Troy Philippines
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Troy Philippines is an organization of young men and women whose main objectives are to foster increasing awareness of the Pilipino culture at the University of Southern California and to address the concerns of the Pilipino community at large. Those objectives are actively implemented through various media, programs, events, and social interactions with the campus community and other educational institutions. Additionally, Troy Philippines hopes to add to the total collegiate experience at USC by encouraging academic achievement, athletic competition, community service, and the free exchange of ideas with people of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
For the past 4 years, USC Troy Philippines, in collaboration with Filipino organizations from other universities, played an integral part in the planning of SIPA’s Annual Halloween event – which provided a safe and festive Halloween environment for more than 200 Historic Filipinotown youth.
USC Troy Philippines has also been successful in coordinating the following events: Filipino-American History Month programs on campus, annual Entertainment Nights to help support local artists, the reintroduction of Barrio Fiesta in the Fall of 2005 featuring Jasmine Trias, and more recently, the "Rex Education" comedy show featuring Rex Navarette in Spring 2006 to raise money for USC's Pinoy Scholarship Fund, their 14th annual Pilipino American Culture Night which drew in hundreds of audience members, and the 4th annual Pinoy Graduation in May 2006.
[edit] History
Out of a need to foster the Pilipino unity and identity among its students, an organization now known as Troy Philippines was formed in 1910 at the University of Southern California. Previously known as Pilipino Trojan Family, this Trojan organization eventually changed its name and became known as Troy Family in the 1960's. In the 1970's, with a slowly growing population, this Pilipino association eventually became a member of the school's International Student Assembly under its present name Troy Philippines. It was later recognized as an Asian American organization, and became a part of the University of Southern California's Asian American Student Assembly in 1989.
Taxi dance hall scene from Troy Philippines' first Pilipino Cultural Night, The First Wave in March, 1988.
During the late 1980s, the club started its' tradition of holding cultural nights, starting in 1988 with The First Wave, which was based upon the experiences of Filipino farm laborers in Delano, CA. The club also helped found the Southern California Pilipino American Student Association (SCPASA)[1].
As for Troy Phi's current history, the club has progressed over the past years. Membership has increased, the club's Pilipino-American Culture Nights have been phenomenal, there is an increased participation in community involvement, and had been able to win two Friendship Games titles, 1st and 2nd place.
[edit] External links
Troy Philippines Home Page
Troy Philippines Wiki
University of Southern California Homepage
