NaFFAA Region 7
Priorities, Programs, Initiatives

Community Empowerment Agenda

  • Filipino World War II Veterans
  • Fil-Am Vote

Political Empowerment

  • Strategies to influence local, regional and national issues with elected office holders
  • Planning and conducting successful Filipino voter drives
  • Cultivating a new generation of potential candidates for political races
  • Resolution strategies for resolving discrimination experienced by Filipino Americans

Community Human and Health Services Program Development

  • Programs to prevent and reduce domestic violence in the Filipino Community
  • Identifying, securing and negotiating grant funds for highly needed programs in the community
  • Filipino community health improvement programs – a growing phenomenon
  • The Role of Filipino Community Centers in providing human services for community members

Community Economic Development

  • Fostering entrepreneurialism among Filipinos of all ages
  • Business-to-business meeting opportunities
  • The growing role of Filipino American chambers of commerce in both business and community development
  • International trade with the Philippines

Youth Educational and Cultural Program Development

  • NaFFAA’s national study on K-12 Filipino American student academic achievement – results, recommendations and resolutions
  • Developing and implementing programs for Filipino youth
  • Strategies to enhance Filipino student success in higher education
  • The roles of Filipino American student groups in academic attainment at the high school & college levels

Media

  • Filipino media issues – dealing with stereotypes, building a more accurate image, unbiased reporting
  • Strategies to enhance Filipino American media in the mainstream

Arts

  • NaFFAA’s study of performing arts group in the national Filipino Community
  • Identifying and securing funds for your performance art group

Today, we are prepared to move forward to the 21st Century with more vigor and a more solid presence to ensure the growth and improvement of our communities in the decades to come.  With the new global economic changes, the future generation will be faced with more powerful challenges in America. The work will be heavy and the journey long, but in the end it will ensure a more prominent place for the Filipino and Filipino American in the American enterprise.