Biography
Bruce Occena is a Filipino American activist and scholar involved with the Asian American movement in the San Francisco Bay Area. He played a major part in the International Hotel as a resident, a student who renovated the hotel, and a member of the hotel's United Filipino Association (UFA). His activism was largely built upon a Marxist–Leninist framework, addressing issues such as Anti-Marcos sentiment and those raised by the Third World Liberation Front. He is a co-founder of the Union of Democratic Filipinos, also known as Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino (KDP).
