Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, CA - April 28, 2025 – Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA)’s annual Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Youth Solidarity Conference returns for a third run on May 17th, from 11am to 5pm. This year’s youth-led, youth-centered conference — themed ‘Healing Hope’ — features workshops, speakers, and wellness offerings focused on educating young people about activism, leadership, and community healing while celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (APAHM).
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA - February 5, 2024 - Filipino American nonprofit organization Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) supported over 2400 community members in Historic Filipinotown (HiFi) through their youth, wellness, and mental health services in 2023 — serving over 400 individuals through their health and wellness services alone. SIPA will unveil a new wellness center in the spring and expand their programming in LA County throughout 2024.
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA - November 15, 2023 - Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) — a longstanding Filipino-American nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of life for Filipino Americans in Historic Filipinotown (HiFi) and beyond through ongoing youth programs, mental health education, affordable housing, and more — is centering teens and their holiday wish lists in an annual toy giveaway on Sunday, December 10th from 10am-3pm at HiFi collective. In addition to a toy distribution, this holiday event will include grocery distribution, brunch, resource booths, a vaccination clinic, and more.
Read MoreAfter months of pivoting in the pandemic, serial restaurateurs Jason Angeles and Ronnie Taylor, partners in several Bay Area businesses have turned a corner, committing to a weekly monetary donation of $1,500 to the Bay Area’s #FilipinosFeedTheFrontlines campaign and support the program expansion to Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown (HiFi).
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