PAWA will host a a literary reading, Q and A with award-winning Pinay author Barbara Jane Reyes, and book signing for her new book "To Love as Aswang" this Friday, December 11 at 6 pm in the Social Hall of the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco. Refreshments will be served. More information about "To Love As Aswang" after the jump.
The Asian American Psychological Association's Division on Filipino Americans is gearing up for Filipino American Psychology Conference in Berkeley, California this January. Amazing opportunity to learn about psychological issues important for the Filipino American community, and toconnect with other professionals in a supportive, familial environment. Prominent Filipino American psychologists will conduct presentations, including Dr. E. J. R. David and Dr. Kevin Nadal. Topics include Working with Filipino American Clients, Activism, Community Organizing & Mental Health and Intersectional Identities.
The First Reel: Rising Voices is the first Philippine Film Festival in Berlin organized by Michaela Lola Abrera in cooperation with the Philippine Embassy in Berlin, Germany. Various film screenings of Filipino short films and feature films will take place on November 18th - 20th and November 25th and 26th at Kino Moviemento Kottbusser Damm 22 10967 Berlin, Germany. For a list and schedule of film screenings, visit: https://www.facebook.com/thefirstreel
Did you know women only make up 6.3% of active apprentices in the trades nationwide?
The Tradeswomen, Inc. at Rising Sun's Pre-Apprenticeship Training Center celebrated women in apprenticeship to increase the number of women in the trades.
Speakers included: Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Equal Rights Advocates, Rising Sun Pre-Apprenticeship Training Center, and Tradeswomen, Inc. held last November 6th at the Rising Sun Pre-Apprenticeship Training Center - 2998 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702
The Filipina Women’s Network (FWN), represented by Dolly Pangan-Specht (US FWN100™'09 ) and Maria Beebe (US FWN100™'11 and Global FWN100™ '13, board member, and book co-editor) organized a book reading in collaboration with Portland State University’s Office of Global Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Anthropology, and Center for Women and Leadership. The Asian Pacific American network of Oregon (APANO) and the Council of Filipino American Associations (CFAA) also participated. Global Networks, Janet Labar, and Cynthia Reidy donated books as gifts to the readers. Tambayan and Columbia Distributing provided food and drinks.
Marily Mondejar, FWN founder and CEO, joined the participants via video conferencing to share the three events that shaped the direction of the Filipina Women’s Network.
Image credit: Jon Oribello
Join us this Saturday, October 10th, 10:00 AM at Victoria Manalo Draves Park (Folsom & 7th) in San Francisco in commemoration of San Francisco native Victoria Manalo Draves, the first Asian-American olympian who won two gold medals back in 1948 for diving.
FWN is a proud sponsor of the Bronze Plaque Unveiling Reception for Victoria Manalo Draves.
In commemoration of Filipino American History Month in San Francisco, California State Senator Mark Leno sponsors Compositions: A Filipino American Experience, curated by Janet Alvarado of The Alvarado Project. Compositions is a photo journal lovingly developed by Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado in the dramatic capture of the Filipino community in San Francisco during the 1940s & 50s providing visitors an enhanced understanding of the earliest roots of Filipino American life. The exhibit will be at the Hiram Johnson Great Hall from October 1st- October 31st. Opening reception will take place on October 8th from 6-8 pm.
The Filipina Women's Network commemorates Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Filipino American History Month by speaking out against state violence and oppression with our sisters at GABRIELA and One Billion Rising.
WEAR PURPLE and join us this Friday, October 9th at 4 pm in uniting with women from different communities against all forms of violence that affect women and families at the front steps of San Francisco City Hall.
