2015 CIRCLE OF EMPOWERED WOMEN FORUM & DINNER

Dear Veronica,

The members of NaFFAA Illinois (Midwest Region 3) invite you to the Circle of Empowered Women (CEW) educational forum and induction dinner. This year’s theme, “Challenge -Action – Change,” will address concerns within a triad of topics: economy, healthcare, and youth.

“Not only do we want to provide an educational forum for the community,” says Abbey Eusebio, chair of the 2015 CEW Forum, “but, we also want to challenge one’s thinking, and encourage others to work towards positive change for themselves and others.”

The economic discussion will focus on the proposal to raise the minimum wage for in Illinois ― where voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure to increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour in 2015; the healthcare segment will clarify the benefits covered under the Affordable Healthcare Act; and the youth portion will address our $1-trillion student loan debt ― a looming financial crisis that could negatively impact the quality of life for students decades after they graduate. The roster of speakers will be announced soon. Rose Tibayan, award-winning journalist, will moderate the forum discussion.

A sit-down dinner will immediately follow the forum, where a new batch of nominees will be inducted into the Circle of Empowered Women. The CEW is a network, founded in the Midwest in 2004, which provides mutual support, leadership growth, and experience sharing, to create the foundation for lasting personal and social change.

and social change. Lynette Torres, current NaFFAA Illinos vice chair, leads the general planning of this year’s event as the 2015 CEW Overall Chair. One of last year’s inductees SUBSCRIPTION include Veronica Leighton, President and Founder of Via Times, and CPR-TV, media entities in Chicagoland’s Filipino American community.

Circle of Empowered Women
Forum and Induction Dinner
Sunday, March 29, 2015 @ 4:30PM
Crowne Plaza Hotel
5440 North River Road
Rosemont, Illinois
For tickets, please contact:
Cindy Flores, NaFFAA Illinois
Chair
312-925-7812 / cindycflores15@
yahoo.com
Lynette Torres, 2015 CEW Overall
Chair
630-440-4869 / lynnettetorres20@
gmail.com
Abbey Eusebio, 2015 CEW Forum
Chair
847-529-5558 /
abbeygne@yahoo.com

The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) is recognized by Washington policy-makers private industry and national advocacy groups as the “voice ofFilipinos and Filipino Americans throughout the United States. It is a non-partisan, nonprofit national affiliation of more than five hundred Filipino American institutions and umbrella organizations. Its twelve regions cover the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Marianas.

 

YOU GAVE ME CONFIDENCE!

Thank you, Tita Veronica, you are one of the strong women in my life who gave me the confidence to try to be all I can be when I was like 14 years old and had braces and awkward years ago, and believed in me to be in Chicago’s Prettiest Filipinas, and later when I got also in Miss Philippines FACC and GEMS and to support the community! Miss you! (JESSICA JAKOSALEM)