EPahayagan #305 - Curated News From Foundation of Filipina Women's Network

FWN IN THE NEWS

Global FWN100™ AWARDEES

 

Sofia Aragon (Global FWN100™ 2022)

Gwendolyn Garcia (Global FWN100™ 2018)

Honey Lacuna-Pangan (Global FWN100™ 2022)

Myla Arceno (Global FWN100™ 2022)

Rechie Valdez (Global FWN100™ 2022)

 

FILIPINA ACTION NOW

  • EVENT: 10 JULY MONDAY via Zoom.

  • Run. Filipina. Run. - Filipina Women in Politics: Electeds. Incumbents. Candidates. CANADA • UK • USA: California and Washington.

  • California and Washington 4PM - 5:30PM PDT

  • Toronto 7PM - 8:30PM EDT

  • London 12AM - 1:30AM BST

  • Click to RSVP via Zoom. Or scan the QR code

 
 
 
 

  • EVENT: 20 JULY THURSDAY via Zoom.

  • FWN INFLUENTIALS CHANGING THE WORLD. . . ONE PROJECT AT A TIME. - Support, Donate, and Invest in the Global Pitch Projects by 2022 Global FWN100™ Awardees.

 
 

Click to view the Global Projects. Or scan the QR code below:

 
 

20 JULY 2023 THURSDAY

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  • San Francisco 6AM PDT

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  • NOMINATIONS: Nominations for 2023 Most Influential Filipina in the World Award deadline 30 JUNE.

Submit nominations here. Or scan the QR code below:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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International Women's Day - Canadian Global FWN100™ Awardees share their reactions on receiving the Most Influential Filipina Woman in the World Award

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International Women's Day - Canadian Global FWN100™ Awardees share their reactions on receiving the Most Influential Filipina Woman in the World Award

Canadian Global FWN100™ Awardees share their reactions when they were selected Most Influential Filipina Woman in the World Award at a roundtable discussion.

ePahayagan #303 - Curated News from Foundation for Filipina Women’s Network

More than 25,000 deaths. Nearly 106,000 wrecked buildings. In between these numbers, countless dreams are stopped in the dead tracks of Syria and Turkey. Survivors scrape through remnants of hope to continue or start over.

During this great loss, let us not remain a bystander who only glances over the news and turns a blind eye to suffering.

Be it directly or indirectly, let our everyday action be a conscious effort to be of help — one way or another. We are each other’s support system, after all.

May this week’s list of news be a motivating force for you.

Your ePahayagan editor,

Isabelle

FWN In The News

Important Events For Women

Did You Know?

ACTION . . .

Give if you can. Donate to the victims of the Syria-Turkey earthquake. Here’s a donor site.

ePahayagan #302 - Curated News from Foundation for Filipina Women’s Network

Have you ever asked yourself: How do I express love?

One of my favorite authors, Erich Fromm, says that “love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love.” This implies that love is not a bystander. It steps forward. It listens and speaks. It gives continuous efforts to spark change. Love revolutionizes. 

Love month goes beyond February. Yet, this can be the perfect time to start evaluating your expressions of love—not only to your family and friends, but to your community and the society at large. How does your love help make the world a more loving place to live in?

Here are some news that might stir inspiration in you.

Your ePahayagan editor,

Isabelle

FWN In The News

Important Events For Women

Did You Know?

Mahiwagang Pinay

By the way,

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Consider giving her the FWN DISRUPT Leadership Book Series — 4 books published since 2014. "DISRUPT 4.0. Filipina Women: BEING" just got released.

We think you should start with "DISRUPT: Filipina Women. Proud. Loud. Leading without a Doubt." — FWN’s first book on Filipina women's leadership stories to kickstart that ambitious and driven Filipina woman you know. Order one book (print or Kindle) or the entire series from Amazon!

ePahayagan #301 | Curated News from Foundation for Filipina Women’s Network

We have come a long way!

It has been two decades since the Foundation for Filipina Women’s Network has come forward and supported Filipina women’s capacities. We redefine leadership. We break and march through the barriers. With Most Influential Filipina Women in the World Awardees, since 2007 selected from 34 countries across the globe, we stand strong as one. 

In 2023, how do you want to transform yourself — and transform others in the process? What seed are you planting? It is the best time of the year to ask ourselves: What else do we want to see? 

We have curated a list of topics this week that will inspire you:

FWN In The news

Events To Check Out

Did You Know?

Ask A Filipina

Mahiwagang Pinay

By the way,

Are you looking for a lasting Valentine's or anytime gift to motivate and inspire a young Filipina in your life? Or a Filipina woman returning to the global workplace?

FWN has a DISRUPT Leadership Book Series - 4 books published since 2014. "DISRUPT 4.0. Filipina Women: BEING" just got released. We think you should start with "DISRUPT: Filipina Women. Proud. Loud. Leading without a Doubt." - FWN’s first book on Filipina women's leadership stories to kickstart that ambitious and driven Filipina woman you know. Order one book (print or Kindle) or the entire series from Amazon!

Yay! Filipino Films at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival (2023 Jan 19-29)!

Filipino Films participating in the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in Utah from January 19-29, 2023. Better still, fly to Sundance in Utah.

After the long isolation from the pandemic, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival finally returns to in-person screenings. Not to miss are the films from the Philippines, “In My Mother’s Skin” and “It’s Raining Frogs Outside.” One Filipino American short film will also be screened, “When you Left Me on That Boulevard.”

Here’s what to know about the film festival:

  1.  Filipino feature film "In My Mother’s Skin" will be shown during the Midnight Section, and will be screened only in person. Set in World War II, the film follows the tale of a daughter risking everything, even placing her fate in the hands of a flesh-eating fairy, just to save her mother.

  2. Single film tickets for in-person screenings will go on sale beginning 12 January 2023 at https://festival.sundance.org/tickets/. For information on the screening dates of “In My Mother’s Skin,” visit the Sundance website: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/638a1721d406b217c7f2c996

  3. Filipino short film “It’s Raining Frogs Outside” (“Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol”) will precede the in-person screenings of the American feature film "Last Things". This Sambal short film marks the very first participation of a Filipino woman director, and of a film from Zambales, in the film festival’s short films program.

  4. More information on “It’s Raining Frogs Outside” is available on the Sundance website: https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/638a1b1077dd3d0e67805fb1

  5. Filipino American short film “When You Left Me On That Boulevard” will be featured during the Short Film Program 3, which will be screened both in person and online.

Tickets for the in-person screenings of the short film programs will go on sale beginning 12 January 2023 at https://festival.sundance.org/tickets/, while the sale of the Explorer Pass for online screenings is ongoing at the aforementioned website. For information on the in-person and online screening dates of the Short Film Program 3, which includes “When You Left Me On That Boulevard,” visit the Sundance website: https://festival.sundance.org/program/short-info/638a72c5d406b242b9f33df7

Show our pride and support at the Sundance Film Festival! Let us all promote the global talent of our Filipino creatives.

Claudine Gay, the Daughter of Haitian Immigrants, is Harvard's First Black Woman President

Harvard University announced Claudine Gay as its 30th president—making her the first Black person and the second woman to lead the Ivy League school’s almost 400-year history. 

Photo Credit: Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

During the announcement, Gay called to mind her earlier years as a child of poor Haitian immigrant parents, “My parents are immigrants from Haiti. They came to the U.S. with very little and put themselves through college while raising our family… College was always the expectation for me. My parents believed that education opens every door.”

Gay first made history by being appointed as the first person of color and first woman to be the Edgergley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2018. Prior to the Harvard faculty, she also taught political science at Stanford University, where she obtained her undergraduate degree in economics. 

In her remarks, Gay emphasized that with the strength and influence of the institution, more possibilities across the nation ought to be created. As she said, “There is an urgency for Harvard to be engaged with the world and to bring bold, brave, pioneering thinking to our greatest challenges.”

She continued to highlight the greater role of America’s oldest institution to the society at large, “When I imagine Harvard in the years ahead, I see a university that is even more connected to the world through our scholarship. The idea of the ivory tower  — that is the past, not the future, of academia. We don’t exist outside of society, but as part of it.”

Gay is set to officially assume the position next summer, July 1, 2023.