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Is It Time to Stop Blaming Colonial Mentality for Everything Wrong With Us?
Maybe it’s time to stop defining who we are by what we’ve suffered, and start loving who we’ve become.
The Double-Edged Flag: When Filipino Americans Run Against Each Other For the Same Office
For decades, visibility was the dream. Filipino Americans looked at city councils, state legislatures, and Congress and wondered: When will we finally be seen? When will our names, our faces, our accents belong in the political landscape of the country we helped build?
Loving a Homeland From Afar | The Politics of Filipino American Influence
Loving a Country You No Longer Live In: When Filipino American Power Meets Philippine Politics
The Archipeligo Within | The Uneven Map of Filipino American Identity Across States
Being Filipino American in California is not the same as being Filipino American in Ohio. Identity shifts with geography - and organizing must too.
Faith, Family, and the Fear of Divorce : Why Filipino Culture Still Treats Divorce as a Family Disgrace
In Filipino culture, a failed marriage is not just heartbreak - it’s treated like a family shame. But silence only deepens the wounds.
Beyond Balikbayan Dreams: Rethinking Filipino American Wealth
Our parents dreamed of retiring in the Philippines. But if we only buy condos we rarely live in, we’re not building wealth - we’re burying it.
Exporting Exploitation: The Ugly Truth About Outsourcing to the Philippines
Outsourcing isn’t job creation. It’s wage theft with a passport - even when Filipinos do it to Filipino.
How Political Families Rule the Philippines, and Shape Filipino America Too
An unflinching look at how political dynasties have turned Philippine democracy into a family business — and how those same loyalties continue to divide and define Filipino America.
Not the Same: Why Being Filipino Is Different from Being Filipino American - and Why That Gap Matters
Explore the differences between being Filipino and Filipino American—two identities shaped by history, migration, and culture. This blog unpacks why the gap matters for solidarity, power, and global Filipino identity.
Respecting Indigenous Sovereignty: What Solidarity Really Looks Like
Indigenous communities are not symbols. They are sovereign nations.
Filipino Student Orgs Have the Sauce And It Could Be the Blueprint for Filipino America’s Future
Every spring, Filipino student orgs across the country fill auditoriums with the rhythms of kulintang and the snap of tinikling sticks. They are beautiful, necessary reminders of who we are in a country that erases us.
The Forgotten Constituents: How Overseas Filipinos Can Rewrite Philippine Politics
We left the Philippines, but we never left the fight. And if we organize, our ballots could do what billions in financial remittances never will: force the nation to change.
The Untold Story of Filipino Fraternities & Sororities and How They Built the Foundation of Asian American Greek Life We Know Today
Filipino students didn’t just join Asian American Greek life. We built it. And if you’ve never heard that before, it’s because history books erased us. Worse, sometimes we erased ourselves.
Remittances Aren’t Liberation: The Hidden Costs of Sending Money Back Home
In the Philippines, this ritual has become part of our national identity. The Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is hailed as the modern-day hero, their remittances praised as the “lifeline” of the nation. But beneath the applause lies a harder truth.
What the new resistance looks like: Filipino Entrepreneurs Turning Commerce Into Change
Filipino small businesses aren’t just open for business, they’re open for justice. They may look like cafés, bakeries, restaurants, or barber shops, but I dare you to take one look closer. They’re also community organizers, cultural educators, disaster responders, and mutual aid hubs.
Starving Our Own Power: Why Filipino And Filipino American Nonprofits Keep Getting Left Behind
Filipino nonprofits are fueling change but funders still treat them like an afterthought. But here’s the brutal truth: They’re doing it on shoestring budgets, unpaid labor, and unsustainable hope.
We Were Never Half: The Erased Identity of Tsinoys in America
Chinese Filipinos or Tsinoys (Chinoys) have always existed. Before colonizers. Before categories. Before anyone asked us to choose.
Filipino Pride Is Everywhere - So Why Are Legal Defense and Worker Protections Still Out of Reach for so many Filipinos?
Being Filipino in America is a balancing act between assimilation, manipulation, and legal precarity. We celebrate our resilience through barrio fiestas, Bayanihan murals, and independence day celebrations, but beneath the surface, many of us live in the shadow of a system that was never designed to protect us.
Too Young to Run? Not Anymore. The Rise of Gen Z Filipino American Leaders in U.S. Politics
They said we were too young. Too brown. Too bold. But we’re here, and we’re not waiting our turn. This isn't a quiet revolution. It’s loud. Young Filipinos are rising in politics. And it’s already begun.
How FilAM Nonprofits Are Rewriting the Rules of Community Power and Why Backing Them Can Change the Future of our Culture
Nonprofits should not be singularly viewed as charity cases that communities must fund out of pity, but instead, be recognized as mission driven movements, transformative institutions, and caring systems of power and progress.