Category: Health and Healthcare
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My MOSAAIC Experience: Changing How Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Voices Are Heard in Health Research
For too long, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities have been grouped as one, and the health guidance we received has not included our voices. It’s time to change that. I recently had the opportunity to take part in the MOSAAIC Study—and it was such a rewarding experience! The surveys were simple to complete,…
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Every Brilliant Thing at the Rizal Center
CIRCA Pintig’s Every Brilliant Thing recently took the stage at the Rizal Center, offering a heartfelt and powerful take on mental health through a Filipina perspective. Featuring Mari Joy and directed by RJ Silva and Annemarie Andaleon, the one-woman show invited the audience into an intimate and interactive experience that resonated deeply with Chicago’s Filipino…
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Tagalog Must Be a Dying Language and Needs to Be Rescued
by Connie C. Triggiano For three weeks over the Lenten season in the Philippines last month, I was witness to the many ways that I thought Tagalog, the national language and cornerstone of the country’s culture and history, was indeed being mangled, bastardized, spliced or replaced, riding out the mandate of its magistral constitution, the…
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Why Filipino Americans Need Our Very Own Body of Healthcare Knowledge
by Connie C. Triggiano Roughly 4.1 million Filipinos currently call the US their home. As early as the 1920s Filipinos have been part of the American landscape, working the vast California agricultural land, championing the rights of farm laborers and extracting concessions for higher wages and better work environment. In the 1960s Filipino nurses in…
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Health Empowerment Series
Participants can look forward to free referrals for cancer screenings, stipends, enrollment in public benefits, and assistance with immigration and citizenship matters. The community is encouraged to spread the word, as together they can empower each other and overcome hardships, creating a healthier, more resilient community. What to Expect Free Referrals: Public Benefits Enrollment: Immigration…