2015 Statewide Filipino American Educators Association of California Conference

2015 Statewide Filipino American Educators Association of California Conference

The Filipino American Educators Association of California is proud to announce the 2015 FAEAC Conference at the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento California.  Bringing together educators and supporters to share vital knowledge and create the vehicle for collaboration, as we work together to empower our students and shape the future. 
 
The Conference will feature workshops being conducted by scholars in the forefront of the research and documentation of the history of the Filipino labor movement, as well as experienced organizers who have been promoting the teaching of Filipino American history for over a decade. This conference will be the perfect way to culminate Filipino American Heritage Month and to celebrate the establishment of Larry Itliong Day and the first school named after Filipino labor organizers, Philip Vera Cruz and Lary Itliong. 

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Colonel Shirley S. Raguindin, U.S. FWN100 '07 and GLOBAL FWN100 '13, Keynotes 2015 Filipina Leadership Global Summit

Colonel Shirley S. Raguindin, U.S. FWN100 '07 and GLOBAL FWN100 '13, Keynotes 2015 Filipina Leadership Global Summit

Can your destiny be ever pre-determined?

“We are all born with a purpose to leave a legacy and I honor those who have worked hard and sacrificed everything to allow us to live a better life for our families, our communities and for generations to come”

Colonel Shirley S. Raguindin shares her guiding philosophy. She keynotes FWN 2.0 Legacy: Next Generation Leaders "Mothers & Daughters, Mothers & Sons" Together- the theme of the 2015 Filipina Leadership Global Summit on October 29-31 in San Francisco.

Shirley grew up poor in Hawaii’s plantations. An honors student, she was hoping to receive a car for a graduation gift just like her brother's when he graduated from high school. Instead her gift was a 24-year old engineer arriving from the Philippines who was going to be her husband. Her parents explained that the agreement for the arranged marriage was made with the young man's parents on the day she was born. She was told that she would be "a good wife, a great mom and marriage would complete her life."

Register for the Summit today!

SIGN UP: Pinay Speed Femtoring at the Filipina Leadership Summit in San Francisco

SIGN UP: Pinay Speed Femtoring at the Filipina Leadership Summit in San Francisco

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Pinay Speed Femtoring

October 31st, 2015, 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Marines' Memorial Club Hotel San Francisco
609 Sutter Street (at Mason Street)
San Francisco, CA 94102

FWN Board Members will facilitate this awesome and popular panel - one of the highlights of the Summit - femtoring next generation leaders.

FWN Board Members will facilitate the awesome and popular Speed FEMtoring panel - one of the highlights of the Summit. This year's focus will be on femtoring next generation leaders.

FWN's 6th year of building the pipeline next generation of Pinay leaders. Pinay Speed Femtoring is a learning event at which femtees / protégés can ask the Global FWN100™ Awardees (AKA Femtors) the "everything-you've-always-wanted-to-know-but-didn't-know-whom-to-ask" questions. Femtees will have the opportunity to interact with Femtors during the course of the session by moving to different topic tables every 15 minutes.

Sign up or refer an amazing Filipina with leadership potential to sign up for Pinay Speed FEMtoring.

You can also register for the summit.

 

Spotlight on FWN Members: Nora K. Terrado, GLOBAL FWN100™ '14 (PHILIPPINES) and Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna, GLOBAL FWN100™ '14 (BANGLADESH)

Congratulations to Nora K. Terrado for a successful convening of the 2015 APEC Women and the Economy Fora.

Ms. Nora K. Terrado is the Undersecretary for Management Services and Chief of Staff of the Department of Trade and Industry. Before entering the civil service, Usec. Terrado was the Country Manager of Headstrong Philippines and Vice President for IT Services and Capital Markets of Genpact Philippines.

As an IT pioneer and industry leader in the Philippines with solid track record in leading successful change programs for global clients, the Undersecretary has significantly made solid contributions in the Ease of Doing Business (EODB)  initiatives. She is this year’s Chair for the APEC Women and the Economy Fora. She was among the 2014’s 100 Influential Filipina Women (FWN100TM).

The Undersecretary is an alumnus of the University of Asia and the Pacific for her graduate studies in business economics and the University of Saint La Salle for her degree in Commerce. She is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

Born in Manila, Philippines, Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna, earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Adamson University, Manila in 1978, passed the licensure examination for Chemical Engineers on the same year, she obtained her Masters degrees from the Philippines and a Doctoral degree from California. 

Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna, was selected as top 100 women of the world under the education category by the International Alliance for Women (TIAW) for 2012.  The humble story of Dr. Lamagna, being the first woman Vice Chancellor at the American International University in Bangladesh has inspired women to take actions in support of women’s empowerment and advancement in society.  Her extraordinary accomplishments in promoting women through education-based programs, initiatives or personal action in a developing country like Bangladesh have earned for her the most coveted recognition.

Filipino Film "Imbisibol" Debuts at Toronto International Film Festival

Filipino Film "Imbisibol" Debuts at Toronto International Film Festival

Director Lawrence Fajardo’s film Imbisibol (Invisible), which had its international debut at the Toronto Film Festival yesterday, tells the stories of four OFWs living in the city of Fukuoka in the aftermath of a 1989 Japanese crackdown on overstayers – workers who remain in the country after their work contracts expire.

“That’s why we chose the title,” says producer Krisma Fajardo, who is also Lawrence’s wife. “They’re not supposed to be in Japan. Legally they’re not there. And then they’re also not in the Philippines, physically, so it’s like they’re invisible. These people tend to lay low and not attract ­attention.”

News story courtesy of The National

Filipino Food Hits the Mainstream

Filipino Food Hits the Mainstream

Filipino immigrants have struggled to have much impact on mainstream U.S. culture, especially around food and drink. The problem is compounded, Ponseca adds, by a well-documented trait: It’s called “hiya” (pronounced “hee-yah” in Tagalog), and the word translates into English as “shame” or “dishonor.” Some Filipino immigrants in America have felt a sense of hiya around their food, with its duck embryos, pig’s blood, shrimp paste and other potentially hard-to-swallow ingredients.

News story courtesy of Washington Post

Filipina-American Shoe Designer Ivy Kirzhner Aims to Empower Women through Footwear

Filipina-American Shoe Designer Ivy Kirzhner Aims to Empower Women through Footwear

With a contemporary footwear line that is one of the highest grossing brands in Saks 5th Avenue, Filipina-American designer Ivy Kirzhner is ruling the footwear industry--both in the U.S. and abroad. But when asked about her global success, Kirzhner gives a lot of credit to her immigrant upbringing and her beloved Queens, the New York borough from which she hails.

Kirzhner was born in Cabanatuan City, Philippines, though most of her early childhood was spent in Manila, the country's capital. In 1989, she moved to the United States, where her family settled in Woodside, Queens, an area with a large Filipino-American community.

News story courtesy of NBC News