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@kennethmejiaLA wins city controller race, becomes the first #Filipino elected official in #LosAngeles

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

WE DID IT!

WE WON BY 23 POINTS!

• FIRST CPA as City Controller
• FIRST Filipino elected official in LA
• FIRST AAPI citywide elected official
• FIRST POC as City Controller in over 100 years

more to come!

[ruben nepales @nepalesruben]

"Run, don’t walk. Three amazing actors--Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, and @DarrenCriss in one great, limited engagement show," @AsianJournalCom's @momarski posted about @BuffaloBway.

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

The 64th annual #GrammyAwards are shaping up to be a prideful event for the #FilipinoAmerican community as artists #OliviaRodrigo, #HER, #Saweetie, #BrunoMars and #ElleKing have a collective total of 22 nominations. https://t.co/f1yfbqY3vd

[Eliseo Art Silva @eliseoartsilva]

The gateway is completed, its just a matter of re-doing the colors as the hues are way-off the mark.
I saw it. It's truly a sight to behold.

Long-awaited gateway in Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown to be unveiled in May https://t.co/bQl5zvtUfQ via @asianjournalcom

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

Community leader @MelissaRamoso ascended to mayor of #Artesia, California after the city council’s appointment. https://t.co/UHtmgTM7hM

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

President Joe Biden on Monday, December 20 announced his intent to appoint three Filipino American leaders to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. https://t.co/HImyiFwKJm

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

US prosecutors have filed sex trafficking charges against against Filipino televangelist Apollo Quiboloy for coercing young girls and women to have sex with him under threats of “eternal damnation.”
https://t.co/FmcVIJkIz0

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

ICYMI: The Larry Itliong Resource Center was opened in Poplar, California in the Central Valley. https://t.co/QBrVj0jR41

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

"We, as Filipinos, are very private. So I think [domestic violence is] unreported because we don’t want other people to know that we have issues within our family." https://t.co/VNG8vZ7Gex

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

Anyone visiting most public businesses in the city of #LosAngeles will be required to show proof of #COVID19 vaccination or a negative test to enter, per a new city ordinance. https://t.co/5wraTawHZG

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

Kinilaw with Chenin Blanc, sparkling wine with Sisig, Syrah with lechon – these are some Filipino food & wine pairings according to award-winning sommelier Jhonel Faelnar https://t.co/iAZBKRwXDb

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

Filipina American singer #OliviaRodrigo has scored the most nominations at the 2021 American Music Awards, including artist of the year. #AMAs https://t.co/lDnxQHqlYz

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

A cleanup crew arrived at the home of the hoarder after many letters to the city of #LosAngeles and a successful plea to the media spearheaded by neighbor #Koreatown https://t.co/w3hcJNSxWj

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

#Filipina American Arleen Rojas continues to lead the pack of candidates for a city council seat in #Carson, California. https://t.co/wvfFXvYE2F

[maarte supreme @klarize]

i wrote about upcoming developments happening along the #LARiver // The new, equitable era of the Los Angeles River https://t.co/wrP5saDClX via @asianjournalcom

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

A community center in South #SanFrancisco has been renamed in honor of late Filipina leader Alice Peña Bulos, who is considered “The Grand Dame of Filipino American Politics.” https://t.co/sTFdNVu9he

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Children as young as 5 years old in the United States can now get the #COVID19 vaccine as the country further expands its vaccination campaign. https://t.co/obRW8vQuEX

[Asian Journal @AsianJournalCom]

When Rose Cuison-Villazor was announced as the Co-Dean of @RutgersLaw, she became the first Asian American woman dean at the school and the first Filipina American dean of a U.S. law school. https://t.co/AI5UaO62U4