First-ever Filipino American Friendship Festival in San Diego this Saturday
Chef Phillip Esteban who will be catering the event says everyone in the community is welcome. Through our food is how we come together, said Esteban. Author: Regina Ahn Updated: 11:36 PM PDT July 29, 2021
SAN DIEGO The Filipino American Friendship Festival is this Saturday, July 31. The first-ever in San Diego, it s a day to recognize the Filipino community and learn the history. Speakers like Mayor Todd Gloria, singers, and performers will be there. Filipino American Friendship Day is an actual holiday where [we] celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Manila because at one time the Philippines was a territory of the United States, said Joann Fields, Director of the Filipino Resource Center and the Asian American Pacific Islander initiative in San Diego.
Nationwide efforts underway to disarm hate and make the Asian community feel safer
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. â Reports of violent crimes against people from the Asian community continue to come into law enforcement. But efforts are underway nationwide to help the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) community feel safer. Taking public transportation or just walking out in public has been pretty challenging and pretty scary, said Paul Lim, a sophomore at Emory University.
Lim and longtime friend Sydney Trieu created a fund to help provide more transportation options to the AAPI community. Their donation-based fund, San Diego Cabbie, is reimbursing Uber and Lyft rides for Asian women, seniors, and Asians with disabilities. So far, they ve raised over $7,000.
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In partnership with UCSD Health, Philippine Medical Doctors Association, St. Mary s Church,
Filipino Resource Center and API Initiative we are trying to get 1,000 vaccines in the arms
of those in need.
We are breaking down barriers by working to get vaccine pop-ups in the neighborhood,
in a place that is familiar, in a place that provides information in Tagalog and Spanish, in
a place easily accessible by public transportation
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JoAnn Fields comes from a long line of Filipino advocates in San Diego and the Philippines. And because she’s seen such dedication and hard community work for so long, she’s ready to see change for real.
“My mom was first generation and immigrated from the Philippines to San Diego,” Fields said. “So I’m the first born Filipino American, so they call us second generation. The first generation is chasing the American dream and looking for better opportunities. For me, our generation is trying to make sure we have our equal share of the American pie.”
Fields’ efforts to make sure that happens form a long list. She’s created a Lumpia Club Luncheon for networking and is guiding a Filipino COVID-19 Task Force that she said was formed to correct a lack of representation by the county. She’s also been a strong and vocal advocate for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. in recent weeks amid a rise in violence and hate toward those communities, includi