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10 questions for TOFA founder Elton Lugay
There are skeptics and doubters, just as there are likers and adorers. TOFA is never lacking in any of them. Yet, through its bumpy yet engrossing eight-year run, The Outstanding Filipinos in America remains in place, expanding its reach as an important search platform for the best and the brightest FilAms. Elton Lugay who founded […]
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In La Union where everybody knows your name
By Angelito Cabigao It’s 9 a.m. “I feel good” by James Brown is playing in Chloe’s, Barista, Spotify playlist while I’m sitting on a wooden stool in my beach shorts reading “Pursuit of Happyness” By Tony Hsieh. I’m enjoying a nice cold Dirty Horchata at El Union, which is a coffee shop located just steps […]
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CFC ANCOP USA and OVP’S Angat Buhay widen partnership for the poor
By Cristina DC Pastor CFC ANCOP USA Executive Director Roger Santos and his wife Josie live in Manalapan, a South Jersey town known for its large, sprawling homes. In the couple’s formal dining room, two of the five Christmas trees – dedicated to each grandchild — were waiting for Josie’s attention, the ribbons, shiny hanging […]
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Lawyer Elizabeth Cueva on sexual harassment and why it’s important to report
By Cristina DC Pastor In the late 1990s, way before the #MeToo Movement, lawyer Elizabeth Cueva worked for the City University of New York’s Office of Compliance and Diversity. As the director assigned in Kingsborough Community College-CUNY, she led a panel that investigated all sorts of sex-related incidents in the college involving students, faculty, college […]
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On Global Filipinos: Support Gina Ortiz Jones of Texas
By Loida Nicolas Lewis Last September 20th, around 50 mostly FilAms gathered together in a Manhattan co-op overlooking Central Part to listen to the Democratic candidate in Texas’ Congressional District 23, Gina Ortiz Jones. She won the Primary over four other Democratic candidates and, once elected, is poised to become the first Filipino American congresswoman […]
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Mad hatter Tracy Dizon’s bold and quirky designs
By Tracy Dizon In 2010, I became a milliner, as the British would call people who design and craft hats for fashion and not so much to protect them from the sun. I love designing hats because I can go all bold and full on creative. With hats, I can have the creative freedom to […]
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On Coming Out Day, unpacking the guilt, shame
By Cristina DC Pastor Denny Meyer was the first to publicly proclaim, “I’m a gay veteran.” He was followed by Elton Lugay, who confessed he was 8 or 10 years old when he discovered the “joy of wearing women’s clothing.” Sean Ross Collins recalled how he and his boyfriend were pelted with dirt and rocks […]
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Melania Trump visits Africa; her husband’s emissary?
By Ludy Astraquillo Ongkeko, Ph.D. Paradoxically, that well-publicized visit to Africa should have been made by the 45th president of the United States. Instead, it was performed by his wife, Melania Trump. History tells us how a number of American presidents made official visits to African nations. During his presidency, Barack Obama made official visits […]
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AAPI enthusiastic about voting but candidates not reaching out: survey
As the Asian American electorate continues to grow, the group will continue to play a significant role in political races at the national, state, and local levels, according to a survey released on October 9. Of importance is the increase in voter enthusiasm, with 48 percent polled indicating they are “more enthusiastic about voting this […]