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*Rescheduled* Date: July 30, 2025 Time: 3:00 pm EST / 2:00 p.m. CST / 12:00 pm PST Join us for an empowering and informative webinar presented by Pinay Powerhouse in collaboration with the NFALA Women’s Committee. Featuring Jeri Gonzales Abr
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Pinay Powerhouse Conference 8: Advoc8 & Ingat. FALA DC hosted this year’s PP8 in the nation’s capital, where we gathered to learn about how to sustainably advocate for ourselves and our community. Day 1: Welcome reception and screeni
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Pinay Powerhouse

A women’s collective focused on empowering Pinay attorneys, future attorneys, and legal professionals as leaders in the law.

Join the Movement

  • Annual Conference

    In 2016, Pinay Powerhouse founders Christine Start, Mari Bandoma Callado, Lorna Garcia De Guzman, Vanessa Candelaria and Jennifer Sta. Ana envisioned a women’s conference focused on empowering Filipina attorneys and aspiring attorneys as leaders in the law.

    With the support of the women of the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC), the founders’ vision came to fruition in 2017. Following the success of the inaugural conference, the Pinay Powerhouse Conference has been hosted by other Filipino/a/x bar associations in the United States.

    Past Conferences

  • Rooted in Practice: Pinays in Law

    Our first book, @rootedpractices_pinaysinlaw, was published by @sawagariverpress and illustrated by @angeltrazo in 2022.

    We are thrilled to be collaborating with Sawaga River Press on another anthology focused on our six active values.

    Deadline: August 31, 2024

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  • Quarterly Pinay Powerhouse Circles

    Each Quarter, the Pinay Powerhouse Collective hosts a virtual circle intentionally cultivated for self-identified Pinay Powerhouse attorneys and aspiring attorneys.

    Sessions will not be recorded and all participants agree to keep what is shared within the circle.

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Join us for our upcoming Pinay Powerhouse Conference hosted in Sacramento, CA

Hi, Pinay Powerhouses, allies, and supporters:

The time has come again for the annual Pinay Powerhouse Conference. This year, the Sacramento Filipino American Lawyers Association (SacFALA) is hosting. The conference is titled ILAW (Light), based on the Filipino adage that mothers are ilaw ng tahanan (light of the home). Applied broadly, Pinays have been an ilaw not only in the home but also in government, politics, the community, and the workplace. The light of Pinays is far-reaching!

To that end, our keynote's theme is Liwanag (Luminescence), and the keynote speaker is the Hon. Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the 28th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court and currently the President and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC).

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Inaugural Pinay Powerhouse Conference in San Francisco (2017)