CAAMFest celebrates the close of the festival with RIGHT FOOTED, a documentary about expert martial artist, disability rights activist and the world’s only armless airplane pilot, Filipina American Jessica Cox (U.S. FWN100™ '09). Ride along on her journey as she overcomes adversity, finds romance and inspires the world. Buy tickets early as they are most likely to sell out!
Each day, approximately 1,671 women in the Philippines undergo medically unsafe abortion procedures. 274 of them are hospitalized. With violence against women being on the rise in the Philippines, denying victims safe-abortion services just adds to their suffering. Story from Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights.
Unite to end all forms of violence against women! In preparation for the 106th Anniversary of the International Working Women’s Day Celebration and the 3rd National Congress on March 19-20, “ABANTE! (Advance) Women defend the people's democratic rights for dignity and self determination. To register for GABRIELA USA’s national congress, please visit www.abantegabriela.org.
Celebrate Asian American media and culture at CAAMFest 2016- the nation's premier event for Asian American film, music and food. CAAMFest's 11 days of programs boasts film screenings, concerts and panels on Asian Americans in Media and Animation all over the San Francisco Bay Area starting March 10th. Snag your CAAMFest 6-pack and save on tickets here.
24 year old Lara Casalotti was recently diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Lara, who is of Chinese-Thai and Italian ancestry, needs a stem cell donor to save her life but due to her genetically diverse background, her chance of finding a match is limited. You may be able to change that.
People of certain ethnic and racial groups could be at a greater risk for dementia, regardless of their geographic region. A UC San Francisco study found that African-Americans have the highest incidence of dementia out of American/Indian, Latino, White, Asian and Pacific Islander ethnic groups. Story from Huffington Post.
