SAVE THE DATE: Friday, May 18, 2012

Come join us for our 39th Anniversary event!

Purchase tickets online here.

Filipino Advocates for Justice invites you to help celebrate our civic engagement partners with an evening of political comedy.

Honoring:

Asian Law Caucus

Congregations Organizing for Renewal

Mobilize the Immigrant Vote

Mujeres Unidas y Activas

Comedic Performances by: Nato Green; Allan Manalo; and Nice Hat

Sponsorship and advertising opportunities are still available. Please click here for details.

Download an informational postcard: Front view; Back view.

Dinner by Chef Dominic Ainza of Mercury Lounge.

Event will be held from 6 pm to 10 pm at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St. Ste. 290, Oakland, CA 94607.

Please contact us at (510) 465-9876 for more information.

Did you know that all voting materials in Alameda County are now available in Tagalog? This includes voter registration forms, voting guides, absentee and regular ballots, as well as polling signage. As of 2012 the Alameda County Registrar of Voters is obligated to provide all voting materials in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and Tagalog.

To request voting materials in another language, please visit the Registrar of Voters website and click on “My Voter Profile.”

The Registrar of Voters in Alameda County is also actively recruiting bi-lingual poll workers and high school students in several roles to be a part of the election process. Each position offers a competitive stipend! Please contact the ROV office directly at (510) 272-6971. Download more information about these job opportunities now.

Bi-Lingual Poll Worker (Salary info included)

High School Poll Worker ( Application included)

For more information or to volunteer with Filipino Advocates for Justice during election season, please contact Geraldine at galcid [at] filipinos4justice.org

Filipino Advocates for Justice invites all our single allies and friends to “take a leap” in your search for love and new friendships by joining us on February 29.

WHO:  Single & Straight* friends, family and community members age 30+

WHAT:  take a leap: speed dating mixer and FAJ fundraiser

WHERE:  Spice Monkey Restaurant, 1628 Webster Street, Oakland (Webster @ 17th)

WHEN:  Leap Day, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 6:30-8:30PM

WHY:  just for fun, to meet new friends, and, maybe, to find love

* If you are not straight and are interested in participating in future  lgbtq speed dating fundraisers, please email aktacdol [at] gmail.com

RESERVE YOUR SPOT IN OUR FUNDRAISER IN TWO STEPS:

1. Fill out this Google Form with your information so we can best match you: Fill out this Form
2. Pay $40+ (it is a fundraiser, so please donate generously!).
   You can pay online: Click Here
   You can also drop off or mail a check at: 310 8th Street, Suite 308, Oakland, CA 94607. (more…)

Join children of domestic workers & domestic employers, labor, interfaith, student and community allies, as we converge in Sacramento for a statewide CHILDREN’S MARCH for AB 889, the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights!

Domestic workers are mothers and grandmothers who do the work that makes all other work possible!

Join us as we call for the passage of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, Assembly Bill 889. The Children’s March and press conference will be followed by lobby visits and a children’s festival.

Visit www.domesticworkers.org for more information on Bill AB889!

Event Information
When: Tues. January 24, 2011, 10:00am – 3:00pm
(Caravans depart from Oakland and San Francisco @ 8:00am & return by 5:00pm)
Where: State Capitol Building
West Side Steps (10th St. between N St. and L St.) Sacramento, CA (more…)

Help FAJ develop leaders of the next generation by supporting our programs.

Please donate $25, $50, $100 or whatever amount you want by clicking here.

Your tax deductible donation of $100 will allow FAJ to contact and mobilize 20 voters to the polls in support of progressive issues in 2012.  No other organization provides services and develops leaders in the Filipino community in the East Bay for as long as FAJ has.

Filipino Advocates for Justice has witnessed first-hand how the economic crisis is continuing to hurt the vast majority of us, the 99%.

To hear how they have been personally impacted by the economic crisis, please watch this short video:

Filipinos are speaking out about the economic inequities. Help us take this momentum to the polls.

Please donate $25, $50, $100 or whatever amount you want by clicking here.

Check out FAJ’s media coverage to catch up on some of the other work they’ve been doing.

To see more footage from the Nov. 2nd General Strike press conference, click here.

P.S. Your tax deductible donation of $100 will allow FAJ to contact and mobilize 20 voters to the polls in support of progressive issues in 2012.  No other organization provides services and develops leaders in the Filipino community in the East Bay for as long as FAJ has. 

For Immediate Release: November 1, 2011

Join us for a short press conference on 11/2 at 11 am in the Conference Room, 1st floor of the Asian Resource Center 310 8th St. Oakland, CA 94610 (press advisory below)

We will march as a group to Oscar Grant Plaza (City Hall) at 11:30 and meet up with other organizations. Meet us in the lobby near the 8th St. entrance.

Solidarity Statement: Tayo Ang 99% / We are the 99%:

Filipino Advocates for Justice Stands in Solidarity with Occupy Oakland

Filipino Advocates for Justice (FAJ) supports the “OCCUPY Movement” including the right of Occupy Oakland to peacefully encamp at Oscar Grant Plaza to speak their grievances.

We are in agreement that we need to end corporate greed and the vast accumulation of wealth by a tiny minority. We agree with the growing belief that corporations (especially financial institutions) and the rich are responsible for the economic crisis and have an obligation to help us recover. It is time that the rich and corporations pay a fair tax so we can restore the quality of life we call the American Dream.

There’s no justice in a system that serves the top 1% at the expense of the bottom 99%. Banks and corporations, some of whom received government bailouts, are reporting increased earnings and rewarding executives with multi-million dollar bonuses, while the 99% feel no recovery. For the 99% the cost of living is out of control. Our treasured institutions like public schools, libraries, public parks, and support services for the more vulnerable are suffering for lack of revenue. High unemployment, home foreclosures, teacher layoffs, school closures, soaring college tuitions, public safety layoffs, and cut backs in programs for the elderly make a joke of the American Dream. It is no wonder the 99% are so angry in the U.S. and globally. (more…)

FAJ phonebanks for the Take Back the American Dream Campaign

FAJ kicked off a 9 week campaign to survey Filipino voters in Oakland and Union City about taxing the wealthiest 1% and corporations as part of the Take Back the American Dream Campaign 2011 of  Mobilize the Immigrant Vote (MIV).

As the growing Occupy Wall Street movement against corporate greed and the super-rich captures attention globally, voters may have an opportunity to weigh in on fiscal reforms and the budget on the 2012 ballot.  Many of the voters (democrats and republicans) reached by FAJ  phone bankers report dissatisfaction with the state of the economy, corporate greed, and the gross disparity between the wealthiest Americans and the average person. (more…)

Philippine News honors Lillian Galedo, Executive Director of Filipino Advocates for Justice

September 12th marked Philippine News’ 50th Anniversary and Awards celebration.  They honored FAJ’s Executive Director, Lillian Galedo with their Justice Advocate award which Pulitzer Prize recipient Jose Antonio Vargas presented to her.

50th Anniversary honorees were selected for unique categories of community service.  Other recipients that were in attendance at the event included: community organizer Alice Bulos; broadcast journalist Lloyd LaCuesta; political strategist Mona Pasquil; and philanthropist Monalisa Yuchengco.  (more…)

The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) adopts resolution in support of Domestic Workers & AB 889!

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF DOMESTIC WORKERS & AB 889 THE DOMESTIC WORKER BILL OF RIGHTS

WHEREAS, California’s domestic workers—comprised of housekeepers, nannies, and caregivers for children, persons with disabilities, and the elderly—work in private households to care for the health, safety and well-being of the most important aspects of Californians’ lives, their families and homes; and

WHEREAS, Domestic workers play a critical role in California’s economy, working to ensure the health and prosperity of California families and freeing others to participate in the workforce, which is increasingly necessary in these difficult economic times; and

WHEREAS, Domestic workers across the state of California have joined together to form the California Domestic Workers’ Coalition to achieve social and economic justice and secure much-needed protections for domestic workers under California’s labor laws; and

WHEREAS, The National Domestic Workers Alliance is organizing domestic workers across the United States to end the exclusion of domestic workers from federal labor protections, and the International Domestic Workers Network, made up of domestic worker organizations across the world, has formed to fight exploitation and abuse by creating and advancing international standards in the industry; and (more…)