THE SEARCH IS ON! Gawad Geny Lopez Jr. Bayaning Pilipino North America 2016-2017

THE SEARCH IS ON! Gawad Geny Lopez Jr. Bayaning Pilipino North America 2016-2017

The search is on for The Gawad Geny Lopez Jr. Bayaning Pilipino North America 2016-2017. Open to all in the U.S. and Canada in two categories: Global Bayaning Pilipino (Organization) and Bayaning Pilipinong Kabataan sa America (Youth Heroes). Deadline: December 31, 2016.

A World of Thanks from the Filipina Women's Network Board of Directors!

A World of Thanks from the Filipina Women's Network Board of Directors!

FWN exists to empower Filipina women worldwide. We cannot continue to do the work we do without you and your support. Thank you for believing in our purpose and organizational meaning.

Whether it's helping to support one young Pinay to attend the #FWNSummit2017 in Toronto, funding FWN's V-Diaries Anti-Violence Resource Guide or spreading the gift of #GlobalPinayPower with a Filipina Women Leadership Book Series book donation to your neighborhood library or school, YOUR contribution amplifies Filipina women's voices and maximize our impact worldwide. 

Support FWN When You Shop AmazonSmile this Holiday Season

Support FWN When You Shop AmazonSmile this Holiday Season

#StartWithaSmile at smile.amazon.com/ch/47-3513297 and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Foundation for Filipina Women's Network whenever you shop on AmazonSmile all year long.

WooHoo! Cris Comerford (U.S. FWN100™ '12, Global FWN100™ '14) Installed to the National Women's History Museum (NWHM)

WooHoo! Cris Comerford (U.S. FWN100™ '12, Global FWN100™ '14) Installed to the National Women's History Museum (NWHM)

Born in the Philippines, Cris Comerford (U.S. FWN100™ '12, Global FWN100™ '14) attended the food-technology program at the University of the Philippines and began her career as a “salad girl” in Chicago hotels. In 2005 she beat over 450 applicants vying for the Executive White House Chef position during the Bush administration.

MORE Victories for Filipino-American Candidates: Election 2016 RoundUp

MORE Victories for Filipino-American Candidates: Election 2016 RoundUp

MORE Victories for FilAm Candidates! Here are the 2016 election results for Fil-Am candidates throughout the U.S.

Congratulations awardees Kymberly Marcos Pine (U.S. FWN100™ '07) who was re-elected to Honolulu City Council, District I, Juslyn Manalo (Global FWN100™ '15) who won City Council for Daly City, California and Rozzana Verder Aliga (U.S. FWN100™ '09) who got elected to City Council, Vallejo, California!

COUNTDOWN to November 29: #GivingTuesday: Give Back. Give Well. Give Filipina.

COUNTDOWN to November 29: #GivingTuesday: Give Back. Give Well. Give Filipina.

At FWN, we thrive because of our organizational purpose and meaning. We exist to amplify Filipina women's voices worldwide. Every program at FWN has purpose and meaning. Your support benefits the Filipina women of the diaspora.

Learn more about FWN programs and support FWN for #GivingTuesday, the Global Day of Giving (Nov. 29): www.filipinawomensnetwork.org/givingtuesday

Filipina Women in Tech: Gamechanger Tracey Young Disrupts Construction Industry with PlanGrid

Filipina Women in Tech: Gamechanger Tracey Young Disrupts Construction Industry with PlanGrid

"In 2011, Tracey Young's company PlanGrid was accepted into the prestigious start-up incubator Y Combinator, and with Young as CEO, it has since been used on 400,000 projects in 195 countries. Its benefits—logistical and economic—are so apparent that one project manager recently told Young that learning about it felt like being taught to use fire for the first time. Top venture firm Sequoia Capital sees the same magic; they've invested $30 million. "I joke that I used to work for one superintendent," Young says. "Now I work for hundreds of thousands." News story from Elle.com

Filipinos In Film: Raising Awareness about Diabetes with "Two Wheels And a Dream"

Filipinos In Film: Raising Awareness about Diabetes with "Two Wheels And a Dream"

Two Wheels and A Dream follows Deejay, an obese Type 1 diabetic, as he embarks on a 600+ mile journey from the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to raise awareness about diabetes. Learn more about the Kickstarter campaign after the jump!