Loida Nicolas Lewis (Global FWN100™ '130) is the chair of the Reginald F. Lewis Foundation and former Chair and CEO, TLC Beatrice International. A former immigration lawyer, Ms. Lewis helped to found the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. In this interview with New York Times food critic Ligaya Mishan, Loida dishes on her favorite Filipino foods to cook, her love of lobster, and the legacy of her husband, the late Reginald F. Lewis. News story from New York Times.
Work for something bigger than yourself. We all believe in something. The hard part is standing up for those beliefs and working to create real change. True leadership calls for us to be fighters; to heal and to transform. Life events such as abuse, oppression, exploitation, and other injustices can put us down and make us submissive. And, while, it is important for us to heal ourselves and become stronger, it is not enough. One out of three women are abused during their lifetimes. Every 90 seconds a woman is sexually assaulted. It's not enough to survive, we have to change the world so that women and girls cease to be commodities and targets of violence. Put your own experiences within global contexts. Understand the root causes of what has been done to you. Then take this knowledge to work for change.
- Annalisa Vicente Enrile, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, University of Southern California (USC), School of Social Work
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GMA News Correspondent Janet Nepales (Global FWN100™ ''13) won second place in the Los Angeles Press Club's 8th National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards in the Celebrity News-Print category for her Manila Bulletin article on Spotlight on Fil-Am Co-Director of Pixar's 'Inside Out.' This is her third Los Angeles Press Club award. News story from GMA News Online.
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What does it mean to be Filipino in America? According to the most recent U.S. Census data, only about half of the 1.4 million Filipinos in California speak Tagalog, Ilocano or Visayan. Whether it is because of the pressures of assimilation, residual effects of colonialism and the perceived value of English as being more beneficial, many first and second-generation Filipino Americans are probing why they never learned their native language or why it never stuck. News story from KQED News.
26 year old contemporary artist Lou Lim was recently granted a prestigious artistic residency at the Palais de Tokyo, a popular contemporary art museum in Paris, France. The residency is part of the museum's "Emerging Artists from Emerging Countries" program which seeks to showcase little-known but gifted Southeast Asian artists to the French art world. Lim is one of six other artists in Southeast Asia, and the first Filipino to ever be selected for this program. Story from The Rappler.
Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., has launched the first hospital-based Filipino Medical Program in the U.S. Under the umbrella of Holy Name’s Asian Health Services, the program is designed to meet the medical needs of this community in a culturally sensitive environment and provide healthcare amenities to make Filipino-American patients and their families feel welcome and comfortable, according to a news release. News story from Nurse.com.
A group art exhibition in Berlin, Germany entitled "WASAK! Filipino Art Today" opened last Saturday, December 5th at the new Arndt Art Agency A3 premises. Curated by Norman Crisologo, The Berlin Group Exhibition “WASAK! Filipino Art Today" is a seminal exhibition exploring Filipino contemporary art in Europe. The exhibition will be accompanied by a hardcopy catalogue published by European publishing house DISTANZ Verlag. Exhibiting artists include: Zean Cabangis, Annie Cabigting, Buen Calubayan, Louie Cordero, Jigger Cruz, Marina Cruz, Kawayan De Guia, Alfredo Esquillo, Ian Fabro, Nona Garcia, Pow Martinez, Manuel Ocampo, Alwin Reamillo, Norberto Roldan, Kaloy Sanchez, José Santos III, Rodel Tapaya, Tatong Torres and Ronald Ventura. News story from The Inquirer.net.
