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Amidst a Super Typhoon, young Pinay contemplates: ‘Am I Filipino enough?’
By Jessica Abejar When news of Super Typhoon Haiyan — PHL name: Yolanda — hit the Philippines this past weekend, I was completely devastated. But instead of being wrapped up in the sadness at the fact that the strongest storm in recorded history just hit the place my parents called home, I was faced with […]
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On its 20th year, FAHSI to report on FilAm socioeconomic profile on Nov. 16
The Filipino American Human Services Inc. (FAHSI) will be hosting a forum to present the findings of the Community Needs Assessment and to discuss issues of concern to the community. The forum will be held on November 16th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Philippine Center. FAHSI Co-Founder and Board Member Dr. Jean […]
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A museum called FAM
By Cristina DC Pastor This was how I explained the Filipino American Museum (FAM) to the hubby when I got home. Me: I just came from a museum opening, um, except that there is no museum. H: Huh? What? Me: It’s an empty room in an old Soho building, has white walls and not much […]
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TOFA-NY: Honoring the community’s ‘brightest and most committed’
By Cristina DC Pastor The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY) was a night of recreating, reenacting and reconnecting with Filipino roots, a fitting culmination to Filipino American Heritage Month. Judge Lorna Schofield of the Southern District of New York, who was a keynote speaker, recalled memories of her mother, Priscilla Tiongco, who as […]
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Consul-General lauds TOFA-NY for ‘dedicated and tireless’ efforts to search, give recognition to FilAm achievers
By Oliver Oliveros Consul General to New York Mario L. De Leon, Jr., U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York Lorna Schofield, and former chairman of the board for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Ruben Nepales will keynote the third annual The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY) Awards on Saturday […]
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Ta-ga-logue: A coming-together in conversation
By Precious Sipin Filipinos are naturally creative. We are storytellers, dancers, singers (thanks Magic Mic!), writers. You name it and we know how to do it — with style. We can’t help it. It’s in our blood. With different races mixed in one, I see Filipinos as beautiful masterpieces meant to create, be innovative, and […]
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Why I created a movement for Brown Girls
By Jana Lynne Umipig I grew up with the understanding that it is community that raises a young girl into her womanhood. That not just one individual but many are invested in her becoming. And I also understood that it is women who give to her growth the most because they are the center of […]
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Gay couple makes pitch for Barbara Buono
Heart, humor and honesty went into the making of this video by graphic designer David Gibson and comic Rich Kiamco. It may be a pitch for votes for candidate Barbara Buono – who is running against incumbent New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — but beyond that, this story is one of many same-sex narratives that […]
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TOFA-NY winners named; lights on at Carnegie Hall on Oct 26th
By Cristina DC Pastor As the government was shutting down midnight of September 30, TOFA-NY was in a race to finish the counting of votes to award the 2013 outstanding Filipinos in New York. TOFA-NY won the race; Congress did not. The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York went to 13 exemplary individuals who garnered […]