Memorial

In one of America’s largest hubs for Korean Americans, Filipino activist groups joined civil rights leaders to honor victims of Asian hate with a memorial they hope will inspire a movement. The full story from Steve...

A final goodbye for Nanay Fedelina Lugasan, who survived over 60 years of modern day slavery. After living the final two years of her life as a free woman, lugasan passed away at 83 years-old from...

A night of celebration also became an outlet for an impromptu outpouring of grief, as the Grammys held its annual awards night on the same day that Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others passed away....

STOCKTON, CA — These are the northern California-based children and stepchildren of Filipino-American Michael Quitasol and Fernisa Sison, who were among the 34 people killed after a dive boat caught fire on Labor Day. All of them...

SANTA BARBARA, CA — An emotional week in Santa Barbara, California was capped off with this vigil over the weekend. Hundreds gathered at Chase Palm Park to remember the lives of 34 people who were killed on...

DALY CITY — This was Gina Lopez last January, speaking to a room full of supporters at the TFC headquarters in Daly City. Lopez discussed community initiatives from her program iLove — or Investments in Loving...

BAY AREA — A Filipino parish priest and his church organized a vigil Monday night to remember the victims of the recent Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton mass shootings. “We cry out how long oh Lord,...

DALLAS, TX — Friends have created a makeshift memorial in front of the Arlington home of Alyssa Marie Mejia Rogers, a 24-year old Pinay who was allegedly murdered by her estranged husband, 66-year-old Edward Rogers. Alyssa’s...

TEXAS — Jacqueline Rose Nicholas, a 32-year-old Filipina, was found dead in a Texas hotel room from an apparent gunshot wound late last Monday, July 29. Her husband, 30-year-old Peter Noble Nicholas, who was covered in...

ARLINGTON, VA — Three rifle volleys fired in the distance, the sound of a lone bugler playing the taps, while the American flag that draped Belino Guzman’s casket was neatly folded and presented to his wife,...