Tag: Filipino American
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May 27, 2011: A Pilipino Culture Night (PCN) with Mabuhay Cultural Club at JTS Northside Community Center
You’re invited to make and build community with Mabuhay Cultural Club (Independence High School) on Friday, May 27, 2011 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at JTS Northside Community Center, 488 No. 6th Street, San Jose, CA (by Empire St.). Ben Menor teaches leadership development through Philippine Folk Dancing. Ben reminds these future leaders that “it’s not…
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Juniper Tangpuz: A Profile of a Filipino American Visual Artist and Paper Sculptor
My friend, Paulo Cabezas, co-owner (together with business partner, Cara Lewis) of Cara and Cabezas Contemporary, an art gallery in the heart of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, had mentioned the name of Filipino American artist, Juniper Tangpuz, a year ago. Today, I am making the time to feature this talented professional to the Filipino communities…
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Virgil de la Vega: Candidate for Councilmember, Hercules, CA in the June 7, 2011 Special Elections
Special to Fil-Am press and ethnic media: I met Virgil de la Vega during a “Meet and Greet” hosted by Henry Torres a few weeks ago in the dynamic city of Hercules, CA. I found Virgil to be very knowledgeable about finances. Check him out!
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Boxing: Nonito “Flash” Donaire
As GMA Pinoy TV’s “Ambassador of Goodwill,” Nonito “Flash Donaire is creating huge waves where boxing is concerned
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Jan. 22, 2011 at Intramuros Restaurant: Pina Couture by Anthony Cruz Legarda
I always say that it takes a village to raise a child — and the child that Filipino fusion fashion has raised is for a noble cause — that our indigenous weavers in the Philippines do not lose sight of their traditional weaving techniques for the sake of progress: leaving for overseas employment. Anthony Cruz…
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Myrna Lardizabal de Vera: Councilmember, City of Hercules, California
In the June 2010 edition of the Cebu-Davao glossy magazine, ZEE Lifestyle, the conclusion of my article about Myrna Lardizabal de Vera, my younger sister, quoted her as saying: “I believe that every woman is a citizen leader. She listens, she facilitates, and she arbitrates. In my ideal world of writing women back into history,…
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E-2010: Building The Next Generation of Community Advocates with NaFFAA’s Intergenerational Leadership
I’ve teamed up with my former mentor, Ben Menor and a mutual colleague, Baylan Megino, to provide the first tier of conference management support before the rest of the NaFFAA leadership comes in and helps out. I’ve known for the longest time that this day was coming: the day we can open our doors and…
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Oct. 17, 2010 in New Jersey: 2nd Annual Lakad Tulong Features Fitness and Fundraising
If more people can walk for a cause, then it would be so easy to be healthy and wise! Physical fitness + fundraising + fun always benefit our Filipino American communities. Exclusive TV Media Sponsor: GMA Pinoy TV. The way my friend, Mohinder Mann, explained it to me during an ALS Walk I joined last…
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Oct. 10, 2010: GMA Pinoy TV’s Celebrity Chef, Ron Bilaro, of “Life…Pinoy Style” Runs Race To End Poverty
Chicago-based, celebrity chef Ron Bilaro runs his first ever marathon on Sunday, October 10, 2010 for the benefit of Gawad Kalinga (meaning “to give careâ€), a global anti-poverty movement that was founded in the Philippines. Bilaro, the host of the popular Fil-Am TV show, “Life…Pinoy Style,†which airs on Comcast and GMA Pinoy TV, is…