Our 2024 Policy Symposium is our call to our statewide FilAm community to mobilize.
Our communities deserve not only protection from devastation, but thriving lives and sustainable futures that are free from structural violence. We call on our elected officials to provide relief and pass policies during and beyond this crisis that will lead us to this vision.
For decades, our community has organized alongside other marginalized communities for justice, drawing from the Filipino farm workers, our Manongs, who toiled California’s fields and led groundbreaking farm workers movements for better working conditions. Like the Filipino Manongs, we call on this crisis to be an opportunity to build sustainable public policies that will last generations.
This year we invited an amazing line-up of community leaders such as:
- Hon. Juslyn Manalo | Mayor, City of Daly City
- Hon. Nikki Fortunato Bas | Council President, City of Oakland
- Daisy Maxion | Filipino Advocates for Justice
- Dr. Janice Andrade O’Neal | Asian American Voter Empowerment Project LA
- Gabriel Young | National Federation of Filipino American Associations
- Kirin Amiling Macapugay | CA State Commissioner on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs
- Hon. Melissa Ramoso | Councilmember, City of Artesia
- Hon. Christopher Cabaldon | Fmr. Mayor, City of West Sacramento
- Hon. Gabriel Quinto | Councilmember, City of El Cerrito
- Kevin Suarez | SacFilPAC
- Bobby Dalton G. Roy | SEIU Local 1000
- Angelica Cabande | Executive Director, South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN)
- Tracie Noriega | Co-Lead, Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum – AAPI Chapter
- JR Arimboanga | National Coordinator, Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies
- Nikki Chen, Co-Emcee | Executive Director, EMAC Stockton
- Cameron Sasai, Emcee | Public Policy & Advocacy Coordinator, LEAD Filipino
Access the 2024 recording of our Policy Symposium above or watch in on Youtube here.
Interested in learning more about our 2024 speakers and program?
View the 2024 Digital Participant Kit below
What our FIERCE Coalition Members have to say about this year’s Policy Symposium:
“I look forward to FIERCE’s Fil-Am Policy Symposium every year! As a Pinay, new to local government, it’s such an empowering opportunity to connect and learn from Fil-Am trailblazers and change makers from all over the state regarding issues critical to the future of our community.”
Angela Pedrigal
Public Policy & Advocacy Coordinator, LEAD Filipino
“The 2024 FilAm Policy Symposium was an invaluable experience for our participants–with deep dives into policy and our panel discussions, it was empowering to hear from our guest speakers about the issues that impact our FilAm community the most.”
Cameron Sasai
Public Policy & Advocacy Coordinator, LEAD Filipino