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LEAD Filipino
We are a nonprofit that organizes for FilAm civic participation, grassroots leadership and direct community action out of San Jose, California.
8.15.23 – Concluding our year-long Cancer Study with Stanford Cancer Institute
In July, we concluded our year-long Cancer Survey in partnership with Stanford Cancer Institute to explore the attitudes and behaviors of Filipinos and Cancer with over 175 responses! Our Community Health Initiatives (CHI) Team has learned immensely from outreaching to…
8.7.23 – Join us for the Kuwento Co. Book Launch Event in SoCal
We are thrilled to be apart of a momentous literary event! Join us as we celebrate the power of Filipino American storytelling at the grand book launch event for The Kuwento Book: An Anthology of Filipino Stories + Poems and…
8.4.23 – Register Filipinx Voters with Us!
Join LEAD Filipino in our mission to empower communities and encourage civic engagement. Local elections hold immense significance, and it’s crucial for everyone to participate in shaping the future of their neighborhoods and communities. Our focus on this summer’s civic engagement activities,…
7.22.23 – ICYMI: Bahay! Open Mic
About Bahay Bahay! Home of the Kreatives is a community-made environment, where local FilAm,AAPI, BIPOC, Queer, and Trans creatives are invited in to help shape what a safe, healing, and sharing space looks and feels like in the heart of…
7.10.23 – Introducing our 2023 Bahay! Home of the Kreatives Cohort
We are so excited to introduce our 2023 Bahay! Creative Cohort! Bahay! Home of the Kreatives is a community-made environment where local Filipinx/a/o American (FilAm), Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI), Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC), Queer, and…
7.3.23 – LEAD Filipino featured on MeSearch Podcast
Our Founder & Executive Director, Dr. Angelica “Gel” Cortez recently sat down with the amazing folks @krystletugadi and @itsdustindom of @mesearchpodcast to discuss the history and implications of the Supreme Court’s decision on Affirmative Action and specifically the nuances, dynamics, and contours of the Affirmative Action…
6.29.23 – Statement on Affirmative Action Decision
Statement from LEAD Filipino on the Supreme Court’s Harvard, University of North Carolina Affirmative Action Decision June 29, 2023 Only a few days following the one-year mark of the historic overturning of Roe v. Wade and continuous maelstrom of anti-LGBTQ…
6.19.23 – Statement for Juneteenth Day of Freedom
Dear mga Kasama, Today we observe Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day. Juneteenth is an annual holiday celebrated on June 19th in the United States that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and marks the…
6.5.23 – Celebrating PRIDE at Queer Lakbay Summit
Our organization kicked off PRIDE Month by gathering with over 75 incredible community members, educators, artists, poets, civic activists and guest speakers at our first in-person Queer Filipinx Lakbay Summit in San José! On Saturday, June 3rd, we hosted our…
6.2.23 – LEAD Filipino Featured in Connect the Bay
We were featured in Northern California Public Media’ newest video series called “Connect the Bay”. NorCal Public Media is a leader in covering the most important environmental stories of our time. Folks can find out more about our local and…