VIA Times – October 2015 Issue Vital News, Vibrant Views for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *October is Philipine History Month in the United States *Save the date: November 14! The 21st Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame * Chicago Asian Health Coalition gets $625,000 grant from the White House Drug Policy for prevention of Youth substance ...

  By: Bob Boyer   August 31 through September 10, 2015. My wife and I visited and fell in love with the Netherlands, almost as much as with the Philippines. Here are some highlights, with a few observations along the way, ...

By: Ryan Tejero   2015 is the 40th Anniversary of Filipino Friendship Society (FFS). It was chartered and incorporated in the State of Illinois in 1975 by a group of Filipinos residing in Bolingbrook, but the group amended its by-laws ...

By: Richard Mirpuri   Your financial future is not based on the business or agency that writes you a paycheck every two weeks. Nor is your financial future secured through your knowledge of the financial markets. Neither is your financial ...

By: Melody Dizon   Fall is here. It is that time of year again when days are shorter and evenings are cooler, much, much cooler. We know it that as the temperature drops, our nostrils fill up with hosts of ...

By: Jovie Calma   It was the weekend of September 25-27 when Chicagoans trooped to the historic Chicago Theater to experience the spectacle of Red Bull Flying Bach where the worlds of classical music and urban dance collided. Red Bull ...

By: Lena Remigio   Dear Ate Lena, Alam kong ako ay talagang isang lalaki, hindi bakla, merong girlfriend at gusto ko talaga ng babae. Ngunit sa ngayon ay napakalaki ng aking kwestion sa aking sexuality. Merong nangyaring masama sa akin ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   Ok, he is one-half “Pinoy” (Filipino) and one-half Bolivian, and yet, he feels one-hundred percent Philippine native whenever he is in Manila competing with other Asian golfers in the circuit. Born to Bolivian native Carlos ...

By: Veronica Leighton   This is the month that Filipinos who are making a difference in their lives and other people’s lives must be highlighted as this is our month…October is publicly oberved as the celebration of Filipino American History ...

By: Jan Paul C. Ferrer   The typical American family reflected in iconic television shows of the 1950s and 1960s, in which the husband went off to work each morning and the wife happily played out the role of homemaker, ...