3/9 - Power Lunch With Remarkable Filipina Women!

FILIPINA VOICES: Changing the Face of Power in America

March was designated as Women’s History Month to ensure that information about the myriad ways that generations have moved history forward would be part of our continued education. Come and join FWN at our very own Filipina Women's Day!

Our speakers will engage us in conversation and story-telling ala "The View":

• Hydra Mendoza, Mayor Newsom's Education Advisor; Board Member, San Francisco Unified School District
• Maya Escudero, Executive Director, Ayala Foundation USA
• Nana Luz, President & CEO, Softype, Inc.
• Odette Keeley, Chief of Staff, New America Media
• Tani Gorre Cantil- Sakauye, Madam Justice of the Third District Court of Appeal

• Being Filipina savvy in the workplace: more, better, faster
• Developing a purposeful career or business: what about family/personal life?
• Culture, leadership, presence: how to play the game
• Lessons from the trenches: words of wisdom
• The state of the world: how it affects our families and communities

City Club
155 Sansome St.
San Francisco CA
Questions? - go to http://www.ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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V-DAY SAN FRANCISCO 2007
FWN and V-Day present Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues and Usaping Puki (Tagalog version)

Two benefit performance to end violence against Filipina women and girls

What are “The Vagina Monologues”?
Hailed by The New York Times as "funny" and "poignant" and by the Daily News as "intelligent" and "courageous," “The Vagina Monologues,” which was first performed off-Broadway by Ms. Ensler, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement buried in women’s experiences.
FWN’s production is an all Filipina cast with some monologues in Tagalog to honor the Filipina culture.

2007 Beneficiaries include:

• My Sister's House
• FAHSI New York
• Filipinas Against Violence
• V-Day 2007 Spotlight - Women in Conflict Zones

San Francisco
When: Saturday, March 24, 2006
Time: 2:30 PM (English); 7:30 PM (Tagalog)
Where: HERBST THEATRE
401 Van Ness at McAllister in San Francisco
Charge by phone (415) 392.4400
online @ www.cityboxoffice.com

New York (2 shows)
When: Saturday, March 30, 2007
Time: 7:30 PM (English)

When: Saturday, April 14, 2006
Time: 2:30 PM (English); 7:30 PM (Tagalog)

Where: PHILIPPINE CONSULATE NEW YORK
556 Fifth Ave. @ 46th St. in New York
Charge by phone (646) 821.9642
online @ http://vFilipina2007nyc.eventbrite.com

Questions? Email vday@ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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Filipino Community Speaks Out Against Violence:  Domestic Violence Workshop Scheduled in Jersey City  

Teris Casco did not have to die.  Help is available.  Filipinos need to learn how to reach out to women in abusive relationships.  Come and join us on April 7.  Bring a friend.  You might just save a life.

THREE organizations collaborate on an urgent Filipino community outreach campaign to STOP violence against Filipina women and girls.

LEARN HOW TO BECOME A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PEER ADVOCATE AND COUNSELOR

• WHERE:  NJ City University 251 West Side Avenue cor. Audobon St. 2nd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07305

Why attend?  To increase awareness about the high incidence of violence in Filipino homes and relationships through education. To help Filipina women in abusive relationships take action and seek help.

• WHEN:  Saturday, April 7, 2007 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
• WORKSHOP PRESENTERS AND SPONSORS: 
  • CONNECT, New York: Bincy Jacob, Consultant and Training Coordinator for My Sisters' Place will lead the workshop. The workshop is coordinated by Krittika Ghosh, Outreach Coordinator, Communty Empowerment Program.
  • PAFCOM (Philippine American Friendship Committee), New Jersey:  Ludy Corrales, former chair of PAFCOM; President & CEO, CLO Funding, will talk about the Filipino community's response to the brutal murder of Teris Casco.   Rosalinda Medina Rupel, Overall Vice Chair, PAFCOM, will talk about why she is personally sponsoring the workshop and why she is involved.
  • Filipina Women's Network, San Francisco & New York:  Marily Mondejar, President and Cheely Ann Sy, Chair, FWN NY Chapter Steering  Committee will talk about Filipinas Against Violence, a nationwide campaign to stop violence against Filipina women and girls and V-Day's 2007 Spotlight "Women in Conflict Zones".
• RSVP and to reserve a seat (FREE admission):  Reply to this email indicating your name and guest(s) or please call:
  • 201.332.4711
  • 908.693.4277
  • 201.892.8681
  • 201.920.9441
  • 201.240.0872

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Men Against Violence Workshop: 

Building men's capacity to take a public stand alongside their female peers in fostering safe and strong relationships

Father . Son . Brother . Husband . Uncle. Nephew. Leader . Community Member . Ally

TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE (no fee!)

NEW YORK
March 17, Saturday, 1-5pm

CONNECT
3 West 29th St., 10th Floor
New York, NY
RSVP:  Call Krittika Ghosh, Coordinator, Community Empowerment Program
(212) 683.0015 x239
or email her at kghosh@connectnyc.org

SAN FRANCISCO
March 22, Thursday, 6:30-9:30pm

CECEVIM(Centro de Capacitacion para Erradicar la Violencia Intrafamiliar Masculina / Training Center to Eradicate Masculine Intrafamily Violence)
474 Valencia St. corner 16th St., San Francisco
RSVP:  reply to this email or call FWN @ (415) 278.9410

6/18 - Overview
Life Planning

Are you going through change? Are you looking to launch a new chapter in your life? Graduation? Job transition? Career plateauing? Reinventing your business or starting a new venture? At a personal level, are you starting a family, divorcing, empty nesting, considering retirement?

Change is a constant in our lives and it can mean many different options. We invite you to a hands-on workshop that will give you the ability and confidence to embark on your personal journey in exploring the rest of your life.

We will examine your values, talents and interests using the 12 Life Areas of Empowerment. We will trace your lifeline to discover patterns and observable motivators in your life. We will engage in understanding the nature of change and how to design endings and new beginnings.

San Francisco Tennis Club
645 Fifth St. (cor. Brannan)
San Francisco 94107
Monday, June 18
6:30-9:30PM

Join FWN to take advantage of member rates.
Register now
Questions? Email filipina@ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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6/25 - Career Anchors
Do you have a job or do you have a career?

What motivates and directs your work? Some people are very content to have a quiet, uneventful job, while others thrive on constant change and excitement.

In many cases, people select a career for all the wrong reasons, and find their jobs are incompatible with their true values. This situation results in feelings of career angst and discontent. To help people avoid these problems, Career Anchors help people uncover their real values and use them to make better career choices.

A "Career Anchor" is a combination of perceived areas of competence, motives, and values relating to professional work choices.

This session will help you understand your career motives. Participants will complete an assessment to provide new insight into your career values, an understanding of your career history, and how to create future career paths.

San Francisco Tennis Club
645 Fifth St. (cor. Brannan)
San Francisco 94107
Monday, June 25
6:30-9:30PM

Join FWN to take advantage of member rates.
Register now.
Questions? Email filipina@ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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7/9 & 7/16 - Writing An Effective Resume
The business case for effective resumes 

"The only purpose of a resume is to get an interview.  It's your image that gets you the job"  Todays's competitive work environment requires us to be in a constant state of self-marketing and identifying the next strategic step to advance our careers.  Career satisfaction occurs when we understand the needs of business and how these demands align with our skill sets.  Whether you're in transition or looking to advance internally, you will learn how to:

• understand the world of work (and where the jobs are)
• develop your "elevator pitch"
• convert your strengths to accomplishments
• when to use chronological and functional resumes
• develop a job search marketing plan
  

Bring your laptop - this is a hands-on workshop.

San Francisco Tennis Club
645 Fifth St. (cor. Brannan)
San Francisco 94107
Monday, July 9 & July 16
6:30-9:30PM

Join FWN to take advantage of member rates.
Register now.
Questions? Email filipina@ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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7/23 - Interviewing Skills & Personal Image
The interview is not for you.  It's for the employer.

• The importance of first impressions
• Developing an "interview wardrobe"
• Personal Grooming
• Knowing the difference types of interviewing: informational, screening, selection, panel or board interviews
• Behavioral interviewing - why employers use it?
• Following up the interviews
• Negotiationg salary and "perques" - knowing your worth
• Closing your job search
• Integrating into your new position
• Maintaining career momentum
• Building your career reputation

Tactics learned can also apply to independent contractors and small business owners.

San Francisco Tennis Club
645 Fifth St. (cor. Brannan)
San Francisco 94107
Monday, July 23
6:30-9:30PM

Join FWN to take advantage of member rates.
Register now.
Questions? Email filipina@ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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7/30 - Image Builds Business
Branding You / Your Business

• Components of branding
• How branding applies to career management
• Image Change Model
• Career-limiting moves
• Receiving feedback; Giving feedback
• Identifying people critical to reputation building
• Image core competencies

A good public image makes friends, builds customer loyalty, attracts investors, motivates staff, and helps you survive difficult economic times.  A weak image is a liability that can cost you lost opportunities and can drive you out of business or lose your job.  Your image is like the weather.  People notice when it is extremely good or extremely bad.    Bring your materials for image critique.

San Francisco Tennis Club
645 Fifth St. (cor. Brannan)
San Francisco 94107
Monday, July 30
6:30-9:30PM

Join FWN to take advantage of member rates.
Register now.
Questions? Email filipina@ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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8/6 - Being A Bi-Cultural Filipino / Cross-Cultural Dynamics
Living & Doing Business in the U.S.    

"While perceptions may not be the ultimate truth, they are what people use to make decisions."

- Breaking the Glass Ceiling  

Values and Culture Statements are those actions and behaviors that we think are important.  They guide our day-to-day choices.  As Filipinos adapt to the U.S. culture, some of our Filipino values change and evolve.  Others remain constant throughout our lives.  When our values and culture statements don't match our adopted culture or our organization's values, we often feel stressed, out of sync and burned out.  

Clarifying and prioritizing our values and culture statements make it easier to determine our career choices and priorities.  When our values and culture statements are aligned, we have more energy in making important decisions at work, at home and in relationships.  

"If you are operating in a globalized economy, perceptions of other participants matter much more - whether they are right or wrong.  You have to take those perceptions and make them an important input into your decision making."

- The Lexus and the Olive Tree

• Cross-cultural dynamics and our Filipino culture "baggage"
• Emotional response to culture
• Top 10 Cultural Image Derailers
• 5 Dynamics of U.S. Business Culture
• Career-limiting moves
• Adjusting to cultural differences

San Francisco Tennis Club
645 Fifth St. (cor. Brannan)
San Francisco 94107
Monday, August 6
6:30-9:30PM

Join FWN to take advantage of member rates.
Register now.
Questions? Email filipina@ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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8/13 - Health & Well-Being

Developing a relationship with yourself

This is an important health issue for Filipina women because there is very little discussion about it in our community. 

• How can we be involved in healthy relationships with others if we don't have a good relationship with ourselves?
• How can we participate in community or environmental renewal if we don't have the energy?
• Will our homes be places of joy or cages?  
• Do we fully understand the implications of stress or do we ignore it?  What are we doing about it?
  

A discussion of myths and facts from a cultural perspective regarding physical and mental health, attitudes about aging, dignity and self-worth, esteem as a social dimension in which others hold us, and opportunities for action - looking out for yourself!

Faculty:

Anna Villena, FNP, PhD(c)- Ms. Villena is a doctoral candidate at the University of California San Francisco in the Family Health Care Nursing. She has been a nurse for over 13 years and currently works as a primary care nurse practitioner, specializing in the areas of co-occurring disorders of mental health and substance abuse. Her research includes the provision of primary care services to individuals with co-occurring disorders in a community setting. She is committed to investigating and improving the primary care services within the multi-ethnic underserved and marginalized populations.    

Laarni San Juan is a Public Health Nurse in San Mateo County. She received her Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing from San Francisco State University and a Master's degree in Public Health from UCLA.   Laarni's passions include working with children and families as well as volunteering in organizations addressing key issues which affect the quality of life for communities.  She is a founding member of Filipina Women's Network and is a facilitator for the new Filipino Mental Health Initiative in San Mateo County. Laarni was born in the Philippines and came to the U.S. during infancy. Laarni lives in San Francisco with her husband and their four-year old daughter.

Location sponsored by Genevieve Herreria at:
Levensohn Venture Partners
260 Townsend St., Suite 600 (between 3rd & 4th Sts)
San Francisco, CA 94107

Directions - go to www.levp.com/contact

Monday, August 13
6:30-9:30PM

Register now. Donor's choice / sliding scale - no one turned away.  Your registration will help FWN continue to present learning forums for Filipina women. 

Questions? Email filipina@ffwn.org or call 415.278.9410

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TVM 2007 V-lebration Party, Party, Party!!!

Saturday, Aug 4, 2:00pm to 6:00pm

Home of Maya Escudero
475 Melville Avenue (corner Cowper St.)

Palo Alto, CA 94301.

Dear TVM and Usaping Puki 2007 Cast & Crew Members -

THANK YOU for making many Filipinos proud. It was truly an outstanding finale to our three-year commitment to V-Day!. We have now empowered ourselves and have become advocates in helping STOP violence in our community.

For now it is time to party.....and celebrate.....and bask in our glory.....and say, hey,,,,we did a hell of a good show!

Maya Escudero has graciously offered to host our cast party celebration at her beautiful home.

Vagina Warriors, FWN Members and 2004, 2005 & 2006 TVM cast & crew - please join us and meet this year's awesome group!

Celebrating Filipino History Month in October!

The Filipina Summit is convened in October because the earliest documented proof of Filipino presence in the Continental United States was in October 1587 in Morro Bay, California.

5th Annual FWN Summit

FILIPINAS NOW!

Oct. 25 - 27, 2007 in Washington DC

Join Filipina American women in a series of compelling conversations, brainstorming, and learning on what it takes to lead our community throught change and innovation.

Coming together as a community. . .

Managing our future. . .

Summit Fees:

Early bird discounts until Aug. 31

Register online NOW.

Questions? 415.278.9410 or email summit@ffwn.org