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NEXTGEN Program Featured at new TV Program “Fil-Am NOW”

Bayanihan Foundation’s NEXTGEN Fellowship Program is featured at a new TV Program “Fil-Am NOW!”. NEXTGEN Fellow Jeselle Santiago shared her personal experiences at this new TV show featuring Filipino Americans in the US. Continue reading

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Community Grows in Chicago’s Little Village Neighborhood

Dale Asis enjoyed community dinner with a local Chicago environmental justice organization, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) celebrating community in their local community garden, a former toxic dump site. Continue reading

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Jeselle Santiago: Seizing the Opportunity to Help Locally and Globally

NEXTGEN Fellow Jeselle Santiago traveled to the Philippines and seized the opportunity to help locally in Chicago and globally in the Philippines Continue reading

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Marc Butiong: In “Returning Home,” I Found Myself

Bayanihan Foundation NEXTGEN Fellow Mark Butiong shares his personal reflections of “returning home” to the Philippines and finding himself in the process. Continue reading

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Jane Baron: On Building a Bond with My Homeland

NEXTGEN Fellow Jane Baron shares her personal experiences and reflections returning “home” for the first time and building a bond with her homeland Continue reading

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Salamat po! to Bayanihan’s Supporters & Friends

Salamat po! Thank you to all the Bayanihan Foundation’s supporters and friends that enabled a new generation of Filipino Americans to “return” to the Philippines for the first time. On August 29, 2015, participants shared their stories and experiences of their trip. Continue reading

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Why I’m Asking for Your Support

The Bayanihan Foundation is urging its supporters to contribute to the Indiegogo crowd fundraising campaign http://igg.me/at/bayanihan Contributions will enable us to bring more and more of the next generation of Filipinos back to the Philippines, where they will continue these projects. Continue reading

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Change A World, Change The World

Bayanihan Foundation supports a new generation of Filipino Americans “returning home” for the first time. They explored pre-colonial spiritual practices. They explored their heritage and looked into ways of giving back. Continue reading

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Education Leads to Action for Philippines Environmental Cleanup

Participants from the Kaluluwa Kolectivo and NEXTGEN Fellows engaged in many efforts to conduct youth environmental workshops, provide critical consciousness raising and engage in discussion of climate change and environmental sustainability. Continue reading

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NEXTGEN Fellow Marc Butiong Considers Going “Home” for the First Time

Marc Butiong shares his thoughts being selected as the Bayanihan Foundation NEXTGEN Fellow as he travels to the Phlippines for the first time. His parents are from the Philippines and he was born in the US. Continue reading

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