2025 Year in Review
The challenges of 2025 were never lost on us. But that didn’t stop us at all! We’re proud of all we accomplished this year:
CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM
Co-hosted 7 workshops
Supported 64 applicants -35 applications were officially filed (and the number continues to grow!)
Integrated Citizenship into Seeding AFIRE
Grew the volunteer base
Saw emerging leadership among volunteers
Integrated volunteers into our tabling opportunities at local events
Developed additional security plans under the current administration
ORGANIZING PROGRAM
Base-building
Mabuhay! Meeting
February - Know Your Rights
August - Celebrate Tita Vangie with GoldenAgers
Tagalog 101 Spring 2025
Baklaan 2025 Movie Night
Seeding AFIRE community education
2-Part Series: Disinformation, Media, and Palestinian Solidarity
Domestic Worker Leadership & Issues Impacting Domestic Workers
2-Part Series: Connecting Immigration, Labor, and Citizenship
Into the Weeds: Understanding Budget with Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez and Sen. Graciela Guzman
Tabled at Midwest Filipino-American Summit, Filipino Mutual Aid Concert, Hasik Film Screening, Piyesta Pinoy, Oakton Night Market, Paskuhan 3.0
Coalition-Building & Solidarity Events
ICIRR 2025 Membership Summit
PAVE 2025 Agenda Launch Event
NDWA 2025 National Assembly
Asian American Action Day 2025
May Day Solidarity 2025
ICIRR & PAVE Legislative Agenda Platforms
IL Divestment Network & ISBI Protests
Leadership-Building
Piloted Actualizing Community Cohort - graduated 5 participants!
Initiated Organizing Komité
ORGANIZATIONAL
Entered into the U.S. Congressional Record by IL State Representative Delia Ramirez (District 3)
Grew the volunteer base
Hosted volunteer info session in July
Streamlined volunteer welcome and onboarding processes
Created volunteer support for AFIRE database
Integrated volunteers into our tabling opportunities at local events
Built donor infrastructure for ongoing relationships
Held stakeholder conversations to support our visioning process
DEVELOPMENT
Launched two online AFIRE fundraising campaigns:
Spring, Blossom, Action!
YES to AFIRE!
Developed community partnerships
Chi-Ibigan: A Night For the Barkada (AFIRE a beneficiary)
Piyesta Sa Pamayanan (AFIRE event)
New funders
Abelard Foundation
NQAPIA mini-grant
