Vangie Buell''s story is important to our culture and to hear it first-hand is precious to our history in the United States. Vangie is the Filipino American community's Maya Angelou. So BE there. Bring your daughters, your nieces, your sisters, your aunts, your women friends, your mothers. Bring the girls in your neighborhood to meet Vangie.
Feb 13—Turning Pain To Power: An Evening Of Revolutionary Film, Talk, Drumming And Dance To End Violence Against Women
Marily Mondejar on Breaking 'Marble' Ceilings: Impact and Influence
Full text of the welcome speech FWN Founder and CEO Marily Mondejar gave at the Fil-Am Victory Celebration held on January 31st in San Francisco.
Feb 7—DISRUPTing AIM Dev@Work: Meet the Authors, Book Reading
Toasting Collective Victory: 40 Fil-Am Electeds, 22 Are Filipina Women
Rachelle Pastor Arizmendi: Let's Make Every Year a Historic Year By Getting More FilAms Into Elected Office
“According to the 2018 American Community Survey—[Filipinos] are 4 million strong … and the 3rd largest Asian group in the U.S. Some say we are an “emerging population”. Emerging meaning “becoming apparent”? I say we’re already here! In California alone- we are THE LARGEST Asian group … at a stunning 1.6 million Kababayan strong.
Filipino-American Elected Officials
Filipino Americans elected officials. For most current list, visit FWN’s Elected and Appointed Officials page.
Filipino-American Commissioners and Appointed Officials
Filipino American commissioners and appointed officials. For most current list, visit FWN’s Elected and Appointed Officials page.