Filipino Migrant Center

NEW YORK — Damayan Migrant Workers organization together with the Pilipino Workers Center of Los Angeles teamed up for “Building Baklas” — a national campaign to break free from modern-day slavery or human trafficking. At this...

NEW YORK — Hundreds of workers and activists took to the streets in New York City for the annual international labor day protest. They are demanding for an increase in wages and protection from labor exploitation....

LONG BEACH, CA — The community is banding together to tackle issues in the city. LA County’s second largest city is continuing to find ways to build a better community. The city and community held its annual...

LONG BEACH, CA — After 5 hours of debate and testimony, city officials and community members in Long Beach passed a city ordinance mirroring California’s sanctuary policies.   As President Donald Trump made his ways through Southern...

LONG BEACH, CA — The 7th annual People’s State of the City brought officials and the community together to discuss issues in the city of 460,000. The Filipino Migrant Center has been one of the leaders in...

LONG BEACH, CA — The immigration debate heated up this past week when President Trump made his push for an immigration reform bill. Activists took to the heavily Pinoy-populated west side of Long Beach to call on...

by Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News   LONG BEACH, CA — While California waits for its lawmakers to take up a sanctuary state bill, Filipinos are hoping their own cities can declare themselves as sanctuary status, with its...

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Social, civil, economic and environmental struggles are a few of the issues the nearly half a million residents of Long Beach face. Many of the Filipino residents took their concerns to this...