Our Community is Uniquely Vulnerable Online. Federal Privacy Legislation is the Only Real Solution.
Congress must work diligently and swiftly to reach an agreement on comprehensive privacy legislation that applies across the digital ecosystem.
The next step in Filipina women’s empowerment is closer than you think
America is on the verge of an unprecedented improvement in how we live and work and the Filipina women community of business owners and professionals are impacted.
Getting Net Neutrality Right for the Filipina Community
The importance of the internet in empowering women and minorities cannot be overstated. High-speed internet helps women connect with each other, access invaluable educational and employment opportunities, foster the growth of minority- and women-run small businesses, share in each other’s successes, and so much more.
Marily Mondejar in Morning Consult: Filipina Network Supports Congress Setting Net Neutrality Rules
Keeping our far-flung members informed on issues that affect us, our families and our kids is not always easy, with some living in places that do not enjoy the same internet freedoms that we in the United States do. Networks like FWN that lean so heavily on social media and messaging applications to organize, resist and empower rely heavily on a stable, fair and innovative internet — without one, we’d have no means by which to engage our Filipina sisters in the diaspora about women’s rights and educational programs.
Victoria Manalo Draves Is First Asian-American U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist
Earlier this month, memorial stories started running which honored the passing of the purported first Asian American Olympic gold medalist. Sammy Lee of California was revered for his feats in diving. When in fact, the first Asian American Olympic gold medalist was a Filipina American woman. From The Seattle Globalist.