The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) will hold its next Empowerment conference in the San Francisco Bay Area from November 19th to 21st. Hosted by NaFFAA Region 8 Northern California, the theme is:
“Building the Next Generation of Community Advocates.”
To kick off the conference, a reception was held on August 12th that was attended by close to 100 local community leaders. A microcosm of the Filipino community, the gathered leaders networked and renewed contacts. Each was able to speak to the entire group to share their mission and current activities.
“This is one part of what NaFFAA was created to do — bring community leaders together to share and collaborate,” commented Ben Menor.
As the founders always believed, “NaFFAA should be a moderator and facilitator for the growing number of FilAm organizations to achieve their mission as we advocate their right to do so.”
Here are A FEW of the organizations and businesses that were present:
Philippine Department of Tourism
Philippine Consulate
Federation of Philippine American Chambers of Commerce
U.S. Filipinos for Good Governance
Books for the Barrios
KAYA
Philippine Airlines
United Association of California Careproviders
FANHS East Bay Chapter
Filipino Entrepreneurs Network
San Francisco Filipino American Jazz Festival
Asian Art Museum
Abundant Biofuels Corp.
West Bay Pilipino Multi-Services
Pilipino Networking Association of Santa Clara Valley
Mahal Foundation
San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
Filipino-American Association of Foster City
Pacific Gas & Electric
South San Francisco Golden Gate Lions Club
4C’s / JTS Northside Community Center
Young Filipino Professionals Association
Balitang America
APAPA
Cayanan & Associates
SMS International
San Francisco FBI
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Couples for Christ / Gawad Kalinga
Ayala Foundation
Mabuhay Alliance
California Assembly candidate Alfonso Faustino
Filipino American Development Corporation
The Islanders TV Show
Philippine American Press Club
Lakbay Aral
Dayonot Associates
Aguaterra Institute
At the end of the evening, one of the young community members exclaimed,
“This is being in the room with the Who’s Who of the Filipino community!”
More than just saying that leaders would be brought together to share and cross-pollinate ideas and successful programs, NaFFAA started this conference off by putting the rubber to the road and actually making it happen. Shades of things to come.
Conference Blog updates at http://www.naffaae2010.wordpress.com
Filed under: Community Organizations, Events, FANHS, News, Northern California, Uncategorized Tagged: | Ben Menor, Books for the Barrios, Filipino, FPACC, NaFFAA
