The Filipino American Community at Stanford (FACS) is a civic, cultural, and educational campus entity aimed at bringing together staff at Stanford who are interested in centering F/Pilipino/a/x and F/Pilipino/a/x American culture and issues, building community, and supporting the diversity initiatives on campus. FACS provides an opportunity for members to gain experience in leading groups and to build skills in leadership and organization that staff might not otherwise have in their current job. FACS is also a community of staffers that share common interest in the Philippines and wish to build community here at Stanford.
FACS works closely with the Stanford Diversity and Access Office, the Pilipino American Student Union (PASU), Asian American Activities Center, Bechtel International Center, Office for Religious and Spiritual Life, and other staff affinity groups.
Call for FACS Leaders
You’re never too busy to be involved in FACS!
Upcoming Events
The Southeast Asia Program (SeAP) at Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center invites you to attend:
Southeast Asia Program's 25 Anniversary Conference
Join us in celebrating a quarter-century of scholarship, learning, and intellectual exchange on Southeast Asia at Stanford! This special all-day event will bring together experts to discuss a variety of current issues in Southeast Asia including geopolitical competition, environmental sustainability, and gender inequality. The economic and sociopolitical futures of the region will also be debated, and alumni of the Southeast Asia Program will share their scholarly experiences and findings.
Reconsidering Southeast Asia: Issues and Prospects
Thursday, May 16, 20249 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. PT
Bechtel Conference Center
Encina Hall
616 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford University
On Thursday, May 30, 2024, join the Asian Staff Forum and Filipino American Community at Stanford for our AAPI Heritage Month Lunch!
Let’s celebrate the community we’ve built across Stanford, honor our journeys and achievements, and look forward to creating stories that will inspire us for years to come. Our featured guest speaker will be the dynamic Dr. Alok Patel—a doctor, journalist, producer, host and on-camera correspondent. Between live television, podcasts, digital video, and freelance productions, Dr. Patel has reported on a variety of things that can go wrong, or right, with our bodies and public health. Dr. Alok Patel is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Stanford School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and a pediatrician with the Stanford Medicine Children’s Health and UCSF.
The event will be held simultaneously at 3 locations:
- Historic Campus at Li Ka Shing - Berg Hall
- Stanford Redwood City Campus at Cardinal Hall - C104
- Virtually through Zoom
FACS Articles
Larry the Musical
Are you Pilipino or love someone who is? Do you wish you knew more of you Pilipino-American History? Did Hamilton (or was it Wicked?) change you? Even if you answered ‘no’ to ALL of these questions you MUST go see Larry the Musical.
Discovering the Passion of Vegan Cooking: The Story of Chef Jay-Ar Pugao
Chef Jay-Ar is Stanford Dining’s first Vegan and Plant Forward Sous Chef. He specializes in developing new plant-based recipes and enhancing the vegan dining experience for Stanford University students, faculty, staff, and guests. But how did Chef Jay-Ar find his passion for vegan cooking?
International Women’s Day: My Mom the Pioneer
Long before International Women’s Day was established, I had my own personal role model who was her own trailblazer — my mom, then Dr. Iluminada Chavez Torres, boarded a plane to the United States in 1957. As a recent graduate of medicine from the University of Santo Tomas, she left behind the security of her family of origin, network of friends, and the love of her life to answer the call to address the physician shortage in the United States.
Asian American & Pasifika Heritage Month
Inspired by the pre-colonial Filipino value kapwa, or “shared identity”, Searching for Kapwa follows the filmmaker’s quest to heal from a sense of cultural alienation, understand his ancestral roots, and find his place in the arc of history.