The Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015 passed the US Congress after the House of Representatives approved it on November 30th. The bill unanimously passed the Senate earlier this year on July 13, and is now one step closer to becoming a law, pending President Barack Obama’s signature.
You can help change building codes for tiny houses in cities all over the country. A new proposal has been written to help legalize tiny homes under the IRC (International Residential Code). With the help of tiny house friends and luminaries such as Andrew Morrison from Tiny House Build, a new appendix has been written to include tiny homes.
FWN exists to empower Filipina women worldwide. We cannot continue to do the work we do without you and your support. Thank you for believing in our purpose and organizational meaning.
Whether it's helping to support one young Pinay to attend the #FWNSummit2017 in Toronto, funding FWN's V-Diaries Anti-Violence Resource Guide or spreading the gift of #GlobalPinayPower with a Filipina Women Leadership Book Series book donation to your neighborhood library or school, YOUR contribution amplifies Filipina women's voices and maximize our impact worldwide.
#StartWithaSmile at smile.amazon.com/ch/47-3513297 and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Foundation for Filipina Women's Network whenever you shop on AmazonSmile all year long.
AT&T RETAIL continues to hire for part-time and full-time Retail Sales Consultants in the SF Bay Area. Bilingual English/Spanish, English/Mandarin, English/Cantonese, English/Russian, English/Korean, English/Vietnamese, and English/Hindi speakers are needed!
For more information and to be considered for this AWESOME career, please go to www.att.jobs/retail.
Born in the Philippines, Cris Comerford (U.S. FWN100™ '12, Global FWN100™ '14) attended the food-technology program at the University of the Philippines and began her career as a “salad girl” in Chicago hotels. In 2005 she beat over 450 applicants vying for the Executive White House Chef position during the Bush administration.
MORE Victories for FilAm Candidates! Here are the 2016 election results for Fil-Am candidates throughout the U.S.
Congratulations awardees Kymberly Marcos Pine (U.S. FWN100™ '07) who was re-elected to Honolulu City Council, District I, Juslyn Manalo (Global FWN100™ '15) who won City Council for Daly City, California and Rozzana Verder Aliga (U.S. FWN100™ '09) who got elected to City Council, Vallejo, California!
