FWN members met up in New York again for an intimate gathering at Princeton Club to discuss current events. Ambassador Albert shared her views on President Duterte's Administration and the South China Sea / West Philippine Sea dispute and Jopin shared her views on the Philippine business and investments climate under President Duterte's administration.
The meet-up was chaired by New York-based FWN member Judy Arteche-Carr (U.S. FWN100™ '09, Global FWN100™ '14)
Two Filipina scientists Maribel Nonato and Rizalina de Leon garnered this year's Gregorio Y. Zara Awards for Basic and Applied Research, respectively, for their forays into the study of plants native to the Philippines. Nonato studied the phytochemistry and biological activities of pandan plants, while De Leon pursued methods to produce bioethanol using local varieties of fungi as alternative sources of ethanol additives in place of food crops such as corn. News story from ABS-CBN.
The newly turned over C-130 cargo plane to the Philippine Air Force was flown to the Philippines from the United States with a female pilot-in-command, Major Marjorie Mukay. This was the first time in the history of the Philippine military that a cargo plane was flown by a female pilot-in-command. News story from Global Inquirer.
Earlier this month, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 443, The Truth Act and the Domestic Worker's Bill. The TRUTH Act creates increased transparency and due process in the ways that local law enforcement cooperate and function with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Domestic Worker's Bill grants overtime protections to California's privately hired domestic workers and removes the sunset provision and make the law's provisions permanent.
Learn more about new and upcoming pro-Immigrant policies in California after the jump.
FWN stands with The Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus of Alameda County in denouncing Fox News "The O'Reilly Factor " October 3rd segment as implicitly racist. The segment featured reporter Jesse Watters taking a trip to New York's Chinatown to ask passersby a series of culturally insensitive and ignorant questions while playing stereotypical Asian music and intercutting the story with martial arts movie cuts.
Vizkidz Publishing LLC is co-founded by Filipina-American Designer Abigail Ricarte and Norwegian-American Data Journalist Liv Buli. Together, the pair has created a series of children’s books that illustrate the basic concepts of data visualization. They recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowd-source funding for the initial print, publishing, and distribution of the first book in the series: “Penelope Pie Throws A Pizza Party.”
Learn more about Vizkidz: http://www.vizkidz.rocks/
The Impact Fund has created the Class Action Hall of Fame to honor the courage and sacrifice of lead plaintiffs whose commitment and determination has led to significant advances in economic, environmental, racial and social justice.
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FWN Members Anny Misa Hefti (Global FWN100™ '15, 16) and Cheryl Sevegan (Global FWN100™ '15) of European Network of Filipinos in Diaspora (ENFiD) converged in Tel Aviv, Israel for a roundtable discussion in line with Peace Table's month of WomanSeriously, a global campaign to influence a shift in policy and practice at the global, regional and national levels away from war and toward a durable and just peace.
Talk about #GlobalPinayPower!
