Filipina Women in Tech: Gamechanger Tracey Young Disrupts Construction Industry with PlanGrid

Filipina Women in Tech: Gamechanger Tracey Young Disrupts Construction Industry with PlanGrid

"In 2011, Tracey Young's company PlanGrid was accepted into the prestigious start-up incubator Y Combinator, and with Young as CEO, it has since been used on 400,000 projects in 195 countries. Its benefits—logistical and economic—are so apparent that one project manager recently told Young that learning about it felt like being taught to use fire for the first time. Top venture firm Sequoia Capital sees the same magic; they've invested $30 million. "I joke that I used to work for one superintendent," Young says. "Now I work for hundreds of thousands." News story from Elle.com

December 7 in San Francisco: 75th Anniversary of Bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Philippines

December 7 in San Francisco: 75th Anniversary of Bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Philippines

Bataan Legacy Historical Society has organized the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Philippines at the War Memorial Veterans Building in San Francisco with Keynote Speaker Phil Gioia, Vietnam War Veteran and Director of the WWII Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C.

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Filipinos In Film: Raising Awareness about Diabetes with "Two Wheels And a Dream"

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Filipinos In Film: Raising Awareness about Diabetes with "Two Wheels And a Dream"

Two Wheels and A Dream follows Deejay, an obese Type 1 diabetic, as he embarks on a 600+ mile journey from the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to raise awareness about diabetes. Learn more about the Kickstarter campaign after the jump!

November 19 in San Francisco: Flamenco Intersects with Filipino In Nomine Matris

November 19 in San Francisco: Flamenco Intersects with Filipino In Nomine Matris

In the heart of Metro Manila, Mara (Liza Diño), a young dance protégé seeks to land the principal part of a dance company about to embark on a tour. On her quest to land the coveted break, a series of events turned her sense of meaning upside down, and is faced with a life changing decision.

Support the Fourth Filipino American International Book Festival (PAWA) at the screening of In Nomine Matris in San Francisco.

FILM SCREENING: Curiosity, Adventure & Love: co-produced by Sunshine Lichauco de Leon: Los Angeles (Nov. 17); San Francisco (Nov. 19)

FILM SCREENING: Curiosity, Adventure & Love: co-produced by Sunshine Lichauco de Leon: Los Angeles (Nov. 17); San Francisco (Nov. 19)

One woman’s journey through a century of love, war and discovery. Curiosity, Adventure & Love is a the story of a woman raised by fate to go boldly where few young women of her time and upbringing would go... into the arms of chance and life. A young American woman leaves her country and all security behind, to begin an adventure in the Philippines that would witness the birth of a nation, a cruel war and Occupation and reconstruction.

NEW REPORT from APIGBV : Intersections of Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault

NEW REPORT from APIGBV : Intersections of Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault

Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence released a report on the Intersections of Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault.

The report integrates analysis, insight, and expertise from advocates and survivors that can serve as a primer for program design for adult, young adult, and youth victims of trafficking; forge collaborations; expand the field’s knowledge of trauma connected to early victimization; and inform safety, healing, empowerment, and justice.

Filipino Americans (FilAms) and the US elections in NAAS Survey

Filipino Americans (FilAms) and the US elections in NAAS Survey

In a 2013 demographics study, Pew Research Center identified Filipinos as the second largest Asian American group in the US, numbering more than 3.4 million. The 2016 National Asian American Survey (NAAS), a scientific and nonpartisan effort looking into the opinions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, was released on October 5, revealing some interesting findings about this Filipino-American voters and their thoughts about the US elections, the candidates, and key US issues. From The Rappler.