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Students peer into the future of feminism
What is a wave and what will the fourth wave look like? These questions were a sampling of the many topics discussed during AF3IRM NY’s last day of the Summer School of Activism (SSOWA). Lead facilitators Minerva Arias and Maria Garcia-Mugg critiqued the first three waves of feminism and challenged students to define what the […]
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Camaraderie, trust and fear in first DACA clinic
By Jen Furer and Marie Aunio It was a gathering of lawyers, volunteers and DREAMers accompanied by their parents or guardians. The Kalayaan Hall of the Philippine Center became the venue for the August 24 initial consultation between lawyers and DREAM Act students seeking to legalize their status — a venue which, according to consulate […]
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A third party eyed in Queens murder-suicide
By Elton Lugay A third party is believed to have triggered the August 30 murder-suicide involving a “happy” Filipino couple in Sunnyside, Queens According to reports quoting the NYPD, 41-year-old Amis Cale jumped off the No. 7 train tracks at the 40th Street Station nearly two hours after killing his wife, Jennifer, 37. He allegedly […]
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A Filipina in City Hall
By Cristina DC Pastor You can count in one hand the Filipinos who work at City Hall. Maria Rosana Cruz, 25, who is a project coordinator and a special assistant to the Commissioner on the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, is one of them. Maria came to MOIA more than two years ago through a […]
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Mets celebrates Filipino Heritage Night on Sept. 17
For the third consecutive year, the New York Mets will celebrate Filipino Heritage Night when they play the Washington Nationals at Citi Field on September 17th. There will be pre-game festivities outside of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, featuring local performers such as the Kinding Sindaw cultural dance troupe and singer Adinah Lagud. Professor Kevin Nadal […]
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18 ‘balut’ in 5 minutes
By Cristina DC Pastor With that, 27-year-old Hollis, Queens resident Wayne Algenio set a record for balut-eating in New York, the first competition of its kind in the city. In a YouTube video, Wayne could be seen focused at stuffing his mouth, drinking bottled water and occasionally dancing. At the end of the Maharlika-organized contest, […]
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To be Filipino in pre-war Philly
‘Filipinos of Greater Philadelphia’ By Eliseo Art Arambulo Silva Arcadia Publishing August 2012 Artist and author Eliseo Art Arambulo Silva invites the public to the September 15 launch of his book “Filipinos of Greater Philadelphia,” which highlights the nation’s oldest Filipino American organization. The book signing will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. […]
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DACA and the Filipino DREAMer
By Cristina DC Pastor The teener sat with unease at the center of Kalayaan Hall listening to the lawyers. She and her mother held hands. Up the stage were lawyers JT Mallonga and Merit Salud of the Filipino American Legal and Education Defense Fund (Faldef), explaining the fine points of the Obama initiative to legalize […]
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Empire State Building gunfire rattles Fil-Canadian couple
By Elton Lugay Ramon and Jessica from Canada were walking down Fifth Avenue on a warm late summer morning on August 24, but ended up crouched on the sidewalk and shaking when they heard gunshots. (The couple declined to be photographed and to give their surnames.) They were about to cross toward the Empire State […]