Welcome Home: A Family of Our Own

By Gwen Frost

The 23rd annual Filipino-American Student Association (FASA) Heritage Dinner will be on Saturday, November 18 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tickets are now on sale online and at the PAC Box Office for the dinner, which will be held in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room.
Publicity Coordinator of FASA, Jonathan Pendleton, hopes that attendees feel “full, comfortable and socially re-energized.”
This is one of a few bigger ESC events of the fall quarter. Pendleton called the dinner a much-needed “moment of recharge.”
The event is open to the public, with a target audience being “those who are hoping to experience and learn more about the Filipino-American experience with an emphasis on Filipino family values,” said Pendleton.
The personalized aspects of the dinner include “Filipino comfort food, songs dedicated to those who brought us up, traditional Filipino dance and an overall homey experience,” said Pendleton.
“Hopefully, with the performances we have in place, the food we serve and the atmosphere we create will give us all a chance to connect again” Pendleton said.
This is one of FASA’s most important events of the year, and the theme of the dinner is “family.” FASA desires to provide an experience “that feels familiar, comfortable, and heartwarming,” says Pendleton.
Food provided will include veggie lumpia, rice, chicken adobo, veggie pancit and more! Catering will be done by Aramark.
The dinner will also include multiple performances of music, speech, poetry, tradi- tional Filipino dance and more. is event will be a night of storytelling.
“When you’re here, you become our kapamilya, and we hope you’d like to join us. Welcome home,” said KASA’s facebook page.
One purpose of FASA is to promote awareness of the Filipino and Filipino American culture within Western and the surrounding community through education. They also strive to improve the academic and social environments of Western by coordinating activities to help the community thrive.
Another purpose of FASA is to provide a forum in which they can share aspects of Filipino Culture within their club, their community and Western overall.
Up to 250 tickets can be sold, and, if sold out, attendance will rank between 260 to 275 people including staff, club officers and performers. Tickets for students are available at the PAC Box Office until November 18, and general admission tickets can be found online (see link at bottom of page). General admission is $14, and students can pay $12 (WCC and NWIC ID’s are also accepted).
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