[We use the Filipino American Agenda to launch local and national
campaigns advocating for concrete solutions to problems our kababayan
are facing here. We advocate for our kababayan in the Philippines
demanding passage of Philippine Human Rights Act.]
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BIDEN'S 100 DAYS   [[link removed]]


 

Filipino Migrant Center
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_ We use the Filipino American Agenda to launch local and national
campaigns advocating for concrete solutions to problems our kababayan
are facing here. We advocate for our kababayan in the Philippines
demanding passage of Philippine Human Rights Act. _

, NAFCON

 

On January 20th, Joe Biden became the 46th President of the U.S., and
made promises to solve the current economic, health, and social
crises. Millions of people, including Filipinos, clamored to his
campaign with hopes for change, however much of the problems remain
the same. As a result, Filipinos across the country united together on
the Filipino American Agenda (FAA) on solution-based demands to
address the deep-rooted problems plaguing our kababayan and
heightening the current situation. Still, there is a need to further
unite all Filipinos across the U.S!
 

Biden’s 100 day mark is fast approaching and the situation of
Filipinos continues to worsen! Racial violence continues to heighten,
especially with attacks on Asian communities. Filipinos are no
exception, as we saw in the killing of Angelo Quinto by police forces
in Antioch, CA and assaults on numerous Filipinos, the most violent
ones being on Vilma Kari, Noel Quintana, and Jessica Dimalanta.
COVID-19 cases continue to escalate across the country and Filipino
nurses and other health workers responded day in and day out working
the front lines and giving their lives to assist COVID-positive
patients. Filipino health workers amounted to a staggering one third
of all health worker deaths in the U.S in the fight against COVID-19.
Filipino workers, especially undocumented workers, continue to
struggle to make ends meet, going from one odd job to the next or
remaining jobless without support from the U.S. government or the
Philippines. In order for us to address the demands raised in the
Filipino American Agenda our struggle for change must go beyond the
first 100 days of the Biden Administration. We must unite and work
towards real change for our kababayan!

Through the Filipino American Agenda, Filipinos across the U.S. held
numerous town halls across the country, in the Pacific Northwest,
California, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Chicago, Washington D.C., New
York, and New Jersey. Through these town halls, we engaged Filipino
organizations and individuals representing frontline workers,
migrants, youth, women, LGBTQ, educators, and small businesses owners.
Within the span of three months, over 100 Filipino organizations
endorsed the Filipino American Agenda and further developed our points
of unity. 

Our work has only just begun. We must go beyond these initial town
halls which only touched but a small fraction of our community in the
U.S. We must unite Filipinos at the local level - from the
neighborhoods we reside in, to the churches where we congregate, to
the hospitals and other health facilities where the majority of our
kababayan work, to cities and towns that we have yet to reach across
the U.S! We must continue to understand the plight of the most
exploited and impacted of our community, especially our undocumented
Filipino workers, and involve them in our campaigns and struggles for
change!

Filipinos in the U.S. have not forgotten about the ever worsening
situation in the Philippines. In addition to the COVID-19 situation
which remains in a state crisis, attacks on communities have been
ramping up from state forces paid for by our U.S. tax dollars, to the
point where military and police are targeting community pantries by
calling them “terrorist plots.” In actuality, the people are only
helping each other out by setting up these community pantries to
mitigate the hunger crisis exacerbated by the pandemic.

Given the need to advance our work, we reaffirm and reiterate our
demands in the Filipino American Agenda! We must meet with different
government bodies to hold the Biden administration accountable to our
demands. We must continue hosting community town halls on our issues
and concerns, as well as gather more endorsements for the agenda. We
must use the Filipino American Agenda to launch local and national
campaigns to advocate for concrete solutions to the problems our
kababayan are facing here. And we must continue advocating for our
kababayan in the Philippines by demanding the passing of the
Philippine Human Rights Act. 

There is much more work to do for our people, but with a united
Filipino community, we are stronger and more effective in holding
government officials accountable! Let us continue to build unity and
make the Filipino American Agenda a reality! Let us continue to
struggle for real change! 

CALLS TO ACTION

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Endorse the Filipino-American Agenda
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Hold more town halls and community gatherings on the FAA to further
build collective unity 

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Launch local actions and campaigns to create concrete solutions of the
FAA especially for kababayans most marginalized, impacted, and
oppressed in our communities

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Push for local legislation and pass city resolutions on the different
demands of the FAA

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Mobilize our kababayan to pass the Phillippine Human Rights Act
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Lobby city councils to pass city-wide resolutions    

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Lobby our congressional representatives and senators to push the
passing of the PHRA into law

Join NAFCON
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the Filipino Migrant Center
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Kabataan Alliance
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Malaya Movement
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and other organizations to advocate and fight for our communities long
term.

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