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Anakbayan joins protest, calls on FilAm community to reflect on racism, prejudice
Filipino Americans join the biggest protest on December 13 in response to the non-indictment of police officers involved in the deaths of teen Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the chokehold killing of 43-year-old Eric Garner in Staten Island. Brown and Garner are African American. The protest started at Cooper Union. The marchers then proceeded […]
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Vivian Talambiras-Cruz and the endearing story behind her Nobel Peace Prize
By Cristina DC Pastor “I think the U.S. is going to declare war on Iraq.” With these words, spoken calmly with no hint of panic in her voice, Vivian Talambiras-Cruz broke the news to her boss, Mohamed ElBaradei, then the Director General of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ElBaradei had […]
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How the women of Jersey City prayed for, ‘telemarketed’ Arvin Amatorio to election victory
By Lumen Castaneda November 4 was Midterm Elections across the country, a time for Americans to elect their congressmen, governors, mayors and council members, alternating with the regular four-year term elections. Midterms are notorious for low voter turnout compared to regular elections. I, representing PACCAL and PAFCOM , went together with a group of women […]
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Ferguson: A need for empathy
By Maria Cruz Lee Thousands of people are reacting this morning (of November 25) to the fact that the grand jury in Ferguson, MO chose not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for his actions in the shooting death of unarmed teenager, Michael Brown. I watched the press conference last night and was actively participating in […]
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Nani Coloretti awaits Senate confirmation as HUD Deputy Secretary; FilAm was nominated by Obama in March
President Obama’s nomination of Nani A. Coloretti since March 10, 2014 to Deputy Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awaiting Senate confirmation. If confirmed, Coloretti would be the fourth female deputy secretary and one of the highest-ranking Filipino Americans serving in the administration, according to the organization Kaya: Filipino Americans […]
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Kabataang Makabayan as the proverbial Boomer at 50: Are its ideals still relevant?
By Cristina DC Pastor On November 30, 1964, a geeky-looking student leader from UP founded the Kabataang Makabayan (KM), visioning it as a network of youth with socialist ideals who would be part of a campaign for a “Philippine revolution against foreign and feudal domination.” That revolution sought to establish a country led not by […]
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Confessions of a loyal Asian Republican who converted to the ‘party of change’
By Bella Santos Owens On March 13, 2013, as white smoke arose from the Vatican chimney — a sign that a new Pope has been chosen — I was literally opening the envelope with my new voting card and new party affiliation as a Democrat. I told my husband that this may be a good […]
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Growing up FilAm fueled his desire to be a Republican (Part 2)
We are republishing The FilAm Metro D.C.’s series featuring two young Filipino Americans in the Republican Party. They are Ninio Joseph Fetalvo, Press Assistant for the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Matthew Alonsozana, a Research Analyst also with the RNC. With the victory of the GOP in the recent Midterm elections, it would be interesting […]
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Our boys in the GOP: Ninio Fetalvo and Matthew Alonsozana (Part 1)
We are republishing The FilAm Metro D.C.’s series featuring two young Filipino Americans in the Republican Party. They are Ninio Joseph Fetalvo, Press Assistant for the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Matthew Alonsozana, a Research Analyst also with the RNC. With the victory of the GOP in the recent Midterm elections, it would be interesting […]