CSU Monterey Bay's Visual and Public Art Department is hosting a Visiting Artist Series with Filipina journalist Lila Ramos Shahani on March 17th from 6-8 pm. The free talk is part of the VPA Department's Songs for Women Living with War forum.
Lila Ramos Shahani is the Assistant Secretary of the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cabinet Cluster and Spokesperson for the Advocacy and Communications Group of the Inter-Agency Council against Human Trafficking for the Philippine Government.
On February 20th, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Area's regional authority in charge of billions of dollars to fund land use and transit projects, is hosting a forum to discuss displacement. Tell powerful San Francisco decision-makers that your community needs action!
Calling all SoCal small business owners! The California Public Utilities Commission, in partnership with Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E), is holding a FREE vendor resource fair and business matchmaking for small business owners on Wednesday, March 30th at the Pasadena Convention Center. Meet with one-on-one with procurement officers from state agencies and California’s major utilities (e.g. SoCalGas, SDG&E, Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric, AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and California Water Association) to learn about resources available to you.
On January 20th, Filipina Women’s Network and the Filipina Women Global Fund launched the Tacloban 34 Women Fund, a micro enterprise revolving loan fund for 34 women residents of Habitat for Humanity Kawayanville in Tacloban, Leyte. The initiative was financed by funds raised for Rebuild Tacloban.
The 34 women of Kawayanville pitched to Filipina Women’s Network the small businesses they intend to establish to meet the much-needed services in their newly-built community after Typhoon Yolanda destroyed their families, homes and businesses.
Delle Sering (Global FWN100 '13) hosted a lively dinner get together of FWN members in Makati at Sala Restaurant to kick off FWN on the Road in the Philippines.
Left to right: Mila Sering Picache (standing, Global FWN100™ '14), Emma Imperial (Global FWN100™ '15), Marife Zamora (Global FWN100™ '13), Delle Sering (standing, Global FWN100™ '13), Pet Hartmann (standing, Global FWN100™ '15), Ace Itchon (Global FWN100™ '15), Jopin Romero (standing, Keeper of the Flame '09), Marily Mondejar, Founder & CEO, Filipina Women's Network, Secretary for Climate Change and Congressional Candidate for Surigao Lucille Sering (Global FWN100™ '13)
Cris Comerford (Global FWN100™ '13) broke the glass ceiling for women chefs when she became the first woman and first Filipino to hold the coveted title of executive chef of the White House. With increased opportunities abroad and the culinary school boom (led by prestigious French cooking institution Le Cordon Bleu) in the Philippines, it's likely that we'll see more rockstar Filipina chefs like Cris heading kitchens and satisfying palettes across the world.
