Community

 On February 20, 2010, the Southern California Pilipino American Student Alliance (SCPASA) held their 3rd annual Summit at the USC Davidson Conference Center. SCPASA is an alliance of 20 different Pilipino-American student organizations from colleges and universities across Southern California, which continues to grow and expand its reach every year.

The year 2009 was an eventful year at BakitWhy.com as well as our global Pilipino community. Remarkable milestones occured from the most entertaining of things to the most devastating disasters; It truly was a year to remember. We've compliled the Top 9 of 2009 on BakitWhy.com with posts that really made an impact. As this year comes to an end, let's reflect back and see what it had in store for Pilipinos everywhere.

by Russellie Bongolan

For years I have caught episodes of shows like Laguna Beach, The OC, and Real House Wives.  In my heart of hearts, I do consider myself an Orange County girl having gone to high school and college there. Yet it was not until I started working in the community that I realized that these shows do not really tell the whole story of the place I called home for 8 years. The real Orange County is actually a pretty diverse mix of people from all different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. One such organization that sheds light on the bigger picture of The OC is the Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance, or OCAPICA for short.  Their mission to empower Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) has allowed the community to define their lives, and in turn re-define the real OC.

In the following weeks we will be launching something special and new on BakitWhy.com with your Outreach Coordinators Krystelle and Rina.  If you haven't met them yet at some of the events and functions they've been a part of, we hope this is a start!  We asked them to take some time out of their busy schedules to answer some questions about themselves.