Carmelito Llapitan, was one of the founders of the Filipino National Council of Chicago (FNCC) in 1953. It quickly became the cultural heritage center and a place for social advocacy and public policy. It was involved in the landmark legislation including the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Illinois Human Rights Act (1979). Since 1997 the organization has been called the Filipino American Council of Greater Chicago (FACGC).

In 1974, he was among the Chicago Filipino community leaders who purchased the current building, which is now the Rizal Center, from the Swedish-American Orphei Singing Group.

Honorary Carmelito Llapitan CT

1300 West Irving park Road at North Wayne Street

Approved:

Neighborhood: Graceland West/Lakeview

near
Rizal Center
1322 W. Irving Park Road

Rededicated March 31, 2019

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https://explore.chicagocollections.org/image/fahschicago/187/8g8gz77/

https://explore.chicagocollections.org/image/fahschicago/187/nk37m3g/

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/451.html

http://www.viatimes.net/oct2020issue/?p=91

https://rizalcenter.org/about/who-we-are/

https://www.facebook.com/rizal.center/photos/a.1494976717383633/2624587554422538/?type=3&paipv=0&eav=AfaYZtMiGmvm3KURCszlxoFd_NpZKQQ6W2iEmBE-z66dN3csBtCoO5R0baKOuopjOmg&_rdr

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