PinoyBuilt — Stories of Filipino America

Wanting to Reconnect with your Culture? This Innovative Filipino Martial Arts Program Can Fill the Void. Written by Joseph Bautista: Did you grow up as a second or third generation Filipino-American in the United States? If so, have you experienced being embarrassed for not knowing how to speak Filipino or not being familiar with Filipino culture or history? You are not alone. In the San Francisco Bay Area , a new program is coming to Daly City to help you overcome that.  Eskabo Daan Filipino Martial Arts  has developed a program to help fellow Filipino-Americans learn about Filipino culture and have fun while doing so. Classes will teach participants how to translate: Weapons fighting to empty hand fighting English to Tagalog Tagalog to Baybayin The program is designed to expose all participants to self-defense techniques, fitness, history, culture, language, writing and more through Filipino Martial Arts . Filipino Martial Arts, more popularly known...

Welcome to Our Fil-Am Community—Thank You for Connecting!  Hi there! I want to take a moment to personally welcome you to my Pinoy Built Facebook circle and, more broadly, to the growing online community of Filipino Americans who celebrate, share, and build Filipino identity, culture, and pride together. First and foremost, thank you for connecting! Every friend I add is more than just a Facebook connection—they are a part of a living, breathing, vibrant community. Whether you grew up here in the U.S., migrated recently from the Philippines, or are somewhere in between like me, your presence matters. As part of this welcome, I’d love to introduce you to the Pinoy Built Facebook Page and Pinoybuilt.com . If you like and follow the Facebook Page, you’ll get notifications of new stories, community posts, and features on the website, so you never miss the latest content celebrating our heritage. What is Pinoybuilt.com? Pinoy Built is more than a blog or a website—it’s ...

Vancouver, BC • December 2025. Vancouver Canucks Filipino Heritage Night — first NHL Filipino celebration, Karissa Narukami logo artist, Rogers Arena, Filipino community Vancouver, bayanihan, Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy, Filipino Canadians. Vancouver, BC • December 2025 Behind the Logo: Inside the Vancouver Canucks' Inaugural Filipino Heritage Night On December 5, 2025, a Filipina artist with autism placed the Philippine sun and stars on NHL ice — and a community still healing from tragedy found something it had been waiting a long time to feel: belonging. On December 5, 2025, something quietly historic happened at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. The Vancouver Canucks hosted what is believed to be the NHL's first Filipino Heritage Night — celebrating one of the fastest-growing communities in Canada. For many in attendance, it was more than a hockey game. It was recognition. It was pride. And in a year marked by heartbreak fo...

USA • March 2026. Filipino American Weekend Guide Bay Area Los Angeles New York Hawaii Canada events March 20 2026 Filipino community Lent Seafood City Jollibee Holi Chinatown UCLA Ifugao merienda. USA • MARCH 2026 Filipino American Weekend Guide: Bay Area, LA, NYC, Hawaii & Canada From San Francisco rooftops to UCLA lecture halls—and across the diaspora—here's where Filipino Americans are gathering this weekend. If you grew up Filipino in the Bay Area, you already know what Fridays in Lent feel like. The group chats light up, families start planning dinner, and by late afternoon, the lines at Seafood City and Jollibee stretch into the parking lot. But this weekend isn't just about tradition—it's about movement. Across the Filipino diaspora, from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, New York, Hawaiʻi, and Canada, our community is showing up in different ways: cultural, intellectual, and social. ...

California • March 2026. California's Filipino Power Map: Where 1.7 Million Filipinos Live, Work, and Build Community. filipino americans california, fil-am california, filipinos in california, daly city filipinos, vallejo filipinos, los angeles filipinos, san diego filipinos, bay area filipinos, california filipino population, philippine diaspora california. CALIFORNIA • MARCH 2026 California's Filipino Power Map: Where 1.7 Million Filipinos Live, Work, and Build Community From Historic Filipinotown in LA to the Navy-rooted streets of Vallejo — this is the definitive breakdown of where Filipino America lives, and why California is the center of the diaspora story. If you want to understand Filipino America, you start with California. Roughly 1.7 million Filipinos live in the state — about 38% of the entire U.S. Filipino population . That's not just a statistic. It's a living, breathing network of familie...

Vallejo, California • March 2026. Green Meets Gold: How Filipino Americans Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in America's Top Cities. fil-am st patricks day, chicago filipino american, boston filipino, san francisco parade, new york filipinos, irish filipino culture, diaspora celebration, autumn durald arkapaw. Culture & Community • March 2026 Green Meets Gold: How Filipino Americans Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in America's Top Cities From Chicago's iconic emerald river to San Francisco's West Coast parade, Fil-Ams aren't just watching—we're walking in it. "Kiss Me, I'm Brownish" — Filipino Americans embrace St. Patrick's Day with Pinoy Pride. 📷 PinoyBuilt Every March 17, seas of green flood America's streets in honor of St. Patrick's Day — a celebration rooted in Irish history but fully embraced by the multicultural fabric of the United States. For Filipino...