{"id":35139,"date":"2013-10-26T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T13:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=35139"},"modified":"2013-10-23T22:04:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T02:04:06","slug":"the-outstanding-filipino-americans-of-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=35139","title":{"rendered":"The Outstanding Filipino Americans of New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, October 26, 2013, 8:00 PM &#8211; 10:00 PM<br \/>\nCarnegie Hall<br \/>\n881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/The-Outstanding-Filipino-Americans-of-New-York.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[35139]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/The-Outstanding-Filipino-Americans-of-New-York.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Outstanding Filipino Americans (TOFA) of New York Tri State honors the exemplary Filipinos in our region. In the interest of transparency, there will be a Facebook voting which shall determine the winners . The search will culminate in an awarding ceremony at Carnegie Hall on October 26 to celebrate the achievements of Filipino Americans on Filipino American History Month in October.<\/p>\n<p>Philippine Consul General to New York Mario L. De Leon, Jr., United  States District Judge for the Southern District of New York Honorable  Judge Lorna Schofield, and Former Chairman of the Board for the  Hollywood Foreign Press Association Ruben Nepales will keynote the third  annual The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY) Awards  on Saturday night, October 26, at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall,  the official venue of the TOFA-NY Awards ceremonies for the past three  years.<\/p>\n<p>Voted on Facebook as most outstanding in their respective fields: Sibyl  Santiago (arts and culture), Jaena Valles (business and  entrepreneurship), Maya Rowencak (community service and advocacy), Jen  Furer (courage of conviction), Marietta Geraldino (education, research,  and technology), Christine Sienicki (entertainment), Guenevere Rodriguez  (fashion and style), Aris Tuazon (food and restaurants), Menchu Sanchez  (health care), Irma Bajar (LGBT advocacy), Katherine Creag (media and  publishing)\u2014who will also emcee the TOFA-NY Awards, Atty. Rio Guerrero  (public service and politics), and Esperanza Garcia (youth and sports)  will also be feted by the guests and attendees at the formal affair in  Carnegie Hall, together with virtually thousands of online supporters  who believe in these outstanding Filipino-Americans\u2019 passionate  professional and\/or advocacy work.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the event, please visit:<a href=\"http:\/\/fanhsmny.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> http:\/\/fanhsmny.tumblr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For tickets ($60-$100), purchase at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnegiehall.org\/Calendar\/2013\/10\/26\/0800\/PM\/Celebrating-Filipino-American-History-Month\/.\" target=\"_blank\"> http:\/\/www.carnegiehall.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, October 26, 2013, 8:00 PM &#8211; 10:00 PM Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35139"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35270,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35139\/revisions\/35270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}