LEAD Filipino

Pin@ys in Bay Area Higher Education: The Need for Ethnic Studies By: Jeren Penalosa Why do I think Ethnic Studies is so important for higher education, and most especially for Pin@ys? The Bay Area is a melting pot that includes…

Hi Everyone — The sign ups for our ten-week Spring Training are as official as a referee’s whistle and are LIVE till February 16th (11:59pm). 2018 Spring Training Application Our Spring Training is a ten-week program that will meet Monday…

— Calling All Fly Pinays in College — The sign ups for our 2nd Annual Fly Pinays Leadership Summit are officially OPEN.  If you are a young Pinay, a young API womyn, and/or a supporting member of our community, please…

— Calling All Fly Pinays Professionals — Dear Kasamas — Last year’s 1st Annual Fly Pinays Leadership Summit was nothing short of spectacular.  We celebrated Pinayism through the frames of mentorship, sisterhood, cultural identity and leadership as Filipinas do –…

– Congratulations to Mayors Juslyn Manalo and Gabriel Quinto – This past December, many local municipalities re-organized their city councils. While this is a procedural occurrence, December 2017 brought great news and celebration for our local Fil Am community in…

– We are excited to announce the roll-out of our new Spring Training Course! – Our Spring Training Course will be an intensive 10-week program aimed to train community members with deep interests in the intersection of community organizing and…

On Saturday, November 21st, Angelica Cortez and Jay Page with our organization participated in and represented LEAD Filipino at a community forum with SF-based Filipino community organizations such as SOMCAN, FCDC, Filipino Advocates for Justice, the Tenderloin People’s Congress, the…

 In 2017, LEAD Filipino embarked on an ambitious agenda, including major developments and roll-outs in our program areas. What were the results of hours of planning meetings, conference calls, and last-minute runs to print handouts. . . . . .our…

Of the seasons abound, the “Fly Pinays” season is among us, and our organizers, advisors, and interns have already gotten to work on planning and developing our 2nd Annual Fly Pinays Leadership Summit! To inform the substance of our themes…

LEAD Filipino at the County of Santa Clara’s November Natz. Ceremony! Since August of this year, we have been working alongside our partners at the Asian Law Alliance (ALA), Filipino Youth Coalition (FYC), and the County of Santa Clara to…