ALYANSA Ng Komunidad (AK) formed in 1993, through the December 7 Movement began to sow the seeds of the veterans campaign about 20 years ago. When the December 7 Movement folded in 1997, the JFAV was formed.
These efforts evolved into Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV),organized in December 16, 1998 under People’s CORE. It undertook campaign to win tactical victories such as benefits for Filipino World War II veterans since 2000.
Most prominent in its modest gain is the $ 15,000 lump sum for Filipino veterans won this year. Although small the JFAV still advocates for benefits for veterans, widows and rightful heirs of relatives of more than 46,000 still living veterans both in the Philippines and here in the United States.
In 2006, the JFAV held its first conference in UCLA with the help of the Samahang Pilipino and People’s CORE. It has a network of 67 student, youth, community and veterans organization in Southern California.
In November 2008, the JFAV as an alliance based in California- made a bold step to form the organization nationwide with chapters in San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Washington DC.
The current leadership of JFAV are the following:
National Coordinator- Arturo P. Garcia
Steering Committee:
Mass Movement Coordinator- Mike Nailat
Finance – Ernest Tamayo
Emily Chan
Joy Alonica Bautista
Paulo Espiritu
Jerry Esguerra
Jack Vergara
Peping Baclig
Emily Bautista
Jenalyn Umipig
Jaimie Carlos
It has also formed the widows organization – the AWARE. JFAV continues to organize and mobilize the Filipino WWII veterans and the larger community to advocate for the rights and recognition of the WWII veterans.
To contact JFAV please call (213)241-0995 or (213) 382-1819 or visit our site at myspace-jfav-la.com
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