Florante Peter Ibanez

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Manager of Library Computer Services
Loyola Law School - Rains Library

Florante Peter Ibanez became involved in community activism after high school. He served as the Director of Community Services for the Associated Student Body of Cal State University Dominguez Hills while a student and later worked at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center in the early 1970s and was a co-founder of UCLA Samahang Pilipino. He was encouraged to return to school and co-founded the UC Irvine's Kababayan where he also pushed for creation of the Cross Cultural Center as part of the Third World Students Coalition. He received his BA with the Comparative Cultures Program from UC Irvine in 1977. While a student he also became an activist of the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP) who opposed the Marcos Dictatorship in the Philippines and called for social change in the U.S. He has been a AFSCME labor organizer, Kayumanggi Lions Club president, father (most recently also a grandpa), Hula Halau 'O Lilinoe - kane hula dancer, computer technician, and musician at Light and Life Christian Fellowship-West in Long Beach. In 2006 he received both his Masters in Library Information Science and Masters in Asian American Studies from UCLA. Florante has worked at Loyola Law School since 1992 and now is their Manager of Library Computer Services. He also teaches Filipino American Studies at Loyola Marymount University (LMU). He volunteers as Webmaster and Archivist for the Filipino American Library and serves on the board of Fil-Am ARTS. Previously he served on the SIPA Board for six years and as a City of Carson Environmental Commissioner for four years.

Florante will be the incoming 2010 President of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), and represents them on the Steering Committee for the Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC2012). He was selected to be an ALA Emerging Leader in 2007. He co-authored with is life partner Rose Ibanez, Filipinos in Carson and the South Bay last year and was recently appointed to the City of Carson Historical Committee.

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