VIA Times – September 2022 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Nancy Abiera   “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” Deuteronomy 6:5 The classic love song goes… “I’ll see you In September when summer is gone…” As ...

By: Ryan Tejero   Making waves in promoting classical musicians of Filipino descent through performance and scholarships is the FilAm Music Foundation, NFP. This organization was founded in 2018 as a way of giving back & paying it forward. This ...

By: Jan Paul C. Ferrer   You can help create social and environmental change through your investment portfolio without sacrifi cing fi nancial performance. Investing with Impact represents a vibrant and fast-growing approach to investing for individuals and institutions that want ...

By: Sarah   Here comes the first of the ‘ber months…and we heave a sigh of relief from punishing 100’s summer heat. It’s September, it’s been a long wait, it’s my favorite time of the year, happy days are here again! ...

By: Edward Cortez   In Psalm 5, David speaks of a powerful encounter with God in the quietness of the morning as he desperately pleads for help, “Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Give heed to ...

By: Boom Boom Cabalona,”X” Divinagracia, Christopher Miranda   A young girl realizes that she doesn’t have to wait until she’s grown up to stand up for what is right and make a big impact. While playing on the beach in her coastal ...

By: Faye Mendiola   Sgt. Ron Bongat THEN: Receiving award US Navy 1991 NOW: Receiving Lifetime Achievement Award from Governor Rauner 2018. Also in picture was then-Consul General of Chicago Gene Calonge.   Pablo F. Quiba THEN: This was wedding photo ...

By: James DC   My Dear Wife, You will surely understand that I have certain needs that you, being 57 years old, can no longer satisfy. I am very happy with you and I value you as a good wife. ...

By: Kayla Tejero   This month officially welcomes the season of fall. Many of us are probably putting our pools away, packing up our grills, and putting away our patio furniture. This is the time to set up our fire pits ...

By: Doug Nguyen   Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, recently announced 12 new Compassionate Allowances conditions: Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma, Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease, Microvillus Inclusion Disease – Child, Mowat-Wilson Syndrome, Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Excess Blasts, ...