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Tickets Live! 2021 Annual Fly Pinays Leadership Summit
Since 2017, we’ve had the delight and honor to host our Annual Fly Pinays – a Summit that lifts up our values of sisterhood, stewardship, and mentorship. Intentionally held in March to observe Women’s Herstory Month, we invite you to…
For Immediate Release: Meredith “Mer” Curry joins LEAD Filipino’s Board of Directors
For Immediate Release: February 1, 2021Contact: Board of Directors, board@leadfilipino.org Press Release: Meredith Curry joins LEAD Filipino’s Board of Directors San Jose, CA – Leadership, Education, Activism, and Dialogue (LEAD) Filipino a San Jose-based nonprofit is delighted to announce that…
Announcing Virtual 2021 Filipinx Policy Summit to be held Mar 7!
RSVP: Policy, Politics & Puto Talk with The Dishonorable Lendyll Capitulo
We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be resuming our Policy, Politics & Puto Roundtable Series with a special recurring guest, The Dishonorable Lendyll Capitulo, also known as LEAD Filipino’s Resident Philosopher. Lendyll earned his BS in Economics and MBA from…
San Jose AAPI Leaders Decry Lack of Representation in Biden’s Cabinet Picks

LEAD Filipino’s Founder, Dr. Angelica “Gel” Cortez recently interviewed with the San Jose Spotlight a local, nonprofit news organization dedicated to political, cultural and business reporting in the greater San Jose/Silicon Valley Area. In continued discourse on the growing importance…
Member Meeting
Happy New Year! Throughout 2021, we’ll be hosting quarterly virtual Member Meetings to ensure that we continue building community, meeting each other, and sharing positive news. Please join us this Sunday, January 10th from 4pm-6pm (PST) for our first Member…
For Immediate Release: Angelica Cortez named first Vice President of Racial Justice & Equity for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group
For Immediate Release: January 5, 2021Contact: Board of Directors, board@leadfilipino.org Press Release: Angelica Cortez named first Vice President of Racial Justice & Equity for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group San Jose, CA – University of Southern California’s Doctor of Education, Angelica…
Look Back At 2020
How do you describe a year rife with unexpected – and unparalleled – changes and challenges? You try your best, but where words fall short, you show. Just like the rest of the world, the novel Coronavirus brought our organization…
New Member Mixer
Last night we hosted our first EVER New Member Mixer – hey, you have to start somewhere, right? – and welcomed 6 new members to our organization! We enjoyed learning more and meeting each of you and look forward to…
Post-Election Session
Today marks many, many victorious first for our country — and for those wins, we celebrate. 🎉 On Thursday, November 12th join our Post-Election Session us as we look at the wins, losses, and lessons learned that the 2020 General Election…