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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 Country You No Longer Live In: When Filipino American Power Meets Philippine Politics
Being Filipino American in California is not the same as being Filipino American in Ohio. Identity shifts with geography - and organizing must too.
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.
In Filipino culture, a failed marriage is not just heartbreak - it’s treated like a family shame. But silence only deepens the wounds.
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.
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.
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 .
Outsourcing isn’t job creation. It’s wage theft with a passport - even when Filipinos do it to Filipino.
Filipino restaurants are making culinary history — from the first Michelin star at Kasama to James Beard wins (Kuya Lord, Abi Balingit) and a flurry of nominations — drawing national attention to a cuisine that’s been here all along.
Indigenous communities are not symbols. They are sovereign nations.
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.
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.
Experience Sarimanok, a new ballet inspired by Mindanao myth, plus Pinagmulan, an exhibit of legendary Filipino designers, October 25 at UCLA.
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.
Discover Attacus lorquini, the giant Philippine moth with wings that look like a snake’s head. Nature’s ultimate optical illusion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The community celebrated the inaugural Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Filipino Heritage Night (FHN), as the Golden State Valkyries took on the Washington Mystics.
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.
On August 19, 2019, the Philippines lost one of its fiercest advocates for children and the environment: Gina Lopez. She was an environmentalist, a media innovator, a fearless public servant, and a mother-figure to countless Filipino children. Her story is one of courage, compassion, and lasting impact.
What happens when a national hero isn’t a hero to everyone? Last month, the PacMan returned to the ring—but so did an old controversy. His past anti-LGBTQ comments resurfaced, prompting many prominent figures and influencers across the diaspora to speak up and ask: Can we celebrate the legend without endorsing his beliefs?
Discover the 12 national symbols of the Philippines, from the flag to the sampaguita, and learn the surprising stories behind each one.
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.
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.
The idea that Filipino food is the worst in Southeast Asia is a controversial opinion, but what’s more important to understand is WHY Filipino cuisine is the way that it is and there ARE healthy dishes if you look for them and be more adventurous outside of Filipino party food.
Chinese Filipinos or Tsinoys (Chinoys) have always existed. Before colonizers. Before categories. Before anyone asked us to choose.
Maybe it’s time to stop defining who we are by what we’ve suffered, and start loving who we’ve become.
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