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Filipino-American Diaspora • August 2026. Colonial Mentality Has a Score: The Filipino-American Scholars Who Turned Our Shame Into Evidence. colonial mentality, colonial mentality scale, EJR David, Leny Mendoza Strobel, Kevin Nadal, Yen Le Espiritu, Patricia Espiritu Halagao, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, decolonization, Filipino American psychology, kapwa, loob, ethnic studies, AB 101, heritage language loss, Pinayism, Pinoy Teach, Filipino American identity. Decolonization • August 2026 Colonial Mentality Has a Score: The Filipino-American Scholars Who Turned Our Shame Into Evidence Six researchers built the field that explains why a Fil-Am kid stops speaking Tagalog, why the skin-whitening aisle keeps growing, and why a bookcase in Marikina may have been the best decolonizing curriculum I ever had. Filipino-American decolonization has an academic literature — and most of us were never handed the syllabus. (Illustration: PinoyBuilt) In S...

But my new cardiologist said I did not. He recommended I have an Echocardiogram (ultrasound of heart). There you go Joy. When I asked about the stress test, he thought it would only be 70% accurate since I have a few conditions. He was concerned about my high blood pressure and my cholesterol. Dr. Rhim said my triglycerides and cholesterol were under control in early 2020, but have shot up. When he asked me about it, I said my diet had gone south the past few years. He said if I don't address these things, the likelihood of me having a heart attack in the next 5 to 10 years is 20-30%. Dr. Noces, my primary doctor, showed me three days ago on his computer monitor the number 27.4% that I likely will have a heart attack in "the next couple of  years." Dr. Rhim suggested I take Omega-3 supplements, but definitely do daily exercises/walks in addition to weights. He said I do not have to worry about "inferior ischemia" on my EKG. Just diet and exercise. Which I alread...

  SAVE THE DATE: Thurs 12/23/21 Join us in honoring Angelo for a 1-Year Anniv Vigil in the East Bay or via livestream. More details to come. Share photos & memories on the virtual scrapbook   padlet.com/leadfilipino/J4AQ . SAVE THE DATE: Thurs 12/23/21—Join us in honoring Angelo for a 1-Year Anniv Vigil in the East Bay or via livestream. More details to come. Share photos & memories on the virtual scrapbook https://t.co/whoZkkVvd2 by 12/23. #JusticeForAngeloQuinto 💙 #RespectPeaceAndJusticeForAll pic.twitter.com/99RfmHyVYE — Justice for Angelo Quinto (@justice4angelo) December 2, 2021 Today’s a historic moment. Thank you to Governor @GavinNewsom for signing my bill #AB490 which would ban law enforcement from using restraints that cause positional asphyxia. We will never stop saying his name, #JusticeforAngeloQuinto . https://t.co/NiNFHHMZjA — Asm. Mike A. Gipson (@AsmMikeGipson) September 30, 2021 ABC NEWS: In December, the family of Angelo Quinto called...

UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Speaker: Helen H. Hsu, PsyD Lead Outreach Clinician/Asian American Specialist Vaden Health Center Counseling and Psychological Services Stanford University Past President Asian American Psychological Association Learning objectives: At the end of this presentation, learners will be able to: Identify key bimodal demographic and historical factors underlying Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) mental health Improve assessment of systemic factors and stressors impacting AAPI health in the COVID-19 era Integrate cultural and community resources relevant to AAPI resilience intro treatment considerations

In December, the family of Angelo Quinto called police as he was suffering a mental health crisis. They say officers allegedly knelt on Quinto’s neck for several minutes, and he died three days later. PINOYBUILT NEWS MATIBAY • MALINAW • MAKATARUNGAN Justice & Community Family of Navy Veteran Angelo Quinto Speaks Out After Death in Police Custody By Pinoybuilt News Team • Source: ABC News Report The family of Angelo Quinto , a 30-year-old U.S. Navy veteran, is seeking justice and answers after he died following a confrontation with police in Antioch, California. The incident, which occurred while Quinto was experiencing a mental health crisis, has drawn comparisons to the death of George Floyd and sparked a wrongful death lawsuit against the police department. A Call for Help Turns Fatal On December 23, 2020, Quinto’s family called the police for assistance as he was suffering f...

Dr. Jeannie Celestial explained that anxiety is a chemical reaction that our body produces when it learns that there is something out there that can harm us. #MentalHealthMatters  Dr. Celestial is from Vtown.  Her ate (big sister) was two years behind me in Hogan High School and UC Davis.