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Has ‘crab mentality’ crept into the ranks of second generation FilAms? (Part 3)
By Kristina Rodulfo During a meeting at NYU, I met with Ronald Rapatalo, the 1995-1996 president of the NYU’s International Filipino Association, where I was president. IFA started in 1985 originally as an intramural campus basketball team and evolved into a full-fledged organization with educational, cultural and social programming. Rapatalo told me of his involvement […]
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Leadership burnout: Why youth lose interest in community organizing after graduation (Part 2)
By Kristina Rodulfo That last point on collaboration hangs in limbo most, according to former FIND leaders. One time National Director Steven Raga recalled proposing to expand FIND to Southern California in 2007. His idea was rejected because of restrictions supposedly related to FIND’s 501c3 nonprofit status. No such status existed; FIND only recently achieved […]
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING PROJECT: Campus organizations no longer breeding ground for future leaders: The story of FIND, Inc. (Part 1)
By Kristina Rodulfo The sounds of cheers, chants and chaos you hear at any opening ceremony of a FIND Inc. conference draw striking resemblance to a sports game. The bi-annual gatherings for Filipino American college students on the East Coast feel like pep rallies, with each of FIND’s seven districts excitedly reciting prepared, coordinated anthems. […]
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Cuba and the Philippines are sister countries by heritage
By Roz Zacarias Li The restoration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba will give Filipino Americans the opportunity to get to know Cuba first-hand, this country which I consider to be a sister country of the Philippines. Cuba and the Philippines have shared heritage – both former colonies of Spain for centuries […]
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10 Sexiest Filipinos in the N.Y. Tri-State
Call it flight of fancy. Or a goofy excuse for an offbeat yearend article. But hey, if Buzzfeed can create a media empire out of numbered lists, why not? Instead of coming up with the Top10 stories for the year, The FilAm decided to run a list of the10 Sexiest Filipino Men in metropolitan New […]
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For Haiyan families, a bowl of soup can make a difference
By Melody Garcia-Muniz An all-volunteer Mobile Soup Kitchen for Kids (MSKK) was organized to feed children and families in dire need of assistance following the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest storm ever to hit the Philippines Formed immediately in the aftermath of the super typhoon in November 2013, MSKK went to Tacloban with […]
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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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In the holiday season, Edwin Josue went shopping for a verdict
By Cristina DC Pastor ‘Twas a week or so before Christmas, and real estate broker Edwin Josue was probing his conscience trying to decide whether to send a man to jail. He didn’t exactly go ‘Bah! Humbug!’ but at the end of two weeks, he and 11 other jurors in a Manhattan criminal case declared […]
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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 […]