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M A F A

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  • Lifestyle
  • Politics & Community
  • Leadership, Education, & Careers
  • Arts & Culture
  • Open Forums

    Speakers

    Open Forums

    These open forum sessions will provide us the opportunity to dialogue with each other and exchange our unique perspectives on particular issues, as well as learn from each other's experiences.

    INTERCULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS
    Who are we dating and who are our friends? What are your perceptions of the interactions between Filipinos and other ethnicities - Koreans, Chinese, Asian Indians, African Americans, Hispanics, Arabs, Caucasians, etc....

    DISCRIMINATION
    When have you experienced discrimination or a form of oppression? When have you witnessed discrimination and did something about it or did you let it go? When have you discriminated against someone else?

    IDENTITY
    What does it mean to be a/an Pinoy, Pinay, Filipino, Filipina, Filipino American, American, bicultural, "half," Filipino from the Midwest...? How important is your cultural identity to who you are?

    MAFA
    Where do we go from here? Is MAFA more than just a conference? Should MAFA be an organization?