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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.
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
A City of Hustle, A Culture of Diskarte | How Chicago’s Filipino Community Is Turning Creativity into Collective Power and Keeping the Spirit of FAHM Alive Year-Round
As Filipino American History Month comes to a close, DISKARTE: Coalition reminds us that culture isn’t just something to celebrate — it’s something to build from.
From basketball courts to kitchens, DJ booths to art studios, DISKARTE is turning Filipino creativity into collective power.
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.
Half Black, Half Pinay, Entirely Her Own: The Rise of Jae’roze Tate
Jae'roze Tate is a Filipino African American musical artist who blends English and Tagalog in her rap lyrics. Born and raised in the Philippines, she later moved to the United States for higher education.
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.
Filipino Rough Riders & The Wild West | Discover A Hidden Chapter in American History
rofessors Emmanuel David and Yumi Janairo Roth have extensively researched this forgotten group, publishing their findings in February 2024 in Playing Filipino: Racial Display, Resistance, and the Filipino Rough Riders in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West .
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.
'We are telling a story that is lost': Pinoytown tours uplift long-forgotten history in San Jose
Did you know San Jose once had its own Pinoytown? 🌆 Before Japantown became what we know today, Sixth Street was alive with Filipinos, Japanese, and Chinese families building lives together.
Golf but Make It Filipino | SIPA’s Giving Greens Invitational Tees off For change for the nextGen
On Monday, October 6, 2025, Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) invites you to the Giving Greens Golf Invitational, a fundraiser-meets-cultural-homecoming that’s rewriting the rules of philanthropy, visibility, and Filipino American legacy.
The Philippine Ballet Theater Is Bringing Sarimanok and Filipino Fashion Legends to UCLA
Experience Sarimanok, a new ballet inspired by Mindanao myth, plus Pinagmulan, an exhibit of legendary Filipino designers, October 25 at UCLA.
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.
Is It a Butterfly, a Snake, or Something Else Entirely?
Discover Attacus lorquini, the giant Philippine moth with wings that look like a snake’s head. Nature’s ultimate optical illusion.
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.
Ate First, Myself Last: The Weight of Being the Eldest Daughter in A FilAm Home
These days there seems to be a “day” for everything. August 26th is the “Eldest Daughter Day.” As the ate (eldest daughter in Tagalog) in my family. It was established to recognize and appreciate the often unseen responsibilities and emotional labor that comes with being the eldest daughter.
From city streets to gallery walls: Filipino resistance in San Francisco reverberates through 'Makibaka' exhibit
Makibaka: A Living Legacy captures the history of Filipinos in the city, which has been and continues to be witness to their activism. Featuring more than 20 artists, the contemporary arts exhibit is on display at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts through Jan. 4, 2026.
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.