Pilipinx American Law Society is a student organization at the University of California, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) located in San Francisco, CA
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Filipino Businesses & Organizations in San Francisco, CA
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Filipino Bar Association of Northern California
Established in 1980, the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (“FBANC”) is an organization of attorneys, judges, law students and paraprofessionals dedicated to serving the Filipino American legal community in Northern California. Through the volunteer work of its members, FBANC offers various programs and events, including regular free legal clinics, professional development and mentorship programs for its law student and attorney members. The organization also provides a voice for and advocates on behalf of Filipino American interests in various forums.
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Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc.
We are a Northern CA based nonprofit arts organization and independent publisher of Filipino American lit. We have published three anthologies of Filipino American Literature, with the third dedicated to writings in tribute to Jose Rizal.
PAWA’s main goal is to create and encourage literature and arts for the preservation and enrichment of Filipino and Filipino American historical, cultural and spiritual values.
Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc. (PAWA) evolved from what was Philippine American Women Writers and Artists (PAWWA), an organization established in 1994. In 1998, it was reorganized into PAWA to be more inclusive of the community, and membership became open to other Philippine American writers and artists regardless of gender. The original members envisioned PAWA as a venue to create and encourage literature and arts for the preservation and enrichment of Filipino and Filipino American historical, cultural, and spiritual values, and to bring these to a larger audience. Members of the Board and the general membership support and promote one another’s creative efforts.
Since 2009, we have held our monthly literary and performance series in collaboration with Arkipelago Books, the Bayanihan Center, the Filipino American Center at the SF Public Library, the Manilatown Heritage Foundation, Kundiman, Achiote Press, Poets & Writers, Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Eth-Noh-Tec, Eastwind Books of Berkeley, Kearny Street Workshop, and Bird & Beckett Books. We are invested in creating venues for Filipino American artists, and have worked to grow our community across ethnic and aesthetic boundaries. We believe it is important to provide access, and opportunity, which we have also done through fiscal sponsorship of community artists.
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Filipino American National Historical Society San Francisco Chapter
Founded in 1982, the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) documents and promotes Filipino American history through its archives, conferences, books, programs, films, art and more. With 38 Chapters throughout the USA, FANHS has recognized October as Filipino American History Month for decades.
The mission of FANHS is "to promote understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation and enrichment through the identification, gathering, preservation and dissemination of the history and culture of Filipino Americans in the United States."
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National Alliance for Filipino Concerns
NAFCON is a national alliance of Filipino organizations, institutions, and individuals that responds to the concerns of Filipinos in the US and in the Philippines by creating an action-oriented platform that brings people together through culture & heritage, education, health & wellness, and advocacy.
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San Francisco Fil-Am Lions Club
The San Francisco Fil-Am Lions Club was chartered on June 2, 1971 as the first Lions Club of Filipino ancestry in the United States. Since then, it's members have gone out far and wide to start and revive numerous other Filipino American clubs within the San Francisco Bay Area, but the club still perseveres, holding to it's roots as a service organization for our communities in San Francisco and the Philippines.
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Filipino Community Center San Francisco
Founded in 2004, the Filipino Community Center is dedicated to providing a safe space where Filipino families can access services, receive support, and build community. We foster and develop community empowerment, grassroots leadership, advocacy, and organizing to address the immediate and long term issues of our communities locally, and in the Philippines.
Ten years ago, a group of Excelsior parents, schoolteachers, and community leaders set out to support hundreds of Filipino immigrant airport screeners in the Bay Area who were unjustly laid-off in the post-911 anti-immigrant hysteria. We addressed this pressing issue and also the long-standing unmet needs in the San Francisco Filipino community, and we envisioned a thriving community with equal access to education, health, and decent livelihood. The FCC in its earliest stages sought to provide basic services and a community gathering place in District 11. The original vision and the early work of the FCC already pointed us to a future grounded in the lives and struggles of everyday Filipinos
We believe in bayanihan, where people know their neighbors and work collectively in building strong communities.
We work to increase our collective capacity to address our immediate and long term needs through organizing, advocacy, and service.
We build civic participation and grassroots leadership to strengthen our community and the larger society.
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Foundation for Filipina Women's Network
The Foundation for Filipina Women’s Network (FFWN) is the organization for career women of Philippine ancestry. Our passion is to help Filipina women achieve previously unimaginable levels of performance in the public and private sectors. We accomplish this through FFWN’s five strategic directions and by nurturing the growth and influence of our members’ businesses and careers, breaking barriers that make it difficult or impossible to succeed.
FFWN convenes programs and activities that enhance public perceptions of Filipina women's capacities to lead and to build the Filipina community's pipeline of qualified leaders, to increase the odds that many Filipina women will rise to the president position in the private and public sectors worldwide.
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SOMA Pilipinas
More Than A Cultural District: SOMA Pilipinas Is Community-In-Action And A Cultural Movement
The cultural heritage district spanning 1.5 square miles honors 120+ history of Filipinos in San Francisco, and celebrates the community’s living legacy of making home, celebrating culture, building community and fighting for economic and racial justice in the rapidly gentrifying South of Market neighborhood.
In 2016, the City of San Francisco officially recognized SOMA Pilipinas as SF’s Filipino Cultural Heritage District, under the leadership of the Filipino-American Development Foundation.
In 2017, SOMA Pilipinas was one of the first selected cultural districts for state designation by the California Arts Council and in 2018 received the prestigious National Endowment for the Arts “Our Town” grant for creative place-keeping.
Since then SOMA Pilipinas has gone on to earn numerous accolades and honors for their work in the South of Market neighborhood from 2020 YBCA 100 Honoree, and Architects International Association SF for revitalization.
Working in solidarity with the other SF Cultural Districts and hand in hand with other Filipino groups, SOMA Pilipinas is inspired by the spirit of bayanihan and the fighting spirit of the community.
SOMA Pilipinas is proud to be part of a community-in-action — and a grassroots movement carrying on the legacy of Filipinos fighting for recognition and racial equity.
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Bayanihan Community Center (Filipino American Development Foundation)
The Bayanihan Community Center is a project of the Filipino-American Development Foundation. The community center is 7,000 square feet on the ground floor and basement of the Bayanihan House located at the corner of 6th and Mission Streets in San Francisco's South of Market (SOMA). The Bayanihan House is the site of the former Delta Hotel, a residential hotel that was owned by Dr. Mario Borja, a Filipino.
It is fitting to have a Filipino Community Center in SOMA. This neighborhood has historically been the first home to generations of Filipino immigrants dating back to the early 1900's. Today, SOMA has become a rapidly changing neighborhood with the emergence of the Convention Center and the growing number of high-rise hotels to support the anticipated influx of tourists and convention attendees. This growth and development has greatly impacted the Filipinos living in the neighborhood. Many have been displaced, but Filipinos who immigrated years ago and called SOMA home find their way back to remember their struggles as they see the new immigrants experience similar challenges.
The Filipino community of immigrant families and seniors live in apartments in the alleys and in the residential hotels. They work in the nearby office buildings and in the new high-rise hotels. St. Patrick's and St. Boniface are the churches where they worship. Nearby streets are even named after Filipino heroes and murals depicting Philippine history and community decorate the SOMA neighborhood walls. The Bayanihan Center will keep the Bayanihan spirit alive in the hearts and minds of the community.
The Filipino-American Development Foundation (FADF) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 by a group of Filipinos who have worked with the San Francisco Filipino community. Mario A Borja, M.D. was the leading founder with the vision to provide a community space for newly arrived Filipino immigrants who came to America seeking better career and employment opportunities.
The Filipino American Development Foundation exists to strengthen the social, physical, and economic well being of the Filipino American community and the South of Market community with special attention to the underserved segments of the community.
Increasing awareness and knowledge about the Filipino American community through participation in educational and cultural programs.
Increasing access to a wide range of economic, health and social services through collaboration with existing programs and the development of culturally appropriate services.
Providing a community space to strengthen community ties, to facilitate the sharing of resources and expertise among service providers in SOMA, and to build leadership skills and the capacity of service providers to effectively provide relevant social services to the community.
Our vision is to provide the necessary support to strengthen and empower Filipino Americans to enable them to develop resources and assets that can benefit the local and broader community. We believe that the Filipino cultural value of bayanihan, which means mutual assistance and mutual caring, can be the catalyst for engaging the Filipino American community to self-development and broader participation.
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