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Cindy Domingo is a Filipina-American activist and community organizer from Seattle, Washington. Domingo played a key role in Asian American and Filipinx American activism in the 1970's and 1980's and became a leader in her community.
Cindy Domingo | |
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 Domingo in 2018 | |
| Organization(s) | Democratic Union of Filipinos (KDP), Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes, Washington State Rainbow/PUSH, Legacy of Equality & Leadership Organizing (LELO) |
| Spouse | Garry Owens |
| Relatives | Silme Domingo (brother) |
Early Life and Family
Cindy Domingo grew up in Seattle and is the sister of Silme Domingo. She has stated that she was often the only person of color in her classes as a child.[1] She married Garry Owens, a community organizer and former Black Panther, and they were married for over 30 years until Owens' death in 2022.[2]
Filipinx Youth Activism
Domingo was active with the Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilinio (Union of Democratic Filipinos, KDP) in the 1970's and 1980's, along with her brother Silme Domingo and other relatives. She lived in communal housing with other KDP members and organized in Seattle and Oakland. The KDP's work was primarily centered around opposing the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines, and Domingo helped lead anti-Marcos demonstrations at the University of Washington.[3][4][5][6][7]
On June 1, 1981, Cindy's brother Silme Domingo was assassinated with his friend and fellow organizer Gene Viernes. Silme and Gene were both KDP members and were reform activists in ILWU, Local 37. For the next ten years, Cindy chaired the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes. The campaign resulted in the conviction of Tony Baruso, a former president of Local 37 and proved that the assassinations had been organized by the Marcos regime with US government knowledge.[3][4][5][6][7]
Community Organizing
In 1973, a group of Latine farmworkers, Black construction workers, and Asian and Pacific Islander cannery workers founded the Northwest Labor and Employment Law Office to be the legal arms of their organizations. After being defeated in the Supreme Court decision Wards Cove Packing Company v. Antonio, LELO's tactics shifted to focusing primarily on grassroots organizing led by workers of color.[8] Cindy Domingo was one of the founders of LELO, along with Tyree Scott, Silme Domingo, Gene Viernes, Milton Jefferson, and other labor activists. She served on the board of LELO, which later changed its name to Legacy of Equality & Leadership Organizing.[9][10]
In the 1980's Cindy Domingo was active in the Rainbow Coalition of Washington. She also served on the boards of the Church Council of Greater Seattle, US Women & Cuba Collaboration, and the International Examiner and as a legislative aide to Larry Gossett.[3][5]
Further Reading
- Cindy Domingo. Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, 2004.
- Cindy Domingo Papers, 1973-2019. 50.76 cubic feet. At the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
- Ciria Cruz, Rene; Domingo, Cindy; Occena, Bruce, eds. (2017). A time to rise: collective memoirs of the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP) (1st edition). Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-74201-4.
References
- ^ "I was usually the only person of color in my classes.". Retrieved 2024-04-03 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Social justice champions Domingo, Owens to receive award". Northwest Asian Weekly. 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ a b c "Cindy Domingo: KDP; Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes - Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project". depts.washington.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ a b McCann, Michael W.; Lovell, George I. (2020). Union by law: Filipino American labor activists, rights radicalism, and racial capitalism. Chicago series in law and society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-67987-7.
- ^ a b c "Cindy Domingo papers - Archives West". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ a b Maeda, Sharon (2020-03-09). "Women's History Month: Cindy Domingo". South Seattle Emerald. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ a b Withey, Michael (2018-02-20). Summary Execution: The Seattle Assassinations of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes. WildBlue Press. ISBN 978-1-947290-36-5.
- ^ "Seattle's Civil Rights Organizations - Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project". depts.washington.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Larson, Eric David (2023). Grounding global justice: race, class, and grassroots globalism in the United States and Mexico. Oakland, California: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-38856-7.
- ^ Johnson, Diana K. (2023). Seattle in coalition: multiracial alliances, labor politics, and transnational activism in the Pacific Northwest, 1970-1999. Justice, power, and politics. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-7279-3.