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Jose Antonio Vargas speaks with Race Forward on racism in America, today's anti-immigrant climate. and the importance of changing dominant racial narratives through storytelling. Jose Antonio Vargas speaks as someone "who is gay, as someone who is Filipino, which means that I have an Asian looking face and a Latino name which confuses a lot of people." Race Forward advances racial justice through research, media and practice. Founded in 1981, Race Forward brings systematic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. Race Forward publishes the daily news site Colorlines and presents Facing Race , the country’s largest multiracial conference on racial justice.

Jose Antonio Vargas speaks with Race Forward on racism in America, today's anti-immigrant climate. and the importance of changing dominant racial narratives through storytelling. J ose Antonio Vargas speaks as someone "who is gay, as someone who is Filipino, which means that I have an Asian looking face and a Latino name which confuses a lot of people." Race Forward advances racial justice through research, media and practice. Founded in 1981, Race Forward brings systematic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. Race Forward publishes the daily news site Colorlines and presents Facing Race , the country’s largest multiracial conference on racial justice. [post_ads]

Watch CRSB at the San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival When: Sunday, October 30 Time: 2:00 PM Doors Open: 1:00 PM Where: Empress Theatre 330 Virginia St, Vallejo, CA 94590 Buy tickets here . CRSB is a musical duo based out of the San Francisco Bay Area who create their own brand of Island Soul-infused Pop. Consisting of members Chris Ramos and Sonny B., CRSB combines honest and memorable songwriting with a heart right out of the islands. Doing what you LIKE is FREEDOM. Doing what you LOVE is HAPPINESS. LIVE HAPPY & FREE!!! #CRSB #Lovegunmovement #Blessed A photo posted by CRSB (@crsb_music) on Oct 26, 2016 at 7:28pm PDT The group garnered mass attention from the public after they began to release live home videos performing their original compositions. Posted from the personal YouTube account of Ramos, the collection of videos has amassed over three and a half million plays. The group self-released the LP "Eclectivity" in 2009 in respon...

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Janine Tugonon, crowned as the 1st Runner Up at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant, talks about her childhood, her foray into the beauty pageant world & what's next for her after moving to the U.S. Janine Tugonon bares all for Nu Muses 2017 calendar Janine Tugonon spent a few days in the Dominican Republican for a photo shoot with photographer David Bellemere.    LOOK: Janine Tugonon poses naked for calendar https://t.co/l8GmJReDQ7 pic.twitter.com/Zmymw3KSkY — ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) October 25, 2016 About Janine Tugonon Janine Mari Raymundo Tugonon (born in Orion , Bataan , Philippines ) is a Filipina fashion model , television presenter and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Philippines and later finished 1st Runner-up in Miss Universe 2012. Tugonon finished her Pharmacy degree with Latin honours (Cum Laude) at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and became a Licensed Pharmacist in June 2010. Tugonon also attended the Lisa Macuja S...

9TH ANNUAL SF PINOY JAZZ FESTIVAL is this SUNDAY OCT 30 at 2PM -- Tickets Available SPECIAL PROMO code... https://t.co/r2XQsLDJHo — SF Pinoy Jazz Fest (@SFPinoyJazz) October 25, 2016 Fil-Am Jazz Fest moves to Empress in Vallejo https://t.co/4SIqPcg621 @vjotimesherald #vallejo — Filipino-Amazing (@FilipinoAmazing) October 27, 2016 CRSB is a musical duo based out of the San Francisco Bay Area who create their own brand of Island Soul-infused Pop. Consisting of members Chris Ramos and Sonny B., CRSB combines honest and memorable songwriting with a heart right out of the islands. The Autonomous Region presents both classic standards and modern arrangements of jazz favorites. Led by vocalist Caroline Cabading, the band began presenting original compositions fusing jazz with the pre-colonial tribal music of the Philippines. On The One is a Vallejo-based trio of young jazz enthusiasts that have captivated their audiences with their unique sound that is at once retro...

Philippines' Kylie Verzosa is Miss International 2016 The Philippines' Kylie Verzosa won the 56th Miss International crown at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan.  Miss International 2015 Edymar Martínez from Venezuela crowned her successor Kylie Verzosa from the Philippines at the end of the event. Kylie Verzosa became the sixth Filipina to win the coveted crown after Gemma Cruz-Araneta , Aurora Pijuan , Melanie Marquez , Precious Lara Quigaman and Bea Rose Santiago . Here's the list of winners: Miss International 2016 – Philippines 1st runner-up – Australia  2nd runner-up – Indonesia  3rd runner-up – Nicaragua  4th runner-up – USA The Binibining Pilipinas organization congratulated its winning contestant online: Thank you @kylieverzosa for bringing joy and pride to the Philippines 🇵🇭 Your hardwork, kind-heart and beauty shines! You are world class, you are Miss International 2016. We are so proud of you! Shine Pinay! #ForThePhilippines...

Kobe Paras dunks during practice. Freshman Kobe Paras dunked against a 7'1" defender at a Creighton Bluejays practice In its last tweet yesterday, Creighton Basketball highlighted freshman Kobe Paras with the only video from practice: Freshman @_kokoparas shows off a different kind of #LetitFly at practice today. A little elevation from the young fella 👀👀 Freshman @_kokoparas shows off a different kind of #LetitFly at practice today. A little elevation from the young fella 👀👀 pic.twitter.com/3buhhYrcoJ — Creighton Basketball (@BluejayMBB) October 27, 2016 🐐🐐🐐 https://t.co/GAy8pqUEue — KoKo Wave (@_kokoparas) October 27, 2016 Just go with the flow with whatever happens. It's Gods will. — KoKo Wave (@_kokoparas) October 26, 2016 Kobe Paras can become the first Filipino to make the NBA Did you know that Creighton @BluejayMBB has had a player in the NBA 33 of the last 34 years? This year we have 3 Did you know that Creighton @B...

The White House Initiative on AAPIs and the White House Office of Public Engagement hosted the first-ever White House Celebration of Filipino American History Month Billy Dec, member of the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs, moderated a panel with Filipino American trailblazers, which included Cristeta Comerford, the first Filipino American White House Executive Chef; Apl.de.ap, Co-Founder of the Black Eyed Peas; Cassie, singer; Geena Rocero, model and founder of Gender Proud; Jo Koy, comedian; and Ronnie del Carmen, Co-Director of Pixar Animation Studios. The speakers highlighted how they have blazed the trail in their respective fields, and recognized the role that their families – especially their mothers – played throughout their experiences. From the White House blog : The Celebration kicked off with remarks by Jason Tengco, Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), and Mel Orpilla, President of the Filipino Am...

When I was younger, I used to compare and contrast my skin tone to my sisters’ skin tones. My eldest sister had the lightest skin. My middle sister had the darkest skin. My skin was found somewhere in the middle. My eldest ate used cosmetics, like Eskinol, to keep a fairer complexion. We could only find these types of products at the local Filipino market or at Seafood City. My second eldest ate, who usually got negative comments on her darker complexion, refrained from using the products. Source: Belo Men Ad I wanted to try these products for myself, but was advised not to because of my young age. I had no idea what the products did. I had no idea why my family used them. I just knew that I wanted it. I wanted to look like my eldest sister so that people wouldn’t say that I wasn’t light enough. Filipinos, along with other brown Asians, have been contrasted to East Asians and their hyped stereotypes. Unfortunately, the popular ideology of colorism within the lar...

The Celebration will commemorate FAHM this October, featuring performances by distinguished Filipino American artists as well as discussions with prominent celebrities and Administration leaders on issues such as education, veterans, health, and immigration. #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth with team @apldeap @lianev and more! #FAHM2016 #WhiteHouseFAHM 🇵🇭🇺🇸 📷| @roslynnc A photo posted by White House AAPI (@whitehouseaapi) on Oct 24, 2016 at 8:29am PDT

Julio Urias faced 184 batters at Dodger Stadium without ceding a homer. The 185th, Fil-Am Addison Russell, changed that. Los Angeles, CA - Addison Russell homered in the 4th inning of the NLCS Game 4 with a man on 3rd and one out. The Filipino American shortstop drilled the 2-0 pitch 401 feet to centerfield after going hitless in his last 17 at bats to extend the Cubs' lead to 4-0.  The Chicago Cubs went on to win 10-2. See NLCS Game 4 box score here . Julio Urias faced 184 batters at Dodger Stadium without ceding a homer. The 185th, @Addison_Russell , changed that. #NLCS pic.twitter.com/ww1KpiHjqT — MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) October 20, 2016 Addison Russell's HR was his 2nd hit of the postseason. He was 1-for-25 entering that at-bat & on a 17 AB hitless streak pic.twitter.com/lY2NeduZGW — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 20, 2016 . @ARizzo44 , @Addison_Russell bust out as #Cubs pull even in #NLCS . Recap: https://t...

Happy Retirement Tita Oya! Tita Oya back in the day! Tita Oya applied when she was 17. She began flying in 1974. 42 years in the skies! She began tweeting in 2009. i have a new toy, a mini HP laptop. still trying it and transferring my files, daming trabaho.................... — gloria pido (@oyapido) October 16, 2009 asar talaga, can't fly to lax and hnl. WALA akong visa.....i miss you all there!!!!! — gloria pido (@oyapido) August 27, 2010 Tita Oya with Gabby Concepcion. (Source: Facebook)

Reach New Heights with FilAm Sports USA Promotional Video For the first time, a team from the United States, FilAm Sports , will represent at the SM NBTC High School Championship in Manila, Philippines . Now in its ninth year, Shoe Mart National Basketball Training Center (SM NBTC) League is the  premiere high school basketball program of the Philippines .  Recognized by   Samahang Basketbol   ng Pilipinas and covering 48 cities with over 700 public and private school members,   NBTC invites the top high school basketball teams in the Philippines and recently, international teams. The purpose of NBTC is to develop both players and coaches.  Notable players to  come out of NBTC are  Art de la Cruz ,  Terrence Romeo ,  and many more.  Working alongside   NBTC   Program Director,  Eric  Altamirano , Head Coach of National University of the  Dinner Meeting: SM NBTC Program Directo...

My goal is to help make  Filipino food  mainstream.  Growing up half Filipino, half American, I've always put a little twist on my Filipino food.  Sometimes making it more 'Americanized' so my non-Filipino friends would try it!  I've created a series called:   Does It Lumpia?   In this next episode, I take mozzarella, basil & tomatoes, wrap it up and fry it to find out, Does it Lumpia?  Tell me what you think in the comments!  Would YOU try it? - Mary Grant Los Angeles, CA Find me on social media: YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter Shop

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My goal is to help make  Filipino food  mainstream.  Growing up half Filipino, half American, I've always put a little twist on my Filipino food.  Sometimes making it more 'Americanized' so my non-Filipino friends would try it!  I've created a series called:   Does It Lumpia?   In this next episode, I take a classic Southern dish, Shrimp & Grits , wrap it up and fry it to find out, Does it Lumpia?  Tell me what you think in the comments!  Would YOU try it? - Mary Grant Los Angeles, CA Find me on social media: YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter Shop

My goal is to help make  Filipino food  mainstream.  Growing up half Filipino, half American, I've always put a little twist on my Filipino food.  Sometimes making it more 'Americanized' so my non-Filipino friends would try it!  I've created a series called:   Does It Lumpia?   In this 5th episode, I take a Filipino classic dish, SISIG , wrap it up and fry it to find out, Does it Lumpia?  Tell me what you think in the comments!  Would YOU try it? - Mary Grant Los Angeles, CA Find me on social media: YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter Shop

Elaine Quijano wins Vice Presidential Debate Source: Twitter As @FiveThirtyEight tweeted, "VP debates don’t move the polls much even when they’re pretty good debates."  Since almost everyone agreed that last night's Vice Presidential Debate was not a very good one, who won? There were negative ratings of moderator Elaine Quijano , the CBSN anchor.  That was to be expected since you can't please everyone. "Sticking firmly to script, Elaine Quijano loses the debate." CNNMoney "Elaine Quijano cuts off the drama." Politico "The media jury is split on debate moderator Elaine Quijano." Washington Post‎ Even David Axelrod , former Chief Strategist for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns and now Senior Political Commentator for CNN, tweeted the following: . @Elaine_Quijano seems intent on running through her questions, even when significant exchanges are happening. #VPDebate — David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 5, 201...

CBSN's Elaine Quijano became the first Asian American to moderate a general election debate. The third person onstage with Tim Kaine & Mike Pence in tonight's vice presidential debate was Elaine Quijano .    The anchor for CBSN, the CBS News 24-hour digital streaming network, is Filipina-American! At age 42, Elaine Quijano is the youngest journalist to moderate a debate on the national stage since Judy Woodruff in 1988. Moderator Elaine Quijano became the internet's patron saint of patience tonight https://t.co/fyvIoKht6v #VPDebate — Mashable (@mashable) October 5, 2016 All hail @Elaine_Quijano , who survived and won the #VPDebate . — Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) October 5, 2016 Moderator Elaine Quijano made the VP debate a lot worse than it had to be: https://t.co/Pcc62OojQ9 pic.twitter.com/yhfMAUdlgg — Slate (@Slate) October 5, 2016 "Gentlemen, PLEASE!" Moderator @Elaine_Quijano is doing an awesome job. #V...

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Filipina Janice Buco, under her stage name of Janice Phuong, wins Vietnam Idol Janice Buco charmed the Vietnamese audience with her rendition of “ Hello Vietnam ” in both Vietnamese and English in the show’s finale. The Filipina has lived in Vietnam for seven years and works as a professional singer in bars and clubs. The singing competition allowed foreigners to participate only this year for the show’s seventh season. From Inquirer.net: “I didn’t have an inkling that I would win. I thought I’d only end up in second place because I was a Filipino and not Vietnamese,” she said on Saturday. On the night of the finals on Friday in Ho Chi Minh City, she could not believe her ears when the host called her name as the victor, defeating a 22-year-old local. “Up to now, it still hasn’t sunk in. I couldn’t help crying when they announced that I won,” she said. She won 54.25 percent of the audiences’ votes with her powerful alto, taking home a cash prize of 600 million Vietnamese d...

The San Francisco Giants swept the Los Angeles Dodgers and have reached the postseason for the fourth time in manager Bruce Bochy's tenure, all the even years since 2010. Bay Area fans all know what happens in even years -- the SF Giants win the World Series (2010, 2012, 2014)! The SF Giants travel to Queens for Wednesday's Wild Card Game. Madison Bumgarner, who threw the final pitch of the 2014 postseason, is expected to throw the first of 2016 in Citi Field in New York. The Mets will start Noah Syndergaard, who held the Giants to two hits in eight shutout innings at AT&T Park on Aug. 21. In their other two meetings, both at Citi Field, the Giants beat him. The winner opens a Division Series with my hometown team Chicago Cubs on Friday night. That feeling when you’ve clinched a #WildCard spot! pic.twitter.com/eygFDVUjkH — SFGiants (@SFGiants) October 2, 2016 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾 #BeliEVEN pic.twitter.com/aYlYBoXxsf — SFGiants (@SFGiants) October 2, 2016 ...

My fantasy football team is undefeated & in 1st place! NYoFace Football League Week 3 Standings Fantasy Football My team, the Jtown ReversePandas, is in first place in the NYoFace Football League .  NYoFace is no longer the $100-per-team expert league it once was where I kept track of player contracts, college draft picks, and league trades in spreadsheets.  It is now an auto-draft league.  Most owners, if not all, did not edit their pre-draft rankings.  One can say, the teams and the standings are by luck-of-the-draw. But hey first place is first place. ReversePandas btw is an anagram of my last name, with an added 's.' I'm not surprised Enteng Da Dragons and Shoog Knights are in 2nd and 3rd.  Vince and I haven't made any moves, but Ledge (Shoog Knights) leads the league in transactions. I hope I don't regret not picking up Carson Wentz in Week 1. I didn't get to change my roster this week so I get zero points from my tight end (which remin...

California State Controller Betty Yee has endorsed Councilman Bob Sampayan for Vallejo Mayor  Press Release: “As mayor, Bob Sampayan will continue to champion smart government that spends within its means, leverages investments to create new opportunities, and makes decisions that look well into the future to benefit the residents and businesses of Vallejo,” she wrote in a campaign news release. “(Sampayan) has a proven track record when it comes to improving public safety in the city, expanding access to higher education and the trades, increasing community engagement, and working to stimulate economic growth.” “With her vast financial experience as Controller and two terms serving on the Board of Equalization managing a combined portfolio of nearly $500 billion, it is a tremendous honor to be endorsed by Controller Betty Yee,” said Sampayan in the same release. “I’m speechless.” State Controller endorses Sampayan's Vallejo campaign https://t.co/ouGp0KT7Dg pic.twi...