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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Ethnic & Immigrant Centers, Human Services, Immigration
Mission: To build a strong & empowered filipino community by providing services, developing leaders, organizing constituents, & advocating policies that promote social & economic justice & equity.
Programs: Youth development - we serve approximately 130 youth annually through our in-school prevention education and our after school peer support and leadership development programs. Our prevention curriculum includes the prevention of alcohol and other drugs; hiv/stds and pregnancy, violence prevention and healthy relationships. Our after school programs provide peer support, cultural grounding, leadership training and community organizing.
civil rights, social action and advocacy - we reach 1,000 to 1,200 community members through our program:. Civic engagement, which includes voter identification, education and mobilization; leadership development, community organizing and advocacy on issues of civil rights -- particularly where it impacts immigrants, people of color, youth and low-wage workers; low-wage workers support provides "know your rights" education about health and safety risks, workers rights for home care and other low-wage workers, workplace leadership development and connecting filipino workers to the larger movement for workers rights; and immigration services, provide naturalization and family reunification assistance, access to no or low-cost health coverage and social services.