4.20.23 – LEAD Filipino Featured in SVCF’s Blog

Learn about how we’re building power for Filipina/x/o Americans in California

We are so happy to announce that we are featured in the Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s newest blog post! With their recent grant sponsorship, our organization is excited to continue growing our programs and initiatives that will allow us to increase the representation of our Filipina/x/o Americans in civic participation, grassroots leadership, culturally responsive education, and community action!

LEAD FILIPINO HOSTS A RIBBON CUTTING AT DELANO MANONGS PARK IN EAST SAN JOSÉ, A PARK THE GROUP STEWARDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY

Check out some highlights from the blog below:

“This is one of the first multiyear grants from our Community Action Grants program. LEAD Filipino is deeply committed to systemic change through leadership development and community-organizing in the Filipino community, and this grant will help support them in this work.”

– Jack Mahoney, Director of Movement- and Power-Building for SVCF
LEAD FILIPINO PERFORMS AT A FLAG RAISING CEREMONY AT SAN JOSÉ CITY HALL DURING FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

“It doesn’t work to just go to someone and say, ‘Vote,’” Cortez said. “If you’re not connecting the civics to something personal and providing a pathway to translate that knowledge, they’re like, ‘Why?’ We use Filipino Studies and Ethnic Studies as positive vehicles to bring them into civics.”

– Angelica Cortez, Executive Director & Founder of LEAD Filipino
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We are a nonprofit that organizes for FilAm civic participation, grassroots leadership and direct community action out of San Jose, California.

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