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2.14.24 – LEAD Filipino’s Health Equity Co-Director, Jenn Cayanan, featured in USF article
Our Health Equity Co-Director, Jenn Cayanan, was featured in a recent article published by the University of San Francisco School of Nursing and Health Profession.
2.07.24 – Announcing the 8th Annual Fly Pinays Leadership Summit
Secure your spot today by purchasing your ticket at bit.ly/2024flypinays or applying for a scholarship ticket at bit.ly Join us on Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 8AM-4PM PST for our 8th Annual Fly Pinays Leadership Summit at Evergreen College in…
12.23.23 – LEAD Filipino’s Year in Review: 2023 Look Back At It Report
View the report here. Reflecting on 2023 As we look back at this year in reflection, I think about a resounding statement our Board Member, Dr. Tony Santa Ana, made during one of Board our meetings: “Our very existence as…
12.4.23 – Defining Philippine American Transnationalism
In March 2023, we partnered with the George Washington University to conduct a national survey on “Philippine American Policy Perspectives”. We conducted this survey to better understand the factors that influence our community’s beliefs and opinions around topics such as…
2023 Filipinx Advocacy Day
Register for our upcoming Filipinx Advocacy Day at the California State Capitol. This is the largest convening of Filipina/x/o advocates, educators and community members that come together to advance our shared interests around education, health and human services, civil rights…
11.6.23 – ICYMI: SJSU Transforming Communities Event – Community Organizing: We All Start Somewhere
Summary Congratulations to our Project Coordinator & Local Policy Organizer, Mar Abat, for leading a workshop with San José State University’s “Transforming Communities: A Movement to Racial Justice”, a visionary annual event designed to catalyze change in our community. In…
9.12.23 – Salamat at Paalam & Lola Scholarship Celebration
Celebrating our 2023 Awareness in Action Cohort & 2022 Lola Scholarship Recipients We had a blast celebrating both the 2022 Lola Scholarship Fund recipients and the completion of our 8th Annual Awareness in Action Program also known as our Filipino…
8.30.23 – Statewide FIERCE Coalition Retreat

After a clamorous legislative session, including organizing our 2023 FilAm Policy Symposium and Advocacy Day in Sacramento, our Coalition took a short break and returned last week for a mid-year inflection-reflection point. Last week, our statewide Coalition of FilAm nonprofits,…
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…