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Filipino American Community Mayor's Forum 2011 San Francisco

Fri, 10/07/2011 - 19:36
Filipino American Community Mayor's Forum 2011
San Francisco
by Erin Jerri Pangilinan - National Communications Director

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Register for KAYA National Retreat at APALA Convention July 21-24

Sat, 06/25/2011 - 10:21

We invite you to join us in our KAYA National Retreat at this year’s Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) Convention in Oakland, July 21-24th, 2011 at the Marriott.

RSVP here and register here. 


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Celebrating LGBT Pride & AAPI Heritage Month

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 08:49

Celebrating LGBT Pride & AAPI Heritage Month

Cross-posted at White House Blog

Posted by Hector Vargas on May 25, 2011 at 09:07 AM EDT


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Posthumous Tribute to APAP Unsung Hero 2010 - Peter J. Corpus

Sun, 01/23/2011 - 11:19

Nomination written by: Alex Fukui


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Why I’m marching: My two Uncles

Sat, 05/01/2010 - 00:30

Why I’m marching: My two Uncles


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FilAm Students Supporting UC Demonstration

Mon, 01/18/2010 - 13:53
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FilAm Students Supporting UC Demonstration

By Erin Pangilinan

Earlier this fall, students, staff, and faculty across the University of California demonstrated against the 32% tuition fee hikes. What was intended as peaceful protests for some in the recent weeks, ended not only in arrests--but also beating, tasering, and shooting of students by police and demonstrators at various campuses, including UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Davis.


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Island tunes from Blue Scholars duo

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 21:25
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By Erin Pangilinan

Cross-posted from Philippine News.

Like the Long March EP brought the Seattle feel in songs like “Southside Revival,” Blue Scholars, FilAm emcee Geologic (Geo) and Iranian American producer Sabza Mohajerjasbi (Sabzi) give audiences refreshing sounds of islands in their new EP, OOF!.


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Bobby Scott: House Passes Historic Health Insurance Reform Legislation

Sun, 11/08/2009 - 11:25

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, by a vote of 220-215.  The legislation will lower health care costs, provide access to care for 36 million Americans, and provide a public option for consumers to help encourage competition among insurers and drive health costs down.


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Mona Pasquil named interim Lt. Governor of CA

Fri, 11/06/2009 - 00:55

On Tuesday, Lt. Governor John Garamendi of California won a special election to replace Representative Ellen Tauscher in the U.S. House of Representatives. This left a temporary vacancy in his current position that has now been filled. The lucky replacement is his chief of staff, Mona Pasquil.


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Equity, now what?

Wed, 10/28/2009 - 07:52

by Erin Pangilinan

Celebrating the close of Filipino American history month, the Smithsonian Museum honored the Filipino World War II veterans, who were denied equity due to the Rescission Act of 1946, which stripped Filipinos of their US citizenship and deemed them US nationals. Speakers recognized the passage of appropriated through the economic stimulus bill that was passed this year due to Senator Inouye’s leadership on the Senate Appropriations Committee.