What Do You Stand For?

Recently FUSO was victim to an act of intolerance. A post on a Facebook page called USD Confessions attacked the Asian community at school. When it was apparent that this post was specifically attacking FUSO members, another comment was posted that referred to Filipinos as “the dirty Asians.”

Though this incident directly affected FUSO, things like these really do have an affect on everyone, regardless of who it may be directed to.

We don’t stand for this. This video response was put together in order to let the community know that FUSO does not stand for this kind of hate.
We hope that it becomes a collaborative effort in order for other community members to join in and say what they stand for.

What do you stand for?

FUSO 2013-2014 Executive Board

Hello Everyone!

Congratulations to all those who ran and participated in this year’s election for the new 2013-2014 Executive Board!

Introducing your new FUSO 2013-2014 Executive Board:

President | Ansley Dela Rojo

Vice President Internal | Alyssa Zamora

Vice President External | Brendan Tsao

Secretary | Hanna Jugo

Treasurer | Clarence Reyes Jr.

Ourstorian | Alisa Mackesy

Publicity Chair | Renee Schnabel

Commissioner of Cultural Affairs | Taku Uyeda

Community Liaison | Jessette Cayton

Academic Liaison | James Leong

As the year quickly comes to a close we find ourselves being overwhelmed by stress trying to finish up the last of our numerous projects, papers, and midterms. Do not hesitate to ask any of your E-Board members, new and old, for help or support in anything. REMEMBER: WE ARE ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU!

We cannot wait to serve as your new 2013-2014 Executive Board!

Just a couple of reminders:

Tomorrow in Serra Hall 221 at 12:15PM we will have our SECOND TO THE LAST GBM hosted by your new E-Board! Come to unwind and get updated on upcoming events. MAYBE EVEN FOOD

This coming Saturday, May 4th is FUSO’s End of the Year Banquet! This year’s theme is Casino Night so bring your poker faces and get excited! Banquet will be held in Salomon Hall Maher 240 at 7PM. Attire is semi-formal.

Jose Antonio Vargas at the University of San Diego

Hello everyone!

As a part of LIFE week at the University of San Diego, Jose Vargas will be joining us for a discussion about immigration and re-defining the term “American.” He will be coming to:

USD’s Shiley Theater on Wednesday April 24th from 7-8:30PM.

Jose Antonio Vargas was recently featured on the front cover of time magazine, that was entitled: “We are ‘Americans.*’ … *Just not legally.” 

He was born in the Philippines and later immigrated to the United States when he was 12. Since he moved here, he has become a journalist, multimedia storyteller, and the founder of the Define American campaign. Then in 2011, he revealed his status as being an “undocumented immigrant,” and has continued his immigration law advocacy ever since.

Please join the community at this extremely important (and FREE) discussion at USD. The discussion is open to the public.

As we approach the end of the year…

Hello everyone!

As hard to believe as it may be, we are within the last 6 weeks of the academic year!

This also means that it is almost time to elect our new Executive Board for the 2013-2014 academic year.

If you are interested in any positions, feel free to approach any of the current Executive Board members and ask them about their current position.

If this is your first year running for E-Board, the following positions are open to you: 

Treasurer (Currently Rommel Pinlac)

Publicity Chair (Currently Taku Uyeda)

Ourstorian (Currently Jessette Cayton)

Secretary (Currently Alyssa Zamora)

Commissioner of Cultural Affairs (Currently Brendan Tsao and Frankie Victoria)

Community Liaison (Currently Dominick Salas)

Academic Liaison (Currently Elphbert Laforteza)

If this is NOT your first year running for E-Board, the following positions are open to you:

President (Currently Kayla Kawile)

Vice President Internal (Ansley De la Rojo)

Vice President External (Hector Ramos)

Treasurer (Currently Rommel Pinlac)

Publicity Chair (Currently Taku Uyeda)

Ourstorian (Currently Jessette Cayton)

Secretary (Currently Alyssa Zamora)

Commissioner of Cultural Affairs (Currently Brendan Tsao and Frankie Victoria)

Community Liaison (Currently Dominick Salas)

Academic Liaison (Currently Elphbert Laforteza)

If you have ANY questions about these positions, please ask any of us!  

Thank you for joining us at PCN!

On behalf of all of FUSO, we would like to thank all of you for coming to our PCN!

We would especially like to thank our Commissioners of Cultural Affairs, Brendan Tsao and Frankie Victoria, and our writers, Daren Ginete and Anthony Nguyen. You all worked so hard to put this entire piece together, and it turned out beautifully! Another big thank you to our pre-show acts, Michael Alvarado and Carissa Rae, and BIBAK San Diego Youth!

As PCN is a major marker for the end of the semester, we would also like to thank our FUSO seniors for all their time spent with FUSO. Thank you for all that you have done for FUSO! We love you! 

 

USD FUSO’s Annual Pilipino Culture Night {PCN} ~ 03.16.2013

Hello everyone!

FUSO is currently in the process of preparing for its Annual Pilipino Culture Night {PCN}

PCN will be presented by USD FUSO on:

Saturday March 16th, 2013 

University of San Diego’s Shiley Theater

Pre-show @ 5:30PM & Production @ 7:00PM

FREE ADMISSION

Here’s a quick general synopsis of this year’s PCN:

This year, the student-written play “The Storybook” recounts the life of a Filipino-American, Cameron Reyes.  When Cameron starts telling the tales that he grew up with to his own son, he is able to remember how the values and lessons that he learned from the stories provided insight into how he should handle difficult situations regarding his own life.

Please invite all of your friends and family to join us in celebrating the Filipino Culture through the performing arts.

If you would like to find out more about our pre-show performers, please check out these links!:

Michael Alvarado and Carissa Rae:
http://www.youtube.com/user/michaelalvaradomusic

Southwestern Soul Flow Dance Crew:
http://www.facebook.com/SoulFlow619

BIBAK San Diego Youth:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bibak-Youth-San-Diego/207910312613125

For directions to Shiley Theater, feel free to check out this map:

http://www.sandiego.edu/maps/documents/usd_campus_map.pdf

Thank you for joining FUSO at Ugnayan Conference! Now for PCN!

Thank you to all of our community members for joining FUSO at our 2nd Annual Ugnayan Conference! A special thank you to our founders, Dr. Juanita Nacu and JocBetham Tapahary for taking time out of their busy schedules to speak at our conference.

Now that Ugnayan Conference is over, FUSO will be hosting its annual Pilipino Culture Night (Also know as PCN).

PCN will be on Saturday March 16th, 2013 at the University of San Diego in Shiley Theater. The Pre-show will be at 5:30pm and the show will begin at 7:00pm. 

If you are not familiar with what PCN is, it is a production that is written, produced and presented entirely by members of FUSO, that revolves around issues and topics that Filipino Americans face today.

This year’s PCN, “The Storybook” will be taking the values that we learn from Filipino folk stories and implementing them into modern situations.

Check out some videos from some of our past PCN’s!