Florida alone.
This month, on July 4th, Maryland officials and members of the Filipino American community previewed the first Filipino multicultural center in Oxon Hill, Maryland. This the first cultural center ever to be established in the greater Washington D.C. Area. While it is open for use by other multicultural communities in the area, the operation of the center will be managed by Filipino Americans and the stone marker in front of the building prominently displays the sign: National Philippine Multicultural Center (NPMC).
Officials of NPMC say that once the center is completed and fully operational, major Filipino American events, such as the Philippine independence festival and cultural shows, can use it as their venue.
By any measure, despite some criticisms, this is quite a feat by the NMPC. For the past 20 years, plans for the establishment of a Philippine cultural center have been the goal of Filipino American community leaders in the Washington DC area. Scores of fund-raising events have been held by many groups to build a much-needed center. But nothing came out of it. Some of the funds that were raised have simply disappeared, vanished and remained unaccounted for.
Now, that the once elusive center has become a reality, the community should be proud of it.

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