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	Filipino American Veterans March for Equity By M.S. Deshmukh Special to AsianWeek Under an overcast San Francisco sky on Sunday morning, the Filipino American contingent of the Veteran’s Day parade stood before City Hall at the end of the parade route and used its time in front of the mayor’s viewing platform to chant, “What do we want? Justice for veterans! When do we want it? Equity now!” The contingent consisted of two boxcars carrying more than 30 Filipino American veterans of the Second World War, nearly a dozen spouses of veterans and two marching units, one made up of the Filipino American Veterans Association and the other of local college students and young people... COMPLETE STORY...		The Best of the Asian Pacific American Bay Area (Feature) Over 100 APAs Elected to Office in Last Week’s Election (in National News) Filipino American Veterans March for Equity (in Bay Area News) Ultimate Diversions: Inside the Twilight Zone (in Business) Mark Chung: American Soccer’s Coolest Man (in Sports) Local APA Filmmakers Shine at Film Arts Foundation Festival (in A&E) Emil Amok: It Happened in Alaska (in Opinion)

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